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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 25 Apr freebie \ on: SLATE Cartalk
This seems like a smart approach for building a new EV brand 10 years after the first gen EVs launched...
- Modular system with one simple frame
- Lean heavily into customization options
- Lean heavily into winning the low-cost market (the first point is a requirement to do so)
For me, the big unknowns right now are:
- How quickly can they scale up production? (they have Amazon backgrounds and funding, which makes me think they're serious... but scale is also very hard)
- How much does it cost with a 240 mile range? (i'd say 240 miles is the minimum viable range for an EV these days, the 150 base package will act more like a 100 mile EV in winter)
specialization is what is valuable. So, I prefer attempting to design ways to connect users with the URLs they are looking for.
Interesting. Does it make sense to entirely remove the "Follow" button with a design like this? Or does it still serve a purpose on platforms designed for specialization?
I unfollowed everyone on Twitter a while ago.
The 'For You' algorithm already does a decent job of filtering content for me, and whenever I feel like I've consumed too much social media, I just switch from 'For You' to 'Following', and my entire timeline is blank.
Yeah it's a weird dynamic. Every now and then you come across some celebrity who totally implodes and it seems like their follower count doesn't dramatically drop (even though their reputation might).
I guess it might be related to the idea of "there's no such thing as bad press".
Building on the Stacker News core premise, perhaps following shouldn't be free. And, further, perhaps following additional people should be increasingly expensive. That at least provides incentive to be conscientious about who you're following.
I like your train of thought here
How would you try to change this?
Good question, I've been thinking about it all evening and don't have a great idea yet.
I wonder if flipping this switch might help a startup social platform to take on larger players...
One crude way to make social media look a little more like the real world is if the "follow" button required you to click it on multiple posts over multiple days for it to work. Meanwhile the unfollow button would remain a one-click button.
Not a good UX, but you get where I'm going with it.
Elon has made similar predictions about driverless cars for 11-12 years now, and the lesson I've learned in watching these predictions unfold is that the edge cases are really hard.
I wonder if the same thing happens with programming. It's easy for AI to generate standard templates using well understood languages, but how do you effectively prompt it to build something new?
The Boston Marathon will be interesting to watch. Rory Linkletter is the fastest Puma athlete in the race, and has run 2:08 in an older carbon-plated shoe.
I'm optimistic that running records will continue improving at a fast rate through the rest of the decade, and I wouldn't be surprised if Puma's design really turns out to be a new innovation in supershoe design.
But it won't be easy to detect true signal from Rory's performance on Monday. There are so many variables that could make the race super slow or super fast, wind speed and direction being the biggest one (the course is point-to-point).
If he runs 2:06 or faster, I'd be very optimistic the shoes are giving him an advantage. Any slower, and I'd want to see a few other pros race in them before jumping to conclusions.