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Yeah that's like getting your entire family to switch over from facebook to something else less awful - good luck.

Oh, and then getting all of THEIR connections to also download another messaging app. And so forth.

And I think the price argument against iphones isn't valid any more. The 13 Pro Max is $100 less than the Galaxy S21 Ultra. You're paying a premium for the brand new flagship phones obviously, regardless of brand.

Yes they're free. I haven't paid for an antigen test or PCR test and I've had probably half a dozen of each.

Because one of the options you stated (waiting in line) isn't even an option in a lot of areas.

This specific scenario has nothing to do with market theory. It's a combination of regulation, subsidization, and infrastructure. We're not buying playstations.

Yeah, same reason there's no imessage on the web like there is for android.

I don't like it, but that doesn't mean there's a great workaround.

If you haven't been for a covid test lately, especially in a populated area, things have changed significantly. Lines are 4-12 hours long and often run out of tests before they can get to everyone. There are no appointments available. Urgent Care centers are overrun and can't handle nearly as many tests as people are requesting.

I doubt it...my wife just traveled in December and she had to show results from an actual testing company or hospital. I don't think they would accept a photo from a home test? That seems ridiculously easy to fake - both the result, and it being your test.

It's crappy but it turns the entire imessage group chat into regular SMS group chat.

I have an iphone now because the rest of my family does and they didn't want to lose imessage functionality by having me in the group chat.

Are we really talking about China promoting competition in the context of search results?

Yeah I feel like I'd have to artificially push my head back an uncomfortable distance to keep it against the headrest.

Looking into getting a 3 or a Y next year myself.

Also it's very easy to get blacklisted if you scrape too often or too quickly. You definitely have to be "polite" about it.

Yeah sorry, got the sensors mixed up. But going visual-only seems to be quite the handicap. I think other makers are going to have an edge over tesla if they keep radar.

It was publicly known that Musk was personally involved with requiring all sensors to be completely hidden from view, even to the point of inhibiting the car's view of its surroundings. This was back when other cars had the large LIDAR installations on top of the roof, which was probably better, but obviously didn't give the regular-car look Tesla wanted.

It's 100% not ready. There's so many videos people are posting about it nearly hitting pedestrians, going the wrong way down a 1 way, nearly going straight into a curb, etc - all of these only stopped by the driver quickly grabbing the wheel and taking control.

It also doesn't seem to help that enabling FSD on Tesla makes it use the visual camera only, which seems counterproductive. The ultrasonic sensors seem to be critically important because visuals can be obstructed easier.

The average commute is 25 miles round-trip. Less than 2% drive > 100 miles a day, and far less than 1% drive 150+ miles.

Most EVs have a 300+ mile range with several pushing 350. It would work as a commuting car for 99% of the population without needing to charge except at home overnight, and the average person (25 mile round trip) can go over a week between charges.

Saying EVs can't replace gasoline-powered cars is nonsense.

Trucks - same thing. The Tesla Semi is said to have a 500 mile range on one charge fully loaded with 80k lbs, and it's the first iteration.

Aircraft - no, li-ion is too heavy. We know it won't work for planes. But replacing gas-powered cars and trucks would make a big impact.

The author also failed to say anything positive about electric motors.

Considering a stock-off-the-lot tesla can absolutely rip a hellcat in a race, you'd think these guys would be all for it.

It sounds like journalism is achieving its goal - getting more clicks. Like you said, everyone clicked it and read it.

Not sure what the solution is when the only way for these outlets to stay afloat is to get more and more clicks.

I've seen this number given before but I have literally never seen someone get a sunburn through a t-shirt. I've seen plenty of people with awful, terrible, red, peeling burns that required a trip to urgent care on their arms, and their torso is completely fine because they had a tshirt on. Is SPF 7 really all that's required? I usually use SPF30 sunscreen but it seems like that's overkill by a significant amount.

edit: UPF vs SPF is a distinction I hadn't made before I guess. Is the difference in effectiveness that large? Does traditional sunscreen offer UVB protection also, but it's not advertised?

Doesn't it have to be changed in some way? Changing the storage format doesn't change the actual work. I assume you're talking about the Fair Use clause where something has to be different enough from the original to be re-claimed as new?

But there's plenty of things made 10 years ago that are still very relevant and still generating money for the creators. I think that's the concern.

But this is the goal, and it works. The people who own the media don't want wages to go up. Lobbyists, anti-union groups, etc...it's much easier to get 2 lower income people mad at each other than to justify their own income to them. Outrage and anger is an easy sell and unfortunately that's what the 24/7 for-profit news cycle is.

Tying minimum wage to productivity never made sense to me. Obviously as technology progresses, productivity would increase. There wouldn't be an incentive to invest in productivity-increasing tech if it was directly offset by wage increases.

Tying it to inflation though is a no-brainer. We do it for social security payments, congress salaries, etc. There's no justifiable reason for not doing this.

I don't see an issue with 1080 on 14", but having double pixel density (like retina) really makes using it a much better experience.

New features always show up in higher end cars first. Economies of scale eventually work out and it trickles down to even the lowest trim. I don't have the numbers but it seems like more cars than not nowadays have things like backup cameras, blind spot indicators, etc - and those basically didn't exist from the factory 15 years ago.

edit: talking about non-highline models. hondas, fords, hyundais, dodge, etc.

Because we can borrow money at an interest rate lower than inflation. Most other countries with a AAA credit rating can also, even if they're not on USD.

But this is a result of the pandemic and shouldn't be taken as a direct indicator of economy health. We haven't had something of this magnitude in almost 100 years, and so far we've fared MUCH better than the 30s.

Am I reading the conclusion correctly that people who were infected with some strain of COVID and received two doses of the vaccine fared better against future variants than people who only received the vaccine?

BestBuy - And I think they even hijacked DNS and rerouted you to the higher priced site if you were on their guest wifi in store.

The passengers re-taking the third plane was a stroke of luck. That flight was actually delayed long enough that passengers were making phone calls to friends and family and heard that the first plane (or two) had already crashed, so they knew what was happening. That's when they decided to storm the cockpit. Had they not been delayed, they probably wouldn't have known and not retaken the plane.

edit: but agreed - point being we know now if a plane is hijacked, there's very little chance of it coming down peacefully.

Joe's interviews with some people are excellent. He more or less lets them talk for an hour straight, something they probably rarely get to do. It gives you much more insight into a person than a quick 2 minute TV interview or sound byte.

But lately he's anti-vaxx, conspiracy theory, and peddling nonsense that's going to get people killed. It's no longer worth listening to.

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Even at an inflated rate of $50 per 1000 impressions (which is higher than most broadcast TV charges), $20 should let you bypass 400 commercials. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me.