tamal | 6 years ago | on: Grocery Outlet S-1
In my family I always volunteer to go to Grocery Outlet. I have an optimized route throughout the store so I can check every shelf for anything new.
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tamal | 7 years ago | on: RSS Is Better Than Twitter
I do not use Twitter.com not the Twitter app. I use third-party clients exclusively.
tamal | 7 years ago | on: RSS Is Better Than Twitter
The solution to “too much RSS” is the same for Twitter. Unsubscribe/unfollow. Twitter does not require you to follow someone to interact with them. I follow relatively few people directly yet I have themed lists following other accounts. If I want local news I check my local list.
Twitter works quite well in this regard vs. Facebook where you need to be “friends” to interact.
tamal | 7 years ago | on: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now
That’s a law.
tamal | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
"Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered" by E.F. Schumacher.
Completely changed my mind on economics, how it relates to people, and what fulfilling work is. I can't recommend it enough.
tamal | 8 years ago | on: Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent Among Its Engineers
Tesla offers this in their current Autopilot solution. Turn on the turn indicator and the car changes lanes if it is safe to do so.
tamal | 9 years ago | on: Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars
Tesla does not use LIDAR, they use radar.
tamal | 9 years ago | on: Launch HN: Sudden Coffee (YC W17) – Instant coffee that doesn't suck
I've switched almost exclusively to drinking Mount Hagen organic Fair Trade instant coffee. It's very, very good at a decent price.
tamal | 9 years ago | on: Ruby `reject!`
To expand, ! means it's a more dangerous version of the method without the ![0]. A method could be dangerous, but not have a safer counterpart, and thus be named without a !.
tamal | 9 years ago | on: SpaceX is livestreaming a hyperloop pod competition
Hyperloop utilizes an evacuated vacuum chamber. It's different than a pneumatic tube concept.
tamal | 9 years ago | on: Tesla reports first quarterly profit in more than three years
What kind of unconventional air travel do you care for?
tamal | 10 years ago | on: The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (2006)
Meanwhile Toyota partners with Tesla to produce the minimum required number of zero-emissions vehicles in California: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV#Second_generati...
All the while denying that it's a good idea. Baffling.
tamal | 10 years ago | on: Tesla unveils new car-charging robo-snake
The huge benefit will be when this is used in conjunction with the self parking system. You drive up to the front of your house, get out, and the car drives itself into the garage and plugs itself in.
tamal | 11 years ago | on: Show HN: Keep, an app that helps you love how you spend every dollar
YNAB can handle irregular income easily, if you're using the YNAB method. Be sure to read https://www.youneedabudget.com/support/article/variable-inco...
It should be uncomplicated once you grok it. I signed up for their free course. It helped.
tamal | 12 years ago | on: Propose HN: Screenshot Saturday
I'm very interested! The current "solution" is CamTwist + Adobe FMLE.
tamal | 12 years ago | on: This coupon code is a slap in the face
I've done the same. The coupon code box screams, "You're a sucker if you don't have a code to put in here."
I go searching for a code. I find a few great ones that have expired but nothing active right now. Now I can continue my purchase and feel like a chump or abandon my cart. The latter usually wins.
tamal | 13 years ago | on: Automatic: Your Smart Driving Assistant
Simply having a [paid for, up-to-date, active] data plan on your phone kills the battery?
tamal | 13 years ago | on: A story of PROMPT_COMMAND and RVM
Probably why it's titled "A story…"
tamal | 13 years ago | on: No user agent detection for the iPad Mini
I'd much rather use features that are consistent and that I am familiar with on my device (zooming in Mobile Safari) than every Tom, Dick, and Harry deciding how they are going to cripple their site because User Agent =~ /Mobile/.
tamal | 13 years ago | on: .mail app
This seemingly minor preference is what makes Mail.app useable.
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