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Related read: Cirrus Labs also wrote a drop-in replacement for GH Actions cache on their platform. https://cirrus-runners.app/blog/2024/04/23/speeding-up-cachi... https://github.co…

I was a bit confused by the section on backups. How do they manage moving the data offsite with the on-premises backup servers? Wouldn’t that be a cost savings by going cloud?

Isn't the iPhone SE basically that? Why didn't OP get the SE? https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/

Important to point out this isn't just theory, it's actually happened (in the SF Bay Area!) with a regular rifle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack https://www.np…

I’m in CA and got the same notice. But I checked the grid intensity and it’s emitting 146g/KWhr. http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/emissions.html So the data might be wrong …

Because the drivetrain is several times more efficient, other loads have an outsized impact on mileage. The Model 3 is rated by EPA to be 131 MPGe. So yeah -- if your drivetrain is…

There's also this guy who purchased a plot of land in the middle of nowhere, West Texas who's trying to terraform it into a forest. No idea how feasible it is, but interesting to w…

Ask and you shall receive: https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uber-spike-lee-celebrate-brook...

Huh. The link somehow changed after I submitted it. I wonder if you read the wrong article? Here's the original link: https://cedarlawpllc.com/2022/10/12/uw-paid-out-six-figures-..…

It asks you to sign in and auth your Google account after sharing a docs link. So you give them permissions. If you don’t want this behavior you can revoke Slack’s access.

I'd love to see electric scooter / e-bike companies also adopt this technology too. My scooter has a 550Whr battery and I'd love to use it as a power station for some of my devices…

Makes a lot of sense, esp when making events more public. Thanks for your feedback!

What sort of groups do you organize? I've been working on an app inspired by challenges I had organizing hack nights and poker games. It's kind of a cross between Facebook events a…

10% is not correct, that's the max allowed by CA. SF is way lower, and set on an annual basis: https://sf.gov/information/allowable-rent-increases Here's from the last 10 years in …

The WashPo paywall is the worst -- it rewrites your address bar so you can't even bookmark the URL for later or copy/paste it to share. Really frustrating on mobile when you can be…

Is this a reference to this skit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DqoQq1zME8

> * Update 7/18/06 * You have to give the California Department of Motor Vehicles (the DMV) credit for creativity on this one. A DMV insider has disclosed to me that the DMV has ma…

This is no longer the case as of two years ago! https://www.eater.com/2018/6/12/17439694/tipping-laws-tip-sh...

Uber and Lyft did give long-term drivers “appreciation awards” which they could use to buy stock in the IPO. So not unprecedented. https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/uber-is-dishing…

Good point. The amount of downtime definitely depends on local market conditions. For instance if you go online at 3AM in Tracy, CA, you might have way lower utilization than someo…

According to the Rideshare Guy, the proportion of drivers in favor of being an IC was higher pre-pandemic and higher outside of CA. You could make the opposite argument -- that pol…

I do see the first link says 67-4, but the second link uses 71-4, which is the correct vote count. You can see on the ca.gov website: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVo…

https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/save-local-journalism-... https://www.courthousenews.com/governor-newsom-signs-newspap... The CA legislature just passed AB323, which exempts …