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Re:Apple Rankings on Thursday November 17, 2022 @02:28PM (#33644277)
Clicking on the "Pick an Apple" drop down in the menu bar takes you to the rankings page.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:12PM (#33062728)
According to the posted article, Toyota does have plans to offer several all-electric models in 3 years (in 2025). My main takeaway from what Toyoda said was Toyota's goal to offer as many options as possible to its customers - this includes ICE, hybrids, BEV, and hydrogen cars. What Toyota is refusing is letting go of developing all other types of vehicles and focusing only on BEV, which is fair imo.
Re:The story BCG offered me $16,000 not to tell (2010) on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:59PM (#32755921)
1 USD = 3.6 AED

Also, the article states that the offer was for $16,000 in equivalent local currency, so ~AED60,000.

Re:Modern JavaScript Tutorial on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:14AM (#31396663)
The OP (javascript.info) and Eloquent Javascript go great together - I used these two together all the time. Eloquent Javascript is great for deep dives into select topics and is well-written. OP is great as a reference guide while you're writing code.
Re:Ask HN: Share your personal site on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @08:50PM (#30939344)
https://www.talhamirza.com

This is mine, built using Sveltekit and TailwindCSS (I'm a hobbyist / amateur developer). No articles yet, have a few work-in-progress drafts offline

Are the monitor and purifier one device or two separate devices?
How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio comes to mind. It's 31 minutes long and provides a great high-level overview of basic economic principles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&t=3s

Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:22PM (#29512592)
Curious to know, how did you manage to get to an advertising free life?
When I first started getting in better health and shape years ago, two resources helped me learn, provide structure, and form habits. One is a lengthy blog post and the other one is a popular book. Both are simple and accessible in their approach.

Nerdfitness - The Beginner Bodyweight Workout https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/beginner-body-weight-workou...

Bigger Leaner Stronger (Book)

Re:Show HN: 4K Desktop Wallpaper Generator on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:01AM (#29369915)
Love the minimalist execution. Personally, I consider your tool having no user-facing options a plus (less decision making for me and excitement from complete randomness). I just set one of the wallpapers as my desktop background. Thank you
I just got an M1 Macbook Air this week to replace my 2014 Macbook Pro. Performance is cool (lots has already been documented about that), but the battery life is on another level. Charged it on 4 days ago and after about 7 hours of use, it's still at 48% at the time of writing this post. Ditto to what you said about "a beautiful marriage of form and function".
This may be a normie response - but Apple Airpods Pro are one of the best products I've used. After years of using several bluetooth headsets that get finicky (with connections that is), having a set that just connects and works every single time is refreshing. They really changed my behavior - I went from not liking phone conversations at all (getting agitated after a few minutes)to comfortably having long phone calls. I would replace mine immediately if they were lost / broken.
Re:Ask HN: How do I learn JavaScript? on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:23AM (#22365623)
I found this to be the most engaging and well-written book on JS.