So if it's true that there are 1B active iPhone users, then Google pays $15 per user per year.
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Most forks and rear shocks require full service yearly or more frequently (typically every 100 to 200 hours). It is not that simple and requires experience and tools. Tubeless tires are messy. Bleeding breaks is another thing I would rather not do at home. And frankly, I can never setup my derailleur as well as my mechanic.
> the parts are cheap
Shocks, forks, transmission components, performance wheels are easily in the iPhone category and beyond.
Clothing, protection, accessories, smaller components like handlebar stems or seatposts are still usually in the three digit range.
You would be surprised to know how much consumables like chains and tires can cost per year.
> low volume service
I might be living in a place where both MTB and road cycling are very popular, but bike mechanics have so much work that they redirect clients to each other.
> If a bike is really damaged it usually makes more sense to just replace it wholesale
Full suspension bikes can easily have a $2K frame and $2K worth of components. Unless it was hit by a freight train, the bike is almost never completely destroyed by a crash. So it makes sense to replace what's broken. If the frame is solid, everything else is replaceable.
As long as bikes are ridden hard, there is always work for mechanics, and it can be pretty expensive.
80 p + 250 (1 - p) < 180
170 p > 70
p > 7/17 ≈ 41%
So 1 EV and 1.5 ICE are roughly equal to 2.5 hybrids. And anything more is an improvement.
https://www.hyundai.news/eu/articles/press-releases/hyundai-...
"Censorship, the changing or the suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good" (Britannica). Voluntarily enabling a program to filter incoming data for personal convenience and safety is the opposite of the censorship. Like following self-imposed rules and restrictions is not a lesser freedom.
For less tech savvy users wiping keygens might be a safer default approach. I am pretty sure that keygens are an attack vector.
The network did bad where it had to take into account global illumination, or distance to the object and its level of detail: 1) tree trunks are mostly flat and do not depend on the possible sun location; 2) shadows don't match the trees and the rocks; 3) nearby rocks often lack texture and are not properly illuminated (they look flat).
It's not surprising given that the method is fundamentally local (CNN-based). I think better results will be achieved when a generator creates a scene graph rather than a raster. Are there works which actually create a 3D scene (or use it as an internal representation)?
I think most HN users will agree that the good stuff costs money. So the question is really who pays, and how.
For me the ideal end-game is ability to get what I want through a direct pay-as-you-go transaction. In the ideal world this transaction is explicit, instant, anonymous, nearly zero overhead and non-recurring. Explicit, because as a consumer I want to be able to say no, and know exactly when I engage in a transaction. Instant, because waiting X working days sucks. Anonymous, because there are many reasons to stay anonymous. Zero overhead, because we want to cut middlemen. Non-recurring, because a recurring payment is _always_ an up-sell. Paper money works great in the offline world.
Any kind of an indirect payment is not ideal because it takes control from the consumer and gives it to someone else.
A remote employer may not pay all the local taxes and contributions. In particular, in EU a part of the social security contributions is usually paid by the employer, not employee. The remote worker will benefit from the social security paid by others .
A remote employer will not necessarily respect obligations that local employers may have (e.g. the number of maternity leave days). It may give the remote employers an unfair competitive advantage wrt the local economy.
The official Microsoft logo is still flat square.
An analogy can go a long way. Both ways.
And Android is not much better in practice.
I have a counter example about scale. The more material you put into a city (the more houses you build), the more vulnerable it is (more potential problems, more opportunities for crime, etc).
While the house is less vulnerable than a tent, it can be secured for only as long as the flow of people and material through this house is very well controlled. The bigger squat house is not necessarily more secure. On a city scale free movement of people and goods is essential, and thus any place can be potentially visited (used) by anyone. We want the same urban infrastructure to be re-used by as many people as possible. There is a huge attack surface.
Code is more like a city. We want the same code to be re-used in as many different contexts as possible.
- If you can commute in a bike, you get some regular exercise. Overall I am more physically active when I work from the office. If the self-employed gig goes well, you may need to scale to more than one person and get an office anyway.
- Lunch break and small talk with your colleagues can be a positive experience, but if you eat what you brought from home, or want to skip meal, or read a book in silence, the truth is nobody really cares.
- Some stress is unavoidable, and as you noted income insecurity stress can be minimized when you are employed, and you can focus on few things you can do well. Also, you can leave work at work, and dedicate free time to family, sport, hobbies, there's more than one way to deal with stress. Overall I think employment is less stressful unless it's a shitty underpaid job.
https://www.westernunion.com/content/dam/wu/EU/EN/feeTableRe...
Like sometimes two digit percentage high.
You also need to apply for an Italian fiscal code (and it will one of the first things to do).
Healthcare is guaranteed to all employed and self-employed, but you still have to have your ID, fiscal code, and a residence permit in order, and sign up for _Servizio Sanitario Nazionale_. The service to be renewed on each renewal of the residence permit.
You have to apply for and timely renew a residence permit. Documents which are required depend on the type of the permit. For work permits you need to demonstrate that you income is above the social minimum. The permit gives you the right to stay on the Italian soil and travel in the EU.
You need to rent a place to live and apply for the residency. Strictly speaking, residency is optional, but it will give you an Italian ID card, and will be required to receive a driver's license. IIRC you have six months before you need to get a local driver's license. Residency will also reduce utility bills and is required in some other situations.
After X years of non-interrupted residency (where X depends on your country of origin) you can apply for a citizenship. And it's a whole new story.
They ask €11.99/month for Premium (no ads) + YouTube Music. Or €9.99/month just for YouTube Music. Given that I already pay for another service, I don't want either of these plans.
It's not possible to get only YouTube Premium (avoid ads), even if the marginal cost of ad-free YouTube experience is only €2/month, according to Google. I think €24/year is a very reasonable price to pay for YouTube, €144 is not.
- HS is strong on mobile
- OW is arguably a MOBA/FPS hybrid
- CoD/warzone is the most streamed battle royale on twitch
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> Extinguish candles with a lid.
Why no candles instead?