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It was tested in the pretend model cities a decade ago and found to be safe enough by regulators to be approved for tested in limited trials in cities which showed them to be safer than human drivers under those conditions which allowed wider trials which still showed better safety than humans.
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It was tested in the pretend model cities a decade ago and found to be safe enough by regulators to be approved for tested in limited trials in cities which showed them to be safer than human drivers under those conditions which allowed wider trials which still showed better safety than humans.
How do you propose to decide if one thinf is better than another without comparing them to eachother?
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
How do you propose to decide if one thinf is better than another without comparing them to eachother?
The way to know if it will make things better is to compare it to the status quo.
Musk's self driving cars are bad because they refuse to use LIDAR, but also aren't under discussion here.
Musk's self driving cars are bad because they refuse to use LIDAR, but also aren't under discussion here.
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The way to know if it will make things better is to compare it to the status quo.
Musk's self driving cars are bad because they refuse to use LIDAR, but also aren't under discussion here.
Musk's self driving cars are bad because they refuse to use LIDAR, but also aren't under discussion here.
It's more about houses and the world being designed with humanoids in mind. Non-Humanoid robots require rebuilding everything and robots, while humanoid robots require just building the robots.
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's more about houses and the world being designed with humanoids in mind. Non-Humanoid robots require rebuilding everything and robots, while humanoid robots require just building the robots.
No, a description of the actual technical problem and the solution to it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
No, a description of the actual technical problem and the solution to it.
Comparing against the baseline rate to judge something isn't whataboutism and it's extremely goofy to try to do so.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Comparing against the baseline rate to judge something isn't whataboutism and it's extremely goofy to try to do so.
Yeah, Tesla's tech is garbage because Elon refuses to put LIDAR in their cars.
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Yeah, Tesla's tech is garbage because Elon refuses to put LIDAR in their cars.
What's the comparative rate to human drivers doing it?
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
What's the comparative rate to human drivers doing it?
I'm not sure there's any data massaging you could possibly do to show Waymos are less safe than human drivers without just faking data whole cloth.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I'm not sure there's any data massaging you could possibly do to show Waymos are less safe than human drivers without just faking data whole cloth.
The data center did not exacerbate this problem in any meaningful way.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The data center did not exacerbate this problem in any meaningful way.
1.1 million layoffs would be the fewest layoffs in a year ever recorded by more than 10 million layoffs. The average month has about 1.8 million people laid off!
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
1.1 million layoffs would be the fewest layoffs in a year ever recorded by more than 10 million layoffs. The average month has about 1.8 million people laid off!
The constitution gives Congress the power to form a post office but doesn't mandate it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The constitution gives Congress the power to form a post office but doesn't mandate it.
I don't think there'd be 67 votes in the Senate to fire Nuzzi from her job for this either.
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don't think there'd be 67 votes in the Senate to fire Nuzzi from her job for this either.
No. That was fixed when Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 and removed that requirement.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
No. That was fixed when Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 and removed that requirement.
If you're talking about the prefunding mandate, that hasn't been in effect since 2022 when Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you're talking about the prefunding mandate, that hasn't been in effect since 2022 when Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
This isn't true anymore. Biden fixed that with the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This isn't true anymore. Biden fixed that with the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
They are empirically and provably substantially safer than human drivers.
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They are empirically and provably substantially safer than human drivers.
The median rent for a 2 bedroom rental in Boston was $2,395 last month per ApartmentList data.
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The median rent for a 2 bedroom rental in Boston was $2,395 last month per ApartmentList data.
Yeah, if you thought it made any sort of good points you're definitely on crazy pills.
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Yeah, if you thought it made any sort of good points you're definitely on crazy pills.
Apartmentlist's data has the median rent for a 2 bedroom in Boston at a bit less than 2400 as of November.
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Apartmentlist's data has the median rent for a 2 bedroom in Boston at a bit less than 2400 as of November.
You left off the "Real" part of the chart heading, which means it's adjusted for cost of living.
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
You left off the "Real" part of the chart heading, which means it's adjusted for cost of living.
The chart shows 4% wage growth while cost of living increased by 3%.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The chart shows 4% wage growth while cost of living increased by 3%.
A raise 1% over inflation, per the chart, which is 4%.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A raise 1% over inflation, per the chart, which is 4%.
It's a 4% nominal raise.
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's a 4% nominal raise.
The 1% rise depicted on the chart here would be a 4% raise this year.
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The 1% rise depicted on the chart here would be a 4% raise this year.