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by npunt 8y ago
For sure iMessage is huge in the US, and teens are at a time in their lives when social inclusion is pretty much #1 on the list of priorities. I buy that argument. It's that Apple Watch is likely only third on the list of purchases aft
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by npunt 8y ago
That'd be a terrible strategy. Why not build a message app and then port it over to Fuchsia?
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by npunt 8y ago
The choice bit is I think decently covered by the future purchase intent questions. The diversity / proper sampling of respondents is definitely questionable though.
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by npunt 8y ago
Maybe it's a regional thing, as the South was oddly oversampled at 45% of the 8000. I don't hang around teens but do make a point of looking at what tech they're using when I see them, and I've never seen one wearing a s
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by npunt 8y ago
These types of surveys are at best directionally accurate, as I doubt their 8000 teens are a representative sample. Are we to believe that 20% of teens own an Apple Watch, as this survey suggests?
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by npunt 8y ago
Loved this card, still have it! Need to build an old box to drop it in.
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by npunt 8y ago
Background on GMU's economics dept funding, where this guy is faculty: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/koch-donors-george-mas...
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by npunt 8y ago
I get where the author is coming from, and agree that higher ed isn't particularly efficient and has some serious problems. And yes, it is a 'game' to an extent. I've worked with 100+ colleges & universities and foun
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by npunt 8y ago
DF does massively complicated and computationally expensive simulations. It eats CPUs alive. How it shows those results (ascii, tile pack, etc) has nothing to do with it - it isn't GPU-bound the way just about every other game is, beca
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by npunt 8y ago
It's not terrible, but it has several unnecessary stylistic decisions that make legibility harder, including - sticky header as you mention - an unnecessary 3 column layout - switch between light / dark background - FAQ accordion
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by npunt 8y ago
Cool, I'd love to see the specifics. I imagine it'd be impressive and worthy of showing off.
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by npunt 8y ago
True cars and trains are loud. However, we're on the verge of both Caltrain and car electrification, which will significantly reduce ambient noise. I can't believe we haven't cut & covered the Caltrain line yet. I imagine
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by npunt 8y ago
Ya it seems like risk profile isn't very clear, nor do major risks have sufficient mitigations. I feel like the easier place to start is a low-speed automated cargo delivery system that runs on pre-defined flight paths and only in cert
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by npunt 8y ago
True. To build on OPs point though, these aren't exactly comparable. Specifically, light aircraft: * are piloted by people who have to be certified pilots, which takes considerable training * are flown at higher altitudes than what thi
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by npunt 8y ago
These don't look safe, even assuming perfect mechanical reliability, because humans will be piloting them over major population centers. Humans are generally dumb and inattentive, and this particular vehicle looks like it would attract
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by npunt 8y ago
Good analogy, the internet is entirely deinstitutionalized, but even worse, because: a) people are more likely to have gumption to be negative in the absence of social cues of another person in their presence (global effect, whether or not
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by npunt 8y ago
How many of those sell electric cars which have entirely different economics? I wonder if Nissan Leaf or Chevy Bolt use this.
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by npunt 8y ago
One downside of how fast Tesla changes things is the poor people in charge of making sure all the assets & copy across all the various documents are all up to date. I don't envy that position!
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by npunt 8y ago
You can customize by clicking learn more. It's under 'gas savings' and has a calculator which updates the price.
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by npunt 8y ago
Disagree. Electric vehicles have a very different cost structure than gas vehicles. For vast majority of buyers this will be their first electric vehicle and market education needs to be done. There's 90+ years of gas vehicle culture e
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by npunt 8y ago
They've been doing that for a long time, trying to explain in TCO terms instead of sticker price. It can be somewhat misleading at times but I get the rationale.
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by npunt 8y ago
> What's so bad about being exposed to the public id I dunno, wake up and look outside.
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by npunt 8y ago
I didn't say that ideas need to be 'approved'. I challenged the idea that the ability to reach a worldwide audience should be free and available to anybody, regardless of content therein. Filtering mechanisms exist in all for
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by npunt 8y ago
You haven't refuted my argument that super low-friction reach is valuable enough to preserve. I have pretty decent karma in HN and there are much better filtering mechanisms in this community to remove bad actors and posts than there a
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by npunt 8y ago
Legit: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18245165/tesla-model-3-pr... New Prices Cheap Interior Standard Range (220mi) - $35k Partial Premium Interior Standard Range Plus (240mi) - $37k Premium Int
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by npunt 8y ago
I get where you're coming from with the academic curiosity of seeing how people think. That said, it seems you're assuming comments are simply a one-way output of different people's thought patterns, rather than a two-way pro
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by npunt 8y ago
Good point!
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by npunt 8y ago
Yeah I think the bend-on-outside seems like a much worse idea than bend-on-inside. Bendable already means the screen will be less scratch resistant, why make it worse?
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by npunt 8y ago
Yep, first to market doesn't matter. First to useful does. Apple optimizes for the latter where integrating the new tech into a complete package that makes sense for the end user, rather than just being there for the sake of new. Thi
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by npunt 8y ago
Stock manipulation perhaps? Happens a lot with Tesla apparently, short sellers will pump up any negative story and try to get it into press. This person was making several attempts to get in contact with press after all, and a story about a

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