Hacker News: megaremote

New comment by megaremote in "The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry"

megaremote — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 06:07:23 +0000

> Just take their current flagship smartphone, double the thickness to fit a halfway-between-smartphone-and-full-frame sensor, an SD card slot, ability to export RAWs, and a compact zoom lens, and sell it for like $2000.

And no one will buy it. It has been tried before, by Nokia.

New comment by megaremote in "Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think"

megaremote — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:09:32 +0000

The rent-a-gym, I guess the west solves that by having gym equipment in a park? An interesting solution to a busy city.

New comment by megaremote in "DJI Mavic Mini"

megaremote — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:52:45 +0000

Since this has a range of 4km, it requires a controller. There is now way to get that distance without one.

New comment by megaremote in "DJI Mavic Mini"

megaremote — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:48:29 +0000

This is pretty good, 30 min flight time and 4km range.

> 4 km for FCC compliant Model (MT1SS5) and 2 km for CE compliant Model (MT1SD25).

New comment by megaremote in "Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit"

megaremote — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:49:30 +0000

No one is attacking json here.

New comment by megaremote in "Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit"

megaremote — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:47:21 +0000

> I'm a marathoner

Ok, but listening to music is cheating.

New comment by megaremote in "Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman"

megaremote — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:37:44 +0000

Blackmailing a hitman might not be the best idea.

New comment by megaremote in "Ants Are Practically Immune to Traffic Jams"

megaremote — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 06:54:36 +0000

Of course they do. There is only reward and no downside to doing that. They save a few seconds, and no one is giving out tickets for doing this.

New comment by megaremote in "My company sold for $100M and I got zilch – how can that be?"

megaremote — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:26:11 +0000

It is clearly not an article, it is question someone posed. Here is the answer.

New comment by megaremote in "Today’s correction isn’t much like the dot-com bubble"

megaremote — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:33:20 +0000

Like Youtube, which lost money every year until it was bought by Google. Or Instagram? Or a variety of others.

You don't understand why people want to copy those models of growths and get those big payouts? Which part confuses you?

New comment by megaremote in "All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers"

megaremote — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:10:17 +0000

Get rid of your car for starters. Shop at markets where they don't cover anything in plastic. Adjust what you eat around avoiding buying plastic, as much as you can.

New comment by megaremote in "All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers"

megaremote — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:08:15 +0000

> Yet I observe on Twitter and other social media that these problems are considered equally important, sometimes people even treat them as equivalent.

How are you even judging that?

New comment by megaremote in "All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers"

megaremote — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:04:02 +0000

The consumers should pay. Every piece of plastic should have a recycling cost, like they do in some states with bottles and cans.

New comment by megaremote in "All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers"

megaremote — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:02:17 +0000

> Ocean plastic is a problem, but comes almost entirely from intentional dumping

Right, like microplastics from the tires whenever anyone drives anywhere?

New comment by megaremote in "Disney: Bob Iger bets the company (and Hollywood's future) on streaming"

megaremote — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:34:33 +0000

> People still care about Disney’s animated movies from the 30s and even adults are nostalgic about the 90s X-men animated TV show and the original Star Wars from the 70s.

Come one. Saying people is a cop out? Everyone, no way. So how many people, because that is what matters.

New comment by megaremote in "Disney: Bob Iger bets the company (and Hollywood's future) on streaming"

megaremote — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:09:30 +0000

> After people binge through new shows, the big 4 will be the ones holding all the old content.

Do most people really want that old content? Apart from a few shows, I say no.

New comment by megaremote in "What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?"

megaremote — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:13:54 +0000

> whose residents do have motor vehicles with full access to the city; they just happen to run on separate waterways.

You think everyone in Venice has a boat? No.

New comment by megaremote in "What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?"

megaremote — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:34:32 +0000

They kill 40,000 people every single year in the USA, and injure or disable over 2 million more. And that is not including death from the pollution the cause. And this is just one reason they are the worst invention created by man.

New comment by megaremote in "What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?"

megaremote — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:33:11 +0000

> They won't be dangerous, will run clean, be super convenient and unbelievably inexpensive to own and operate.

Oh, they will not use tires? Which leave smalls bits of plastic everywhere they go that get washed into our waterway as micro-plastic.

New comment by megaremote in "What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?"

megaremote — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:32:04 +0000

They tried in Melbourne too. A few people stood up and fought to save them, like Robert Risson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Risson