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aetch | 1 year ago

If taxes were lower all your stuff would cost more without the infrastructure to support it.

aetch | 1 year ago

This has to be a joke

aetch | 1 year ago | on: Jailbreaking RabbitOS

iOS apps can record audio in the background with the provided API already so this isn’t actually a hold up

aetch | 1 year ago

You do have a choice, just keep using the OS version you have. Just like using the an older Firefox version.

Adding security updates and new features costs time and money.

aetch | 1 year ago

The escape hybrid had a nickel cadmium battery. I don’t see why a li-ion battery pack wouldn’t be usable for 15 years with good battery management. Both battery and ICE cars have reduced performance and range due to capacity/efficiency degradation so replacing and recycling a battery or engine at 15 years to restore performance is not unreasonable. No car, EV or ICE lasts forever. Likewise, most people want to upgrade to a newer flashier car before 15 years.

aetch | 1 year ago

15 years is completely realistic, I only started having problems with my 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid after 17 years of heavy use and 260k miles. Keep in mind that 2007 was when the 1st generation hybrids were just coming out, too, so technology is much better today.

Don’t forget that there are other parts of a car that degrades as well with time. Eventually most well used cars will have an engine or powertrain issue if they even make it to 15 years to use without being totaled in an accident or simply sold second hand or misused.

aetch | 1 year ago

You forgot the /s

aetch | 2 years ago | on: I Regret My $46k Website Redesign (2022)

Not sure about anyone else, but I got a more info from the original front page than the redesigned front page. The original page put the product front and center while I had to figure what the product was (visually speaking) on the redesign.

aetch | 2 years ago

The computers don’t need you to do captchas anymore. The captchas are just solved problems being used to slow down bots and spammers these days.

aetch | 2 years ago | on: Write code for the web

Most users are incapable, that’s why they’re buying and using other peoples software. How much is your time worth? Apple does happen to capture the market of users that are able to pay more to save more time, though.

aetch | 2 years ago

Lol. Have you ever used Android Studio IDE? The grass always looks greener on the other side but Xcode and iOS development is miles ahead of how slow and unhelpful Android Studio is the majority of the time. Don’t even get me started on opening up your app 6 months later to update the code and it’s a 99% chance some Android gradle build system or dependency has changed and broken the build…

aetch | 2 years ago

You aren’t actually buying power from different people in states where you choose a “different” provider. Those are all middlemen offering a variety of more expensive rate plans and “benefits” that appear to be cheaper but actually are more expensive than buying directly from the main utility provider. (The middle man has to make money somehow after all) In reality the power travels over the main providers’ lines so the main provider is usually cheapest.

It’s just an illusion of choice and I would rather not deal with the constant door to door utility MVNO salesmen.

aetch | 2 years ago

I’ve got news, lots of fellow HN readers support this data collection through jobs called the ad / marketing industry.

aetch | 2 years ago

Too bad they aren’t paid or treated at a higher standard.
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