jrwoodruff

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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
You might be keying on the absence of any advertising whatsoever. So many media sites are so bogged down by advertising that it would be funny if it wasn't so sad. Beyond that, it does have good fundamental design. Hierarchy of typogra
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
That's kinda wild and really counter-intuitive. From the article: NHTSA’s research suggests that throughout the national public health emergency and associated lockdowns, driving patterns and behaviors changed significantly, and that
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
It wasn't a particularly cheap stunt then, but it ended up being worth the publicity. I think a similar stunt now, in a world of highly reliable machines and always-on media, just wouldn't gather enough attention to make the cost
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Great thing is, we probably won't know what that point is until we've past it.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
It seems insane to you because you have a very valuable skill and the means to easily shop around. It's less insane when the job market is restricted to a single employer in an area, employees lack the means to relocate, or really anyt
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I read a quote from one of the Sandy Hook parents: Anytime you put a machine between people, the person at the other end of the machine is dehumanized. I'm paraphrasing here, and they were talking about a gun, but I think it holds true
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Contrast that with all the complaining about how bad the roads are. Yea, the construction is a pain, but at least I connect that with better roads in a few relatively short months.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I'm always amazed at the amount of engineering that goes into, well, everything. Like how each transmission line tower is designed by someone for that specific location, even though the overall design looks the same from tower to tower
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I mean, I know it's not -at all- the same but that was kind of a staple for Bitcoin. Hasn't seemed to bother anybody...
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I'm very skeptical that anyone would think through this scenario and arrive at boycotting an entire payment network. Not just PornHubs bank, or payment processor, but an entire credit card network. And of those that did, I doubt it wou
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Would they though? I very rarely consider which credit card processor I'm using - it's what card has the best interest/rewards/whatever, or what logo does my personal bank use on their debit cards. It's not like I c
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I don't even know if you can buy new off-road toys that don't have chips - four wheelers, side-by-sides, snowmobiles and the like. Pretty sure they all use electronic fuel injection these days, and that requires at least one chip.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
This was my thought as well. Radar, microwave communication, satellites... all use radio technology. It's so pervasive it's almost invisible.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Yup! And really, the highly, highly automated processes in car manufacturing are in the stamping, body construction and painting phases. Almost no humans involved in those three major phases. Final Assembly is the most labor intensive, beca
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I've toured this plant. They don't show it in this video, but in the stamping and body areas of the plant, they don't even have the lights on at task levels - it's a dusk-level lighting until a human enters the space. Th
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Less design and engineering, sourcing and manufacturing of all that hardware too.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Those mid 90s Japanese sedans were awesome. Relatively compact overall, zippy little 4 cylinders engines and manual transmissions. I had an Accord from that era, and loved driving my dads nerdy-as-hell Nissan Sentra. That car was shockingly
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I'm pretty sure the TJ-era wranglers (1997-2006), and the Cherokee of the same period hit a sweet spot. Dead simple, no frills, durable as hell, utilitarian but not uncomfortable. Everything after that is continual bloat - bigger overa
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Living in a college-adjacent town (Lansing, next to Michigan State University in East Lansing) has been pretty ideal. Somehow, students tend to stay in East Lansing for the obnoxious benders, but grad students and professors live in Lansing
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Graphic design yes - that covers print design, print, digitla and television advertising and many other mediums - but among those designing software applications Figma seems to be kicking ass: https://uxtools.co/survey-2020&
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I don't think you -could- wakeboard behind this, right? The whole point of wakeboard boats is to displace as much water as possible in a controlled way. Skiing would be interesting though.
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
I'm sure the dog washing business wasn't trying to be a poster child, more likely it was the one business that the reporter could find on deadline that wasn't a huge manufacturer, was impacted, and was willing to talk about i
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
That makes a lot of sense...
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How does your company handle digital nomads, residency, and taxes?
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
This seems like a great marketing technique for up starts trying to compete in the quality/price space. In the chicken soup example, for instance, cost to produce is a strong indicator that the soup has quality ingredients, and isn&#x2
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
>a ruthless agency that will remove corruption from politics once and for all. Used to be called a free press, until we allowed massive mergers creating single companies with control of a massive media market share, and journalism trade
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Not an article, a press release from Apple. Of course their PR team is going to spin it as positive as possible, that's their job. Used to be, reporters would pick this up and do their best to take the spin off, do a few interviews and
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
But I don't think they're suggesting getting rid of the entire executive team, or carte-blanche implementing whatever iCEO says to do. They're saying replace the most expensive position with some AI, and let the executive tea
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by jrwoodruff 5y ago
Definitely played tetris way too long lol
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by jrwoodruff 6y ago
Hmmm, interesting. I'm going to look into this more. I did buy a weboost drive x, but I'm not convinced its really helping with anything...

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