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Subarus use a boxer engine that drastically increases the visibility. I have a short torso with long legs and finding a car where I felt comfortable with visibility was a priority for me. I settled on the Subaru Impreza 10 years ago. Still has the best visibility of all the cars I’ve driven. I’d expect EVs to also have better visibility - may be eventually - since they can drop the height of the hood as well.

AppleCare now has monthly until you cancel plans - not just for watch but for phone and even the monitor. (I'm not sure of the macs). It's a bit confusing when you order and I'm not sure if it's because Apple is trying to discourage this; I just decline during order and then add it separately and this option always shows up for me.

Which is …normal. Different types of data access have different SLA requirements. Any company that cares about cost will warehouse data after x time frame. It’s done even in banking. Uber has a much more lenient need to make this data instantly available.

That's how I see it as well. In a layoff, the role is being eliminated as opposed to a person being fired. So they cut entire teams working on "unprofitable" products or certain roles deemed "redundant" within the product. You typically have the option to take a severance or apply for another role internally.

This is my understanding based purely on my experience getting laid off once - so take it with a huge grain of salt. The product I was working on was shutdown. I got paid a retainer to stay until the product can be properly wound down. Then got hired into a different role in a different team with a pay bump within a month. I got to keep the retainer as well - as long as I support the wind down efforts.

I know the general definition of poverty is around the utter basics - food and shelter - but it goes far beyond that. If you have to choose between buying a washing machine or sending your kids to a tutor. If you have to choose between buying everything as individual unit at the grocery store or cheaper-in-bulk goods from a big box store. If you have to choose between seeing the doctor now or wait and see if the issue goes away. If you have to choose between sending your kids to college or sending them off to work at 18. Decisions small and large, accumulate and create a much bigger impact than most people imagine. Each of those have an opportunity cost that could make their life a little better in the short run or a frustration in the short run that can help them towards a better life in the long run. Now imagine having to make these decisions consistently for two decades until you can see the return on it - like say your kids actually getting a better job or you becoming an entrepreneur or finding a career ...etc.

The API is the same as what they have for the "professional displays". You can set a key on the TV and then use that to authenticate.

https://pro-bravia.sony.net/develop/integrate/rest-api/spec/

As a counterpoint, I buy Sony TVs exclusively because they do a much better job of tuning the panel. They don't even make the panel. Sony just slaps Android on it. I'm definitely not the only one there. Sony has been known for their color accuracy for a long time now.

(Sony TVs even have a pretty decent user accessible API)

India doesn't allow software patents and evergreening of pharmaceutical patents. Both are reasonable positions IMHO. Other than that, the IP protection is no less or no more than most of the western countries.

Considering most of my issues with patents is around trivial software patents and the abhorrent practice of slightly modifying a formula (coupled with paying generic manufacturers to not produce) to effectively extend the usable lifetime of a drug patent, if anything, it's the West that needs to change to make patents be actually good for innovation and not just a means to throttle competition.

They’re worth what precisely what someone is willing to pay them. Their expertise is probably more valuable for Apple than Masimo. It would make sense for them to be able to work at Apple then.

That’s a very US centric view. It’s quite common to join unions in most European countries. It does not indicate mistreatment at all. In the US, unionisation happens when all else has failed.

Bay Area’s fiber and broadband network is a joke. That it’s the tech capital of the world makes it so much worse. Things are improving - I got fiber in 2020 - and speeds are trending upwards with some local completion. AT&T and Comcast are finally getting a bit better with speed. Coverage still sucks. Number of available options still suck. Not to mention weird collusions between Comcast and apt management companies and other anti-competitive behaviour. Then there’s PG&E using various excuses to block using their poles to expand the network.

It’s terrible.

And the US does operate closely with Mexican forces to root them out. In addition, the govt in Mexico is cooperative. If that is not the case, I think we’ll see a much more hostile response.

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2023/07/07/cooperation-be...

I fell for one of these ads on Instagram years ago. The ad was for a bike light with an innovative design. The website had a clean look and feel. They accepted paypal (again years ago). I’m usually very sceptical about scam but back then I naively assumed that you can’t just create an obvious scam ad like this without Facebook and Google catching you. Since you have to have a payment method in file I thought that’ll be a deterrent as well. I was totally fooled.

The scammers even shipped me a super basic bike light to show proof that they actually shipped an item. I had to first file a claim with PayPal and they refunded me but only after some haggling.

I reported the ad to Instagram with all the proof and pictures. I used their security/phishing contact to report this. The ad and the associated account was still there when I checked months later.

I mean I can understand these companies not wanting to care about us measly users enough to respond to account related queries. But this is their bread and butter. If I don’t trust your ads anymore why on earth would I ever click or buy anything. If anything it makes all good businesses lose as well. That’s their real customers. I see people here defending YouTube that it’s understandable that YouTube doesn’t have the time to screen ads. I call bullshit. This is their core product. Ads. They have to care for their own and their customers’ (advertisers) sake.

Cashflow shouldn't be affected - might even be positive(?). If they invest $X in a startup, it reduces the cash asset but they'll have an offsetting "other investments" based on the valuation of the startup - which should be at least 100% of the total investments the startup has received. I'm guessing here, but, there's a good chance that it'll be cash flow positive as is.

Not to mention the fact that most of the money from this investment flows back to Nvidia, adding to the cash flow as revenue.

That's exactly what I thought FOSS would lead to (at least when I was naive and young). I thought the freedom that comes with FOSS would result in it tailor made software for people and businesses that are modified in just the right way to suit their usage. I knew it was a long shot but I had a lot of hope. "Webservices"/the internet changed the trajectory quite a bit. I'm not talking about the likes of businesses like Amazon, but rather apps like GMail, that very easily outpaced what you can do in a measly desktop computer - not to mention the issues of saving, syncing and backing up data that was never figured out/made easy on the desktop.

The closest I got to enjoy this was the various Greasemonkey scripts.

AFAIK, you can’t be very specific when it’s money laundering or something similar. Apple would have reported it and give a vague non-specific reason.

I hate dealerships in general - but - I've been lucky to have good sales people in the two car purchases I've made so far. The trick for me was to be very blunt and clear on what I'm trying to do. Usually I do the research about the car and what I want ahead of time. I've also researched what kinda pricing is normal. I'm also ready to sign the car if the price is right and I like it or walk out if I don't like.

My sense is that salespeople are primed by people who haven't done any research on what they want and doing all that on the spot at the dealership. They're also not exactly sure what they want and are susceptible to be convinced one way or the other. Even when they like a car, most people tend to be not sure and want to try another car or dealership. Hence the usual deal with pricing it higher, offering free accessories, offering a discount and all that jazz.

That's what I thought. For my car, I had to take it to a dealer to activate tracking. I paid online that gave an activation code but it needed a dealer to physically enter the code and activate it. Remotely activating it when tracking is disabled seems scary really.

I have been trying to find information on this - but couldn’t find any real scientific literature. Anecdotally, it’s true for me and my current psychiatrist was the first one to recognise the link and start treating my ADHD instead of the depression and low energy and fatigue that I went to her for. Not there yet. But can confirm that the meds help a lot.

On the green leafy veggies - my mom cooks like 7/8 different varieties in as many different way. Each green tastes different and they’re cooked differently. The closest equivalent to spinach for example is steamed and made into a soup. I could just eat rice and that - even as a kid. There’s one that’s bitter and it’s cooked with a lentil. It actually tastes good. Another one that’s sour and is added to a spicy curry. And so on. (But afaik none of these are available any more)

The number of premature deaths caused by coal/oil/gas - both directly due to the pollution and indirectly due to climate change, far exceeds the total deaths by nuclear power. The funny thing is it’s usually the most progressive and green leaning people that oppose nuclear so much.

There’s a limit on number of green cards per year. Then there’s a hard limit of 7% of that per country. There’s also a priority system with Family coming first. The combination of three results in a really long wait time for Indians without family (who are citizens) in the US moving on H1B. The current priority date is 2012 if I’m not wrong. It did progress faster during the pandemic but got quickly rolled back. Remember that those who come on H1B are already capped per year.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/v...

That’s a cynical interpretation. I have about 4000 sqft of garden with only about 25sqft with grass. Trees, plants, flowering plants, succulents - all of them infinitely more beautiful and low maintenance than a lawn.

Senate passed it. House didn’t even pick it up. It’s doing a second round now but I don’t think it’s serious.

It’s changing. CA and a bunch of other states are mandating later school times.

Because standard time aligns with the sun and our body’s natural cycle. It’s possible for people to wake up early if they like it. But daylight savings make everyone wake up early and there’s no way around it since society already disadvantages those who are the night owl phenotypes and you don’t want to be late for work. I struggle with sleep 8 months a year and naturally sleep better the 4 months of standard time.

You’re basically getting rid of prisoner’s dilemma. No one will ever snitch.

Right! Justice dept doesn’t handout plea deals where you don’t plead guilty to the most serious of the crime - even when you’re a cooperator. The sentencing might be lighter for cooperation.

I’ve not had that happen ever. MagSafe manages to align the phone perfectly.

Not ideal or informative but it exists - http://nic.amazon/