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Comment · 17 days ago
Comment · 20 days ago
Oh that looks cool :)
Comment · 21 days ago
I love the idea! I could imagine something similar created for other languages too. Perhaps written in a way that a template could be reused in, let's say Django, and a JS React frontend. With all the type-safety that tsx provides.
Comment · 2 months ago
Of cause, I assume it's difficult to compare 50% of paid subscriptions to 55% of ad revenue. I have heard that YouTubers earn per view from premium subscribers than from ad supported views.
Comment · 2 months ago
Ok, who prompted their AI agent to hack Hacker News?
Comment · 2 months ago
I wonder when/if we will start to see Apple include a silicon encoded model into their chips. Similar to Taalas build Llama 3.1 silicon with 17,000 tok/s inference.

So could the M7 actually include an AFM 3B model, alongside a generic neural engine?

Comment · 2 months ago
> 2.5% on their advertising revenues

Does anybody know if that is enough for them to care? Surely they should be paying 30% tax on profit (not revenue above) regardless. Of cause I assume they use tax havens to avoid paying Australia tax.

Comment · 2 months ago
Agree.

However, in this scenario every neighbourhood only has 2 STORES - and each CUSTOMER only shops at one of these STORES.

Then, if you made HATS, the only way to sell HATS is to get them on the shelves of both those stores.

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This is Australia: two major supermarkets - so the only way to sell a lot of your product is to submit to the terms of Coles or Woolworths.

Comment · 2 months ago
Oh finally multi-window support - I might finally be able to flutter for a simple desktop app side project I've been wanting to build.
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Comment · 3 months ago
A statement of what?
Comment · 3 months ago
You indictor is an indication of your intensions so that the other drivers are not surprised when they see you car move from the expected path. If you are only a road with light traffic then yes, first adjust your speed so cars are not in your blind spot and then indicate.

But, if you are in tight traffic then a gap will unlikely open up. In this case you use your indicator to signal your intention, and wait until somebody chooses to let you in - making sure they have noticed you before moving in.

A car that beeps at you just because there is a car in your blind spot when you indicate is not suited to Australian road rules.

Comment · 3 months ago
> That is definitely not the point of a turning signal

Incorrect. The turning signal is called an Indicator, because it give other drivers an indication of your intentions. So you first look and check that it's possible and likely safe to merge. Then you indicate your intention. You then merge if/when safe.

Indicating an intention to merge into a narrow gap is fine - as long as you only merge when there is sufficient room to do so.

But if the car beeps at you just because you indicated - then there is a design issue.

> If they opt to make room for you, great (that's just courteous driving), but it's not an obligation.

Absolutely - I was not implying it was an obligation. I am only saying that you use your indication to indicate to other drivers your intention. It is totally valid to turn off your indicator and not merge after indicating.

Comment · 3 months ago
I hired a Chinese Haval Car for a weekend last year (Australia). It started beeping at me for being distracted because I was checking for traffic in the other lanes - which is crucial when driving in a 4 lane highway.

Of cause, I had never experienced such a beep before, so I had to take my eyes off the road tp look at the screen to see what the reason for the beeping was.

Then, on a multlane highway, I would indicate to signal my intention to change lanes. The car then started beeping at me. After a couple of days I figured out it was warning me that there was a car in my blind spot. WTF! The whole point of indication is to signal my intention to move, so that the car in my blind spot creates room for me to merge into their lane.

So - if you have to ignore beeps in order to drive safely - then the beeps are making the car more dangerous than not having them.

Also, the cruise control +/- controls, would only ever move the speed up down to speeds that are divisable by 5. Such a joke, because if the speed limit is 110, your only options for cruise control at 105, 110, or 115. I won't use 110, because as soon as I go downhill, it will creep over 11, but 105 is too slow.

It was such a relief to arrive home and return to driving my 2006 Suburu Forester. It felt much safer, didn't beep at me... and the cruise control +/- were in 1kmph increments.

After that experience, my current plan is to keep this 20yo car running as long as possible.

Comment · 4 months ago
Would love an iOS version! The keyboard landscape on iOS is grim, and gboard hasn't received updates in years.

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