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This list somehow doesn't have "converter" (to refer to a television remote), which was the first word to unexpectedly baffle my American coworkers the first time I said it, to my own surprise.

No one here wants to admit that personal safety is a major factor in avoiding some forms of public transit in many cities in America.

This model has the chance to succeed based on that alone.

IIRC in the USA there are features allowed to be installed aftermarket that aren't legal to be installed as a dealer option (like front side-window tinting)

Doesn't the same concern apply to your passport?

I guess the term would be "conspicuous consumption".

As to why Koenigsegg doesn't get the rep, I'll take the outside opinion that it's because their name is too inaccessible whereas "Bugatti" slips easily into rap lyrics.

What would you call "corp dev type wages"?

Exactly. I feel constant ascendancy and the opportunity to do so would be a fortunate thing.

For OP, I feel there might be qualifiers that preclude such opportunities, like total comp or location. If you're looking for comp above the mid 100s or very low 200s at max, you're gonna struggle to find jobs that meet your criteria. On the converse side, these opportunities can be found in mid/low COL locations, so that number goes a lot farther.

This is the main reason why I have skepticism towards any claims of imminent AGI.

HN's title character limit is 80 (and the title is exactly 80 characters), so it was abbreviated to fit.

Tiktok is popular on a global level. They'll just block access to US users with a link to the details of the ban, and let things stew up the heat until the US budges.

It's not being thrown away, it will work as normal in every other country except the United States.

To quote directly from the linked article:

"The law’s supporters have, at times, minimized the ban’s impact on the First Amendment, citing the mistaken belief that TikTok users can simply move to another platform. From a constitutional perspective, this is nonsense. The government can’t justify shutting down The Washington Post because readers can simply buy The New York Times instead."

But they're not asking ByteDance to just divest a portion for US operations, are they? It's successful in many countries, so it seems kind of radical to force them to sell everything just to continue operating in one country.

Really? From my reading of it, it seems to focus how such a ban would inhibit the speech of US citizens who use the application, not TikTok as an entity.