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Re:Grammarly Announces Layoffs on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:09AM (#39298825)
I see what you did there...
Re:Toyota Cashes in on Booming Hybrid Sales on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:44AM (#39276607)
What a shame.

From the article: "In the U.S., hybrid demand significantly exceeds production capacity, leading to tight inventories at dealerships, Miyazaki said."

I'll further my point about hybrid being such a low-hanging, realistic solution.

The core technology has been there since the late 90s. Every single major manufacture can quickly produce them. This doesn't have to be just daily family cars, the luxury market (Ferrari) and the 4x4 segment can also take advantage of this. There is already a hybrid Tundra available.

Lets take London for e.g. there are about 2.5 Million cars, lets assume if all of all them were to be hybrid, you would have SIGNIFICANT reduction in fuel consumption and costs to the owners, without ANY lifestyle change. You are not giving anything up as there is something available for everyone's taste.

No range anxiety.

I seriously do not understand why governments don't take this seriously.

Re:Toyota Cashes in on Booming Hybrid Sales on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:08AM (#39275955)
Hybrid is so underrated. I have always said this is the way!
Re:Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024? on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:03AM (#39275874)
Easy is some ways and really really hard in others. The stress will shave a few years off.

For a lot of people, a job in big tech is the way to go.

Whatever you decide to start, 80% of your time will be dedicated to sales, marketing, and biz dev, so make sure you like these activities.

Re:Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024? on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:01AM (#39275851)
100x this. Put very succinctly.
Re:Ask HN: What would it take for you to return to the office? on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:55AM (#39275752)
Absolutely +1 for private offices. Have been arguing for this for years now. I am actually surprised and puzzled why engineers did not demand this earlier..???
Funny...reminds me of how the Island State of Tuvalu really benefited from the .tv domain.
Re:Ask HN: Are Tech Companies Pausing Big Decisions? on Monday January 29, 2024 @05:40PM (#39183769)
Good points but these are just surface level news that I was aware of. I am talking about internal business decisions.

Additionally the industry is big and global, both horizontally and vertically.

Much bigger than just Big Tech.

For e.g. AWS lay offs does not give a full picture of that sector as investment in data center real estate is hot in certain markets. However many are cautious about new big projects this year.

Ask HN: Are Tech Companies Pausing Big Decisions?

Due to global and even local uncertainty in markets, geo-politics, and elections, are companies holding off on big decisions?Would love a wide variety of responses from what you guys are witnessing in your daily work.I have heard this is already happening in some industries but not sure about tech.

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Seriously? Ryanair? Are they just trolling at this point?
Re:How Not to Die on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:39AM (#39115808)
Posting since apparently many startups are dying.
Re:Ask HN: Cons of Using .io Domain? on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:53PM (#39020292)
If you are doing something serious then you should really use a .com. If initially you can't buy one then using something else is fine I guess....

OR as PG wrote in 2015, you should think about changing your name.

https://paulgraham.com/name.html

Re:Ask HN: Stay at Big Tech or leave? on Sunday January 07, 2024 @08:55AM (#38901190)
I completely understand where you're coming from but for a better future, try to fight through it for at least a year or two. Such is life, work is work. Not all of it is glamourous.

You are very early into your career and in a pretty great spot. Don't waste it.

Big tech experience will open a lot of opportunities for you and this includes non-career or financial opportunities.

You should still continue with your pet projects. Remember we underestimate what can be achieved in a year.

Wish you all the best!

Re:Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023? on Friday January 05, 2024 @06:44AM (#38878116)
History is one of my favourite genres too. Thank you for sharing the free resources link! Really interesting.

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