This response is EXACTLY emblematic of why HN has my trust. Great insights, many thanks.

Maybe AVP aspirationally (once in sunglass form factor) seeks to replace iPad, then Mac, then iPhone?

AWS 2.0 = Amazon goes all-in on EVs: EVerywhere.

Meta/off-topic: we gripe mightily here about clickbait titles (and legitimately so), but huzzah to this headline. Majestic and mellifluous. Pure poetry.

Ever since the iPad Pro came out, Appe has had a first-party 3.5 female to USB-C dongle for wired audio

Gerontocracy is the symptom. Citizens United and court/regulatory capture are the linked causes.

The house (insurance companies) always wins

"Only 5 websites each mostly screenshots of the other 4" makes signal to noise more than difficult. Amplify the mutually adverse forces of SEO and advertising dark patterns and here we are, alas

A couple of decades back, I was on my way back down from Half Dome and there was a bit of a traffic jam in the trees of jittery hikers and even more nervous pack horses--a black bear was about 50 yards ahead. Without warning, the bear made a dash for a deer not seen (by humans) until startled.

The bear had made a considered cost/benefit analysis that it could catch a deer. Still gives me the willies.

"Dogs living in cyclical time" changed my life profoundly and for that I am immensely grateful