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by steffan 6y ago
This is pretty mature technology, and like most mature technologies, there aren't going to be a lot of 50% improvements any more. Look at CPUs or the Internal Combustion Engine. After 120+ years, it still improves, but you're l
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by steffan 6y ago
I have a 32" 4K monitor and the text quality is noticeably worse than on my Macbook Pro w/ Retina display and my iPad Pro. The dpi on the UP3218K is actually higher than my iPad (280 vs 264 iirc). That will likely be my next mon
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by steffan 6y ago
Please don't turn HN into Reddit
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by steffan 6y ago
I've gone back and forth. I don't entirely regret running Big Sur, but it really doesn't offer any advantages to me. It's seemed more or less stable although I've had intermittent issues with Facetime not connecti
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by steffan 6y ago
Fwiw, this was on an iPhone 11 and iPad Pro (2019)
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by steffan 6y ago
I've been using the Developer Betas since the first announcement and have had only a handful of minor issues (like my Bank erroneously thinking my device was jailbroken). I think it's probably one of the more stable iOS releases I
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by steffan 6y ago
It's not cavalier as much as it is factual. Of course I would lament the loss of our entire species, but the _planet_ will go on just fine without us. We (humans) are hardly the worst thing to happen to life on the planet. If we&#x2
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by steffan 6y ago
Habitability for humans . It's more or less a self-correcting problem
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by steffan 6y ago
> but will not pursue the high-end market mostly because of their limited TSMC slots Your second assertion that they can make more money from a CPU wafer than a GPU is probably correct, but assuming they don't abandon the GPU market
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by steffan 6y ago
Because if they were hands, it would take 15,840 of them? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_%28unit%29
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by steffan 6y ago
Maybe a better analogy is: You have a problem with your living room light dimmer not working. The solution is to move all of your furniture out of your house, or being generous, just the living room, and then moving it back. Would you co
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by steffan 6y ago
I'm sure there's a way to hack this into a Tesla
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by steffan 6y ago
This is a strawman argument, but the logic actually does hold: If the original premise is true, "taxing the poor to give to the rich" would accelerate economic growth. The problem is of diminishing returns - it would have a dis
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by steffan 6y ago
For console email, I still use Alpine. Can anyone elaborate on the benefits (if any) of switching to Mutt?
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by steffan 6y ago
It was a mistake in the article s/MBH/NVH -> Noise, Vibration, Harshness
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by steffan 6y ago
It seems like an easy solution to this is to have a 'trade academy' or a coalition of trade schools that allow / require you to do a rotation in each of the related trade specialties, i.e., if building / construction rel
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by steffan 6y ago
Yet Uber was able to attract people who voluntarily chose to participate in their business model. There must have been something compelling about it. The simplest explanation is that for whatever reason, those better-paying retail or food
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by steffan 6y ago
One thing to note to, is that any American citizen would be unable to set up manufacturing this way because it is explicitly illegal for U.S. citizens to pay bribes to foreign governments. [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - FCPA] https:&#x2
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by steffan 6y ago
What does WYSIWHG stand for?
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by steffan 6y ago
There are a number of blue-collar jobs that don't require close indoor proximity. That's almost the differentiating factor. A landscaper, welder, framer, forester aren't sitting in conference rooms breathing each other&#x27
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by steffan 6y ago
That's a simplistic view that doesn't take into account property prices; not every landlord has owned property since the beginning of time, taking advantage of price increases. Imagine a retired teacher who decides to rent out a g
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by steffan 6y ago
The measure that describes what you state would be the median , which is defined as the point at which there are as many values above as below. Averages will skew with large outliers on either side. E.g. if Bezos and I are alone in a roo
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by steffan 6y ago
> If I put a tracking device in my car today my rates would go up because I accelerate quickly and brake hard when conditions allow. That is not right. If statistically other drivers who do that are more likely to, on average, result
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by steffan 6y ago
So in that case they really need nothing from ARM at this point
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by steffan 6y ago
Apple typically has forward-looking supply chain contracts. I imagine ARM is under contract for the licensing for long enough that Apple will build out their own design team. Already, TSMC is the manufacturer for the cores, so Apple really
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by steffan 6y ago
That's a logical conclusion, but many printers outright refuse to operate if any of the cartridges are out, regardless of whether the print job requires that particular color. I'm sure many people would happily shift from printi
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by steffan 6y ago
[Spoiler] My favorite line in the whole thing: "and a large warning sticker that threatened electrocution and prosecution, perhaps simultaneously" He really is a master of the language. Thanks, Cory, wherever you are!
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by steffan 6y ago
I think it's a logical fallacy to assume you can "observe all events" in any non-trivial system, particularly where there are humans on the edges.
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by steffan 6y ago
Stay at your startup for now. You presumably make enough money to buy your own MacBook if you care that much. Ultimately it doesn't matter, it's just hardware. Focus on the advantages you have in your situation - likely you&#x27
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by steffan 6y ago
Interesting read. Title should say the interview is from 2010

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