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by tmh88j 2mo ago
Mostly to prevent damage and minimize maintenance + cleanup. Dirty shoes can mess with the oiling and rocks lodged in soles can gouge the floor.
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by tmh88j 2mo ago
> it's like how so many buy and tune WRXs, but don't actually take it to gravel roads. For good reason, they're not built for it. A relatively stock WRX is going to be destroyed after a few outings of hard driving on roug
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by tmh88j 2mo ago
> 20-inch wheels aren't capable of cool stuff. It's all peacocking. You should let Porsche and Chevy know that all the lap records they set with the GT3 RS and ZR1 could be even faster with some proper wheels ;)
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
> HEB operates a similar model to Costco in being more expensive to the customer in a subtle way, through desirability. Their products are so interesting and appetizing that I go in with the intention of buying $30 of groceries and leave
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
>If you wanted to offer a more convincing doubt about the method, I suggest complaining about their treatment of mix shift. I'm not trying to convince anyone who will agree on a data-driven premise without actually seeing the data.
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
> Does the US have the same distinction we have here in Australia where there will be a small local government area in the centre of a city named that? It varies, but mostly yes. I think they're limiting the definition of a "ci
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
I used Austin as an example because it's the most expensive metropolitan area in Texas, which supposedly has 7 of these $1m+ starter home cities. It doesn't hold true there and it's even less true for the larger cities like D
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
> they don't need to nudge you into a particular position. That's exactly what they're doing and I even put a snippet from the article in my comment. Here it is again > For buyers navigating today's market, Zillow
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
It's fear driven advertising with no meaningful information. They don't mention the cities and I wasn't able to find them. The article is chock full of links other zillow articles, their own products and 3rd party advertisers
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by tmh88j 3mo ago
> The number of cities where a typical starter home is worth $1 million or more has nearly tripled since before the pandemic, rising from 80 in February 2020 to a record 242 today. Doubt. They don't define what constitutes a city an
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by tmh88j 1y ago
> Like you said, the fundamental idea behind the book was that consciously naming, cataloging, and studying design patterns would improve communication among programmers. > The younger programmers I work with who had no exposure to th
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by tmh88j 1y ago
Yep, that's why I said "behaves like".
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by tmh88j 1y ago
> There's no type casting in Python. int(), float() and bool() just create objects of their respective types, passing the arguments to the initializer int() and float() behave like type casting, bool() does not. It's a truthin
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by tmh88j 1y ago
> Right, the bug is in the inconsistent naming. The comment I responded to didn't seem to realize that because they asked why it behaves the way it does, so I explained.
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by tmh88j 1y ago
> If casting from a string to a type works with ints and floats, why not with bools? What possible justification is there? > I'd honestly much prefer bool() threw an exception on receiving a string, rather than act the way it doe
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by tmh88j 2y ago
> How does this work, though? Every company I've worked for has an HR system, and resumes flow through it, and there's a set process. If I have worked with a candidate in the past and highly recommend them, all I can do is subm
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by tmh88j 2y ago
> You wouldn’t necessarily want a mechanic or engineer to drive a race car, for example. GM does. Their engineers have set multiple track records[1] and vehicle-specific lap records[2]. [1] https://gmauthority.com/blog&#x
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by tmh88j 3y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you're suggesting, but blaming sloppy codebases you've seen is an unfair, cheap shot at the language instead of calling out bad developers, which applies to every language. PHP is inherently less com
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by tmh88j 3y ago
You seem to be emphasizing syntax rather than features of the languages and the stack itself. PHP was designed from the ground up for the backend side of web. Python, JS and Java were not. Many fundamental web development features are built
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by tmh88j 3y ago
Thanks for sharing. This looks like another fun project to work through over a weekend.
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by tmh88j 3y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762020/electric-ev-manu...
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by tmh88j 3y ago
> So where are they, all these quiet, beautifully aurally tuned cars (emphasis on quiet)? You won't notice them if you're not interested in cars, but there are tons of them and Lexus/Toyota are responsible for quite a few.
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by tmh88j 3y ago
> And, as anyone who ever had to drive a car with a broken exhaust muffler can say, it's also nothing special... Loud isn't the goal, the tone is. The Lexus LFA is a perfect example of this[1]. It's not extremely loud for
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by tmh88j 3y ago
These are 2 separate issues you're discussing. > remember the time when GM said it’s not going to include CarPlay in its vehicles? And how most of hn was in revolt? Most OEM's made terrible infotainment software that is outdate
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by tmh88j 4y ago
> If you have to tell a middleware what order it's supposed to run in with relation to other known middlewares, chances are the middleware system itself is a poor design. That's just the chain of responsibility pattern [1] and
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by tmh88j 4y ago
+1 for Anthony's content. He even has a repository on github [1] with links to all of his videos for easier searching, and they're all labeled with a difficulty level. It's currently up to 520 videos! [1] https://g
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by tmh88j 4y ago
Their writing style reminds of the youtuber Regular Car Reviews, and after reading their profile "about" section I'm now wondering if that's a possibility.
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by tmh88j 4y ago
> Just because someone spent a few tens of thousand dollars on an electric car doesn't mean they should be willing to drop $200 a night on hotels for a week straight. I disagree. In my opinion if you can't afford to do that a f
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by tmh88j 4y ago
The context of the discussion is someone sleeping in their Model Y, not someone penny pinching to get by.
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by tmh88j 4y ago
> Because hotels can be expensive Perhaps buying a $60k+ car isn't the best idea if that means you can't afford a hotel room occasionally.

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