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> If they fold and remove tariffs on the US Part of the problem is that Trumps's definition of tariffs doesn't make any sense. VAT isn't a tariff but according to Trump it is. Does…

Or fiat currency in general. Let's not pretend modern fiat is backed by something solid. The only thing backing it these days is the promise of our grandchildren & their grandchild…

Recording & sharing video footage using on-board cameras. I mean the cameras and stream is already there, it's trivial to store the data and make it accessible. Better yet, clips c…

Sounds like classic A type personalities with zero technical chops deciding how long a technical project should take to further their own agenda: > The Migration Programme experien…

Not your keys, not your coins.

The only thing they beat smartphones at is optical zoom. And that's pretty important and one of the few areas where smartphones still lag and can't crack due to their size. Add 10x…

This wouldn't be proof that God exists though... proof of God's existence is probably impossible. I mean, hypothetically, if God exists and is willing to do anything to show us he …

My car has a feature that will alert you if you exit the car and there's a person in the back seat. Example of it here: https://youtu.be/utEzcyoTk_E I always thought it was such an…

Or better yet, just don't answer incoming calls that you're not expecting

Absolutely. If cost of goods goes up 7.8%, most companies will round prices up by 10%. Increased costs is a great excuse to not only pass costs on to the consumer, but sneak in som…

Having kids fixes the problem of feeling old and lost. Your life now has purpose and you have lifelong blood buddies to share experiences & stories with. Having kids also means ide…

If you see an ATM churning out free cash, do you take it and say nothing? You are after all profiting on someone elses mistake... It's the same situation. Taking money that is not …

The beauty of it comes when you're working in a team of say 5 other front end devs of varying skill levels. There tends to be a large amount of duplication & overlap, people have d…

Seems like there's a sudden flurry of Stripe hit job pieces recently on hackernews which is usually pro-anything Stripe. It's as if someone has an axe to grind and is going out of …

Technical interviews are high pressure situations that don't just check someone's technical proficiency but rather their ability to cope with pressure, communicate effectively whil…

The harsh reality is that there's not enough incentive to work for a lot of people through a combination of state supported welfare, lack of job security (i.e. short term contracts…

It definitely plays a role in driving overall sentiment though. And indirectly plays a role in people taking more risks. There's a view that the economy won't collapse because cent…

another crypto hit piece promoted by hackernews

$549 today isn't as much as $549 was 10 years ago or even 5 years ago. The world is getting wealthier. Money is getting cheaper. We've just printed trillions of dollars this year t…

Same could be said about the stock market. Lots of companies aren't in profit and would die without the ability to dump shares and without speculators (and indeed the government it…

You don't, you just sort of exist doing what you're doing but always thinking there's a better way of doing things / better tech stack out there. There usually is. But that's just …

How do you increase supply in densely populated cities with extremely strict planning laws & regulations? The solution is to ban short term leasing in cities, increase taxes on sal…

Not angering parents should be reason enough to go to school. If they don't like school, they can get to like it. That would be my philosophy. Certain decisions parents make for th…

I have an M510 and I love it but it needs to be taken apart and cleaned every year or so. It accumulates an insane amount of crap inside it which if left unchecked will eventually …

You're not alone but you're probably in the less than 1% of people who care about anything other than price when it comes to flying. Low cost airlines dominate because people peopl…