joshl32532's comments

> When you go to work, do you go maximize shareholder value?

Yes. The further up the ladder you go, the more this is pounded into your head. I was in a few Big Tech and this is how you write your self-assessment. "Increased $$$ revenue due to higher user engagement, shipped xxx product that generated xxx sales etc".

If you're level 1/2 engineer, sure. You get sold on the company mission. But once you're in senior level, you are exposed to how the product/features will maximize the company's financial and market position. How each engineer's hours are directly benefiting the company.

> Were you ever part of a team and felt good about the work you were doing together? Maybe some startups or non-profits can have this (like Wikipedia or Craigslist), but definitely not OpenAI, Google and Meta.

That has nothing to do with this article and CyberTruck?

Also, Tesla sales went down in 2024 in the US. https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2491/tesla-suffers-sharp-d...

> I know of 100 of people canceled their gpt subscription.

Did you make a poll or something?

It works both ways.

When Trudeau first took office, he was the meme of being Canada's young and handsome PM, and he enjoyed a good few years of "honeymoon" period that many leaders can only wish for.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2015+justin+trudeau+handsome&df=20...

In this case, it's definitely Trudeau's administration fault by flooding the Canadian job market with immigrants, which lowers job compensation and increasing housing cost.

The conservatives were leading the polls wayyy before Trump even winning the GOP primaries.

Canadians are just tired of Justin Trudeau after almost 10 years. Which happens to even the best of leaders, and JT is far from it.

Lower resolution, lower FOV and Fresnel lens...

Not really nobrainer if you want the best experience. And things like these could make or break the VR immmersion.

But how's the $80 hearing aids sound quality when playing music? Or ANC performance?

If your dad doesn't care about those, then he's not Apple's target demographic anyway.

This.

Those who have the money/insurance will still go through their doctor for expensive "prescription" hearing aids.

Those low income ones can buy one off Amazon/Walmart which (though not the best) makes a huge difference than not having one.

Yeah, iPhone/Galaxy Sxx price without the same reliability.

You're crazy if you spend $1k for Pixel's build quality.

Security by obscurity.

My 2016 Macbook Pro still works fine, albeit slow.

Windows laptops (HP, Dell) always crap out for me, except for my Thinkpads that lasted for a while.

Cocaine Sharknado

> We’d bet that Apple is paying Ubisoft, Capcom and 505 Games to port the titles over so that the tech giant can use them to showcase its latest devices

Lol, no way in hell Apple is paying them to port. At most they'd forgo some of the 25% App store revenue.

Apple always have a way in making their partners suckered into a bad deal. (Look at Goldman Sachs).

And EU is totally fine with this?

Should force them to open source it.

Just wait 10-20 years when self-driving is the norm, it will reduce congestions caused by human's behavior and accidents.

> Basic appeal is about form factor.

It would be much more appealing to me as a watch. Since it can at least tell time, and I don't need to carry it around in my pocket, which I'm already carrying a phone and a wallet. I'll need a 3rd pocket for this?

Much quicker to access for quick question, take voice notes too.

> They're all still very upset about this, and would drop Apple Pay in a second if the NFC chip were forced open by a regulator

Not if the users have anything to say about that.

Canadian banks tried to do their own contactless payment on Android (TD Pay, lol), but nobody wants it. In the end they caved and finally offered Google Pay.

I predict it's gonna be similar. Even if Apple opens up NFC payment, nobody will use them and prefer 1st party support like Apple Pay or Google Pay.

Just see how many people actually use Samsung pay vs Google Pay.

Yeah, I was holding out on buying Ionic5 because of the lack of good charging network, even though I will only use it for occasional roadtrip. I will be charging at home for everyday use.

Now that everybody is in Tesla supercharger, Teslas are losing its appeal to me now.

I just need to wait until 2025 when everybody actually uses NACS. lol.

Unless you're Google SVP+, nobody will think you're speaking for Google...