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tonywastaken··on El Paquete Semanal
This is a positive, unbalanced spin on the Cuba issue if I’ve ever seen one.

Read about what this person is talking about for yourself here, especially the section titled “Emigration process and violence”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift

tonywastaken··on El Paquete Semanal
In Cuba there are also satellite dishes under RF transparent roofing materials, usually DirectTV dishes smuggled from the US. I wonder if people have done the same with Starlink.
tonywastaken··on Airbnb CEO: CEOs calling workers back to the office 'going away to the Hamptons’
They were worth the trouble during the thick of the pandemic when people preferred homes with kitchens. There they could minimize their contact with other people. Now people are traveling differently.

And it could also be that people are realizing that AirBnBs are not worth their inconsistency, dark patterns around fees, and the hassle of dealing with a problematic stay or host.

tonywastaken··on Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the California desert
Lufthansa is bringing A380s back as well
tonywastaken··on Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, has died
For me, too expensive. Although the Corolla has gotten relatively expensive over the years.
tonywastaken··on He Rolls in a Toyota Built for Japanese VIPs
Every time I think I’ve found all the Toyota-related clickholes on the internet, I find another one. I love Toyota
tonywastaken··on There was a stretch where phone design went bananas
Danger also had a pretty nice App Store model and a nice developer and user community in their phpBB forums. The carriers that supported the Hiptop also had a hosted web interface where you could manage your email, calendar, notes, etc.
tonywastaken··on BART’s excursion fare: Agency earns millions from passengers not riding trains
There's no instruction when there is a delay, besides just wait the 30 minutes or pay the tax and get an Uber
tonywastaken··on What one executive wishes they could tell employees about return-to-office plans
Are travel costs for quarterly in-person really more than real estate costs for always in-person?
tonywastaken··on Workers Are Winning the Return-to-Office War Because They’re Right
I think there’s some truth to it. And the article is an opinion piece.
tonywastaken··on Toyota Forms ‘Team Japan’ to Help Keep Combustion Engine Alive
You mean the Land Cruiser?
tonywastaken··on SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccinated Guiana gold miners
Does French Guiana have the Pfizer vaccine for the general population? Or did the gold miners have Pfizer vaccines procured for them by the owner of the mine/government?
tonywastaken··on Why does every advert look the same? Corporate Memphis
“It really boils my piss to be honest,” says Jack Hurley, a Leeds-based illustrator who says his main output is “daft seaside posters.”
tonywastaken··on Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refunded or exchanged
I was able to repair a US-bought MacBook at an Apple store in Japan with no issues
tonywastaken··on USPS Awards Contract to Modernize Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet
I don't want to start a food truck, but I would like to electrify them and make them into a fleet of leasable UberEats/DoorDash/Prime delivery vehicles
tonywastaken··on Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle – $550k (sunnyvale)
Miami people don’t have the same hobbies as the rest of the country does. Shipping cross-country is the only way I’ve found to sustain the hobbies I picked up in other parts of the country.
tonywastaken··on South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist Covid-19 'not real'
Yeah, last time I had the flu it sucked. And I'm relatively young.
tonywastaken··on The Hyperloop’s Only Destination Is a Capitalist Hellscape
That's a stretch. And China is 2nd world.
tonywastaken··on The Hyperloop’s Only Destination Is a Capitalist Hellscape
When do you anticipate electric vehicles will become mainstream in your country?
tonywastaken··on NASA’s Sofia Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
> The coronavirus pandemic is likely to keep it grounded for some time and threatens a planned deployment to New Zealand later this year.

How long can this modified 747SP fly? I wonder how they were going to fly it to New Zealand and if there were any refuel stops. Would be a nice treat to catch that at your local airport.

tonywastaken··on The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
Especially if you don't pay for a really good insurance policy or your employer provides you with a really good insurance policy. You will get screwed with no remorse.
tonywastaken··on Apple says electronics recycler “illegally” reselling over 100k iPhones, iPads
I think we are overestimating how much scale tipping consumers need in order to want to buy the shinny new thing. Also, we don't know the full story on either side, so our arguments are both valid.
tonywastaken··on Apple says electronics recycler “illegally” reselling over 100k iPhones, iPads
Do you think these devices were sold disclosing that Apple themselves found them to be not worthy of repair? Don't think so. Of course there is a market for cheaper Apple products. There is never a market for Apple products that catch fire in your pocket.
tonywastaken··on Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man
I think of this Chris Rock line whenever I think of "bad apples"
tonywastaken··on Instagram trying to circumvent new iOS14 photos privacy feature
Seems to be fixed in 160.1
tonywastaken··on VW introduces ID.4 electric SUV with 250 miles of range and a $40k price tag
I agree. I'd say anything above $15k for a car is not affordable.
tonywastaken··on Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras
I noticed this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24505285

Facebook got caught on this one- but there are probably hundreds of Apple internal APIs that they are using to violate people's privacy.

tonywastaken··on iOS 14 is available today
Instagram is already getting around the photos privacy feature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24505285
tonywastaken··on Almost Too Good to Be True: Health Insurance for $149/Month, Zero Deductible
It's attractive for people that don't have insurance through their employer and can't afford insurance that costs more than $149 a month. Some Obamacare insurance plans are as low as $149 a month depending on your income, but they still have high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.
tonywastaken··on App stores, trust and anti-trust
Why don't disgruntled app developers just pull their apps from the app stores? Everyone is using custom launchers on Android these days anyway, lets show big tec how much customers want to use custom launchers.
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