htag

22 ms·

211.
by htag 4y ago
Maybe. From the outside looking in self driving cars are vaporware that are very late on delivery. I wouldn't want to bet my city's architecture on this promise. It might be nice if they deliver on this promise though.
212.
by htag 4y ago
At 8.5 miles a commute by bicycle or e-bike would be cheaper and close to thirty minutes. It would be healthier. It wouldn't require a parking spot.
213.
by htag 4y ago
Thirty minutes of walking everyday is a good thing, not a bad thing.
214.
by htag 4y ago
> Outlawing the problematic aspect of social media would essentially destroy Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and severely damage Youtube, so they need to make it a real ban on the company, not the company's practices. I wonder if we woul
215.
by htag 4y ago
If China benefits from TikTok then it's a fair question to ask if they are working to stop the ban of TikTok.
216.
by htag 4y ago
The fact that this is rare indicates it's not a good value.
217.
by htag 4y ago
I think the manufacturing costs for things bluetooth connectors or touch screen are usually minimal compared to the thousands of pounds of raw materials, or extensive quality assurance needed to build a car. So often these are added to luxu
218.
by htag 4y ago
> This is going to shock people, but the days of buying a new car every 3-5 years is over. The average age of a car on the road in the US is about 11 years. As that is the average age of a car on the road, it suggests the lifespan of a
219.
by htag 4y ago
I am not a lawyer, and I am unsure, but I am under the impression there are limits on which variables health insurance companies can vary their prices on. I think health insurance is another example of classic price discrimination costing
220.
by htag 4y ago
It doesn't issue shares. Instead of answering to shareholders the Federal Reserve answers to congress. Congress has granted the Federal Reserve quite a bit of autonomy, but law established the Federal Reserve and law can modify or ab
221.
by htag 4y ago
This type of price discrimination isn't powered by surveillance capitalism. Using the example in the first answer on the stackexchange, this is nothing more than selling the same ticket at a different price to someone walking up to a
222.
by htag 4y ago
A lot of what you are describing is regional issues for costal cities. My specific comment was pointing that {Base land + Materials + Labor} is very expensive, and while addressing these fees and red tape might be important, it's not
223.
by htag 4y ago
> If homes are to be affordable that means more need to be built. Try pricing what it would take to buy a plot of land and build a home on it. In some places there are very expensive local regulations that must be satisfied. However, ju
224.
by htag 4y ago
Looking back on my youth, I think these age verification check boxes were my earliest disregard for authority. I understood the checkboxes were there because there was a law that wanted to prevent me from accessing an online service. I tho
225.
by htag 4y ago
> to assail with unfriendly or bitter words https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attacked
226.
by htag 4y ago
> It'll fill the niche of richer-than-god people who use jets to skip highway traffic. To skip highway traffic a richer-than-god person would use a helicopter. Private jets are used for further distances.
227.
by htag 4y ago
You can also just print out "I voted" stickers and wear one every election day without going to the polls. Stickers are such a low authority document.
228.
by htag 4y ago
I own both the Switch and the Steam Deck and use neither regularly. I use my PSP Vita and Gameboy Micro much more frequently because they are easier to carry around, and both system are hacked wide open. I have friends with keychains larg
229.
by htag 4y ago
He wanted to take a slice of lemon pound cake so bad it hurt too.
230.
by htag 4y ago
Yeah, they is risk in this type of lending. There's also risk in all lending, and managing risks is what banks do. This is less risky than many think on the surface. The major risk has to do with the asset class as a whole losing va
231.
by htag 4y ago
Is that true? An email client like Thunderbird or Mail will save a copy of the email on your local hard drive, which will include the HTML. This isn't something I do regularly, but would be first first response if I needed to see the
232.
by htag 4y ago
This is a similar model to the KDE Neon distribution, which upstreams basically everything but gives some benefit to developers working on the KDE project.
233.
by htag 4y ago
I don't think prompt injections are a solved problem yet.
234.
by htag 4y ago
The novel A Scanner Darkly was published in 1977, so while it might have been referencing Abagnale it wasn't referencing the autobiography. Social identity being exaggeratedly fluid is a reoccurring theme in PKD's writing, so the
235.
by htag 4y ago
The backlog grows at a faster pace than the company completes work. The backlog is never meant to be completed. Your job security is not based on having a long well groomed backlog.
236.
by htag 4y ago
I understand that in the novel series that sort of setup was encouraged by institutions (there is a vague mention of taxes), and in The United States this is setup is disincentivized by institutions. However if greater than two parent hous
237.
by htag 4y ago
I am surprised fairness in sport isn't a more central theme in this discussion. As more money is spent in sports betting there is more incentive to "fix" games. I view sports betting as a threat to fair competition. Maybe w
238.
by htag 4y ago
It seems like a large claim to say that an accident between someone going 60 and 40mph is as fatal as an accident between someone going 60 and 80. I would need to see empirical evidence to consider the claim. Absolute speed is one of the k
239.
by htag 4y ago
Semiconductor manufacturing is not a zero sum game. We can increase the market by increasing the supply, and there are plenty of niches in the market for each manufacture to habit. More chips being produced is a net good for the world. I
240.
by htag 4y ago
> True literary work will still have a chance if it spreads by word of mouth but I don’t know how society will pay for it. I don't understand, this seems like a leap in logic I am not following. Assuming a good book is identified b

More ›