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I'm so perplexed that they chose this product name, while still retaining their existing Macbook Pro product line.

This is a somewhat similar idea to what Base Power, based in Austin, is doing: https://www.basepowercompany.com/?base_vid=2f8f0609-a7e5-4f2...

Pretty neat! Time shifting renewable energy for later use

It's interesting because during workouts, the heart rate sensor samples every 5 seconds but besides that, it was either every 2 or 5 minutes. I'm guessing the battery drain is too much to have it sample every 5 seconds all the time!

How does this compare to DataLab (https://www.datalab.to/)

Definitely vibe coded. It follows the same generic Claude UI patterns for a data app / data oriented website. Not necessarily a bad thing per say if it's still curated and tweaked with human taste. And ofc validated to work :)

Speak for yourself :) Weather data is already freely available.

I want something that integrates into my life very minimally and just gives me the information I need when I need it. Most weather apps fail at this.

Couldn't agree more! This is why I wrote the Eulogy for Dark Sky: https://nightingaledvs.com/dark-sky-weather-data-viz/

My understanding is that they're just starting out with the app. Someone posted it to HN prematurely. Dark Sky expanded to support global weather and I'm sure Acme will as will.

Congrats on the launch! How do you guys compare with Datalab with regards to accuracy?

https://www.datalab.to/

I would love a Genius.com / annotation layer on top of these bills too. Just a dream I'm sharing out loud for no particular reason :) love govtrack in general otherwise!

Honestly it makes sense and resembles how other companies pay sales people. Lower base salary than other roles in the company for similar years of experience (roughly) but with a commission component that's some percentage of each sale. Commission is a big big part of sales culture that I suspect is hard to eliminate in an effort to be different.

What's interesting is that often times the commission has no cap, so top sales people can take home higher income than even than executives (at least in cash compensation).

But to the commenter's point, true transparency would share the commission % as well :)

The challenge of syncing from stubborn SaaS tools to your data warehouse / database I suspect is different than syncing data from your data warehouse / database back to SaaS tools. Specifically, reverse ETL has to incorporate more context from the business I guess so the data that lands in the 3rd party tools is actually solid.

Once you have customers and a good network of integrations with a large number of tools, I suspect it's easier to just buy that company than build it all yourself?

There seems to be some content previews here: https://typefully.com/DanHollick

Lovely website! I stumbled into this other account by the same author that showcases some of the work that might end up in this 'book':

https://typefully.com/DanHollick

Re: endowments, really good post on why universities can't just tap into endowments for budget shortfalls:

https://medium.com/@myassa_62896/why-you-cant-just-use-the-e...

I wrote a bit about that here: https://preset.io/blog/2021-4-1-why-echarts/

Apache Superset switched many of their interesting charts over to ECharts:

https://preset.io/blog/2021-4-1-why-echarts/

Interesting! How do you see this comparing with Bytewax - https://github.com/bytewax/bytewax

I've had the pleasure of working with a personal trainer who has a broad educational training background. She emphasized that creatine "kind of helped" but it was really only that last mile 5% benefit. And the effect would mostly be long-term (1-2 years of dedicated training). She just told me to focus on trying to get 1 gram of high quality protein daily for pound of body weight.

This study is just one study, but to me just highlights her same observation even more.

End of an era

Cost hasn't come down at all it seems with this approach. They still feel like fighter jets; advanced tech but really high price tag.

Nah they mean YIMBY :)

Austin did a great job with opening supply.

https://www.reddit.com/r/yimby/comments/1cxbnq3/yimby_has_ba...

https://therealdeal.com/texas/austin/2024/05/20/austin-forge...

I went to school in Austin back in 2009 and surprisingly, rents for my same college apartment only grew a few % a year since then! Crazy

Obligatory & highly relevant: Humane Representation of Thought by Bret Victor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOdP2Bmieg

And of course: https://dynamicland.org/

Shop Class as Soulcraft essay (and book) continues on these points pretty well: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shop-class-as-so...

I came here to link to this! I also spent a week trying to find this a few years back :)

I really love the energy Steve brings. I had the chance to meet with him at SXSW over a decade ago when I was a student and he happily discussed startup & bold tech ideas as if we were equally experienced

Oo! I need to try this thanks for the tip

This is pretty neat! I wish web browsers on Mac could span to 2-3 monitors because then you could really build a great spatial environment for web browsing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klTjiXjqHrQ&themeRefresh=1

I usually like to buy these 1-2 years old off Craigslist / Marketplace and that's been a sweet spot for price and quality.

Apple has always been about premium price and quality but I agree that it's not for everyone and their needs.