I had an argument with a vegetarian cat owner about this the other week….
I'm 45 years old and I've consumed many time- (and self-) management books that suggest to avoid news and social media. In general, this is good advice.The one exception I make is my twice-daily scan of the HN homepage, as, over the years, there have been many insightful posts, comments and links which have helped me tremendously [1]. This includes "Show HN" for tools and platforms that helped...
Context: I don't own shares in VW or Tesla.Today, I read an advert for the new Toyota Mirai. I was impressed with the 650 km range and 5 min refueling time. Turns out, this car is powered by hydrogen fuel cells.Could someone on HN shed some light on the benefits of the battery electric strategy that VW [1] and Tesla are betting on?5 minutes charging for a 650 km range seems like a very...
- range - safety features - audio system - etc - acceleration
Will be more difficult for high-end brands (Range Roger, Porsche) to use as discerning factors if the "heart" of the vehicle is largely identical between a Kia and a Porsche.
Will luxury car makers go to the way of Vertu vs. iPhone, or Omega vs. Apple Watch?
If you buy a mobile phone today, the choice is between Android and iOS, or, more specifically, between Samsung and Android.[LG's announcement to stop making smartphones is a testament to how the technology and (economy of scale) of Apple and Samsung have evolved to a duopoly of smartphone brands. For most consumers, two choices are enough. Quick: name the third in line: Coca Cola, Pepsi and...
That said, I sorely miss proper i18n support.
Currently, we use Transifex to i18n our marketing website, but this means that our SEO is hurt, as Google does not index strings in JS.
Vlad, if you're reading this, please have a look here for a feature suggestion: https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-2218
Winter is upon Greece and the Balkans, with many thousands of refugees, including children, exposed to freezing temperatures and lack of sanitation.What are some cost-effective housing options for these people? It seems to me that we should be able to do much better than simply set up tents.I believe IKEA had a "tiny house" concept, also with the purpose to serve as refugee / temporary housing.
Context: living near Amsterdam, following the situation in Amsterdam (pre-Corona) closely, founder of Kamernet.nl - the largest marketplace for student rentals in the Netherlands.---Once the various quarantine measures have been lifted, and international tourism and travel rebound, I am hypothesising that cities will want to know (and control) where (foreign) tourists stay in a city, and that...
This ruling is rather incongruent with the recent Airbnb ruling (1) where Airbnb was ruled to be nothing more than an "information society service". (Rant: you could apply this label to anything from a public library to a sadistic secret service.)
Comparable to Uber, Airbnb makes money per transaction, yet claims it is no more than an information medium.
I used to operate several large classifieds sites in the Netherlands, and am rather certain that as soon as the platform starts collecting per-transaction fees, it becomes part of the transaction, as it is in fact a broker between two parties.
In my (consumer) view: Uber adds value and convenience to a city and threatens an inefficient and monopolistic status quo (at least here in the Netherlands), whereas Airbnb turns housing into business cases, for better of for worse (and in Amsterdam: for worse).
1: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/19/eu-court-...
Transportation is still only 28%, slightly more than a quarter. Electricity & "industry" account for 50%.
Further, I remember a discussion with the president of Mercedes who was pushed for cleaner cars. He mentioned that one ocean-going freight vessel pollutes more than 450k cars combined (here is an article in that same trend (2).
I love the notion of quiet, electric cars, but the "industry" that pollutes these cars, and the "electricity" that is needed to charge these cars still accounts for 50% of the pollution. So, until ocean freighters are cleaned up, the net effect on pollution will likely be zero.
1) https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis... 2) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1229857/How-...
Interesting: https://tpo.nl/2018/09/25/kajsa-ollongren-d66-verklaart-oorlog-aan-illegale-verhuurders-airbnb/This is in line with a blockchain-based proposal that I had sent to the city of Amsterdam in mid 2017, where every residential unit has its own ledger to track how many times it has been let out.It will be interesting to see if this actually rolls out, and what the impact on Airbnb usage...