Eric Metelka

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Show threadEric MetelkaMar 26, 2023

@carnage4life two things happening here:
1. Investment in cars increasingly going to software and manufacturers looking for a business model to match that ongoing cost - this is fine and expected
2. Initial trials have been for things that either used to be free or aren’t value added via software, I.e pay a sub to enable seat warmers.

There’s a clear path here towards a subscription model, but the manufacturers have to better align the value

Eric MetelkaMar 17, 2023
Rand FishkinMar 17, 2023

Internet: "Hey, did you want to break your brain today?... And also 10 years ago?"

Me: "10 years ago? What? And also... no?"

Internet: "Ha ha, too bad. Read this: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvgjm/a-growing-number-of-scientists-are-convinced-the-future-influences-the-past."

A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future Influences the Past

“Our instincts of time and causation are our deepest, strongest instincts that physicists and philosophers—and humans—are loath to give up,” said one scientist.

Eric MetelkaMar 17, 2023
Kevin CarsonMar 17, 2023
"But the groundbreaking new study, co-authored by Berkeley economist Michael Reich, found that small businesses can pass the costs on to consumers with little negative impact."
"Study Finds That Minimum Wage Increases Don't Cause Job Losses" -- Labor 411 https://labor411.org/411-blog/study-finds-that-minimum-wage-increases-dont-cause-job-losses/
Study Finds That Minimum Wage Increases Don’t Cause Job Losses

A new study is further shattering the myth that minimum wage hikes kill jobs. Phys.org reports: "Restaurants, retail stores and other small businesses, long thought to be vulnerable to increases in…

Labor 411
Eric MetelkaFeb 25, 2023
Dare ObasanjoFeb 25, 2023
Average tech PM looking at the stats of how many people actually read their weekly status updates.
Show threadEric MetelkaFeb 23, 2023
@ggreeneva that airline one is an all timer. Hard not to love how made up it is
Eric MetelkaFeb 15, 2023
Casey NewtonFeb 15, 2023
Phenomenal essay from a recently departed ex-Googler on the systemic forces that enforce mediocrity within the product organization https://medium.com/@pravse/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse-980c57cfd61a
The maze is in the mouse - Praveen Seshadri - Medium

What ails Google. And how it can turn it around.

Medium
Show threadEric MetelkaFeb 14, 2023
@databae thank you for doing this work. It’s heartbreaking but so necessary.
Show threadEric MetelkaFeb 9, 2023
@daviduzumeri that’s what I’m hoping for. That would be a fantastic hook. Especially reading all the breakdowns today about how good this remaster is.
Show threadEric MetelkaFeb 9, 2023
@daviduzumeri wish it was the whole trilogy but I’ll gladly take it
Eric MetelkaFeb 7, 2023
The blue song remix by David Guetta is an affront to nature. True ear bleeding shit. I’m surprised an AI didn’t come up with it.