jononomo

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by jononomo 4y ago
I've been noticing this for at least a decade now: people don't seem to grow up anymore. When I think of my grandfathers, who were born in 1898 and 1905, respectively, I remember serious men. They were good-humored, but they wer
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by jononomo 4y ago
Toyota already makes cars that work really well and the company as a whole is undervalued (less than 1/3 of what TSLA is valued at). The point is for Apple to get into a huge market and make a ton of money with a best-in-class product
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by jononomo 4y ago
The self-driving thing is still 20 years away.
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by jononomo 4y ago
The benefit to Apple would be getting massive amounts of information about roads and traffic conditions for their maps so that they would be better than they are now. The benefit to Toyota would be getting world-class mapping software and
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by jononomo 4y ago
My point is that cars made by Toyota don't break down like the cars made by other companies do.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I don't really care about electric vehicles either -- I think Toyota has its head on straight in this regard. Hybrids are fantastic. Electric vehicles are an important subset of the market, but Toyota makes vehicles that people rely
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by jononomo 4y ago
Wouldn't having the largest fleet of cars in the world be great for Apple Maps? That would be an fantastic way to disrupt Google from that space.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Because Toyota makes reliable cars. As I noted above, I would never buy a car that is not a Toyota. If you want to be flashy, you get a BMW, but it you want to fight a war in the Middle East you get a Toyota Land Cruiser. Don't dismi
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by jononomo 4y ago
I have a 2009 Toyota Prius and it has never once had a mechanical problem. Literally the only issue it has ever had is an inaccurate tire pressure indicator light on the dashboard.
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by jononomo 4y ago
How much would it cost for Apple to take a 10% stake in Toyota? Doesn't Apple have a couple hundred billion dollars just lying around in cash?
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by jononomo 4y ago
I wish Toyota would partner with Apple for their internal maps, screen, controls, etc. Toyota seems to have a major problem with intuitive usability (especially for my parents who are in their 80s). Toyota is the largest car company in the
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by jononomo 4y ago
Yeah, so obviously it's not worth $75 dollars to me to get permabanned from Google...
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by jononomo 4y ago
that's a good question -- I wonder if I still can
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Ask HN: Can I get two phone numbers on a single phone?
2 points by jononomo 4y ago|6 comments
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by jononomo 4y ago
It's been well over a decade since Google has been anything like a scrappy startup. What surprised me about this incident, however, was that Google flat-out robbed me and apparently does not care one iota about their reputation or the
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by jononomo 4y ago
Last year I signed up for YouTube premium, but cancelled it after a few months. Then, a few months later, I noticed that Google was still billing me -- so I put in a complaint and explained the problem and pointed out the receipts I had...
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by jononomo 4y ago
Wearing company swag is the most cringe-worthy thing you can do, second only to wearing a Harvard sweatshirt.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Well, I know of a lot of people who are only partial evolutionary successes.
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FTC orders Bezos and Jassy to testify re: Amazon Prime(cbsnews.com)
3 points by jononomo 4y ago|1 comments
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by jononomo 4y ago
All I know about this is that I thought I had cancelled Amazon Prime a few months ago, but then somehow it turned out that I hadn't.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I think Slack is in danger of becoming bloated just as many organizations are also realizing that it leads to employees wasting time. Anything you do on Slack is pretend-work.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Yeah, the idea that they are a total evolutionary success only makes sense if you start by assuming that they must be a total evolutionary success. It makes just as much sense to say they are a brilliant example of intelligent design.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I just asked the same question -- it would be interesting to see how long ago these land masses were close enough together and the rate at which they moved apart over time.
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by jononomo 4y ago
How does this behavior evolve? Shrinking your internal organs and going into a zombie state for a 9-day flight seems like it would require the coordination of dozens of separate processes, and making it only 95% of the way means drowning i
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by jononomo 4y ago
Yes, this should be impossible -- scientists have no idea how they do it: "Current models say the birds should conk out after three or four days, yet they fly for more than a week. “We can’t explain the physiology that allows them to d
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by jononomo 4y ago
"Other birds do stay aloft for long periods using a technique called “dynamic soaring,” while godwits power themselves by continuous flapping, which takes far more energy."
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by jononomo 4y ago
Apparently they flap their wings for the entire trip. Also: "Their internal organs undergo a “strategic restructuring” before departure. The gizzards, kidneys, livers and guts shrink to lighten the load for the trans-Pacific journey. P
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by jononomo 4y ago
Shouldn't this be impossible just from the perspective of physics? Do these birds lose 90% of their body weight during this flight?
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by jononomo 4y ago
Ok, so I just did 4.1 miles on the treadmill at 8% uphill slope with 5-pound weights in each hand. I'm sure it works the shoulders as well, but there is definitely some bicep work going on there -- you have to keep your elbows bent, f
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by jononomo 4y ago
I'm with you! In fact, I take it even further. I refuse to step out of my house. You can never be too careful.

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