pound | 1 year ago | on: Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay
Sacramento data center shutdown happened without even a few weeks notice (just suddenly, on Christmas eve Saturday)
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pound | 1 year ago | on: The only tourist in Moldova
BelArus
pound | 1 year ago | on: First randomized trial of Ozempic for alcoholism shows big drops in drinking
Would be nice to see the numbers
pound | 1 year ago | on: Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S.
I'm curious why Waymo is considered to be not living up to expectations? They operate in limited number of places, but seem to be just fine driving there (of course some people will not like them regardless). Tesla - yes, not comparable..
pound | 2 years ago | on: Changes we're making to Google Assistant
Of all 3, I'd say Alexa is the most practical for using at home, google one is kinda the smartest one but also is the most frustrating one - what worked yesterday will not work today or will work occasionally (exact same prompt's wording). Siri will not always respond but overall works fine within its somewhat limited scope, as compared to others (like number of integrations supported), but then again - ecosystem..
My biggest issue with Siri is intercom: at home we mostly speak other language than english, and when using intercom Siri often tries to parse what's being recorded, instead of just recording audio sample and send it verbatim.
Something like:
Me - Hey Siri, Intercom
Siri - intercom chime (not 'Aha?' of responding to just Hey Siri)
Me - *bjlkabdgkjhqwruo;fghnasd.mkfnlkjashfjkasdngjkasbdg* (doesn't matter, different language)
Siri (thinking she recognized some word) - Here are the results for what you asked..
pound | 2 years ago | on: S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’
I'm in SF and I welcome them. Human drivers are much worse.
pound | 2 years ago | on: City Council to install 20 cameras as automated license-plate recognition system
e-ink plates, as well as sticker plates are parts of dmv pilot program. it's not some overlooked violation.
pound | 2 years ago | on: Dashcam footage shows driverless cars clogging San Francisco
it's 10PM - 5:30AM to be precise
pound | 3 years ago | on: Tech layoffs are feeding a new startup surge
it's 60 days to elect whether you'll be using COBRA. If employment is terminated early in the month usually coverage is still there through the end of the month, but if termination is at the very end of the month it can be exactly just 2 months, not few.
pound | 4 years ago | on: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
pin is used when faceID cannot recognize you (when you're wearing face mask)
pound | 5 years ago | on: Tesla Recalls Cars with EMMC Failures, Calls Part a ‘Wear Item’
Tbh, it actually is okay. After about two years most prominent marks we have on them are those left by seatbelts.
pound | 5 years ago | on: Tesla Recalls Cars with EMMC Failures, Calls Part a ‘Wear Item’
Funny thing is while I was okay with buying Tesla, it was Musk's personality attached to it that really bugged me.. So while there is a (quite loud) fanbase, there is also a group of potential Tesla owners who may go other route just due to desire to not be associated with "meme king"
pound | 5 years ago | on: Tesla Recalls Cars with EMMC Failures, Calls Part a ‘Wear Item’
One more thing that has no solution now but I'm sure Tesla will not fix it at all or will charge a lot for it:
White interior and black seatbelts. Despite Musks's promises how durable white interior is, seatbelts they use are dyed with I don't know what and they mar the seats. It's permanently baked in and cannot be removed.. Tesla responded long time ago that they are looking for solution, but whatever they will change will definitely not apply to any existing (screwed-up) white interior owners.
pound | 5 years ago | on: Tesla Recalls Cars with EMMC Failures, Calls Part a ‘Wear Item’
Actually it wasn't too expensive - something like half of that (I don't remember exact number, but mid-100s).
It was more of a feeling that I shouldn't be paying for it at all that displeased me :( (and reddit is full of stories when it happened with others (with the same service centers' experience))
pound | 5 years ago | on: Tesla Recalls Cars with EMMC Failures, Calls Part a ‘Wear Item’
re 4) - this is what Tesla does a lot :(
In Model3 you can move front passenger seat forward and up (to clean up in the back) all the way to the point when it pushes on sun visor and cracks the mirror in it. Just by using handles intended to move the seat, no manual pressure or anything, there are no limitation on how far it goes and it's strong enough.. Tesla service centers blame owners for that and charge full replacement cost for the visor :\
pound | 5 years ago | on: Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”
How do you differentiate between autopilot and cruise control in Tesla case?
I assume by lane keeping engaged?
pound | 5 years ago | on: Why do they still make car alarms? (2015)
I haven't heard that they send it to the cloud, do you have more details on it?
And for even locally - you need to buy ssd and plug it in to start recording video from sentry/dashboard.
pound | 5 years ago | on: Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year
not enough housing to meet demand means raising property values, which is beneficial for property owners without having to pay more taxes
pound | 5 years ago | on: Statement by Jeff Bezos to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
but maybe problem here is in that corrupted thing called lobbying is allowed in the very first place.. I don't see how legal buying politicians this way is different from illegal corruption.
pound | 5 years ago | on: What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days for results?
"over 130k have died" - it's over 140k already (and even few hundreds short of 150k) :/
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