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Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by Dylan16807 »

hutzlibu wrote: post #107
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #51

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If you are making €200,000 per year, your time is worth around €100 per hour. Thus if this is going to take more than 10 hours, it is not worth your time.

Is going to the toilet worth your time? Or would you pay someone to do it for you?

Oh god yes. Imagine being able to go to a concert and instead of having to go to the port-a-potty you could just deduct a couple dollars from your bank account. That sounds amazing.

Also over half? of people wake up to pee at least once. That'd be nice to make unnecessary.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by jhugo »

walrus01 wrote: post #126
yosito wrote: post #125

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I'm not sure I would call the water from the video "fresh"...

but certainly less conductive in terms of total dissolved salts than the ocean. I meant "fresh" water in the sense of, not ocean water, not something you'd want to drink :) https://www.lenntech.com/applications/ultrapure/conductivity...

The phone is IP68, so I would think the conductivity of the water is not a major concern unless there is some mechanical damage that impacts the waterproofing

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by tlarkworthy »

mschuster91 wrote: post #112
GhostVII wrote: post #62

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I suspect the vast majority of people on HN are in the top 1% globally. People don't realise how high incomes in the US are relative to the rest of the world.

> People don't realise how high incomes in the US are relative to the rest of the world. Gross definitely, but net (after taxes, healthcare, housing and other fixed costs)... not so sure. High CoL - seriously even as someone who lives in Munich, US housing prices are utterly incomprehensible , just how the fuck do y'all even manage to survive?! -, high costs for transportation, the utter madness that is US healthcare…

> I'd wager that even after accounting for taxes, most Europeans have more money in their pocket than Americans working in the same field.

Having worked in SF and Berlin... SF was definitely better paid overall and I made enough money to buy a nice apartment in Berlin, something which seems unachievable by working in Berlin all your life.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by bostik »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #148
lifeformed wrote: post #146

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Top 10%? More like top 1%.

The global 1% are people with about $900k in wealth.

Judging by the comments, or at least by those who comment (semi-)actively, a surprisingly sizeable fraction of HN actives do fit into that bucket.

And for a properly demoralising angle, that level of wealth is still a far cry from being fully financially independent.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by walrus01 »

jhugo wrote: post #152
walrus01 wrote: post #126

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but certainly less conductive in terms of total dissolved salts than the ocean. I meant "fresh" water in the sense of, not ocean water, not something you'd want to drink :) https://www.lenntech.com/applications/ultrapure/conductivity...

The phone is IP68, so I would think the conductivity of the water is not a major concern unless there is some mechanical damage that impacts the waterproofing

The lightning or USB-c connector on a phone has voltage present, and exposed copper like that plus salt water surely isn't a good combination. Without making an ip68 rated twist lock huge charger connector I don't see how the port itself can be waterproofed.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by hutzlibu »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #151
hutzlibu wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is going to the toilet worth your time? Or would you pay someone to do it for you?

Oh god yes. Imagine being able to go to a concert and instead of having to go to the port-a-potty you could just deduct a couple dollars from your bank account. That sounds amazing. Also over half? of people wake up to pee at least once. That'd be nice to make unnecessary.

"Also over half? of people wake up to pee at least once. That'd be nice to make unnecessary"

And then there is the hazzle of breathing. And walking. And moving around!

Oh boy, if only someone could do living for me.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by hutzlibu »

SturgeonsLaw wrote: post #134
hutzlibu wrote: post #107

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Is going to the toilet worth your time? Or would you pay someone to do it for you?

Going to the toilet is inefficient, that's why I only eat precisely the calories and nutritional content that my body needs without anything left over to produce waste

"Going to the toilet is inefficient"

By what meassure? To me it is by definition part of every living metabolism.

Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal

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Post by lifeformed »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #148
lifeformed wrote: post #146

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Top 10%? More like top 1%.

The global 1% are people with about $900k in wealth.

By income, I see numbers varying from 100k-250k/year, which I think a decent chunk of HN would fall under.
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