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by sf_rob 10y ago
I'd be curious as well, but after lane splitting in the bay area, my default assumption would be that a self-driving car would react in a safer way. In my experience most lane splitting close calls are due to inattentive drivers chang
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by sf_rob 10y ago
This seems more likely. So far sharing economy companies don't want to vertically integrate their whole service stack down to physical goods. It requires capital raising, and is low margin compared to the value that they provide by sc
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by sf_rob 10y ago
I haven't driven the new Focus/Fiesta ST/RS, but I test drove the previous gen manual Mustang GT. Ford took all of the feel and feedback out of the gearbox, clutch, and steering of that car. I think that they were trying to
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by sf_rob 10y ago
+1 Lenovo. I have a slight preference for the sleek form factor of the X1. I imagine Mac fans might take issues with the textured trackpad, the all plastic surfaces (though high-density plastic at least), and the aforementioned matte scre
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by sf_rob 10y ago
Side note: I wonder if they fixed the terribly noticeable transition between regen braking and mechanical braking that I experienced in a few rental Volts.
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by sf_rob 10y ago
Up until shortly before Clinton won the nomination, you would find a mix of anti-Trump, anti-Clinton, and a bit of pro-Clinton stories on /r/politics, but that quickly shifted to be almost exclusively anti-Trump and pro-Clinton st
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by sf_rob 10y ago
Vimeo exists and IMO offers a better desktop playback experience than YouTube. That said, they'll never compete, even if they're as good as YouTube as a platform for videos/video discovery because they don't have an ent
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by sf_rob 10y ago
I found this Vanguard report that considered 15 popular metrics used to predict returns (and 1 control: rainfall). CAPE did indeed perform best, explaining ~43% of variance. I'm not an expert at finance or statistics, but I'm fi
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by sf_rob 10y ago
> The general consensus from what I've read on investing is that it's impossible to beat the market consistently The slight addendum to this is that advisors can help with risk tolerance, tax efficiency, and explaining concepts
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by sf_rob 10y ago
> I'm holding some long term positions in stocks, but honestly, I cant find anywhere else I would put the bulk than a savings account. Unless you have a reason to be risk averse, then continuing what you're doing is probably be
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by sf_rob 10y ago
This is comparing miles traveled to fuel costs when it really should compare fuel consumed / person to fuel costs since MPG is not static. I would bet with hybrid (and arguably electric) cars being as usable as their ICE cousins that t
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by sf_rob 10y ago
It's former Google self-driving car engineers so they have a lot more than a few months of knowledge about the domain.
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by sf_rob 10y ago
They certainly mention safety, but don't seem to suggest that the safety is due to the driver overriding the auto-pilot in emergencies. I do agree with your point, but they could be making the argument that the danger prevented from w
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by sf_rob 10y ago
The difference being that they would have to search multiple bars at multiple times of day. Instead we have a large billboard saying "Steve is at this bar and is interested in these types of activity while he's there!".
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by sf_rob 10y ago
It's more playful annoyance. It's only when she gets within wifi range, but he lives in the country and repeaters across his property.
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by sf_rob 10y ago
I mean, all the turn-key stuff is terrible right now, but I've seen some awesome DIY stuff with Homeseer + IFTTT + bash scripts. My friend's house turns on the front porch light when he gets home, auto-locks the front door if unlo
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by sf_rob 10y ago
Interesting idea. It looks like the largest in terms of number of units built in 2014-2015 in NYC was 815 units, so you would need 246 of them to get to 200000+ units. http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/201
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by sf_rob 10y ago
>"therefore other countries will stop respecting Estonian citizenship to maintain selectivity". This has already happened in St Kitts[1][2]. They sold citezenship with very few non-financial requirements and now other nations
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by sf_rob 11y ago
This is Virgin America which is an entirely different entity created due to US domestic airline laws.
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by sf_rob 11y ago
Feature Request: Episode ratings. This is awesome!
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by sf_rob 11y ago
Are you in the Bay Area? In my circles they are known as a good place to work. That said, I don't understand why they've hired so aggressively nor what all those employees do, but they have a nice campus, good pay, and good perks
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by sf_rob 11y ago
I think that your reasoning is good, I don't have quite the same feelings. Full disclosure that I've only lived in Portland and SF, I only visit Seattle. People are quieter and more stand-off-ish in the PNW, but I find once I get
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by sf_rob 11y ago
As a fellow former Atlantan, I'm going to disagree. Atlanta has a lot of cool stuff going on, but I find the food, drink, scenery, and to a lesser extent the people better in Seattle/Portland/SF. Now Atlanta is a good city a
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by sf_rob 11y ago
I think that the issue is that people would rather have an Android device (with a healthy ecosystem), on specs that barely support it running Gingerbread than have a brand new Firefox OS device (which isn't bad, I had an early unit) wi
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by sf_rob 11y ago
Not to mention that reliability =/= cheap repairs. The cost of repairs is much higher on many luxury cars even if repairs are few and far between.
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by sf_rob 11y ago
Not to mention that this preserves some liquidity. It'd be a shame to have to refinance at an inopportune time to get some equity out of a house.
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by sf_rob 11y ago
I like your post and think it's valid, but I would say that coding in high school/college doesn't prepare you for the real world at all. In high school I was hacking on silly personal projects. In college I was solving cool
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by sf_rob 11y ago
>Broad, unchecked domestic surveillance is a dangerous tool to give to a potential dictator. We should not set up a framework where a power-seeking individual can circumvent our democracy through coercion. I really like the term that I h