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tw98521358··on Russian warship with ‘unstoppable’ 7 kmph hypersonic missiles 'sails towards US'
The missile may be unstoppable but you can bet it would take only a couple seconds to sink the ship and that there is a sub nearby ready to sink it. It’s unlikely to fire more than a few
tw98521358··on Ask HN: Best Printer for less than $100?
A 5$ brother from goodwill
tw98521358··on Apple beefs up smartphone services in ‘silent war’ against Google
Apple is overtaking google because android OS is getting too insecure and pro advertising/tracking. Also it turns out that blue messages in chat are a killer feature that’s hard to fight
tw98521358··on The Google layoffs are about personal ambition and poor leadership
The product suffers when resource priority shifts in the wrong direction. Often times management infighting and empire building becomes the business priority and the actual product is a secondary evil that needs to limp along to fund the empires.
tw98521358··on The Google layoffs are about personal ambition and poor leadership
It’s because they are using the wrong metrics. The technical ability is not a strong contributor to success in leadership roles.
tw98521358··on Ask HN: Would you buy a subscription to get new iPhone power cable every month?
My cable outlasted the female side of my iPhone.
tw98521358··on How working unpaid hours became part of the job
Are you getting paid enough to cover the extra 15-20 hrs? If not going lateral to just do 40 is a big pay bump
tw98521358··on High egg prices should be investigated, U.S. farm group says
The eggs I buy haven’t really changed in price but I already pay 5-6$ a dozen
tw98521358··on Government investigation finds Tesla FSD engaged during the Bay Bridge pileup
You can’t override erratic braking can you? There isn’t much the driver can do to stop that behavior
tw98521358··on Winnebago’s Electric Motorhome Prototype
EPA estimated so 50 actual
tw98521358··on Winnebago’s Electric Motorhome Prototype
Yeah but then you remember that that van was 200k so the person in the van is probably richer than you. Like nobody is going to say anything if you are sleeping in the Ferrari or raptor either.
tw98521358··on Employees at TikTok Have a Secret Button That Can Make Anything Go Viral
I mean why is that a problem unless it’s clearly being abused? The algorithm is just semi human which just Makes it better
tw98521358··on CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions
It’s not a good buy so people that get them are by nature have poor impulse control. I’d love to see a chart of car vs avg credit rating sometime
tw98521358··on The Grapes of Wrath’s Foreshadowing of the Cold War (2018)
Yeah but are they happier? None of that shit means anything if you are in debt stressed working 2 jobs and can’t even get childcare or healthcare for you kid
tw98521358··on Airbnb feels like staying with a cheap uptight friend&paying for the privilege
I think you can’t shame air b&b into not sucking. They are like Comcast
tw98521358··on These People Can’t Drink Alcohol After Covid. What Experts Think Is Happening
Or you know they just got old and it hits harder
tw98521358··on Among many U.S. children, reading for fun has become less common
YouTube has replaced the high quality blog. All the good content has migrated to video. I spent days looking for good garden blogs and found a dessert but videos are plentiful. Reading to learn has really gone downhill
tw98521358··on OpenAI used Kenyan workers on less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic
For most people.
tw98521358··on What If Tesla Is Just a Car Company?
All those places were full of talented amazing folks. Some of them even were briefly great companies before they burned out and faded away. The point is that none of them were worth the crazy valuations they briefly had.
tw98521358··on What If Tesla Is Just a Car Company?
What if Amazon is just an online bookstore? What if Apple is just a computer company? What if Google is just a search engine?

All these things are true except Amazon is mostly a cloud company and Apple makes the computers most people use for non work.

Eventually they will all be valued as such, but for a while mass delusion will continue to make them more expensive. You are probably too young to remember when Cisco was basic the internet company and valued as such.

tw98521358··on Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up institutions for pennies
I would guess the model has them loose money but pay themselves fees then when they are too low they ask for a bailout. I can’t imagine it’s possible to make money in Medicare patients and Medicaid pays less than a doctors salary.
tw98521358··on Did the Music Business Just Kill the Vinyl Revival?
Honestly it would be pretty cool to have a large vinyl collection. If my kid could just pick one out and drop it on a player and it was pretty durable they probably would have a fan for life. Unfortunately recording companies only want collectors and rich audiophile.
tw98521358··on How bad the pizza box is
That’s my problem too that damn 400$ blender ends up costing me 800$ after I’ve done them due diligence of research it and burned the better half of an evening looking up reviews.

Very rarely is there a mid tier product unless it’s a Chinese brand that’s trying to establish

tw98521358··on Study: Exxon mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
Nobody would build a high income neighborhood there for a while but it’s probably not any worse than a low income area near a coal or gas plant
tw98521358··on Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?
So much to learn and so much garbage info. Gardening is heard
tw98521358··on Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?
Wouldn’t it be more practical to pay someone Indian wages to actually do the teaching?
tw98521358··on Ask HN: Why Become a Doctor Nowadays?
Doctor was the tech bro career of the 70s and 80s. Big money, high status and not terribly high bar to get in.

Then it got popular and everyone knew it was the ticket to upper class and the job slowly got shitty. A lot of extra hurdles and costs got added, kind of like lawyers.

Now it’s a shitty business, pay is still high but the debt burden is extreme, the health care system is broken so hours and quality of work conditions isn’t great.

If you compare it to a career in FAANG you will be 1-2million ahead before a doctor sees his first patient. Not a good deal or the best ticket to the upper class

tw98521358··on Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)
Probably the same v reason the internet of knowledge failed. Walled gardens, and Soe spam.
tw98521358··on Ask HN: What are some surprising ways to gain social status?
You can’t throw a great party without people showing up. You need good people for good parties. The party is the proof of existing value
tw98521358··on U.S. safety agency to consider ban on gas stoves amid health fears
The low end ones suck but the high end ones are good. I try to avoid cooking in that ultra low cycling end though
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