Why stop there. Build enough buses for everybody so they can choose where those two stops are.

Great idea! And then what if we went even further and made enough busses so we could all have one waiting at our houses at all times?

You might need to make the buses smaller. Maybe give some options on the number of seats. You could also tailor the bus; different colors and shapes. Heck, you could store and transfer things easier. Personal buses sound like a marketing win.

You'd have to invest so much money into putting roads everywhere, and then the personal busses need to have their own refueling depots everywhere, and getting the oil for those depots in the first place is going to be the cause of needless war and deaths. That's totally never gonna happen!

That sounds like a great idea! But what if you have to catch your bus when it's cold or raining? To solve this problem we can build mini indoor bus terminals and attach them to each house.

You couldn't afford the bus drivers. The convenience of the bus is that someone else drives for you. If you have to drive, it's not a bus. Maybe a wealthy tech investor could announce self-driving cars...

And then what if you owned the bus so it was super convenient. And maybe made it smaller so it was easier to drive and park.

Just like a little 4 seat bus you could just have all the time. I bet that would be popular!

That's assuming there isn't demand for more powerful models, there's still plenty of room for improvement from the current generation. We didn't stop at GPT-3 level models when that was achieved.

What are you using for end to end type safety? Currently enjoying the same on a side project with Postgres -> GraphQL (Hasura) -> Golang (genqlient) & Typescript (graphql-codegen)

I gave up Graphql due to buggy/obnoxious vscode plug-ins, also I would pass over code gen if I can.

I have a simple setup with pg+drizzle+zod+trpc. I don't like the libraries that much, but it overral works very well.

I'd prefer something simpler, more ergonomic of all those components, but the basiline is that for now.

This could be really beneficial for improving performance on devices in developing markets, was reminded of the Android Build for Billions design guidelines, could complement this well: https://developer.android.com/docs/quality-guidelines/build-...

Would you consider only buying a used/refurbished phone/computer? Obviously it’s not scalable to the masses, but not putting any money in Apple’s pocket directly

I only buy used phones. But I rarely buy used computers / monitors. Those are my bread and butter, so reliability matters.

Yea understandable, I’ve had great experiences with refurbished MacBooks for what it’s worth

Because as long as it’s legal and the consumer is willing to buy at the rate they have been, Apple/etc. has very little incentive to change

I have a friend living there now so it’s still inhabited, says his place is in pretty bad shape though.

Funny enough, it seems the vacant Victorian on Grove is making some progress, saw some scaffolding up around it this evening.

http://www.sfweekly.com/news/news-news/entropy-on-grove-stre... (2017) elaborates on why its been vacant, seems like the owner doesn't have the funds/desire to make it habitable. Also mentions how much red tape exists to develop in the neighborhood in the last couple paragraphs, maybe the owner doesn't feel like enduring that adventure.

I agree the two problems you presented can be tough to solve and are interesting problems to consider:

1. Managing egos can become a problem, maybe some sort of ability for users to tag comments with logical fallacies to try and encourage rational arguments?

2. Could users use some sort of anonymous verification for throwaway comments? A global key to sign their anonymous comment? There's definitely work done in this category, I found https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-36213-2_... after a quick google.

I think you bring up a slightly different point in the end, the gatekeeper/moderator is a much harder problem to solve and related to the clash of egos. Ultimately, rewarding critical thinking, limiting power of censorship and growing the community organically are key here

I this article did a good job of summarizing the collapse (from the formation of OPEC in the early 60's to the present) https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/16/how-venezuela-struck-it...

Essentially they believed the oil price surge of the 70s would continue and failed the diversify the economy. This allowed Chavez to come along and take over in the late 90's on a socialist platform with promises to restore the economy. Chavez ignorant to production of oil and fighting to stay in power, gutted the state run PDVSA and severely inhibited production by diverting profits to fund his social programs. Eventually production and profits dipped, with the government deciding to print more money to keep social programs running.