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- Comment on Apple's controversial iPhone accessory may have been discontinued 2 days ago:
That’s certainly a good possibility.
Could it instead be related to them discontinuing the lightning port on all devices, and usb-c to 3.5mm adapters are available for $2 on temu so they’re not bothering? Is that alternate reality also possible?
A follow up, if wired headphones actually are unpopular, why are there pages and pages of sellers in all marketplaces selling usb-c to 3.5mm adapters?
- Comment on IFIXIT: Victory Is Sweet - We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines 3 weeks ago:
This was exactly what I thought. You could start a staffing company that supplied skilled temp workers with this skill set.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on New largest prime number discovered by former Nvidia software engineer 4 weeks ago:
I disagree. I find it quite relevant to have the person/ group, the strategy or method, and the device used (including chipsets). Most articles on prime number discovery will mention all these things.
The fact that he worked there seems pretty irrelevant tho.
- Comment on Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens 4 weeks ago:
There are really good, incentivized versions of decentralized storage networks. Unfortunately discussions about them are stigmatizes under the “crypto” umbrella so the mere mention typically gets you buried.
If you have an open mind, check them out!
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 4 weeks ago:
Community is fine, your comment is at the top, along with others pointing this out.
It’s the “non-community” if you will booting this. The passerby’s not reading comments.
- Comment on Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun 1 month ago:
I don’t know shit about fuck when it comes to programming, but I know bad programming when I see it.
Thanks for this! I often wonder if non-programmers can see this. Such horrible programmers. And embarrassingly low bar for company outsourced it.
Some find it scary that AI might take programmers’ jobs. I like to think that it’s these type programmers being replaced, and I’m kinda keen on having that.
- Comment on Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun 1 month ago:
It’s behind a paywall for me. Good to hear I don’t have to bother with an archive link
- Comment on Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app 1 month ago:
Yeah, that rich kid Danny. He plays the songs that remind him of the good times and sings the songs that remind him of the better times. Oh Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy
- Comment on Generative AI creates playable version of Doom game with no code 2 months ago:
Perhaps you could be missing the trajectory of continuous improvement. How long until The Matrix?
- Comment on 3 months ago:
You can just click a couple squares and hit ok. It doesn’t have to be right.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 4 months ago:
Why would they not allow an mvno? Odd.
Mine is $6/mo unlimited since I was on the beta for Helium. It’s $20/mo now.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 4 months ago:
You should really check out an MVNO if you can afford to pay off your phone. You’ll save a LOT. I personally use Helium Mobile (uses Tmo and consumer decentralized network) but there are carriers that use AT&T if you prefer their coverage.
The major carriers overcharge for service since they lock people in with 0% financing.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 4 months ago:
Same
- Comment on Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission 4 months ago:
I’m extremely close at this point.
- Comment on Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower 5 months ago:
So you’re not here to read articles ever? You’re just here to get corrected in comments?
- Comment on Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower 5 months ago:
And since electric leaf blowers often have a much higher pitch, that pitch attenuates at a much greater rate
As the article states, it’s this sound that they got rid if. A 97% drop in the high pitched shrill of the electric leaf blower.
Read. The. Article.
It’s a 2 minute read ffs.
- Comment on iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air 6 months ago:
Hah, yeah a decade ago when I had one, sheet music became its primary use case.
- Comment on iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air 6 months ago:
Yeah will be interesting, because an Air is what I use for that. I need the keyboard….
I have a powerful PC laptop, then a MacBook Air for days at conferences, airplane, etc.
iPad seems useless for me at least. I have a phone.
- Comment on Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID 6 months ago:
Same in USA.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
I did not see the link for some reason, just the quote. Once again, I’m not being willingly obtuse. Thank you for the link and I will read it.
It’s not helpful to the discussion to repeatedly tell people how they feel, unless you just want to dismiss the conversation. And in such a case, no reply at all would be a better option imo.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
Yeah, starts at 1%, hits 9% by 68k income. I’m not misunderstanding that. Not seeing how 1% < 0%.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
Not being willingly obtuse, this is a good faith discussion. It feels very obtuse on the other end tbh, and I’m genuinely trying to have an intelligent discussion.
“Other taxes and bullshit” I agree 100% that I’m not taking into account. Thats where I’m looking for some sources of specific info. Not just unsourced opinions.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
Ok, then we are getting into estimated tax derivatives. Yeah I can’t just make guesses there.
That’s not direct tax.
But I agree there could be something there. It would be minimal I’d assume but I truly don’t know.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
Ok? But that income tax is huge…
I hadn’t considered the fact that some people make money under the table and/or illegally. And this pay not income tax in either state, but a ton of sales tax.
I highly doubt a large amount of that in a 2% local sales tax county is what causes this. If so, that’s crazy.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
Ugh I’m sorry. I started trying to make sense of it and then somehow confused myself into thinking it was a % share of total - as if each side added to 100%. Nevermind, I was wrong.
Anyhow, back to the chart - it simply makes no sense in that case. I would need to take a look at the underlying to tell me how the bottom 20% pay 13% of income to taxes in a state with 0% income and 6.25% sales tax. Only thing left is property tax (according to chart it’s those 3).
Yes I realize small local sales taxes may apply, but is a max of 2%.
How much property does this bottom 20% own?!
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
I agree with all this. Not sure it’s relevant.
CA charges almost no tax on its poorest, and the poorest make $0 , so they see no benefit. Same in TX.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
This isn’t comparing taxes. It’s comparing what section of the population shares more of the total burden.
This isn’t saying the people in Texas pay more, just that the distribution is different across income groups. Which makes sense because there is no income tax. Overall, everyone in Texas is paying less than they would in Cali.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
They aren’t. There is sales tax too, which is higher in Cali. And property taxes seem moot if we’re talking about poor people, no?
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 6 months ago:
That makes zero sense.
Cali sales tax is 7.25, Texas is 6.25
Poor people likely don’t own property, but yeah it’s about double in Texas.
Income tax in Cali ramps from 1% up slowly to 9% at just 68k/yr. But even lowest income pays 1%. Texas is 0%.
The argument has no merit. None. California appears to have objectively higher tax on most people, and certainly on all those who don’t own property.
What am I missing?