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by matthewowen 2y ago
yeah, but IME (as a british person) a lot of british people _do_ actually see it that way.
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by matthewowen 2y ago
not all kids bikes: only bikes with a maximum seat height between 22 and 25 inches (under 22 inches don't require brakes at all). in practice, this winds up applying to 14" wheel bikes and maybe some 16" wheel bikes. definite
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by matthewowen 2y ago
Reading the whole thing, I think the author would agree. "Go to the funeral" isn't just about the funeral. It's a specific example of "if you have a chance to show up for someone, show up for them: even if (maybe _e
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by matthewowen 2y ago
My understanding is that the problems of NYC -> Boston high speed rail are purely political, and basically come down to CT resistance to change The current track alignment is not conducive to high speed travel, and CT as a state has no i
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by matthewowen 2y ago
Boston to Portland, OR? The city discussed in the article? It's 3000 miles! I would personally love to live in a world where you can go 200mph on a train and do it in 15 hours but I wouldn't call it easy.
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by matthewowen 2y ago
As a note of caution: these demographic statistics are somewhat misleading because they use the demographics of the US as a whole, but the correct demographic set is to use for 18 year olds (70 year olds generally aren't applying to co
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by matthewowen 2y ago
I think there's at least some of the cliched HN behavior of "I read the title and used it as a prompt to write about my opinions on one of the nouns it contained". I don't really care for Mr Beast (but don't think a
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by matthewowen 2y ago
IME people are actually quite bad at thoroughly reading and absorbing onboarding material. Adding incentives so that they actually do it is probably pretty valuable.
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by matthewowen 2y ago
There is a common refrain about the Armstrong era "all the top guys were taking them so it's fair" but it's not really accurate. Because yes, the people at the top were all taking them, but that's because the clean
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by matthewowen 3y ago
It’s a residential lease, but the power use is for a non-residential purpose. So arguably yes. I wonder what a court would say. It’s not clear to me either way. As a practical matter it seems like leases with utilities included shouldn’t ne
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by matthewowen 3y ago
There are two types of constitutional convention. State ratifying conventions, which you are correct is the way that the 21st amendment was ratified by the states after having received a two thirds majority in congress: https://e
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by matthewowen 3y ago
The default absent the Jones Act would likely be that vessels would move between US ports (which likely does include river ports) under non-US flags with non-US crews who simply never leave the vessel. Just as is the case for vessels going
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by matthewowen 3y ago
There are three main pillars to it. Vessels moving goods between US ports need to be: 1. US flagged and owned 2. US crewed 3. US built. I genuinely agree with the first two points. Most container ships sail under flags of convenience (so th
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by matthewowen 3y ago
There's a pretty big difference between 1300AD and 600AD For example, by 1300 you have Kings of England with substantial documentary index. In 600 you have ongoing Anglo-Saxon settlement, the written evidence is poor, but there seem to
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by matthewowen 3y ago
That's not what he's saying here though. The other story you are referencing is "this was an expensive education in which you have learnt to not do stupid stuff". This is framed as "this was an expensive learning op
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by matthewowen 3y ago
You do miss the ground clearance for some applications. Even just comparing to the old CRV we had, we drove that places you wouldn’t be able to take a minivan. But for internal capacity, so much better: one of the big things is that the muc
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by matthewowen 3y ago
That’s great, but you have a second car to cover the things your primary car can’t do! That might make sense if you do a daily commute that makes the convenience and running costs of the smaller car worth it. In general I see a lot of snark
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by matthewowen 3y ago
I love my minivan but it doesn’t entirely solve the size issue: a Toyota Sienna is 7 inches longer than a Kia Telliride (one of the largest crossovers) and only six inches shorter than a Ford Expedition (which is a solid example of a trad
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by matthewowen 3y ago
https://twitter.com/flexport/status/1737874384982069746 They have a webinar about it. Ryan (@typesfast) has also been tweeting about it a bunch.
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by matthewowen 3y ago
That’s an interesting fact I didn’t know before that makes sense in retrospect. I wish you hadn’t phrased it snarkily tho: is it really “sad” that someone doesn’t know an interesting fact that you do, or is it a fun opportunity for others t
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by matthewowen 3y ago
I suppose “|| and or” mean different things was a little too loose or broad a way of expressing that, but I agree what the big is and you see how it fits in with my overall point I’m sure
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by matthewowen 3y ago
In python empty string is false. In ruby 0 is true. And yes, ruby has both or and || but they mean different things. I’m not saying that it isnt valid to criticize these things: first time use of a language matters, people work in multiple
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by matthewowen 3y ago
You’ve posted this about me twice. I haven’t shown any ire and I think it’s counter to the spirit of hacker news to suggest bad faith in my posts based on my proximity to the topic.
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by matthewowen 3y ago
This deal already has fallen through. What I type here has no possible impact. So idk what the motive here really is. I have a bunch of different feelings about it of course, but I think what I have said here has been factual and verifiable
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by matthewowen 3y ago
Speaking for myself and not for Figma and I wouldn’t want to muddy that fact or imply that I have meaningful non-public information. I don’t think anything I’ve said is either vociferous or disingenuous. I actually haven’t even said whether
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by matthewowen 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38685680 (it doesn’t seem ideal to post substantially the same reply in two places)
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by matthewowen 3y ago
It also said the lawsuit would be filed “in February or March”, but it was never actually filed, so what factual relevance do you think that article really has? Moreover, the DOJ wins less than one in three of these kinds of cases: the US s
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by matthewowen 3y ago
This is a really inaccurate factual understanding of the sequence of events here: I would urge you to look at the actual timeline of events around the CMA and the DOJ before you keep spreading it.
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by matthewowen 3y ago
This is just straight up factually incorrect: the DOJ never filed a lawsuit to block this deal.
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by matthewowen 3y ago
I don’t see the relevance of that question: outcomes for companies fall onto positivity/negativity ranges beyond merely a bankrupt / not bankrupt bjnary.

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