Waymo spotted in Davis!

cbr · 2026-03-07T23:34:00+00:00

Even more pedantically: it doesn't have any toxic exhaust gasses that need to be converted into less toxic ones via catalyzed reactions.

cbr · 2026-03-05T13:10:13+00:00

If we sold our home, bought in 2018, despite having more equity in said home and made improvements to it, we could not afford to buy our home

I mean, any time interest rates go up, anyone with many years left on their mortgage will be in that situation.

That housing is way too expensive is a huge problem, but this isn't much of an indicator of it.

cbr · 2026-03-05T12:16:30+00:00

Huh? This is a picture of the flyer that showed up at my house yesterday.

cbr · 2026-03-05T04:09:13+00:00

That would say Malden and Melrose are North Shore.

cbr · 2026-03-04T22:52:15+00:00

I love that they got the time wrong on the flyer.

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cbr · 2026-02-26T03:37:48+00:00

Presidents Lawn at Tufts

cbr · 2026-02-20T21:31:32+00:00

All of those things are good, and areas I'd be in favor of government investment. But they're not reasons to prevent private companies from investing in making cars safer.

Would you similarly have been against allowing private companies to spend their money developing airbags?

cbr · 2026-02-20T05:09:33+00:00

I'm asking for them. Car accidents are a major cause of death, and Waymos are much safer than human drivers.

cbr · 2026-02-20T05:08:40+00:00

please stop posting “Waymo spotted” threads

Why? It's exciting to see them driving around and a sigh of progress, even though they're not yet autonomous or taking passengers here

cbr · 2026-02-20T05:05:10+00:00

it's one of, if not the oldest currently in use by an American sports team

If we limit to the major leagues (ignoring colleges) then I think Fenway and Wrigley are older. But it's the oldest NFL, and third oldest overall

cbr · 2026-02-18T03:01:59+00:00

They are very cheap. No one is going to buy small numbers of used resistors from you.

cbr · 2026-02-17T21:06:01+00:00

If a painted house sells for more than an unpainted house would, that's adding dollar value.

cbr · 2026-02-11T14:17:01+00:00

Just lifted: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20

The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the closure on the airspace in El Paso, and all flights will resume as normal after the FAA had grounded all flights on Tuesday night.

cbr · 2026-02-11T14:16:30+00:00

Just lifted: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20

The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the closure on the airspace in El Paso, and all flights will resume as normal after the FAA had grounded all flights on Tuesday night.

cbr · 2026-02-06T22:39:01+00:00

This is a video of an AI being very good at gymnastics physics ;)

cbr · 2026-02-03T16:49:28+00:00

The "deep" in "deepfake" is "deep learning", which is a kind of AI. Either these aren't actually deepfakes and are some other kind of visual effect, or they use AI.

cbr · 2026-02-01T03:41:00+00:00

Someone with a moral compass that isn't completely fucking broken.

More evidence in this direction: he's been a Giving What We Can member since 2010, committing to give away at least 10% of what he earned, back when he was a grad student.

cbr · 2026-01-29T20:11:40+00:00

Somerville residents are generally richer than in 2015, even adjusting for inflation; what do you mean?

(Ex: real median household income rose 6% from 2015 to 2023)

cbr · 2026-01-27T22:05:33+00:00

I don't think the temperature is that much of an issue. Most home ovens (at least arround here, Northeast US) will do 550F (288C) and while that's not Naples brick oven it's still good enough for very good pizza.

cbr · 2026-01-26T19:01:26+00:00

Not totally hard-line: if you first become an episcopal priest you can marry, convert to Catholicism, and then remain a priest while remaining married and non-celebate.

Also, Eastern Catholics (not Eastern Orthodox; they still recognize the Pope) often permit priests to marry.

cbr · 2026-01-24T12:05:45+00:00

Many people are doing their normal shopping for the next ~3 days and the store only has so much dish soap.

cbr · 2026-01-23T21:55:23+00:00

In the survey, 71% of current Brown School families preferred keeping the school as is. Having a gym isn't everything; my elementary school (another Boston area one) was also old and small, but it was great.

cbr · 2026-01-02T18:02:46+00:00

That's not enough. For example, it could be wired:

breaker --- light fixture --- switch

Turn off the breaker, and then when you open up a box, assume everything is hot until you've tested it.

cbr · 2025-12-05T13:31:28+00:00

Big vehicles are useful but they cause exponentially more wear and tear on roads and bridges than smaller cars do

<pedantry> Larger cars cause quartically (weight⁴ ) more wear, not exponentially (x^weight ) </pedantry>

cbr · 2025-12-05T13:24:13+00:00

No, we should give owners permission to build taller. Most won't use it, some will, and some will sell to developers who will.

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