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by kenhwang 3y ago
Majority of TikTok's user base watches what TikTok decides to show them, which TikTok can optimize to lower their content creator payouts (and further optimized by only showing content that have been properly primed in the CDN). TikTok
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by kenhwang 3y ago
I've worked for a major streaming company and with several other major streaming companies (including Twitch); I'd like to think I have a pretty good understanding of streaming costs. > Youtube (very profitable) The "very
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by kenhwang 3y ago
As a user of Threads and X (formerly known as Twitter). Threads is so dog slow, even compared to Instagram. Slow to respond to requests for just about everything (several seconds), even slower at showing an up to date feed (10s of seconds).
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Agreed, they're spending a lot of effort to be better at pushing "recommendations": the DJ, "smart" shuffle, the new home screen UI that prioritizes recommended new releases, concerts, and merchandise. Those are all
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by kenhwang 3y ago
This has been the biggest feature keeping me on Spotify. Tidal sorta has a connect feature, but I've found it to be really buggy (often wouldn't play or wouldn't tell the remote control device what is playing) and not as wide
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Seriously such a buggy and undesirable feature. Smart shuffle replaced the default shuffle for me on all interfaces that didn't get updated to switch between the two shuffles, so on Android Auto, the only shuffle option was smart shuff
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by kenhwang 3y ago
The 911 and Boxster are built on the same assembly line, which is at full capacity. If anything, it's easier to get a 911 than a Boxster right now because they're prioritizing the capacity towards 911s. They're expanding supp
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Probably a technical limitation. The 7-speed is able to handle more torque than the GT's 6-speed. Probably also the reason for the Sport Classic getting less power and significantly less torque than a regular 911 turbo. I love how the
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by kenhwang 3y ago
I skip gears in my 6 speed too (1-2-4-6 on acceleration, 6-3-2 on deceleration). I'd love a 7th gear for quieter high speed cruising but the number of shifts I do would be the same. Cars like these have more than enough power to not ne
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Let's use keyboards to explain since the HN crowd tends to be much more familiar with those. Regular cars are like regular rubber dome Logitech keyboards, EVs are like smartphone on-screen keyboards. Does a mechanical keyboard actually
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by kenhwang 3y ago
I think it's the cooler coastal climate I'm in that slows down the growth so the regular 3 month harvest period is spread across 9. It still only flowers once a year in spring like a normal tree, but by that following winter (regu
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by kenhwang 3y ago
My avocado tree usually drops a dozen or two avocados a week for most of the year, so I've had a lot of time and examples to experiment on for storage. Once they're off the tree, ripen at room temperature for about a week. Then tr
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by kenhwang 3y ago
I built the industry first version of that product :) Fun way to screw with Google is to pick the worst answer (haven't seen any of the products, worse impression of the brand, etc). Advertisers are starting to try to measure advertisi
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Though the Prime is 460lbs heavier than a regular Prius. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2023-toyota-prius-prime-f... You still need other additional equipment to use the bigger battery. Electric motors aren't
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by kenhwang 3y ago
A simple new inventory search shows 99+ new 2024 Lexus ES350s for sale in my area (CA, USA), so yes I believe it still has the V6. It's just not available on the Camry anymore.
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by kenhwang 3y ago
A Prius Prime has a 161HP/120kW electric motor and a 13.6kWh battery. Regen braking is usually able to capture 15-30% of the motor's output power. You'd have to be at full regen for about 22 minutes to fully charge that batte
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Batteries are heavy, and even the weight for a modest sized (15-20kWh) one used for a PHEV is heavy enough (+500-700lbs) to impact the fuel economy enough where it is a net negative even accounting for regular hybrid recharging/regen b
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by kenhwang 3y ago
The Lexus Camry/ES still has the 300hp V6 option. Still too early to say if it retains it for 2025.
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by kenhwang 3y ago
If you don't have a way of charging the battery, it's less efficient than if it were gas-only.
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by kenhwang 3y ago
My friends actually had a startup that did exactly this and had pretty great initial success. Restaurants could pick how much they charged for reservations, whether that cost could be applied to a portion of the bill, or whether it was a st
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Coworking spaces has been commoditized. Every major metro area has a dozen local companies offering coworking spaces. So unless you need the same membership to work in very different locations, you'd just join any of the local companie
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by kenhwang 3y ago
V3 supports Tesla's implementation of "NACS", which is not what was opened up to everyone. You're more than welcome to grab a NACS-CCS conversion plug to try, it won't work because it's not speaking NACS protoc
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by kenhwang 3y ago
There's an embarrassing amount of confusion and misunderstanding in this thread for what is supposedly a technically savvy audience. The current Tesla charging standard is not NACS. NACS is a new standard based on CCS protocol with T
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by kenhwang 3y ago
As with any car, you can see it with an OBD-II tool. You can even drive the car with OBD-II (like with comma.ai) if you understand what signals to read and send.
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Mazda is in a rather unique position where they're under the care of one of the biggest and richest automakers (Toyota), while still being "independent" and "small" enough from a regulatory point of view to have a m
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by kenhwang 3y ago
It's not just about you. With phones and fixed cameras, people have to make a deliberate choice to point them at something of interest. If your neighbor decided to mount a camera that always looked into your bedroom window or yard, you
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Porsche is already thinking of 3d printing piston heads since their research is showing it's stronger than if they forged it. I don't think there'll ever be a need to 3d print shock absorbers or bearings, since those tend to
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by kenhwang 3y ago
The difference is cars aren't comparable to phones anymore. They're already way more capable than phones with always on cameras with sonar and radar mapping in multiple directions, always on mics for voice commands, and even conti
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Really have to thank the 3d printing revolution for a lot of these classic parts support. They no longer have to keep a large supply of all sorts of old parts around in storage, they can just redesign them in a way that can be 3d printed an
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by kenhwang 3y ago
Mazda is philosophically opposed to turning the car into a computer with wheels, but don't misunderstand that for not being high tech. Mazda has some of the most sophisticated and capable vehicle management software with the beefy hard

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