billybuckwheat

I've test driven two: the Atto 3 and the Dolphin. Both were some of the smoothest rides I've ever had in a car (electric or ICE), the interiors were comfortable, the infotainment system was very responsive. Also, the navigation system is one of the better ones I've seen.

The lack of physical buttons is one of the reasons I didn't buy one, though not a major reason. As for it looking too high tech, many EVs seem to be but really aren't.

Having driven or ridden in over a dozen EVs from several manufacturers, I have to say the BYDs that I test drove were probably the best of the lot.

I remember using Amaya as an HTML word processor of sorts. It actually did a pretty good job as I recall.

Because the rest of the family gets to the sofa and chairs before them and dads don't like sitting on the floor.

I'm hoping it'll be like the GridServe electric forecourts in the UK: a place to charge your car, have a snack, do a bit of shopping or relax, or rent an office pod for a few hours. Wishful thinking, maybe, but what good is trying to peer into the future without a bit of that kind of thinking?

https://www.gridserve.com/electric-vehicle-charging/electric...

I can access Fastmail now, but the web interface did stall about 40 minutes ago when I was sending an email.

More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44120215

Not a surprise, even without the backlash against Musk and Tesla. I've driven cars made by both companies and have, on the whole, preferred BYD's vehicles.

Well said. Very well said.

Dexter's an interesting looking app. Reminds me of one that was around in the early 2010s called Daystack, an app that I really liked. Might have to check Dexter out ...

Probably for many of the same reasons my generation loved Japan in the 80s and 90s.

Actual title: Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom

They could always BYO, like Major Kong did ...

What's new is old again, but still good to read.

Why is this an issue in 2025? Are you someone whose health was negatively affected by typing in programs back in the 80s?

Governments didn't care about that in those days (just as they don't care now). Anyway, the cost for doing that would have bumped up the price of the magazines. Would readers have paid that? Some, maybe.

As for including a disk with the magazines, not every computer in those days had a disk drive and not everyone owned an external drive. The people I knew with computers used a cassette tape deck to load and store programs or they'd buy plug-in cartridges.

Reminds me of a gyoza shop in Kobe that I went to in the early 90s. Probably a public health disaster, but the best gyoza I've had before or since.

LaTeX (for my CV), a bunch of PDF (for examples of my work), experience, and some good references.

Huh?????

Maybe, but influencers and online gurus love to try to transform old nuggets into something they see as new and fresh. As an acquaintance says, what's new is old again.

Definitely a lot of fun. I don't have a website of my own, but I've been plugging the URLs of ones I visit into this and the results are interesting!

I didn't get my driver's license until I was 24 or 25. Partly because I never drove anywhere and partly because I couldn't afford a car before that. Not sure I was able to afford a car after I got my license ... The only reason I did learn to drive was because I was starting a job in an area of the 'burbs that had horrible public transit coverage. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably still be car and license free.

Full title: Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars – but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

Right now, I don't even want to transit through the US let alone travel there.

Calling vandalising a particular brand of car a hate crime? That's a big stretch.

For the record, I'm not a fan of Musk or Tesla. That said, I don't agree with damaging private property to make a point about either of them. I do, however, support the Tesla Takedown protests and hope that they can continue peacefully. With this administration, those protests will probably be outlawed before we know it.

I'm more skeptical about this:

> Dorsey’s email denies that the layoffs are for financial reasons or to replace workers with AI.

Nice and simple. Looks good on a phone, too.

I was somewhat early in my career when this happened. I was working at a small telecommunications company when the crash hit. Just about everyone got laid off, though with decent severance. Managed to make that last until I got another tech job almost three months to the day after my previous employer went belly up.

It was a strange, scary time. Not just companies pretty much vanishing overnight but also a lot of people losing their jobs. Not all of them were as lucky as I (and a few others I knew/worked with) was; they couldn't find anything in the industry for a long while. Some abandoned tech. Others stuck it out.

Never want to go through anything like that again!

I go in for the more contrarian podcasts like: Tech Won't Save Us, Better Offline, This Machine Kills, Digital Citizen, 404 Media, System Crash.

To be honest, it's hard for me to say what I'd find useful until I need it.

Nice work! A clean, simple but effective tool. Plan to use it in the future as I need it.