Google, Meta, X and all the Tech Bros

During a series of tests, Rober compares how a Tesla and a test vehicle equipped with LIDAR sensors, courtesy of the company Luminar, react to a child mannequin in the middle of the road.

That’s stupid. He should have tested it against a stock BMW or something. Now it looks like only experimental cars with visible sensors are able to do this, rather than any new car with advanced driver assistance technology from serious manufacturers.

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https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250753892/crackupcapitalism/

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Newsom’s motto must be “If you could have beat them, join them anyway”

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No public record of the government’s actions seems to violate right to know laws.

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The past few months make Stephenson’s characterization of New South Africa amazingly, sadly prescient.

Same for his characterization of those metacops, come to think of it.

O to find a way to get a passport issued by Mr. Lee’s–

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Ei tää oo tyhjä.

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Apple Snoozed, so Now It Might Lose Google as Its Default Search Engine (and $22 Billion a Year)

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I put this here rather than “Space Exploration” because who knows if any of this is real?

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Another very detailed analysis, this time of WeWork, the Juicero of office space.

Apparently, Adam Neumann promoted WeWork to investors as a software company, just as Musk promotes Tesla as a software company.

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Did you know things called science aren’t real science? Like nuclear engineering is real science but climate science isn’t.

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That is a great podcast fucking awesome really. But it has been 8h since I listened to it and I wish I had dementia.

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I tried listening to it, but unfortunately they tricked me into listening to Joe Rogan. I had to stop.

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