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by jmoak3 4y ago
If self driving cars are completed you can kiss human scale urbanism and suburbanism goodbye. 2 hour commutes from the woods will become normalized IMO
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by jmoak3 4y ago
As a longtime iOS user, I entirely agree! This is a whacko bananas thing to press without any hint of something similar for Apple yet. Dinging Google for making manufacturers carry Google Maps (or whatever) if they install the Google Play A
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by jmoak3 4y ago
>so I don't think advertising/PR spending will be reduced I disagree, if consumer spending is reduced due to less equity valuations or less overall liquidity, then the ad spend will follow. A recession could easily bring this a
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by jmoak3 4y ago
You should see what KPMG signed off for GE 15 years or so ago Click any of the links within https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/24/investing/ge-annual-meeting... I wonder if PWC missed it by design, but then a
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I'm thankful for this thread, (as a pretty darn well-traveled american!) I've never heard of this concept.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Sorry for any confusion, I was responding to this: > if you believe humanity can successfully navigate a demographic inversion the likes of which it has never seen before, while managing the changing climate. I agree with the comment abo
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Yup, expect to hear about inflation for a long time! A wealthy older person will not stay wealthy for long when minor repairs to their home cost a magnitude more than circa-2019.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I agree. A dramatic example, but I imagine a solid state battery (and the following generations) will be harder to design if half of the research team has to care for their senile mothers.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I suppose I was sheltered until several years ago.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
America is freaky rich - how many people in this forum grow food of any kind (outside of a hobby) for example? I'm not too surprised on the % of share of the footprint, people making (or spending) at least $40k drive a lot of worldwide
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by jmoak3 4y ago
To return to Q2 2021's Profit-Per-Employee they wouldn't need to cut OpEx by 20%, just increase profit by 20%. >it appears cutting OpEx by 20% would be hard to achieve by cutting headcount. Cutting OpEx by 20% isn't what I
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I don't think so, but to close that profit-per-employee gap they'll have to find ways to get profit up, while likely letting normal resignation/performance churn trim the count.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
>Google CEO says he hopes to make company 20% more efficient The 20% number makes sense: According to their latest Quarterly Report, Google's Q2 2022 profit was identical to Google's Q2 2021 profit, yet the company increased he
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by jmoak3 4y ago
That's true - the hills, whales, architecture, and density that attracted bohemians before aren't going anywhere The people on the sidelines will definitely provide a floor to the prices of the homes. Home prices aside though the
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I know people miss SF as it was before the boom, but can it actually readjust to substantially less tax revenue with the city government + responsibilities it has now? From what I read about Detroit, once businesses started shrinking or lea
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I’ve also done software in automotive at one of the classic European car co’s. You’re spot on.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/kentucky-bunker-civil-... Repeat after me: There is actually little you can do to prepare for a total collapse, especially to survive the following desperate 0 trust
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I had this too when I was young! Fortunately I was old enough to experiment and play with the sound, it was some sort of Spanish speaking program. Crazy stuff.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
America's Pork Producer Industry is quite knowledgeable about producing pork, which involves competing with global Pork Producers. The LNG section of the video contains insights you may apply to other aspects of your life. Personally,
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by jmoak3 4y ago
The LNG price graph shown a few minutes from the given timestamp is very relevant.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
>Is it generally considered funny and/or OK to shit on others misfortune while laughing about it? Bragging about how much better it is for you that others feel pain about something? The video is from a talk at an Iowan Pork Producer
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Someone else posted this a few weeks ago, but it truly blew my mind. Watch a few minutes of this, starting from the given timestamp: https://youtu.be/Wi_nFz1CJSI?t=1746 Europe is in more trouble than I imagined.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Apple’s behavior on the App Store for sure deserves it. To access their customers you must use their languages (friction porting to other platforms), use their computers (more friction to porting), give 30% of all revenue AND compete with t
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by jmoak3 4y ago
At scale, everyone looks out for #1, and kids have a tendency to be a little naive. I'm no expert, but it sounds like the problem is that we keep giving gov-backed money to kids to spend at schools who are telling them that paying 120k
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I did this for 6 months and was on the edge of what I could handle. God help you, and I hope you can swing remote!
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I agree. I may be talking straight out of my ass, but I've been stewing on a chain of events I think I've been following in the USA: We've left rates too low for too long - my observation is that industries are consolidating
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Thank you for the recommendation, adding it to my list. Meta, but my favorite part of HN is the exposure to books I'd never come across otherwise.
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by jmoak3 4y ago
I was posting to understand, and people helped me
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by jmoak3 4y ago
Hmm so I have a channel with Target, Target has a channel with my neighbor, and my neighbor has a channel with my cousin. You're saying I could send money to my cousin and Target and my neighbor would take some sort of cut if they agre
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by jmoak3 4y ago
It just seems to me like it allows you to open a secure high speed channel with someone you expect to transact with frequently. That's interesting but most people transact with different people constantly - so unless I want to have an

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