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by matwood 1y ago
> he had the opportunity to do so Could he have done more? Sure. But he spent a lot of political capital getting the ACA done. Then he followed traditional political decorum when the GOP pushed him around that in hindsight was a mistake.
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by matwood 1y ago
> This ship has sailed, 90% of the population uses their phone as their primary computing device, and wants large screens. Same with the camera, and that’s why the bump will exists for a long while.
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by matwood 1y ago
A guy I knew biked across part of Europe and borrowed a travel book of mine. He bought me a new one when he got back because he would tear out the pages of places he visited in order to lighten his load.
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by matwood 1y ago
Especially if someone has 25 years of experience as the OP said.
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by matwood 1y ago
My sales people love it.
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by matwood 1y ago
Sounds like the cryptobros are about to have their turn with the Trump leopard eating their face...
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by matwood 1y ago
My friends were all pretty much in the same situation. I didn't really think in terms of missing my parents - my friends and I were too busy having fun or as we got older too busy making money. It forced me to become independent very e
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by matwood 1y ago
> Turns out they are as addicted to texting with their kids all day as their kids are addicted to the same. This is wild to me. When I was growing up, my mom would make sure I didn't sleep through my alarm as she was walking out the
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by matwood 1y ago
From the article: > Netflix has more than doubled the number of people watching its ad-supported tier over the last year. At its upfront presentation for advertisers on Wednesday, the company revealed that the $7.99 per month plan now re
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by matwood 1y ago
Netflix likely doesn't want to show ads, but the market would rather watch ads than pay full price for a service. https://www.theverge.com/news/667042/netflix-ad-supported-ti...
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by matwood 1y ago
Spot on. Where I live now we have a single car for convenience, but we can go weeks without driving. It's amazing, and I don't understand how I managed to commute by driving for so many years without going crazy.
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by matwood 1y ago
When I lived in a pretty wealthy suburb some of the most dangerous people around were those driving home from the bar.
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by matwood 1y ago
And it can make sense. A lot of people are packed in small space and commuting. Not exactly an uplifting part of the day. I can understand it's considered polite to try to keep quiet. What's funny is where I live now in Italy (out
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by matwood 1y ago
I think the mistake you're making is assuming the entirety of all cities are rough areas. There are plenty of rough suburbs you don't want to live in either. > She explained that that were she lived (Boston) you just couldn&#x2
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by matwood 1y ago
Regardless of who they target, I'm taking free financing any day of the week. It's like credit cards which I've received huge value from, and I've never carried a balance in over 30 years of use.
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by matwood 1y ago
> $999 is a lot of money. Which almost no one pays up front or at all in the US with the carrier deals and trade ins.
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by matwood 1y ago
I read or do a crossword in bed as part of my go to sleep ritual. Sometimes it slips out my hand though usually it just hits my chin or chest. I can easily see how it falls on someone's face though.
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by matwood 1y ago
> Is there a distinct advantage to eSIM-only, with no physical slot, for travel? IDK about only but it’s easier to get an eSIM setup ahead of time. It’s also easier to keep a bunch of esims handy vs physical sims. Guess it depends on you
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by matwood 1y ago
That’s what Apple care is for.
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by matwood 1y ago
The fed was cutting rates and on track to continue until Trump threw a tariff grenade into the economy. They, like most businesses, decided they needed to see how the idiotic economic policy played out before doing anything else.
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by matwood 1y ago
> The thing is, is it slower to code with LLMs if you already have the knowledge? Maybe if all you do is code, but that’s not how most people work. Being able write I need these things done in this way and then attend a meeting or start
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by matwood 1y ago
This right here. It's pretty amazing tbh. I'm typing this comment while Claude churns on an idea I had...
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by matwood 1y ago
It'll be interesting if tools like Claude will end up being used to highlight the people who have no clue what they are doing.
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by matwood 1y ago
> For instance, if you tax second homes (or third homes, or homes not occupied at least 8 months out of the year, or whatever specific condition you want to use) at 100% of the value per year Many locales already charge much higher yearl
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by matwood 1y ago
> But sometimes the act of commenting helped me understand something; I write many more comments that never get posted. The act of writing forces clarification of thought which I find very useful.
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by matwood 1y ago
The data then wasn't quite so clear or simple. Supply chains were hosed so transitory seemed reasonable at the time along with dealing with pandemic after effects. Of course hindsight is 20/20, but when it became clear the inflati
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by matwood 1y ago
Sure, which is why they were already on track to cut again as inflation was coming down. That was until Trump through his tariff grenade into the mix causing the fed to take on a wait and see approach.
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by matwood 1y ago
They managed to nearly kill inflation without sending the economy into a recession. Housing prices were also slowing though tariffs and increased construction costs are not helping.
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by matwood 1y ago
AI is the smoke screen companies are using to cut costs because they see things slowing down (tariffs and the general admin causing enormous uncertainty), and many are still recovering from all the over hiring during COVID.
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by matwood 1y ago
JPow has to be annoyed. He was about to stick the perfect soft landing after killing inflation, then Trump showed up and through a tariff grenade into the economy. And, ironically, the fed was already on track to cut rates until the tariff

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