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541.
by namdnay 4y ago
Keep in mind that 90% of the engineering done in a car comes from a supplier or the supplier of supplier
542.
by namdnay 4y ago
I would be wary of this "cordless alliance", the dynamics are closer to that of a kingdom than an alliance... it's basically lots of small(er) german tool manufacturers using Metabo batteries instead of developing their own.
543.
by namdnay 4y ago
A mountain bike is fine on a gravel trail, if you can lock the shocks
544.
by namdnay 4y ago
Maybe GIPHY negotiated something with Google? Or the fact that it's only short extracts means they don't see it as scraping?
545.
by namdnay 4y ago
You could give that argument for pretty much any labour dispute. If those workers don’t want to spend 70 hours a week in the factory, why don’t they find another job instead? If the miners are not happy about the safety measures, why don’t
546.
by namdnay 4y ago
ah yes i agree
547.
by namdnay 4y ago
they weigh the same..
548.
by namdnay 4y ago
I guess it's a bit of both - I'm sure car manufacturers have realised that they they can lower the sticker price by bumping up the margins on aftermarket
549.
by namdnay 4y ago
"a bit" :) are there no mandatory safety checks in the US? In most countries i've been in, a "home improved" car like this would need to be homologated before being driven on a public road
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by namdnay 4y ago
> however for light crashes, your hunk of 50's-70's metal will often end up with significantly less damage I don't get your point - yes they have less damage, because they're not soaking up the energy. That's li
551.
by namdnay 4y ago
100%. And all of the above are necessary because customers and investors are the fucking worst. Ok, that’s how the world works, do we stick our fingers in our ears and pretend we can ignore it? Or do we embrace it and accept the rules of th
552.
by namdnay 4y ago
it's more like protecting the team from being shut because some asshole somewhere managed to convince an exec that there was overlap with their team, or raising warnings when some product idiot has a new idea that's obviously goin
553.
by namdnay 4y ago
i've seen some pretty dysfunctional orgs, but none that has been that bad. a bit of diplomacy, a bit of corner cutting, a bit of bullshitting, some inflated sizings, a bit of politics, and you can buy the team enough time to clean up,
554.
by namdnay 4y ago
yes, an enterprise abstraction layer
555.
by namdnay 4y ago
all that means is that you're making either the tech lead or your project manager the engineering manager. whoever is between business and the engineers, saying yes/no to the former based on the needs of the latter, is the EM
556.
by namdnay 4y ago
> sit in meetings all day that had zero impact on our work streams maybe the manager was busy in meetings all day in order to ensure you had zero impact on your work streams :) the role of an EM in a large organisation is in large part t
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by namdnay 4y ago
For me, VB + Visual Studio was the highlight of late 90s programming - true drag&drop wysiwyg ui design, a clean link between code and ui, lightning fast prototyping. ahhh good times
558.
by namdnay 4y ago
I think you misunderstand the comment you're replying to. He's not saying that the internet is bad, or that it doesn't make it much more convenient or profitable to deploy and sell software. he's just saying that's
559.
by namdnay 4y ago
That's the state of Israel, not Israelis. You can refuse to open a factory in China for moral reasons, but still be perfectly friendly with your chinese colleagues
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by namdnay 4y ago
You seem to be under the impression that defining Champagne as coming from Champagne is a recent thing. It's not, it's been like that since the 19th century, even being codified in the Madrid treaty of 1891 - long before anyone wa
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by namdnay 4y ago
Those are recipes/styles, not ingredients. And again, it’s not protectionism - it’s not like they’re stopping you from making your own sparkling wine and labeling it “sparkling wine made with the champagne method”. It’s basic consumer
562.
by namdnay 4y ago
it's not protectionism, there's nothing stopping you from making your own hard ewe's milk and selling it. it's just respecting the definition of the name, in much the same way as a trademark "hoover" might have
563.
by namdnay 4y ago
+ explosive charges that will deform the hood to better catch a pedestrian. I’ve seen one go off when somebody drove into a bollard
564.
by namdnay 4y ago
I think the objective of measures like this is to encourage use of ebikes for individual/family use, especially in urban or suburban settings (which means 80% of the population), not professional use in rural or mountain environments.
565.
by namdnay 4y ago
depends where you live, but if the infrastructure around you is decent, an e-cargo-bike can do 99% of what a car can do, and you can use short-term rentals for the rest
566.
by namdnay 4y ago
They’re technically military, but they’re under the command of the civilian city prefect, and there’s no crossover with other military units, so I’d say it’s more a relic of the past than an actual real difference in way of working or organ
567.
by namdnay 4y ago
> But the people who clutch their pearls when you pair a dry red with your grilled salmon I feel there are far more people complaining about wine snobbery than there are actual wine snobs
568.
by namdnay 4y ago
who is the "elite intellectual class"? does it include everyone on this forum?
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by namdnay 4y ago
Inheritance tax is paid by the inheritor, not the deceased. It’s not a property tax, it’s an income tax. If you’re lucky enough to receive a house as an inheritance, you pay tax on that, like every other income.
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by namdnay 4y ago
In what universe does paying tax on what you inherit equate to communism?

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