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931.
by xnx 6mo ago
Hard to know. The Waymo bay area service area is 60 miles long. https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/9059119?hl=en#PHX
932.
by xnx 6mo ago
Everyone uses the roads. You have to reach for very obscure examples to find commerce that doesn't utilize roads. Every bit of concrete and steel to build transit was at some point transported over roads.
933.
by xnx 6mo ago
Because roads are a shared resource used by everyone (even non car owners) Uber/Lyft's portion is small and covered by taxes they already pay.
934.
by xnx 6mo ago
> is if you're bad at designing cities for it Consider that the transportation system might not be the best fit if it requires designing the rest of the world differently and against preferences (large, detached, single-family homes
935.
by xnx 6mo ago
Train-advocates being against self-driving cars will be recognized as being equivalent to environmentalists being against nuclear power. Fortunately, I don't expect train-advocates as being nearly as successful. Once someone has tried
936.
by xnx 6mo ago
I tried to ride it a few times, but could never find a way it made logistical or financial sense.
937.
by xnx 6mo ago
But in practice runs empty most of the time, is commonly delayed by any problem on the line or station, and operates on a very limited schedule.
938.
by xnx 6mo ago
A $500 Gucci belt doesn't hold up your pants any better.
939.
by xnx 6mo ago
Of all the organizations with access to my data (e.g. ISP, social networks, cellphone service provider, current US government, etc.), I absolutely trust Google the most. Do you think Google is lying about the microphone?
940.
by xnx 6mo ago
> 20% more expensive. Or less depending on how you tip.
941.
by xnx 6mo ago
Sometimes cheaper, [nearly] always better.
942.
by xnx 6mo ago
> your voice, "private" conversations. Waymo microphones are only activated when you contact support.
943.
by xnx 6mo ago
> I will feel so secure and private being recorded at all angles in a car I don't own and can't sue. This is even worse in an Uber where the drivers can put cameras anywhere and do anything with the recordings.
944.
by xnx 6mo ago
It will be amazing if they get self-driving working. Currently, you can't even sit in the back seat.
945.
by xnx 6mo ago
> The future looks an awful lot like intermodal containers for people. Love this concept. As self-driving vehicles become a larger share of road use, roads can be more efficiently designed just for them: no speed limit, just 2 strips of
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by xnx 6mo ago
> Brightline in Florida was able to get around this buy working in an existing highway ROW. And will probably go bankrupt this year: https://www.wlrn.org/business/2026-01-23/brightline-business...
947.
by xnx 6mo ago
If Portland is really forward-thinking, they would be smart to use this opportunity to jump to the next stage of public transport by focusing on flexible bus routes and Waymo/rideshare subsidies for the poor and disabled.
948.
by xnx 6mo ago
> the driver is guaranteed to drive 40+ on the 20mph road in front of my house while blasting through crosswalks with people waiting to cross ...while high on marijuana and watching TikTok > The rain will be a real test though! Maybe,
949.
by xnx 6mo ago
> Waymo is a sort of public transit. Definitely, and at no cost to taxpayers. > It's just an vastly more inefficient than any other form of public transit Waymo is less efficient in the narrow case of transporting hundreds of peo
950.
by xnx 6mo ago
Multiple factors: market viability, climate compatibility, capacity, and definitely regulatory factors. Currently DC, NYC, Boston and Chicago are all being slowed down by anti-Waymo groups like Uber drivers and public-transit lobbyists.
951.
by xnx 6mo ago
My personal enthusiasm can come off this way, but I'm excited for it as a cyclist, someone whose brother was killed by a driver, and general cutting edge technology hobbyist.
952.
by xnx 6mo ago
Yes. The longer-term possible second-order effects are going to be wild. Easier t o get to wilderness? Awesome!, but also crowding like you've never seen (but maybe also more small parks because there will be a glut of unused parking).
953.
by xnx 6mo ago
> "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcomes." - Charlie Munger Also note that -like pharmaceutical companies- treatment is more profitable than cure for infosec consultants.
954.
by xnx 6mo ago
Do you think that AI helps security offense more than defense? It's not obvious to me that it does.
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Waymo in Portland(waymo.com)
296 points by xnx 6mo ago|596 comments
956.
by xnx 6mo ago
It's good to have contrarian viewpoints, but Ed Zitron is so blinded by his AI hate that his articles should be treated not just with skepticism, but heavy suspicion.
957.
by xnx 6mo ago
> What are people doing to spend 500 usd/day in tokens 1) They're lying 2) Status signalling
958.
by xnx 6mo ago
> it doesn't move the needle much on other fixed and variable costs of a data center I wonder what the rough costs of a data center look like over the lifetime of one GPU generation? 10% building 60% GPU 30% power I haven't gon
959.
by xnx 6mo ago
You're right to be confused when you assume good faith on their part, it's utterly predictable when you take every public statement to be the exact opposite of what will happen: "small government", "fiscal responsib
960.
by xnx 6mo ago
Better to share how to install apps and alternative app stores instead of fearmongering around very reasonable security measures.

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