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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…

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 whe…

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 anecdo…

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 …

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 subs…

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 …

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…

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. -----------------…

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 …

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 inter…

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, Wind…

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 feedb…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 d…