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> "Using it to silence genuine concerns from people with asd-1 is kind of proving my point..." If you believe advocating for ASD3 means silencing ASD1 then we'll just agree to disa…

> Whether something is classified as a disorder is imho irrelevant. Homosexuality was classified as a disorder until 1973. As I've said repeatedly, society has the mental disorders…

It’s an absurd comparison because homosexuality is not a disorder. Full stop. It’s a non-sequiter to compare it to something that is. I’m not trying to pick on you for this, but it…

> should we "cure" homosexuality? Homosexuality is also on a spectrum, and at no point does someone on that spectrum stop functioning in society because they’re gay. Being gay is o…

I don't know and it's not the point of my comment? I'm only talking about how it aligns inscentives.

> Otherwise it just becomes another way for insurance companies to make money - in this case by charging swingeing fees that will come out of public coffers. I believe doctors pay …

>The crew that can build a driveway cannot build a parking lot, and they will never be able to break into that market because it requires experience that a driveway cannot give. Fr…

Apparently RAM and SSD costs have risen so much recently that the bill of materials on the next iPhone could exceed the entire cost of the current one just on RAM/SSD alone [1] [1]…

This seems like a terrible idea because deepfakes are getting better and better, even with them mentioning them and handwaving concerns away.

Almost everything you said is a typical NIMBY talking point: > Dozens of “luxury” units built cheaply, selling for 4,000$ for a 1 bedroom A nebulous definition of "luxury", and tot…

> iOS uses way less ram than android, plus has memory compression. That’s why Apple gets away with less ram and much smaller batteries with equal or better performance. Yeah, by ag…

Yes, this is solved. Samsung makes rugged IP68 phones with user swappable batteries that are thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro when factoring the camera bump [1]. It's kind of comical …

Again, solved problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_6

Correct. This used to be done before on flip phones, and is still currently being done for dedicated cameras. This is a solved problem and not an issue.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say? The replaceable battery is either thicker, or it isn't. There's not much to accommodate. This is already a thing for some [dedicated] camera…

Not only that, but if phone batteries were user replaceable, they could be sold in multiple capacities. So people that want "thin" phones can keep their camera protrusions, and the…

Yes? Read that sentence again: "... how we build infrastructure" Removing onerous parking requirements, like the ones that have resulted in countless strip malls and unwalkable cit…

It's also proven over and over again that people are okay with "good enough" 99% of the time: - Smartphone cameras > dedicated cameras - "UHD" streaming video > UHD Blueray @3-7x t…

>After 5 years, you'll have an extra $1M in savings, and you can safely pay yourself 4% or $40k each year in perpetuity without doing any work. The only way this could be remotely …

>I sincerely hope you've had your 2.4 kids to support yourself. that's what the boomers managed and it is hard to measure in dollars or debt. Oh you mean the same boomers that pull…

>That's a lot of SV-speak. How exactly do people step into an entrepreneurial phase? Almost half of U.S. employment is from small businesses (250 or less employees). That's means t…

800k for 5y taxed at salary rates will not net you 200k/yr in perpetuity. Not even close. And certainly not in real dollars. Assuming you manage to save every penny.

>Adults aren’t the target market. Adults are VERY MUCH the target market: See page 10 of Nintendo's investor relations doc. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/221109e.pdf

The base mac mini I got has been one of the best tech purchases I've ever made, and of course as soon as I wanted another [loaded] machine for more serious work this happens. It's …

Also storage has gotten super expensive lately, and rather than upgrading my machines/consoles I've been offloading games and downloading them as needed and now am routinely downlo…