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by smugma 1y ago
e-bikes seem to have been invented for SF. They solve the hill problem and long lines at school drop offs. I see their growth continuing to reduce car needs in SF. Sadly, I say this as someone who lives in Duboce Triangle and owns two cars.
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by smugma 1y ago
The article also mentions that 60 years ago, Japan had the lowest proportion of 100+ year olds.
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by smugma 1y ago
This is definitely true in SF. Preschools definitely brag about having no toys with electronics and the posher the elementary school, the less screen time they have.
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by smugma 1y ago
Israel probably is “ahead” by most startup evaluation metrics, both in HW and SW.
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by smugma 1y ago
That is true but in Meta’s case, it is tightly managed by him. I remember a decade ago a friend was a mid-level manager and would have exec reviews to Zuck, who could absorb information very quickly and redirect feedback to align with his p
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by smugma 1y ago
If you read Internal Tech Emails (on X), you’ll see that he was the driving force behind the key acquisitions (successes as well as failures such as Snap).
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by smugma 1y ago
Related: https://substack.com/home/post/p-160039885 Which I found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43816546
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by smugma 1y ago
The problem Tao speaks of is his funding, not pro or anti Israel demonstrations. The US is coupling student politics to academic research funding. Is that done in Germany or other parts of Europe or Australia?
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by smugma 1y ago
Songs are never owned by labels, only recordings. The songs aka compositions/lyrics may be controlled by publishers
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by smugma 1y ago
1. The site is called folklore.org. You’re sort of saying the site is true to its name. 2. It’s a direct recollection from someone who was there, not an unnamed “my cousin’s best friend” or literal folklore that is passed down by oral tradi
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by smugma 1y ago
first paragraph states the opposite: I was surprised to see Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle, two giants of food advocacy, take a clear stance in favor of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, since the two have previously been critical
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Developers as Suppliers(daringfireball.net)
5 points by smugma 1y ago|0 comments
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by smugma 1y ago
dre@apple.com got some interesting emails and iMessages after Apple acquired Beats.
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by smugma 1y ago
Full 80 page court transcript: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.36...
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Apple Plans to Source More iPhones from India as Potential Tariff Fix(wsj.com)
2 points by smugma 2y ago|0 comments
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by smugma 2y ago
Question is, why? Yes, but why? Is this a cabal of Jews trying to hide the truth? (no, it is not). Or is it that the atrocity isn’t highly relevant to discuss on a hacker news thread, and also hard to have people follow HN Guidelines? (Much
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by smugma 2y ago
BBC, Guardian, and NYT have all reported on this footage.
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by smugma 2y ago
What’s HE? High energy physics?
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by smugma 2y ago
I took AP CS freshman year (30+ years ago), spent the rest of high school learning UNIX, becoming a sysadmin, putzing around with computers. I did spend a summer taking the Berkeley course teaching SICP, but I regret it. I recommend saving
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SpaceX Urges FCC to Block Globalstar's Cellular Satellite Plans(msn.com)
15 points by smugma 2y ago|6 comments
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by smugma 2y ago
What are the chances that the FCC doesn’t listen to Elon?
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by smugma 2y ago
Counter-point: for “cloud”, there’s an oligopoly of AWS, GCP, and Azure that maybe make up 80%. And still there is plenty of space for those closely related, such as Cloudflare.
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by smugma 2y ago
Have you considered porting to mobile? Looks like it could do well, either independent or part of something like Apple Arcade or Netflix Games.
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by smugma 2y ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14421535/amp/YouT... Aside: Mr. Beast claims to have lost tens of millions on the (Amazon) show Beast Games.
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by smugma 2y ago
Spotify was born as a response to piracy. Why do you say their catalog was pirated?
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by smugma 2y ago
I think you meant to use e.g. (for example) rather than i.e. (in other words)
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by smugma 2y ago
Why do people by a Switch? Mario (Kart), Zelda, and Pokémon. Those three franchises represent a huge percent of sales. 70%?
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by smugma 2y ago
Cheetos, skittles, Froot Loops, Gatorade, salsa, salad dressing To paraphrase Shakespeare, “Would a Cheeto by any other color taste as savory?”
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by smugma 2y ago
That doesn’t seem shady. If you park in a meter, it may cost $3/hr. If you forget to pay the meter, the ticket may be $100. It needs to be more or it never makes sense to feed the meter.
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by smugma 2y ago
So much humanity in this. Thank you for sharing and for advocating.

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