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alexlesuperon SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading

This was completely predictable. Anyone with a brain looking at this stock would have shorted it.

alexlesuperon What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications

The ridesharing apps are the most annoying about this. Yes I want to be notified when my uber driver is almost here to pick me up. No, I don't want a notification about yet another sale.

alexlesuperon Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids

We have health warnings for food that contains lots of sugar, fat and/or sodium in Canada

alexlesuperon The unreasonable effectiveness of the Fourier transform

I feel like this is the way we should have learned Fourier and Laplace transforms in my DSP class. Not just blindly applying formulas and equations.

alexlesuperon Congestion Pricing Is a Policy Miracle

Not mention that less cars on the road means improved travel times for those that are obligated to use their car.

alexlesuperon Congestion Pricing Is a Policy Miracle

You're paying for the fair market value of those streets.

alexlesuperon People are happier in a walkable neighborhood: the US community that banned cars

There's a difference between using a car every day and using a car once in a while.

alexlesuperon New York Is Full. And it’s the housing market’s fault

I think zoning is a big part of the problem. Before WW2, it was much easier to build the housing that new immigrants needed when they arrived. Toda, there is miles of red tape and zoning regulations that keep new neighborhoods from forming and maturing. It's a real shame.

alexlesuperon Practical comparison of ARM compilers

I certainly didn't predict my reddit thread (https://old.reddit.com/r/embedded/comments/13ozrn9/what_is_t...) would trigger so many discussions hackernews threads and blog posts. Glad I positively contributed to the embedded community :-)

alexlesuperon Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

I have hope that Blizzard revives the Starcraft franchise. The RTS genre needs some love atm.

alexlesuperon Arizona limits building as groundwater dries up

Aren't they building a water-hungry semiconductor fab in that state?

alexlesuperon A Low Cost Approach to Improving Pedestrian Safety with Deep Learning

Not sure "forcing cars to be smaller" is an easy action

alexlesuperon FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

The problem is with MBS but not for the same reason.

alexlesuperon Qualcomm says ARM to prohibit proximity of CPU and 3rd-party modules in one chip

5-10 years isn't that long. I guess it depends on the management philosophy, but if someone told me I would my company would be losing a large market share in 5-10 years I would be panicking.

alexlesuperon Apple Event Live Blog: iPhone 14, Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, and More Expected

alexlesuperon Heat waves and flooding: Why U.S. infrastructure can't withstand extreme weather

Most people can't afford those options

alexlesuperon Baby Boom or Bust?

Child care costs are a false excuse. If raising children was entirely free, I think the birthrate would barely nudge higher.

alexlesuperon Facebook extends its work-at-home policy to most employees

I feel like this is a case of having your cake and eating it too.

alexlesuperon The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences

Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.

alexlesuperon How Microsoft rewrote its C# compiler in C# and made it open source (2017)

I think they are really repositioning the company as powering general computing through their cloud platform as opposed to powering general computing through their OS.

alexlesuperon Teslas Aren't the Future

We're not about to raze suburban cities to the ground, so electric cars are a good in-between.