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by bhpm 3y ago
It’s not about the time it takes to build the car. It’s about the fact that I can’t start and end the purchase in a single session, even though the purchase flow mimics the purchase flow of other online goods. If BMW let me configure a BMW,
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by bhpm 3y ago
As a car buying customer, I care about four things: (1) Getting the car I want (2) at a price I think is fair (3) as quickly as possible (4) with little effort on my part. The manufacturer or dealer’s inventory does not concern me. The numb
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by bhpm 3y ago
The website doesn’t explain why things are expensive, it just presents the comparison between search terms frequency. Also, data visualization for “Top categories by country and year” reminds me how pimple cream companies illustrate pimples
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by bhpm 3y ago
Meanwhile, I ordered a Tesla while I was in the shower. I even got financing. It showed up a week later.
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by bhpm 3y ago
My favorite is what I call the “design to disappointment” flow. “Design your new BMW here!” You put in all features you want, it generates a configuration, and then you put in your zip code so it can tell you “Oops! That configuration isn’t
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by bhpm 3y ago
I’m interested to hear what value HN folks have in book reviews from strangers. I thought the value in something like Goodreads would be to create a community of people you know IRL to share what you read. I don’t see myself having much in
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by bhpm 3y ago
Yep. And then you leave and the engineers start complaining they have to play office politics to get things done. :)
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by bhpm 3y ago
I agree and also better gun laws. States with stricter gun laws have fewer gun suicides. Just to make it clear how much I agree: everyone reading this, talk to your friends, especially male friends, about what you are going through and ask
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by bhpm 3y ago
Women are more likely to attempt suicide, and men are more likely to succeed. Gun ownership is overwhelmingly male.
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by bhpm 3y ago
What's wrong with mass produced canned lattes? It takes a lot of skill to produce a consistent product at scale.
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by bhpm 3y ago
The gun example suffers from a lack of nuance in risk quantification. Anyone who owns a gun is putting their own life at risk, because “basically zero” is not “zero.” So the statement is “If you own a gun, you are putting your life at risk”
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by bhpm 3y ago
> As with all of the other information these companies store for or about their users, because Apple and Google deliver push notification data, they can be secretly compelled by governments to hand over this information. https:/&#x
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by bhpm 3y ago
> So essentially they were fine handing over the data without warrant until this was exposed. They were required by law to both hand over the data and not say anything about it. Furthermore, disabuse yourself of the notion this instant t
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by bhpm 3y ago
When I’m on my way back from an international location the last thing I want to do is sit in a TSA office and answer questions about my identity. But, then again, I lucked out - TSA came to my work and did interviews there. Kind of weird bu
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by bhpm 3y ago
I find it highly unlikely that these new systems will make the TSA line go faster. They tried this with self checkout at grocery stores and that doesn’t seem to have been successful.
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by bhpm 3y ago
Not really. The technology has been around for, what, a year?
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by bhpm 3y ago
AI safetiests are operating in a world of pure fantasy, then; the techniques and data sources will always leak.
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by bhpm 3y ago
> This represents almost the totality of AI safetyism: we can only allow LLMs to enforce my beliefs. How is this different from, say, a newspaper with an editorial board, or a book publishing house with a particular set of standards and
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by bhpm 3y ago
Amazon already has a robot for the home. It’s not even compatible with round edges or black floors. This makes me think the technology has a long way to go.
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by bhpm 3y ago
The gains aren’t taxed at 100%.
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by bhpm 3y ago
There are a few keywords in this article that make me think this isn’t coming to a home near you any time soon: “eventually.” “Plus software overhead” … “Amazon.” For that last one, keep in mind that Amazon can afford to invest millions to
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by bhpm 3y ago
Same here but every time I post that on this site I get replies about how they have to answer the phone because their kid could have fallen down a well and their wife could be in a coma and the police would be trying to contact them and if
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by bhpm 3y ago
I get the difference. I just don’t see this KISS thing as a particularly large leap. I guess I haven’t seen the KISS thing so it’s hard to judge.
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by bhpm 3y ago
“U.S.” then is a doing a lot of heavy lifting. Gorillaz has been a virtual band since inception and already has “Avatars” that play live. Although, the humans are also there.
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by bhpm 3y ago
The headline on the website says first US band to do so, but Tupac was “resurrected” as a hologram a long time ago. Is this about the IL&M tech? Obviously there is a market for this band, since they performed at Madison Square Garden, b
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by bhpm 3y ago
>The "Nordic Model" that became vogue in American political discourse is the Norwegian model, which is almost entirely subsidized by oil. We may as well copy Saudi's social welfare program then (on a separate note it is ac
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by bhpm 3y ago
When will that happen? I’ve sent phots to my dog’s vet (I go to a doctor for humans myself) but this hasn’t been a problem. If you could let me know when this will happen I’ll make sure I don’t rely on it.
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by bhpm 3y ago
The tech doesn’t “just” take control from me. It also exponentially increases the chances that the photo I wanted to take will be the photo that is saved on my device and shared with my friends. It’s just picture of my dog. It’s not that se
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by bhpm 3y ago
“Naive” is thinking that taking a poll of the public or employees (which is the only reasonable action I can think of that looks like “arguing their case”) would have had any positive effect on the outcome. This is simply… not how decisions
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by bhpm 3y ago
It’s not an “attitude.” It’s the legal structure of the corporation’s leadership. They were no more capable of incorporating the public will than an individual is capable of taking a vote on the flow of traffic on a public highway. That is

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