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I think this also maps cleanly on the American blueprint of enshitification. Facebook took off by cleanly integrating and siphoning from Myspace so users could get the best of both on Facebook. Once Facebook took over the market they locked it up tight so no competitor could do the same.

Additionally, tariffs should be targeted for the specific goods (e.g. CHIPS Act). To do blanket tariffs on entire countries doesn't make sense. Why move manufacturing to the US when importing raw materials also costs more?

I've heard stories of current day federal employee performance reviews where, unofficially, no manager is permitted to give out a perfect 5 out of 5.

I think another big change is the offer rate. I've had plenty of interviews in recent years but almost no offers.

implied near-termness of SaaS being disintermediated

Also, is this even true? The author's only evidence was to link to a book about vibe coding. I'd be interested to hear anecdotes of companies who are even attempting this.

Edit: wow, and he's a co-author of that book. This guy really just said "source: me"

Crime is related with poverty which is related with race.

One thing that's having a little comeback is the email newsletter (see Beehiiv). There's something nice about being able to get exactly what you signed up for and nothing more. No ads, no recommended content, no infinite scroll.

The crazy part of that is how much it undermines all the apocalyptic hype about AGI replacing our entire workforce. Surprise, it's just another app filled with ads and premium subscriptions.

Couldn't do what? You haven't told us what to search for.

The far left always moves the goal posts

The goal of the far left has always been equality. It's the same goal that legalized interracial marriage.

That's why you see the rise of Christian nationalism

We've always had an issue with Christian Nationalism in the US, and they use any excuse they can to push their agenda. If it's not gay marriage it's immigration, or trans rights, or whatever other wedge issue they can create a moral panic over.

It's vital to remember that nationalist goals are absolute, but they will lie about it. They say they just want to protect women's sports to get their foot in the door, and then they're banning gender affirming care and looking to re-criminalize gay marriage. There's no reason to compromise with nationalists.

It has been conclusively ruled out. At some point we don't need to keep checking if the Earth is round because no amount of research and evidence will convince some folks. This isn't a science problem, it's a propaganda problem.

Alexa correctly answered a not-so respectable 19.5 questions out of 54.

But, with a whopping 32.5 correct answers out of 54, Home comfortably takes home the gold.

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This feels a lot like a technology that's not quite ready. This is why I don't use Siri either. The functionality is limited to quick searches I could do easier myself.

Still, it's interesting to see Google take the lead here. I bet the ability to connect to such huge tools like search and maps must be a great advantage.

I've always wanted to go but I've heard the heyday has past. It's gotten bigger and more commercialized over the years. And that's the other thing, it sounds very expensive, which is kinda counter to what it is meant to be.

I've never been though, so take this with a grain of salt.

I wouldn't think of it as a replacement for bash/zsh or other shells. Those are meant to control the OS and run programs where powershell is an environment to programatically interact with API's. They can both fill similar roles but their not the same.

Not really. They always have the option to save the money or invest it in their own products and services just like any other business.

In my experience Windows 10 has become much better at getting the proper drivers for you. One of the nicer features to the OS.

What I find interesting about this is that Windows manages to achieve all these goals (most of the time) while having a flat modern design. High contrast, responsive feedback, Windows 10 has that. Of course Windows falls short in other areas like consistency, or stupid things like have a control panel and a separate settings menu.

That's always easy for us to say in hindsight.

It's a ponzi scheme when Government subsidized debt and high risk mortgages (NB: free money) removes price pressures, allowing prices to inflate to unreasonable highs. It's a feedback loop where more money > higher prices = good investment > more money.

Tesla can make the hardware and Uber can make the app, that's not a bad deal for either. And there's no reason why Tesla couldn't sell to Uber's competitors as well.

I can provide an anecdote. When my parents where shopping for their first house ~5 years ago it was a common occurrence for a house to go on the market to be immediately purchased in cash. By circumventing the usual mortgage process with the bank the houses could be snatched up before regular buyers even have a chance.

The objective is to create a decentralized fund/holding company. Thousands of people put money into a pot and then vote on what that money should be invested on.

I view it as more of an experiment with new tech rather than an actual plan to run a successful business, however there is an absurd amount of money on the line.

There's a lot more to finance than "evil bankers"

In the ability to propose a hard fork, no difference. However, you need to be able to convince the majority of miners to vote for your fork and that's where being a core dev has a lot of influence.

Nah, they have often had this sort of user-hostile-in-the-name-of-cutting-edge attitude for a long time. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. IMO this is a case where it doesn't.

There is a huge difference between an internship and that sort of volunteer work.

This is becoming an issue in Sacramento as they continue to shut down public restrooms. There's is talk of setting up port-a-potties with full time attendants, so we will see how that goes.

It's not just about money. Someone who is severely mentally ill isn't going to able to perform tasks, let alone function without a caregiver.

Living on the streets is very dangerous and stressful. Somewhere around 25% of homeless people have traumatic brain injuries. Not the sort of people you can put in a cubical to do data entry.

Is the fire hose a description of the number of pop-up boxes on that site?

I try to bring this up to explain to people that no food is natural. This is exactly why I don't worry too much about GMO products. We have been messing with genetics through artificial selection for thousands of years, doing so in a lab doesn't make it worse.