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Comment · 10 years ago
What is the point? He must know that Trump won't win.
Comment · 10 years ago
Yep - in NYC, there are no public deals. The price always has literally everything baked into it. If it seems low, there is definitely a good reason.
Comment · 10 years ago
Well, really, who cares how quick it is? For the average Tesla buyer the speed upgrade is mostly a novelty. Just because it can accelerate doesn't make it a hypercar, sportscar, or even sports sedan alternative. What really makes this option is the range, which is really outstanding.
Comment · 10 years ago
NYC broker fee problem will really take a generation until the existing stakeholders literally die out. The deeply entrenched real estate industry here has no incentive to change. Not all, but many (most?) no-fee apartments are new construction "luxury" buildings (luxury == not 30+ years old) that handle leasings themselves, and always have very high rents.

Edit: You _can_ find other no-fee aparments but it will in general severely restrict your choices; the odds of looking for an apartment by normal criteria (location, size, condition, amenities, price, etc) and stumbling on a no-fee listing are low.

Comment · 10 years ago
What makes you choose Go over Python for simple services and utility scripts? (I'm just learning Go but would heavily lean towards Python for those things)
Comment · 10 years ago
> Twitter ... 82 percent of MAUs are mobile. Weibo ... 89 percent of MAUs on mobile.

7 percent. Stop the presses.

Article then compares Weibo's growth with Twitters. More or less, Weibo is Twitter, X years behind. And then there's the kicker, which solidifies the click-baity-ness of the article:

> Twitter ... which is blocked in China

Comment · 10 years ago
When I saw this thread title, I clicked and immediately Ctrl+F'd for 'amber.' Great read in general.
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Comment · 10 years ago
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I like to be nice enough to the Help so that I can pat myself on the back. But let's not get ahead of ourselves and let these people fight for higher wages, which might impact my costs!"
Comment · 10 years ago
Oh that's cool, I'd never heard of it. I'm surprised there doesn't see much momentum in the area, although maybe there is a good practical reason for it.
Comment · 10 years ago
Agreed, particularly in an urban setting. In NYC the streets are quite literally with small to medium trucks, which are all almost certainly in violation of noise and pollution requirements. A fleet-type electric medium duty truck with swappable batteries would be awesome and I think governments should be bending over backwards to incentivize them.
Comment · 10 years ago

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