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New comment by jacv in "How the Tour de France became a $100M business"

jacv — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:59:54 +0000

If you haven't already, take a look at the official Tour's highlights (only 8-10min though) - I find the broadcast and editing better than NBC's. They're usually decently quick to come out too post-stage.

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpycUnuU0IVF7gGIhGojhg

Yesterday's (Stage 7; 8 will probably drop in an hour or so): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpFcgyXl8s&list=PLg3WzTG3Lf...

New comment by jacv in "U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001"

jacv — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:37:48 +0000

I don’t think I agree with you. I don’t know of a lender offering 0% down loans for people in those markets (the only thing I could find was VA loans or USDA), but could be wrong.

For a large portion of people, monthly cost is not the big problem. A 20% down payment on an median home price of $850k (Seattle), $1M (LA), $1.3M (SF) (all these taken from google’s results) is because it’s very hard to save that much money when you’re paying median rent of $2.7k (Seattle), $3.3k (LA), or $4k (SF) (Zumper, 2bd apartment).

All else equal, I think a lot of people when trying to buy for the first time would prefer lower house purchase price with higher interest rate because of saving for a down payment vs the same house at a higher price and lower interest rate.

New comment by jacv in "U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001"

jacv — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:58:47 +0000

I would think this could help with people trying to buy their first place.

I think a fair amount of people - particularly those in HCOL cities - could afford monthly payments that are on the high side, but saving for a 20% deposit has been more difficult because of how high prices have been (ie, stuck in a rent cycle of only saving a bit because of how high rent is and so on).

New comment by jacv in "My next Mac might be the last"

jacv — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:23:37 +0000

I would disagree with this.

Mac Mail is probably the worst application I've used on Mac (+ the one on the iOS is not far behind). Search is atrocious - like unusably so, it constantly has syncing issues (even with iCloud) when trying to get new mail, it's incredibly slow, and I don't care for the design.

The Wire will ‘suspend’ its Meta stories until it carries out ‘internal review’

jacv — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:30:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/10/18/the-wire-will-suspend-its-meta-stories-until-it-carries-out-thorough-internal-review-siddharth-varadarajan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33249985

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Iran sees 'major' internet disruption amid renewed protests

jacv — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:23:16 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-suffers-major-disruption-internet-protests-loom-91372692

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33179269

Points: 6

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Polywork raises $28M Series B

jacv — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:03:31 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/polywork-lands-28-million-series-b-professional-network/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32857742

Points: 1

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Tumblr’s boosted post feature was rejected until it was IAP and gave a 30% cut

jacv — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 18:10:04 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1558138715842682880

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32461472

Points: 3

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New comment by jacv in "Toyota RAV4 Prime hybrid SUV now selling for 48% over MSRP"

jacv — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:13:48 +0000

Probably a combo of things:

1) Prices in the US don’t include tax.

2) Ireland is also an expensive place to purchase a car because of VRT. RAV4 PHEV is €47k in Germany for example.

3) Lastly, could be some spec differences between the cars that account for a difference, as in my experience, cars in Ireland aren’t always the same specs/trim as other areas (but I could be wrong about Toyota, I don’t know).

Where the Crawdads Sing Author Wanted for Questioning in Murder

jacv — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:41:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-mark-owens-zambia-murder/670479/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32069776

Points: 3

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Unveiling the New XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1

jacv — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:55:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/unveiling-the-new-xps-13-and-xps-13-2-in-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31698705

Points: 2

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