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megaremote··on The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry
> Just take their current flagship smartphone, double the thickness to fit a halfway-between-smartphone-and-full-frame sensor, an SD card slot, ability to export RAWs, and a compact zoom lens, and sell it for like $2000.

And no one will buy it. It has been tried before, by Nokia.

megaremote··on Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think
The rent-a-gym, I guess the west solves that by having gym equipment in a park? An interesting solution to a busy city.
megaremote··on DJI Mavic Mini
Since this has a range of 4km, it requires a controller. There is now way to get that distance without one.
megaremote··on DJI Mavic Mini
This is pretty good, 30 min flight time and 4km range.

> 4 km for FCC compliant Model (MT1SS5) and 2 km for CE compliant Model (MT1SD25).

megaremote··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
No one is attacking json here.
megaremote··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
> I'm a marathoner

Ok, but listening to music is cheating.

megaremote··on Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman
Blackmailing a hitman might not be the best idea.
megaremote··on Ants Are Practically Immune to Traffic Jams
Of course they do. There is only reward and no downside to doing that. They save a few seconds, and no one is giving out tickets for doing this.
megaremote··on My company sold for $100M and I got zilch – how can that be?
It is clearly not an article, it is question someone posed. Here is the answer.
megaremote··on Today’s correction isn’t much like the dot-com bubble
Like Youtube, which lost money every year until it was bought by Google. Or Instagram? Or a variety of others.

You don't understand why people want to copy those models of growths and get those big payouts? Which part confuses you?

megaremote··on All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers
Get rid of your car for starters. Shop at markets where they don't cover anything in plastic. Adjust what you eat around avoiding buying plastic, as much as you can.
megaremote··on All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers
> Yet I observe on Twitter and other social media that these problems are considered equally important, sometimes people even treat them as equivalent.

How are you even judging that?

megaremote··on All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers
The consumers should pay. Every piece of plastic should have a recycling cost, like they do in some states with bottles and cans.
megaremote··on All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers
> Ocean plastic is a problem, but comes almost entirely from intentional dumping

Right, like microplastics from the tires whenever anyone drives anywhere?

megaremote··on Disney: Bob Iger bets the company (and Hollywood's future) on streaming
> People still care about Disney’s animated movies from the 30s and even adults are nostalgic about the 90s X-men animated TV show and the original Star Wars from the 70s.

Come one. Saying people is a cop out? Everyone, no way. So how many people, because that is what matters.

megaremote··on Disney: Bob Iger bets the company (and Hollywood's future) on streaming
> After people binge through new shows, the big 4 will be the ones holding all the old content.

Do most people really want that old content? Apart from a few shows, I say no.

megaremote··on What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
> whose residents do have motor vehicles with full access to the city; they just happen to run on separate waterways.

You think everyone in Venice has a boat? No.

megaremote··on What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
They kill 40,000 people every single year in the USA, and injure or disable over 2 million more. And that is not including death from the pollution the cause. And this is just one reason they are the worst invention created by man.
megaremote··on What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
> They won't be dangerous, will run clean, be super convenient and unbelievably inexpensive to own and operate.

Oh, they will not use tires? Which leave smalls bits of plastic everywhere they go that get washed into our waterway as micro-plastic.

megaremote··on What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
They tried in Melbourne too. A few people stood up and fought to save them, like Robert Risson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Risson

megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
You get that billions of people already live without a car. Millions in the USA alone.
megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
Or, you know. Catch the bus. Or the tram, or the train, or the ferry. Or walk. Or run. Or ride. Or get on a scooter. Of roller blade. Or use a skateboard.
megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
40,000 people are killed every single year in the USA due to cars. Over 2 million are injured or disabled. And that is direct deaths, not including deaths from pollution.

That is the tip of the iceberg for problems with cars.

And yet, you can't see why cars are a problem? I don't believe you.

megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
So you will consume less to? Another bonus.
megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
Sure, if you compare 1 to 1. But you have 100s to 1 on any street. A 100 cars are lot more noisy and polluting than one bus.

https://www.iwillride.org/what-200-people-look-like-driving-...

megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
> If driving into Manhattan were not an option, I would expect demand for housing in Manhattan would go up[0]. Of course, housing in Manhattan is already incredibly expensive...

Why?

And we recover all that wasted space on roads to build parks and a lot more housing.

megaremote··on Restricting Manhattan’s 14th street to buses has been a success
And, they are often the worst drivers in any city.
megaremote··on Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in violent crime
Density of cars, not necessarily density of people.
megaremote··on Broken
I don't understand why people update straight away. Leave it a few weeks/months. Especially as a developer.
megaremote··on Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up
And drivers kill a lot more people than protestors.
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