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Why does your number change so often? I’ve had cards for decade or more that hasn’t changed.

And that doesn't indicate its normal, it just suggests that at times people have lives outside of work.

I’d disagree and tell you that you fall into a minority. I’m fully supportive of remote but to suggest it’s normal implies some majority, or close to. That’s not been the case.

Which defeats the point because you have to interact with your phone.

GM repaid all the debt given during the rescue, please don’t conflate a bail out with the companies poor decisions.

Personally, I will not buy a car without CarPlay goi g forward. I assume for most that’s close to a deal breaker.

Makes complete sense, vending the data (i.e. search results) and having direct insights into the consumption of those results (i.e. chrome browser behavior) is a game changer. I imagine this is also part of the value of Google analytics.

AI has been a market buzz word for many years.

I found that text to be crystal clear. Some language from the courts I have trouble fully comprehending.

What is this post? I don’t see anything except for a Google maps route and a tweet.

Alphabet is far ahead of Tesla in the category of "deploying a taxi network". No one can dispute that. They also use a different technology. What I don't know today is how fast can Waymo scale to more cities. I assume if Tesla cracks the "taxi network nut" they can scale faster and will catch up to Alphabet.

Agreed, most hard coding problems are due to requirements thrashing and business vision churn. All things related to figuring out what the customer wants.

This is a trend I’ve noticed that’s increasing. It suggests HN audience is changing as it grows.

I agree with this. Said more concisely, have a long term vision and an incremental path to get there. With each step or two, re-evaluate the long term vision. It may change, it may not. If it changes, update your incremental steps, if it doesn't you have more confident you're building the right thing.

The mobile app is utterly terrible.

> Getting answers to simple questions like "How many shoes did we sell in-store vs ecommerce last week?" is a nearly impossible task.

I find this type of thing scary as an outsider looking in. How a company so large has such immature engineering continues to astonish me.

Don't take this as a disagreement but I wonder from reading your comment: Is there a right way to live life?

Your statement appears to be passing judgement to an adult using marijuana as a coping mechanism. Do you also have the same feeling for someone who takes a prescribed medicine for similar emotional regulation? I get there is a line here with certain mental disorders but if someone finds themselves better off (in their own opinion) by using marijuana who are you, or I to judge?

Similarly, I don't judge the person who picks up their monthly Rx at the pharmacy, if it makes them feel good. At the end of the day people are just trying to live their life and be comfortable.

You may not live in the city. I smell it all the time. Regardless of whether I agree or not, its pretty prevalent depending on where you live/spend your time.

I see these all over in Italy and Germany. Still confused by the youthful smokers.

As an American who travels to Europe from time to time, I find the prevalence of smoking in Europe to be what I used to experience as a kid in the states in the 90s. I always wonder why that is when I visit.

And the things it does to your skin. You can tell a smoker from across the room by looking at their face.

Downward spiral indeed. Is it downward to the lowest common denominator of the internet population?

It’s not about either or but portion control and limiting caloric intake. Also with alcohol it’s reduced consumption.

You’re first two sentences prove my point that this is not adoptable by most. Cell phones are ubiquitous and permeated all tiers of society. Hosting your own domain and email isn’t. I get the limitations but my point was that this isn’t practical by most for technical reasons. Ignoring the financial challenges of convincing people to spend money on something that has been free for their entire life.

DuckDuckGo works great in my experience as of late.

Yes businesses are in the business of making money. Apple is a business. The hope for you (a consumer) is that your needs and theirs are aligned sufficiently well that they solve problems you benefit from while minimizing how much they exploit you. It’s capitalism.

Although I can and have managed domains and mail services, I don’t agree that what you described is for the majority. Do you really think that’s true?

There really isn’t a good solution for this for the masses, is there?

This is because of ad revenue?

It’s not called “almost autonomous driving”, it’s named incorrectly and as a result falsely marketed.