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by worstspotgain 2y ago
If you have to log in to read tweets, you're still the product.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Looks like mid-2002. OK, early 2000s then.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Technically speaking, even AOL kept growing into the late 2000s. It didn't stop mailing out CDs till 2006. IIRC its userbase didn't max out until well after "still being on AOL" had turned into a meme.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
I think a large fraction of the active userbase will be happy to pay, eventually. The catch is that the userbase will be so small by then it won't be enough to pay the bills. It might yet survive as a personal PR machine, though.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Some parts of AOL are still around, so I suppose the ongoing Xitter exodus will slow down at some point. Things like local government outreach and Myspace-like démodé bands might take years.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
He was said to have nuts of steel, but the claim wasn't taken seriously, or literally.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Here in SF, there's an online permit database accessible from the property lot database [1]. A new or prospective owner can check for permits for past additions. I don't know how far back it goes, but I'm pretty sure it'
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Another inexpensive option (depending on location) is a factory-built house. These can be built in warehouses in "slices" narrow enough to fit on a trailer. Some of them are also on the designer side, e.g. https://www.p
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
The 1920 all-included price would not have been tripled. Consider that the median US house price in 1940 was $2938, or $66K in current dollars.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
All of these are true, but they only cover about $100/sqft (see my sibling message.) Production efficiency and technology have also improved for a lot of stuff, bringing prices down at the same time that they were going up. When people
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
That house looks to be around 2000 sqft, i.e. about $25/sqft in current dollars. There are three effects at play, roughly: $25 => $50 due to stricter codes and higher scarcity of some materials $50 => $100 due to higher wages eve
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Isn't pittance the key word here?
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Let me rephrase. Let's say you're writing textbooks instead of code. You need Ivy League PhD's to write grad school textbooks, but not grammar school ones. Here are two crappy scenarios I was thinking about: - You choose to w
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Meanwhile, universities should research the "One Right Way of Writing It" to defeat reengineering when possible.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
> Over time the risk of them leaving builds and others are reluctant to take on their mantle (complex code, assumed overtime, whatever). I've never been able to hire a high performer with the remit of 'please take over this com
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
I've experienced this. It'd be nice to hear from the counter example here, the 10x developers in meritocratic nests. Mostly so we know where they are.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Just spitballing of course, but if there was a 0-day at the USB stack level, there are many possible reasons why it wouldn't be mentioned here.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-flux/id149389...
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Today's CO2 bill is only a very narrow and short-sighted part of the picture. Cutting out fossil fuels needs to happen first, in order for renewable and EV tech to have a chance to improve. Then there's the urgent priority of depr
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Russian state media uses AI images of Florida's Disney World flooded by Milton(voanews.com)
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
The articles you linked are pretty much confirming what I was saying exactly: Volvo: "saying it now expected to still be offering some hybrid models in its lineup at that time." VW: "will need more plug-in hybrids as EV s
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
The political rationale is well known, so I'll add the economic one. The world economy has globalized around the principle of Comparative Advantage [1]. It means every country specializes on what it's relatively better at. It also
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
As far as false dichotomies go, "Tesla or BYD" is about as bad as it gets. On the whole, the world is a little worse off if you buy either. Might as well buy a gasoline car then. If you're on the fence, consider giving the ot
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Only if by "run smoothly" you mean "any publicity is good publicity."
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
I completely agree with everything you wrote, with one small exception: Venezuela was destabilized by Putin's goon Maduro. Per-capita GDP has dropped 3/4-fold [1]. This accomplished two things: - Reduce world oil production, boost
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
My post was intentionally generalized to stay on point. The "wise" know which. Some readers might truly (not disingenuously) not know, but then the argument would degenerate into a blind political flamewar - which is the key syste
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
Any non-Xitter link? Also, how much of this is less TikTok and similar?
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
The acronym was about focus, not about overhead. There's always been foreign influence, and sweeping it under the rug is standard practice. Democracy broke when we went from "influenced" to "pwned." Unbreaking it wi
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
The IA is located in the Inner Richmond, which is a ~ medium income area of SF. Rent alone is ~ $4K, or ~ $60K of your income before taxes.
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by worstspotgain 2y ago
almartway@somedomain.com

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