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by lowkj 6mo ago
To be clear, that article is about the base m5, not the m5 pro or m5 max. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-macb... "The new MacBook Pro delivers up to 2x faster read/write per
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by lowkj 7mo ago
I once asked a cashier about this and they said it saved me money. They said representatives from the large national bank had done a presentation and noted how this is the best option for foreigners. I think they truly believe they are bein
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by lowkj 7mo ago
Designed my entire house around Siri with HomePods in every room. We use it to control the lights, blinds, heated floor, play music, turn on the tv, etc. Would be great if it could do more.
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by lowkj 10mo ago
Why would you need to get on the subway to go to the grocery store? When I lived in Paris I was within a five minute walk to at least three general grocery stores plus various speciality shops. Always plenty of parents all around. This is n
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by lowkj 11mo ago
I moved from the USA to France and your statement surprised me. Looking around for some data, I'm seeing around 4,600 French nationals who obtained U.S. permanent resident status compared to 13,000 issued to U.S. citizens by France. So
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by lowkj 1y ago
Maybe your specific model? I have a Makita electric mower and the difference is night and day. It's very relaxing and I mow with no hearing protection. I've tested to see how far the noise carries and none of my neighbors can even
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by lowkj 1y ago
When No Man’s Sky first announced a Mac port, they promised to release on Steam and App Store. I waited a year after the Steam release for the App Store release which never came. I am a very casual gamer and sometimes weeks go by without pl
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by lowkj 1y ago
For me it comes down to security and convenience. My phone is secure, if it's stolen or lost, my payment methods are safe. If my wallet or credit card is lost, I'm canceling cards, watching my credit report, etc. I'm an old g
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by lowkj 1y ago
Do you ever use your phone to pay anywhere? It's possible the process has evolved since you last used it. I use Apple Pay for 99% of all transactions and it's by far the fastest, most convenient for all parties method. They ask ho
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by lowkj 2y ago
My understanding is, the person simply needs to be in your contacts. Nothing related to iCloud or friend connection.
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by lowkj 2y ago
I had been using JetBrains (Webstorm and PyCharm before that) for years now and just switched to Cursor a few months ago. I never liked the way AI copilots tacked onto the IDE worked and preferred to just use standalone ChatGPT. Been very h
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by lowkj 2y ago
If you use Apple CarPlay, any garage door opener you have will appear on your dashboard when you are close to it. No subscription, no need for device to have internet access. Not exactly the same as it's not using hardware in your car
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by lowkj 2y ago
CarPlay doesn't use your car's internet, it uses your phone's internet. That's part of the whole beauty of it.
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by lowkj 2y ago
Siri can be disabled on the HomePod.
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by lowkj 2y ago
I'm not sure that the homepod belongs in this list as by most accounts it's a financial success. Nothing will be as profitable as the iPhone but the homepod enhances the Apple eco-system. Of all the devices I absolutely would not
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by lowkj 3y ago
But if you value your time, why would you wash your car multiple times per month?
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by lowkj 3y ago
I would probably qualify as being in the car hatred movement but I don’t lump in rural areas. I do believe that cities should be largely car free. Cars belong in rural areas but when coming into a city should park outside and take rapid &#x
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by lowkj 3y ago
That might be the converted us$ price in China but definitely not the case everywhere they sell the car. Here in Colombia the BYD Yuan Plus EV is 199.900.000 pesos or over $49,000 usd.
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by lowkj 4y ago
I’m an American who used to listen to a lot of country music. I have spent the last four years in South America and before that two years in France. I can’t remember a single time hearing American country music outside the US. I’m sure I ha
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by lowkj 5y ago
I think this is actually the system working. The benefits of a tiny proportion of the population (lawn care companies) don’t outweigh everyone else. As a whole, the people decided that clean air and less noise pollution warranted a change.
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by lowkj 5y ago
100% agree, personally I just prefer typing but seems like I am not in the majority. I very often receive audio replies to my typed messages and it’s very frustrating. 70% of the time, I’m not in a position where I can easily listen to the
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by lowkj 5y ago
I would say I live even further than the suburbs (45 minutes from Medellín, one house every acre / 5000 m2) and we just got a second fiber option maxed out at 300mb so that may be changing. As an American who moved to Colombia, I can h
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by lowkj 7y ago
Not sure what the HN rules are for self-promotion but my team and I recently launched an ATS/CRM called TalentAdmin. We're currently more geared towards smaller businesses but slowly growing into larger customers. We're not a
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by lowkj 7y ago
Understood, however from our cash flow perspective, Google is “charging” us this amount in order to play. We have no alternatives, we cannot find another vendor, and at the end of the day have to pay a minimum of $15k to compete with them.
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by lowkj 7y ago
We are in the process of going through this but have not yet received the confirmation that our scope is approved. This process was a huge surprise for us. We are a bootstrapped startup that spent a significant amount of time building the G