I would also add at this point, I’d be hard pressed to say there are going to be massive changes in the price you’d get. A phone tends to decline in value the most for the first few years it’s been released, sort of like how new cars depreciate the fastest in its first three years. So I suppose to answer your question: yes you’d maximize your money if you gave it up today, I just don’t know how much more you’d be making.

Yeah normally I’m not a fan of more big brother esque security but given the parking situation in Philly… I’ll shut up and nod.

It’s not “are you recording” but more highlighting what to look at. It would take so many union labor paid hours to sift through all those videos to find a violation. It’s probably cheaper, as crazy as it sounds, to train an AI Model to catch the violations and log it so an employee only has to sift through likely violators.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if the PPA is looking into this model themselves for… other reasons.

My best guess as an AI engineer is that the AI is to detect the difference between cars that are parked vs cars on the road that are stopping at a light and then take the picture at the right time.

I don’t think the article says the bus drivers initiate the photos — presumably SEPTA would rather have drivers drive than framing the perfect shot — so it makes sense to have AI fit in there.

Because I’d like Lenny/Memmy to succeed Reddit and that means making it more accommodating to the non technical focused folks.

I’m going to say something unpopular: I think you should make it possible for users to pay you for premium features like notifications.

Writing software is a hard thankless job. I’m sure there are many in the community who’d like to help you so that you can be more recharged and sustained in your pursuit to make Memmy better.

It’s admirable you want to keep it free, I hope there’s always a great free version. But I think you should consider a premium route, for features which actually do cost money to operate, and make a few bucks out of it too.

No problem! I didn’t get paid to say they’re the best, they just are. Lots of great options and lots of care in designing them for the best intersection of everyone’s foot sins. Plus they always come with extra insoles in different shapes to accommodate both flat foot and… overly-arched foot (you’d think I’d know that term…)

So I’m someone who has to use an orthopedic shoe because I have (really bad) flat foot. So to add more flavor text,

• It is true, orthopedic isn’t really a regulated term, so it gets thrown around pretty aggressively with little meaning.
• Some shoe companies genuinely are creating orthopedic shoes for people with actual foot problems. For me personally, I use Orthofeet brand because I find them to straddle the very weird intersection of shoes with extra wide toe boxes/foots, and terrible arch support, and flexible + lightweight materials. They didn’t pay me to say this, I’m just really really happy with them after nearly a decade of jumping between brands.
• Sometimes orthopedic shoes are not enough… like in my defective case. In my case, I have Orthopedic Insoles which are NOT the same things as the flimsy things in the supermarkets. They’re actually custom molded to my foot, to prevent my skeletal structure from collapsing more under the horribleness of my flat foot. Between my shoes and my insoles, this is literally the difference between me being unable to walk and me being able to run a bit.

If we want to get really technical, the NSTB is requiring all new cars to have emergency braking so in this situation, the car should slam on the brakes. Even if it can’t slow down fast enough to prevent a crash, it should slow down enough to minimize it.

Is this particular Tesla under said law? Probably not. But I think we can see why this tactic is the infinitely safer and more ethical than saying “good luck, control this car on your own or enjoy this 100 km crash otherwise”

I think your statement and the fear for self driving can be true at the same time.

Self driving is safer than humans most of the time… but not all the time. Nothing is perfect.

Self driving currently assumes that a human can intervene when it fails. It assumes that a human is present and not eating a bowl of cereal and applying mascara. It assumes that the human is actually paying attention, in a situation where they usually don’t have to because self driving is usually safer.

Yes, self driving is statically safer. Yes, self driving will one day be perfect.

But I don’t think we can fault anyone for being worried about self driving, especially with companies like Tesla, who sell the promise that you don’t really have to pay attention… even though you kinda have to right now.

Well this information is often specific based on which state/country you live in but if you are going through this process in New Jersey, feel free to DM me or comment back! I’d be more than happy to help with any questions or guidance 🙂

But I would add, don’t hold back money from your higher interest accruing accounts if you have it, if you’re trying to optimize the interest. Once you have the money, deposit it as soon as possible, so interest begins accruing on it, even if it’s not the beginning of the month yet.

In other words, if you hold back money, it’ll never accrue interest. You’re not going to get exponential or compounding growth on money that wasn’t accruing interest. You only get that once it begins accruing interest.

I was able to but it was a bear. I wasn’t planning to do it again after all I suffered through… but I’m hoping these bumps make that more possible in the future.

I don’t think you said anything differently? The article said ALL batteries must comply by 2027. You appeared to say high performing batteries don’t have to follow the law until 2027. Both of these statements, the original post and your revision, are true – all phones, including high performing batteries, must comply in the EU by 2027.

That’s fair enough. The only caveat I’d make is… don’t you use that extra money you’re not using to buy more things, subscribe in more things, or do more things. Whatever money you’re choosing to not use towards your loan should go for savings type purposes.

A lifetime of solid financial choices always begins right now, everyday, for you and I. Don’t cut corners now, be responsible. 🙂

TestFlight is full so there’s no way until the app is formally released

Disclaimer: I’ll be honest, I haven’t read the exact mechanics of the student loan ramp plan that Biden proposed, so there might be something else to the plan that overrides my thoughts.

But in general, if you are accruing interest on the loan but aren’t dinged, you have to consider the impacts of compounding interest.

• If you have a $100 loan (just to keep the numbers simple) with a 3.4% APY, that’s $103.4 for the year.
• Next year, it’s not $103.4 again. It’s $103.4 with another 3.4% APY. That makes your second year payment to $106.9 for the year, which is a 6.9% increase over your first year…
• The year after that, it’s $110.5 for your third year, which is a 10.5% increase from your original loan.
• The year after that, it’s $114.2 for your fourth year, which is a 14.2% increase from your original loan.

Note that this is not a linear growth – it’s not 3.4 + 3.4 = 6.8%. It’s exponential the longer you don’t pay for that first year because you’re now not just covering the principal (the base cost) but also the interest that was applied on top of that principal, compounded year-after-year.

All that to say, so long as interest is accruing, it’s almost always a smart idea to pay any loan off. However you are right, that due to inflation, it’s possible High Interest Savings Accounts can accrue interest greater than 3.4% so you may come out ahead. But be sure to run those numbers out for real with respect to compounding interest – don’t just think “Wow 3.4% is less than 4.5% interest in my savings account!”. Make sure you will come out ahead, make sure your loan lets you pre-pay with a larger payment at the end of this 12 month grace period, etc.

But just double check your math and be sure things will turn out the way you do.

I think that’s a fair take that’s likely to happen. It really depends now on what Reddit does to try to normalize things or blow things up more. I think if they try to just rebuild relationships with their new group of users, they may survive.

But they also seem equally as likely to find a new way to screw themselves over…

For those who didn’t read the article, important note.

The valuation decrease was as of May 31.

It wasn’t even after the Reddit apocalypse! What is going to happen next?

If this were to happen, less stores expect AmEx so it’s possible your card will be less usable at the places you frequent.