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hooch commented on Ask HN: Should Apple move to biennial iPhone announcements?    · Posted by u/behnamoh
hooch · 2 days ago
The cadence is not just about shipping marketable products and features.

It's also about iterating on internal capabilities, processes, technologies across design, sourcing, manufacturing, etc.

What makes it into each year's phones is what's had the kinks ironed out, and all the commercials sorted.

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hooch commented on Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode   wired.com/story/airbnb-is... · Posted by u/thomasjudge
wodenokoto · 4 months ago
To me this transition seems much more obvious for something like Uber:

Manage rides -> manage deliveries -> manage booking with places that are already in network -> expand bookings from restaurants to other services -> expand bookings to hotels -> vacation homes.

But honestly going the other way around isn’t that crazy.

hooch · 4 months ago
Uber also had the good sense to not bake a narrow service category into its brand.
hooch commented on Live Map of the London Underground   londonunderground.live/... · Posted by u/LourensT
gala8y · 5 months ago
Cf. "A real-time 3D digital map of Tokyo's public transport system", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37829061, Oct 2023
hooch · 5 months ago
Quite exceptional
hooch commented on MacBook Air M4   apple.com/macbook-air/... · Posted by u/tosh
hooch · 6 months ago
But no Space Grey?
hooch commented on Apple Debuts iPhone 16e   apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/dm
deergomoo · 7 months ago
At this point there’s only really one thing I want from an iPhone and that’s an option for a 12/13 mini sized device again. Surely those phones didn’t sell so few that it’s not worth doing at all?
hooch · 7 months ago
With the C1 modem and in-house wifi/bluetooth, here's hoping that Apple is ready to revisit the mini-sized phone!
hooch commented on Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs   spaceweatherlive.com/en/n... · Posted by u/gnabgib
close04 · a year ago
> 8 gallons per person per day. Water is heavy—8 pounds per gallon

The average person needs far less than 65lbs (30kg) of water per day, which is a third of the average male weight in the US.

By medical standards humans need more like 8lbs (under 4l) per day for men and 6lbs (under 3l) for women. Less if your rationing and not exerting yourself.

hooch · a year ago
OP’s factoring includes washing, food prep, all that other stuff.
hooch commented on New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars   discover.lanl.gov/news/05... · Posted by u/geox
gmd63 · a year ago
Imagine the frustration of our martian ancestors upon learning the richest man on earth is trying to go back to they place they originally launched the seeds from.
hooch · a year ago
Imagine their endless frustration as we sailed from place to place felling all the forests to build more ships to sail further afield and fell more forests.

u/hooch

KarmaCake day140September 10, 2011View Original