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needcontainerson How do you watch YouTube on your computer?

I never see ads when using Firefox

needcontainerson Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car

The article states that T-Online, a German news outlet, polled 100,000 readers, with 94% rejecting Tesla and only 3% considering a purchase. While the sample size is unusually large for a survey, the methodology isn’t detailed in the article. Online reader polls, like those often conducted by news sites, are typically self-selecting—participants choose to respond rather than being randomly sampled. This introduces significant bias, as those motivated to participate may already hold strong opinions, especially given Musk’s polarizing public image. Without information on how the survey was conducted (e.g., random sampling, controls for bias), its scientific validity is questionable.

needcontainerson Ask HN: What's like to be an engineering manager?

It's great if you're ok with:

* Taking all the blame when your team fails

* Getting no reward when your team succeeds

* Never being thanked or appreciated by your direct reports or manager

* Being in pointless meeting with people who've never built anything

* Smiling and nodding politely when being told what to do by people with no skin in the game.

* Having your decade of engineering experience being ignored because you didn't write that line of code

* Getting dressed down when you did write that piece of code instead of delegating it.

Other than that it is quite fulfilling.

needcontainerson Ask HN: Why does Apple not sync cookies between devices?

Cookies are often used to identify devices. Syncing them across devices would defeat that purpose.

needcontainerson Ask HN: What is an "outdated" tool or plugin that you refuse to switch from/why?

https://cog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Super simple tool that I use for everything from project templating to code generation to LLM driven docs.

needcontainerson The Art of Simple Sabotage (2019)

Absolutely brilliant way to help America and Americans! Hats off to you good noble sir!

needcontainerson Truths to Remember in a Time of Lies

absolutely brilliant piece of self deprecating satire from NYT

needcontainerson 62% of Canadians Plan to Avoid the U.S. for at Least the Next Year

And literaly no one will notice

needcontainerson Ask HN: Why aren’t Americans protesting on a large scale?

They did... by voting... and are mostly happy with the new trajectory. Perhaps your perception is being manipulated into thinking there's something wrong with this new direction.

needcontainerson Vance: US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Musk platforms

That's not what he said. He said they should be in support of free speech.

https://x.com/i/status/1855406084418126099

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The support staff is also unable to change or cancel my order. I am forced to wait unconditionally without any possibility of getting a refund. At this point I just want to cancel my order, what recourse do I have?

needcontainerson Ask HN: What service would you pay for that isn't available today?

A service that tells me what services people would pay for that aren't available today