Yep, I've worked at two startups which started to really emphasise The Numbers in weekly all-hands meetings, and how we're all in it together to improve them, etc. Both of those jobs ended in redundancy.

For me that feels like the difference between insider trading and market manipulation.

I used a Tesla charger (as a non-Tesla driver) recently. I think their pricing model is pretty good: pay per kWh (varies between peak and off-peak), and if the station is busy they can impose a "congestion charge" for anyone occupying a charger and not charging, or charging above 80% when it's not necessary for their journey (presumably only works for Teslas where the satnav knows about your journey and charge locations).

I guess a train line has a similar risk of security concerns/disruption, vs. trucks which can be re-routed.

The number of promotional emails I get from Virgin and British Airways, offering pretty big discounts for US destinations, suggests this is true.

Bit off-topic, but how easy was this to do? We need to do the same crossing to pick up a rental car from Buffalo.

I couldn't arrange it via app, so it seemed impossible at first. However, I asked the bellman at the hotel, and he called his taxi driver friend. I kinda overpaid from what I can tell, $100 american, but he just drove us across the bridge, passports were checked super quickly by the American side, and we continued on to Buffalo in about 40 minutes total.

Thanks! I'd seen Uber etc. won't cross the bridge, so looks like talking to an actual human is required :)

I'd say the incentives are different. Laptop manufacturers see no upside from having the light stay off, whereas Meta might be the opposite.

The term "Children of the Magenta Line" has long been used in aviation to describe the over-reliance on automation. So even though they train to avoid losing manual skills, it's definitely still a concern.

> 996 sounds like garbage on its own, as a system of toil. But I also very much respect an idea of continuous work, one that also intersperses rest throughout the day. Doing some chores or going to the supermarket or playing with the kid can be an incredibly good way to let your preconscious sift through the big gnarly problems about.

I _kind_ of get this if we're talking about working on big, important, world-changing problems. If it's another SaaS app or something like that, I find it pretty depressing.

An internet-connected device in your home which is always listening.

Like a phone?