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   by dangus 7mo ago

   How often do you stop at the gas station to fill up for regular commuting? With an EV, it's 0, unless you are doing a long road trip.
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   I love renting EVs now, when they’re available. They’re always the cheapest option and they’re often nicer than the cheapest gas ICE options. I’d rather be in a Genesis G80 Electrified than a Camry. I just got a $100 charger for my relative
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   I totally understand the learning curve aspect, but I think if you owned one that stress would fade away pretty quickly. I will first point out that for DC fast charging, there are only two connectors to think about. It is not really more c
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   It’s just an optional feature that could be used in a much less extreme situation. It could be used in a situation where that infinite escalation of violence isn’t likely to happen. E.g., a petty thief who says “gimme your pin” Once they ha
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   It also doesn’t have to be used against a government.
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   We need to stop listening to this guy and tax him. He is not smart. Most of his fortune is directly tied to extremely lucky bets on Facebook and PayPal. Palantir is a boring government contractor that makes glorified ERP software. And he ha
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   The porn industry already figured this out and it’s super simple. Requires zero personal information. https://www.rtalabel.org/index.html
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   Imagine it’s the Vietnam war, and there’s an American reporter reporting on missiles/bombs hitting South Vietnam. The Viet Cong disputes the reporting and furthermore publishes death threats against the American journalist. Of course,
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   by dangus 7mo ago

   Excellent job criticizing the content of my comment. I see you’ve decided to use the strategy of an ad hominem attack. This is a really great classic one! I applaud your efforts. Since it’s too hard to refute the substance of my comment you
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I don’t think the title is hyperbole. Toyota isn’t giving up on their long term EV R&D plans. Just look at Nissan, which is broke as a joke, but they still put a new Leaf model on the market. Lately there’s been a vibe that the EV exper
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    Readers in the US still overall have a preference for physical books: https://www.tonerbuzz.com/blog/paper-books-vs-ebooks-statist...
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I didn’t really think so. I don’t think a significant amount of OnlyFans customers are under any false impression that they’re making a real person horny or that they are engaging in any kind of genuine relationship with a performer. I thin
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I don’t think any parents as constituents had anything to do with these laws. If voter priorities influence legislature so much, where is our healthcare reform that the obvious majority of people have been demanding for decades? Many parlia
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I don’t think software downloads, even downloads of software we might find objectionable, can be considered to be something that is engaging in “grooming.” That’s simply not what that word means. If your child takes interest in something yo
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    Well, there's definitely other ways. I would prefer a system where company ownership public and private has a mandatory public stake in both ownership and voting on company policy and major business decisions. I would prefer it illegal
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    This is true, but I also think that the information in the article alone is insufficient to make a judgment. This salary is over the Philippines minimum wage. It's a legal job like any other. The people interviewed are not super happy
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I would say that HN has a lot of features that would be seen as draconian in how much they limit your interaction by other platforms. You can barely comment before you are rate limited. You can’t upvote until you’ve been around a pretty lon
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    Of course you can get the Fairbuds which have replaceable batteries. Hopefully more Bluetooth headphone companies follow suit. Maybe we can even get a standardized battery.
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    And only 100 million people globally use Macs as of 2024. The PC gaming market alone is 9x larger than the Mac's install base. https://www.spyhunter.com/shm/macos-stats/ That means a LOT of students who the M
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    IMO, macOS' strange scaling exacerbates issues with having PPI at the wrong ratio. macOS looks a lot worse on a 27" 4K monitor versus Windows, and is most ideally displayed at 5K. I don't think anyone but the pickiest pixel h
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    - I don't think you're correct about the gulf in single core performance. On battery, the Cinebench 2024 scores (single core) of the Ryzen 7 AI 350 are 97% of the score you get from an M4 MacBook Air. (Cinebench is a lot better th
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    In case you need it, this is the next model up with the 350 processor. If you care about graphics performance it has double the cores, and the bigger SSD as I mentioned: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/lenovo-yoga-7-2-i
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I think this is somewhat ignorant the wide variety of legitimately very decent Windows PC laptops available in the exact same $500-700 price range as the MacBook Neo. Apple isn’t disrupting the industry here. Don’t buy into early influencer
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    The RAM market will stabilize. These crazy spikes never last.
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    Let’s go through these: Ryzen 5 AI 340 has a higher multicore benchmark score than the A18 Pro. If you go up to $800 you get the Ryzen 7 AI 350 which matches or beats the A18 Pro in graphics, gets pretty much on par in single core performan
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I do agree on refurb/used rather than the Neo. The best low-ish cost computer Apple is selling right now is probably their refurbished $750 MacBook Air M4 with 16GB RAM/256GB storage. The only way I'll push back on this is th
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    They are bigger screens, which many people may prefer. They also have touchscreens, which many people may prefer. The Lenovo Yoga has an OLED screen, I am somewhat doubtful the average person would find it worse than the screen on the Neo.
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    I like the sentiment expressed here, but on this note, I think there are other dangers to consider listening to early reviewers: - Reviewers do get early access and often are receiving units AND doing their tests, writing their script, reco
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    Well, here’s the thing…and, I apologize, this is a bit of a shift from what we were talking about. The MacBook Neo is getting so much hype for being better than a low end PC, before it’s been put through its paces over the long term. I had
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    by dangus 7mo ago

    We decide via a hopefully elected government. These examples aren’t generally voluntary once implemented. I can’t get a refund from my public library or parks department if I decide not to use it. The social pressure placed on The Engineer