WheatMillington

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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
I dont think Waymo is interested in using a video of their car striking a child as marketing.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
I think you're missing something though, which I've observed from reading these comments - HN commenters aren't ordinary humans, they're super-humans with cosmic powers of awareness, visibility, reactions and judgement.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
You seem to be implying that there are no circumstances in which a vehicle can hit a pedestrian and the driver not be at fault... which is absurd.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
There is no monopoly here though. Android makes up a pretty substantial proportion of users. That users continue to use Apple devices despite this kind of greed (and that people on HN cheered when Apple defeated Epic in court) shows that us
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Only off by a factor of 100.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Your experience is very far away from mine. I don't experience any of these issues on a standard 32gb office laptop, or my home gaming machine.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
I see people saying this a lot, but I've also seen videos demonstrating that you can easily post and search for Tiananmen Square content. I don't use Tiktok myself but it seems like this is basically untrue.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
>Tesla chose these markets strategically, both allow the Cybertruck without the significant modifications needed for European compliance. That's a light-touch way of saying few markets are as lawless as the USA on safety standards,
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
We don't need to risk having people stalked/tracked just so you can play pretend sheriff.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
How would airtags work as theft prevention? Airtags only enter the equation once something has already been stolen.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
That it's a garbage data source that could not be relied upon.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
People used to tell me the same about Wikipedia.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
What does green name signify on HN? I've always wondered.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Solar does basically nothing to help with grid capacity.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
It's criminal to not hand huge subsidies to people like you who are already likely well-off, so you can generate passive income for the rest of your life?
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Of course... who did you think would pay?
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
I had this exact epiphany when I ran a side business selling niche widgets. Every dollar I spent on Facebook ads returned me $5 in revenue (at 40% margin) and it wasn't obvious how much I could spend before that stopped being true.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Having children is one of the most basic human instincts, and honestly it's kind of disgusting how you dismiss many parents as obviously hating their kids. Do we complain sometimes? Yes, parenting is hard.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
My country, New Zealand, is intent on self-flagellating with carbon policy which just feels so absurd and silly when our emissions are a tiny drop is the gigantic ocean of carbon emissions from the US and China. Why should we hurt ourselves
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
I've never seen a JerryRigEverything video.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
>I'd argue even the darkest corners of 4chans aren't as bad as the average daily dose of brain rot delivered to hundreds of millions of people through infinite scroll algorithms on TikTok Then I'd argue you haven't ac
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
The YouTube situation is the biggest self-own in Australia's implementation. Previously kids under 16 could have an account under a parent's Family, and there are full parental controls and monitoring. Now kids can't have the
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
It actually wasn't the bumper that ripped off in that video, it was the entire rear subframe tearing in two.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
You can attribute the failure of this vehicle to politics if you like, but it's fairly obvious to anyone watching why it failed - it came out at double the proposed priced with half the proposed range. It's not even the hideous de
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Weight gain/loss is not a matter of motivation and discipline.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Then they threw all of that out the window in the name of selling hats.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
US manufacturers are fine because the US has a long history of economic protectionism. These cars are effectively banned in the US due to tariffs which protect US automakers.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
>niche professional software may lack native support Microsoft Office is not "niche professional software"
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
Where are you getting "achieved" from? The wager only requires that the USA INTENDED to seize control.
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by WheatMillington 9mo ago
It would be cool if researchers weren't so easily bought. I thought the sciences attracted people of strong moral character but it would appear not.

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