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by jdlshore 4y ago
As I understand it, Boring Company’s vision is to decrease the capital cost of public transit by using commodity carriages (Tesla cars, eventually self-driving) and smaller tunnels. The Vegas Loop test case appeared to work okay, but in the
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by jdlshore 4y ago
> If you focus on creating a culture of objectivity, facts and honesty, you'll solve most of your jerk problems without having to figure out what "jerk" means. Are you speaking from experience? As a consultant, I occasiona
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by jdlshore 4y ago
They have “hundreds of developers.” It seems completely reasonable for them to have a team focused on DX. It’s one of my most common recommendations for rapidly-growing companies, which are often focused on features at the expense of produc
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by jdlshore 4y ago
The phrase “plan -> build (iterate) -> ship” is carrying a lot of water in this article. It’s unfortunately vague. Scrum and Kanban, which are each called out separately, are also plan -> iterate -> ship methods. Reading between
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by jdlshore 4y ago
I’ve used it to make a complex game with a big board, jumbo-sized cards, special surface treatments, lots of bits, and a nice box. Cost of materials was about $80 IIRC. (It’s a niche simulation game that I sell for $500 + training, so price
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Not nearly as absurd as thinking it’s okay to criticize strangers’ hobbies.
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I just tried it. The menu item was there, although I didn't click it.
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This product is targeted at people who want rooftop solar, presumably because of the environmental benefits, but don't have a good location for rooftop solar. If this is appealing to you, you might also want to check into your power co
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Heh, good point. It’s still a silly language-wars comment, but it makes more sense.
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This is HN’s classic “middlebrow dismissal,” which serves to end interesting conversations rather than start them. So, let’s try again: what do you like about the concept, and how would you change it to reduce the flaws you identified?
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by jdlshore 4y ago
I had assumed a single oval-shaped display and headset, along with notches for cameras. I also don’t see slightly displaced cameras as causing a significant problem. Brains are pretty adaptable to vision changes.
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Oh, come on. JavaScript doesn’t mean pages take 500ms to load. On my Node.js-powered server [1], pages take a handful of ms, and they only take that long because I’m doing a lot of sophisticated content management. JavaScript has got some r
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by jdlshore 4y ago
6-8 years. My last phone was an iPhone 6; my current is an iPhone 12 mini. Previous to that, I had a Palm Pre, and before that, a Palm Treo (which I got in 2000-2001).
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Yes, I think that’s fair. From my perspective, they’re making the right tradeoffs—I personally value size, waterproofing, and cost more than repairability. I might feel differently if Apple wasn’t essentially giving away battery replacement
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by jdlshore 4y ago
I don’t always agree with Gruber, but I do this time. I also think you’re doing him a disservice with your “paid shill” implication. He stated very clearly why he thinks it’s mandatory: > If it were possible for iPhones to be more easily
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by jdlshore 4y ago
The big question in my mind is whether Ford can deliver in volume. If Ford pulls this off, they’ll be one of the rare companies that has navigated the Innovator’s Dilemma (in the Christensen sense). One of the key features of the Innovator’
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by jdlshore 4y ago
True or not, I found it an enjoyable read. I came to the comments to hear from other enthusiasts of urban exploration. Instead, I got a pedantic killjoy. So I guess we’re both disappointed.
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Cookies aren't part of the GDPR, so they must be part of the ePrivacy Directive. Consent is part of the GDPR, but the way I've seen it operate in practice is widely out of compliance. You're supposed to ask for consent in eac
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Cloth deformation physics are fairly standard these days, and are already in the game. Criticising “bedsheet physics” is something media latched onto as a way to generate outrage clicks. Congratulations, you fell for it, and repeated it. (I
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by jdlshore 4y ago
They raised the price as high as the market would allow, but did it gradually over time (about 10% per year).
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by jdlshore 4y ago
A key quote from the article supports what you're saying: "Warren and I raised the prices of See’s Candies a little faster than others might have. There are actually people out there who don’t price everything as high as the marke
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Index funds. Check out the Bogleheads subreddit for a levelheaded investing approach.
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This is how people used to write plain text documents. It’s a stylistic choice. It looks like Markdown because Markdown was deliberately designed to result in documents that look like this style. In other words, you have cause and effect ba
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by jdlshore 4y ago
Sure, I can see the irony. On the other hand, your interpretation of my argument is absolutely correct. I'm saying that people in this thread have gotten two things wrong: 1) They don't understand Agile, Scrum, or retrospectives,
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If you were her friend, sure. But you're just some internet stranger piling on. Hard truths are delivered in private, not shouted in a public square where the author isn't even present. But that's not what actually inspired m
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by jdlshore 4y ago
> I don't mean to belittle anyone's experiences Then why did you do it? Surely if you’re self-aware enough to write this part, you’re self-aware enough to not write the rest of the paragraph, or to imply that, if it’s not Battl
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"You aren't doing it right" is a valid argument when "it" is well defined. No True Scotsman is a fallacy of ambiguity—it occurs when "Scotsman" isn't well defined, allowing somebody to continually mov
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The same thought crossed my mind. :-)
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by jdlshore 4y ago
I read about a study that concluded meal delivery kits resulted in less CO2 emissions, mostly because because store-bought food required people to buy larger quantities, so there was more food waste. I don't remember the details, but r

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