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I mainly use it as a home automation "hub", works well if you have multiple systems (I use it w/ Insteon, Hue, Sonos) working together and don't want to run something complicated like Homeseer. My wife uses it mostly to control lights/music, especially when she literally has her hands full with our twins. I also like that I can re-order common stuff like diapers, wipes, etc. without having to find/take out my phone.

Sometimes I wish it had a GUI though so I could interact with it even faster..

I haven’t been to an Aldi in the US but the ones I’ve been in Europe have all been very barebones and the atmosphere reminded somewhat of communist grocery stores from when I lived in USSR.

Funny notice when I first came to US and visited Trader Joe’s I immediately wondered if it was owned by Aldi (it is). The concept is very similar (one product of each, no choice of brands) but executed very differently. Whereas Aldi is trying to be as cheap as possible, TJ seems to cater to urban hipsters. And yes, personnel is much friendlier too!

Also, in the Netherlands Aldi had the reputation of “Walmart” of employers. Many stories of poor working conditions like timed bathroom breaks, etc.

The title is a bit misleading. Election hacking is maybe 10% of the article and I admit it’s easy to read the first few paragraphs and drop off (it’s quite long).

As a Russian, I think the article does a good job to describe Russia’s foreign (and domestic) policy of the last decade or so and it’s effects and likely outcomes long term (or lack thereof).

TLDR; Russia is/has always tried to stir the pot (especially after it never has regained the title of world power after the fall of USSR) and recently has found clever ways to exploit the naïveté of “the West”, however it seems doubtful it will bring anything good in the long term for Putin mainly because of bigger issues he faces inside Russia.

Correct, they have been outlawed since 2008. "Magic truffles" are not anywhere near as potent as were the mushrooms.

https://www.drugsenuitgaan.nl/hulp-en-advies/veel-gestelde-v...

> You can currently buy psychoactive mushrooms in stores in The Netherlands.

No you can't (anymore). They are illegal since 2008. I remember when they became illegal since me and my friends used to experiment with them, but a few unfortunate accidents/deaths involving tourists combining them with other (illegal) drugs lead to their prohibition. *

* https://www.drugsenuitgaan.nl/hulp-en-advies/veel-gestelde-v...

Interesting detail is that the, for American market created, Chevrolet SS was basically a rebadged Holden Commodore built in Australia. Together with the Dodge Charger, it was the "cheapest bang per buck" performance sedan with a V8. Although the Charger still for sale, the Chevy SS died with the closure of that plant making the 17' model year it's last.

Right, and Porsches don't even lease very well compared to other brands. One thing I wonder if there's no mileage restrictions it could be worth it (as going over miles on a lease can be expensive).

Does anyone have any data to back up the price drops? From my anecdotal evidence it seems WF is just as expensive as it was before. I'm sure these price cuts are only on certain products so it would be interesting to know what these are.

Actually there's nothing new here, many manufacturers are moving to the 48 volt system[1], which you can classify as a mild hybrid system of some sort. Many flagship cars already have it or will come out with it soon (new Audi A8).

In my opinion, calling your whole line up of cars "electrified" is a bit misleading. But I guess that's just how PR/marketing works.

[1] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/247889-cars-moving-48-vo...

Not really a story of a comeback but growing up in communist Russia the battles were all about surviving the day to day basics: getting food/clothes, taking care of family members, but most importantly not having any chance to do anything creative or work on something and knowing that there will be some sort of return.

Experiencing this early on in life definitely made me a lot more appreciative of all the opportunity one has growing up in a country like the US. Opportunity to be able to do whatever you want, learn whatever you like, live however you want...

Normally, yes, but I imagine a brand like Kia is more loose with enforcing standards as opposed to say, Toyota.

Not for new cars, you'll need to be certified by the manufacturer. In this case, it was an "official" Kia dealer. They are way down the ranks when it comes to keeping their brand "clean". If it was an Audi dealer they wouldn't even have sold the car to a bad credit customer in the first place.

Dealership for sure, they are independent from the manufacturer.

A combination of following and working in the industry, personal experience as well as manufacture incentives.

Depreciation tells only one part of the story, and actually Kias are very high within their segment. Try comparing something like a Toyota Camry vs. Kia Optima - it's night and day difference.

Nissan is slightly moving upmarket but the amount of incentives they have to give out to sell is still way above industry average (which my comment was based on). Toyota or Honda have to barely discount their vehicles to sell, do you really thing Dodge or even Chevy can get away with that? They can't, thats why you can get $5-10k off MSRP on pretty much any Chevy right now, good luck trying that at Toyota. [1]

The Dodge Viper is a notable exception but even FCA realized that it hurt sales and spun it off as a separate brand: SRT, which they discontinued this year, and with it, the Viper is dead. [2]

EDIT: down voting doesn't change the facts I stated above.

[1] http://www.autonews.com/article/20170508/RETAIL01/305089965/... [2] http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a29664...

Just like with other brands, in the automotive industry, there are different tiers. At the top, you have the ultra premium (Bentley, Ferrari) and premiums (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, etc.) followed by brands like Toyota and Ford where cars are still desirable and people will buy them no matter what. So they can be picky and only sell to folks with good credit. Once you get to the bottom you'll have stuff like Dodge and Nissan. At the very bottom, there's brands like Kia that are not much more off the "buy here, pay here" stuff. It's often the only way they can move the metal at all.

EDIT: getting a lot of heat. Oh well, I guess I should've linked to 5 articles supporting what people in the industry already know.

Looks like by 2007, the war in Iraq resulted in about 2 million[1] refugees, that's roughly 5% of the population.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_Iraq#Iraq_War_.282...

I was just going to say, working for one of the largest destributors in the world, this is still how many large corps buy stuff: by downloading a catalog through FTP and sending the order with XML. I know, shocking but not everyone is Amazon.

People have said the same about FB and Amazon. I agree that they wont be able to stay at loss for ever, however once the cheap cash runs out there's nothing stopping them from bumping up the rates a bit and/or growing less aggressively.

Yes, they will loose x% of users, but the ones that stay will be served at a profit. At this point, Uber is likely too big to fail.

Anecdotally, I have used Uber from the beginning and never even bothered to install anything else just because there was no compelling reason to, I don't see that be different for many users.

I don't think "the west" (if there's even such a thing anymore..) is blaming Erdogan for being Islamist. It's that he's a de facto dictator and using religion to expand his power and rally up supporters. People in power using religion to get more power.. such a novel idea!

With those amounts, everything adds up. $10 million probably pays for a couple years rent for a fancy VC office on sand hill road.

On the bright side: every job will be a dead-end when AI is very good.

Are you saying creating and sharing icon sets is not a get-rich-quick-scheme? ;)

+1 before I had kids I spent maybe 5-10 hours a week on random side projects and freelancing, since I had twins they are my full-time job and my full-time job became kind of side project

Disclaimer: my view on having a 'job' is probably very different than normal. I don't buy into the your work is your life mentality that seems to be prevalent in the US. It may have something to do with the fact that I only recently (about 4 years ago) got my first corporate job, I had multiple companies before that.

Compared to running your own business, having a corporate job is nothing. I can easily do the same work I used to do in a day and spread it out over a week. Make use of the fact that you can make lots of $$$ to save a lot and spend mental energy on side projects or hobbies. My side project for the last 2 years has been mostly raising kids but it may be an app or something else you work on the side. Instead of trying to 'climb up the corporate ladder' just try and leech as much money as possible while keeping your well being. Now that last part is important because if the job is stressful and you don't have the mental energy to do anything else than it's a no go.

But if it's chill, you get a long with your coworkers and the hours are normal and allow you for working on side projects, why not ride it out and maximize the $$$ return for that one day you decide to start a company/buy a house/start a family/whatever.

If he really made $120m from Google alone, he probably thought he was safe by that point, I mean, he must have thought through this and bought himself a private island somewhere to go to when the shit was going to hit the fan..?

"I'd start with the cap table and look for direct or indirect participation"

I can imagine it's hard to get this kind of info, it's not that cap tables are public and sometimes they don't even exist at all, especially if there's no investors involved.

Another data point would be the registered officer(s)/manager(s) with the secretary of state, but removing himself from it would achieve the same without having to change the company name, unless he then started a company with the same name?

But yeah, I also can't see how changing a name is hiding involvement...

Easier than doing it the first couple times: whoever came up with the improvement first, before this knowledge was institutionalized within the organization/field.

"means that somebody had the foresight to realize that it was easier to strap the bolts to the piece like that"

Not to curb your enthusiasm or downplay the ingenuity of those builders, but the assembly process seems fairly repetitive and easier to optimize over time. I doubt they had this foresight before doing the first (ever) pole.

They look good on the outside... and that's about it. Btw, Apple has discontinued them and hasn't announced any replacement yet.