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I visit Hacker News everyday and read nearly every one of your articles that shows up on this site. I know it will be a thoughtful and original read. Happy birthday Reginald!

You're being aggressively unfair and selective in how you interpreted his comment. Why don't you go through the reasons WHY he thought his purchases were beautiful, most beautiful, stunningly beautiful, truly good, beautiful, simple, high quality, high-quality, feel good? His Macbook air is completely silent and has a screaming fast SSD. He likes garage tools that feel good in the hand and that don't break when using them. These are perfectly practical and valid reasons to like one's tools that have nothing to do with brand tribalism or hero worship.

Great advice. Jogging was painful and unfun. Bought a cheap road bike and am joyfully sailing up and down the local bike trails every day.

I wonder what the potential would be for vehicles to be hacked and their destinations rerouted by third parties. Would there be a centralized automation system or would the cars be independently smart and networked?