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by josv 1y ago
Be wary of confirmation bias. I don’t find it unlikely at all that Tesla owners have sincere environmental goals that could be overshadowed by other concerns. Let’s afford each other the grace of being rational expected utility maximizers.
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by josv 2y ago
I really don't. I wasn't in support of vaccine mandates and passports, and agreed with some of the truckers demands because in a democracy the bar for protecting personal autonomy and freedom should be incredibly high. But I als
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by josv 2y ago
I see a lot of posts like this, and this is straight up disinformation. I'm not assuming it's willful, since disinformation breeds disinformation, but here's my account as someone who lives here and is glad Trudeau resigned
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by josv 2y ago
iOS and macOS had a visual editor forever. Interface Builder was a really interesting take on visual layout, instantiating real objects in the interface and serializing them into nib / xib / storyboard files ready for use in your
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by josv 2y ago
Well; that's certainly not my experience living in a Canadian city... with high housing prices and lots of immigration. Not seeking to put you on the spot. I imagine there's a lot of variation in how people see things everywhere.
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by josv 2y ago
As a Canadian, I'm super curious about the recent frequent comments about Canadian policy on HN. I'm as Trudeau-fatigued and concerned about productivity as the next person... but I think high immigration is something most folks i
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by josv 6y ago
Hah! That’s not the “confirmation bias” I’m used to, but very apt.
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by josv 7y ago
Worth clarifying in case you're unfamiliar with the Canadian system: There is a points-based program for economic migration, but there are also other immigration avenues (e.g. family reunification) and appeal processes (e.g. based on e
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by josv 7y ago
As a Canadian, I hear frequently from Americans that Canada is a homogeneous place. I imagine there are a lot of different ways to measure that, but for what it's worth, per StatsCan Canada has the highest foreign-born population in th
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by josv 8y ago
We don’t lack for wonderful writers in the Apple ecosystem. Along with objc.io I’d heartily suggest: https://oleb.net (Ole Begemann) https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/ (Mike Ash)
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by josv 10y ago
Really interesting; thanks.
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by josv 10y ago
Curious about what drives the cost difference vs. a "consumer" car. The sensor suite? (Is it just lidar vs. radar?)
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by josv 12y ago
This is so good. I'm not sure how idiosyncratic my reaction is, but this kind of fluid, beer in one hand (and "go look up the axioms on Wikipedia") mode of presentation is such an amazing way to introduce and motivate a topic
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by josv 12y ago
I’m a member at a worker-owned mobile dev coop in Ottawa. (htttp://www.brierwoodapps.com) I spent some time in grad school studying economics, and I've felt a bit like a mole on a couple of occasions, but I do think it’s a re