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100% - even annoying "promotional" email blasts. I've worked for companies where, when we did surveys, customers overwhelmingly said that we sent them too many emails or that the e…

Actually I was referring to the Ford rollover thing: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/ford-hid-suv-... And to the GM ignition thing: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/…

My understanding of the automotive industry is that they cut corners everywhere they can because they know it’ll save more money than a lawsuit or recall will cost. Do they do thes…

is the last layer turtles?

So...I'm sure I'm not alone when my first thought was "big deal" but then I thought about it and I'm thinking there's two main issues here: 1. we don't want it there and they didn'…

I mean…isn’t that exactly what the government _would_ say if these devices actually were working? /s, obviously

Also iCab which at least let’s you use the new engine. I don’t think the other browsers even allow that.

Thanks for the recommendation consider it done :)

Wow, and here I am dropping cash on weed and shrooms like a chump. I’ll be honest, this strikes me as similar to the whole binaural sounds thing…I tried that way back in high schoo…

Depending on how clear of a display you want, a projector may be a good option. We have a small shelf in our bedroom with an Apple TV, a HomePod mini, and a $90 projector from Best…

The very first website I ever saw was at my cousin’s house during a visit for Christmas. They had just recently “gotten the online” and he was showing me his favorite site which wa…

You could however nest horizontal and vertical marquee to make a diagonal marquee :)

For my very first interview I was told “write something in php” so I put together a few scripts to parse templated txt files into html and made a little baby version of a cms. Wasn…

Yeah that’s what I’m understanding now. Really would have been amazing if it were possible. If you’ll indulge me, is there some theoretical technology that could enable such a brea…

When I first heard about the Theranos meltdown I was so sure that Holmes was a victim of big pharma trashing her name and her company. But man..as the story unfolds in front of us …

Yep my wife and I moved to Connecticut from North Carolina. The summers here are very mild compared to what we are used to and as such leave the windows open to stay cool. But as y…

“ There are specific tasks that see a significant difference. If you’re editing ProRes video or working with Apple’s Metal graphics API, there is a clear benefit to the more powerf…

That makes a lot of sense, and thanks for the detailed answers. The age old "this isn't for you" is applicable here...I don't see the value personally, but I understand the motivat…

I absolutely think that digital art is as valuable and worthy of recognition as physical art. My wife is an artist (oils and water colors, not digital) and we've discussed it at le…

I used to come onto HN and see crypto-coin news and I'd jump into the comments and ask something along the lines of "But isn't bitcoin and all the other things like it just a giant…

Or Salesforce marketing cloud…it’s even worse than sfdc

Yep they’re very good at it. I won’t say it’s fool proof. But the very occasional times they get confused isn’t so bad I’ll replace them with wired.

I’ve just got a charging pad on my desk. In the morning I pop my watch and AirPods pro on it while I take a shower (have a HomePod mini in the bathroom so don’t need headphones) an…

The only issue I have is that sometimes either my AirPods pro or AirPods max will get confused and try to connect to the wrong device. But it’s not such a huge inconvenience that I…

I like a lot of what’s out there these days. Pega is a good example that reasonably talented people with some training can solve real business problems quickly. But like most other…