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361.
by cylinder 9y ago
Disappointing how HN seems to have gone all-in on being a “mental floss” site.
362.
by cylinder 9y ago
Batteries aren’t replaceable anymore so people get a new phone just for a fresh battery. The battery on my Nexus 6p is unbearable now after 2.5 years, it hardly lasts two hours.
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by cylinder 9y ago
My general view after travelling to Denver is that one of America's biggest issues is underpopulation. There is so much land in these areas and actually lots of infrastructure relative to population. It all stood out to me how white th
364.
by cylinder 9y ago
Greater road safety. Aviation is a rare area where US government has done well regulating for safety. There’s no reason we can’t be as strict with cars. It’s a choice to accept risks.
365.
by cylinder 9y ago
We’ve chosen as a society to go all in on aviation safety due to the freakish and scary nature of aviation accidents. Meanwhile the US lags the developed world in road safety. Driving in the US is like a mad max situation. Many unnecessary
366.
by cylinder 9y ago
Way to subtly blame immigrants for shitty transport. I assure you it’s not immigrants running NY subway and the MTA. they’re not the corrupt politicians pilfering funds away from it either. It’s not immigrants who think they’re too good for
367.
by cylinder 9y ago
I don’t know, Australia’s got only four banks which dominate the market and yet they are pretty aggressive in innovative products. We just got instant bank transfers and that required cooperation amongst them to adopt standards and protocol
368.
by cylinder 9y ago
The US will get there again. Other countries are clamping down on lending to contain house prices while the US is opening up lending once again. And you can trust they'll do it recklessly again too.
369.
by cylinder 9y ago
Leadership is a noun.
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by cylinder 9y ago
I always hear criticism of the Japanese model where the employer provides assistance and coordination for employees’ personal affairs. I am spending too much time at work and don’t have time to tend to errands, cleaning, life admin, etc. wi
371.
by cylinder 9y ago
Haha the same thing happened to me. But also not having 24/7 reality TV disguised as "cable news" blaring all around me all the time helps a lot. US is anomalous in this regard.
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by cylinder 9y ago
They use those plans to avoid discrimination lawsuits, that is really the only reason behind it. HR in the US is totally different too, it's basically "just protect the business from being sued by employees."
373.
by cylinder 9y ago
I'm the GP who brought up this topic. I actually am American and now working at a managerial level in Australia. When I ran into trouble with someone on my team performing at a poor level, I was a bit exasperated with these regulations
374.
by cylinder 9y ago
The real story is he has no employment rights because he's in America and he's "at will." They can dismiss him because they don't like his lunch selection that day and he has no rights. That's at will employmen
375.
by cylinder 9y ago
I'm wondering what the point of modern society is if village life was more enjoyable.
376.
by cylinder 9y ago
Well one was in NYC and the other in Sydney. NSW has a strict building code that requires acoustic testing (literally hitting the structure with a hammer and ensuring no sound passes through). I lived previously in a 100yr old brick walkup
377.
by cylinder 9y ago
Move into a new high-rise built with a concrete structure and strict building code on noise. I have lived in two in different continents and never hear anything.
378.
by cylinder 9y ago
Travel insurance, now with hip fonts!
379.
by cylinder 9y ago
That's not true. An IPO is just that, a public offering, of a small amount of shares to raise capital. Some shareholders cash out some of their position at IPO.
380.
by cylinder 9y ago
Question is why would MuleSoft sell itself if they thought they'd be worth more a year later?
381.
by cylinder 9y ago
Hah... Trump just gave a warm reception to Broadcom ceo at the oval office only four months ago, as a reward for moving their HQ from Singapore to the US! Great to see that commitment rewarded
382.
by cylinder 9y ago
This is how all trend pieces always work. No real data, just a few anecdotes from the extremes. Ignore all trend pieces!
383.
by cylinder 9y ago
Still incredibly overvalued -- they're just sublessors. They don't own their real estate.
384.
by cylinder 9y ago
Yep. I miss the magic of FTPing into your ISP and having that little folder where you could drop simple HTML files.
385.
by cylinder 9y ago
Apparently if your e-commerce site has trendy enough fonts, you're a tech startup
386.
by cylinder 9y ago
It's an example of major cities taking on what really is a federal problem. NYC and LA run welfare programs using local tax dollars. This is so obviously a federal-level problem that requires a massive federal project to solve. Putting
387.
by cylinder 9y ago
Quartz is quickly becoming a glossy version of a clickbait farm
388.
by cylinder 9y ago
What does totalitarianism have to do with them doing business? China produces stuff I want. And increasingly, China produces stuff China wants. This is business. There will never be a world war again, the US cannot sustain a real war agains
389.
by cylinder 9y ago
uh, the MTA doesn't put things like "install countdown timer signage" up for democratic referendum.
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by cylinder 9y ago
And just shows the provincialism in a supposed "world capital" that is NYC. New York shouldn't be compared to San Francisco, it should be compared to London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, etc. NYC subway is complete trash, it's one

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