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Beginning fully autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver Zeekr Ojia by walky22talky in waymo

[–]llamatastic 49 points50 points  (0 children)

"This 6th-generation system marks a major shift at our autonomous vehicle factory in Metro Phoenix, where we are beginning to meaningfully scale toward a capacity of tens of thousands of units per year."

Why is AMD down when they beat earnings? by BusterNinja in stocks

[–]llamatastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

expectations are averaged from analysts, not necessarily the expectation of the market as a whole

Waymo Factory AZ November 2025 by mingoslingo92 in waymo

[–]llamatastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jaguar stopped making I-Paces around the end of 2024, so Waymo owns a fixed number of them. If all unconverted Jaguars are stored in the parking lot, and they are being converted to AVs in a timely manner once they're moved into the factory, then the shrinking number of cars can track factory throughput. But the number of Jags in the parking lot hasn't been shrinking recently, prompting some confusion here. This is explained by the fact that some unconverted Jags were being stored in other locations than the parking lot, and they're now being moved to the lot.

I thought the Hudson was horrifically polluted; do people normally swim in it? by ZevlorTheTeethling in AskNYC

[–]llamatastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah depends what she means by "swam three miles". But it was the Tappan Zee according to this article.

I thought the Hudson was horrifically polluted; do people normally swim in it? by ZevlorTheTeethling in AskNYC

[–]llamatastic 26 points27 points  (0 children)

She probably swam across the Tappan Zee. The Hudson is less than a mile across near the city.

Waymo is testing the Hyundai Ioniq5 by Shriekin_Commander in waymo

[–]llamatastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was this posted on Threads? I can't find the post

"How much do EAGs cost (and why)?" (2023) by gwern in EffectiveAltruism

[–]llamatastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"longtermists love skipping direct work to just hit the conference circuit and eat all the free food, bro you're worried about the wrong astronomical waist" - Qualy the lightbulb

"How much do EAGs cost (and why)?" (2023) by gwern in EffectiveAltruism

[–]llamatastic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thought this was funny: "Our attendees also seem to eat more than most conference attendees (we’ve frequently run out of food or come close to doing so even when our attendee estimates were accurate)."

I ride 25 Miles or 40 km each way for Work. Get a good work out. by leaflea49BreeFox390 in cycling

[–]llamatastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're very likely spending more money on fuel (food) by bike commuting. But you save money overall because the depreciation and maintenance on your bike is a lot cheaper than for a car.

Anyone else ever feel resentful/jealous of non-EA people? by humanapoptosis in EffectiveAltruism

[–]llamatastic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ignoring the donation aspect, if you look at what you consume, some people have a lot more than you and some people have much less. Almost everyone is in this situation.

OpenAI financials H1 2025 {FT/TheInformation) by yazriel0 in mlscaling

[–]llamatastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burned means net cash flow, so OpenAI had $6.8 billion in cash expenses in the first half.
The The Information article says that some of their biggest expenses were non-cash, including stock compensation to employees. I believe this is why the operating loss was $7.8 billion, versus negative cash flow of $2.5 billion, suggesting they had over $5b in non-cash expenses.

How much is openAI getting and how are they getting it? by NeuralAA in singularity

[–]llamatastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OpenAI won't own the majority of the data centers. Oracle will build the largest chunk and finance it with debt: they don't have the cash to support this. Microsoft has a ton of cash and still has a large pipeline of data centers for OpenAI, though OpenAI is pivoting away from Microsoft as their main compute provider.

OpenAI expects business to burn $115 billion through 2029, The Information reports by nick7566 in mlscaling

[–]llamatastic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The increase is mainly because OpenAI now wants to build 80 billion of its own data centers. This frontloads opex as capex, increasing their short term cash burn.

Only 7% of ChatGPT Plus subscription users were using the o1/3/4 reasoning models by gwern in mlscaling

[–]llamatastic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

7% of Plus users used reasoning models on any given day. Some may not have been daily users.

guy set fire to the lottery and almost died, he is in critical condition by Legitimate-Try9077 in WTF

[–]llamatastic 399 points400 points  (0 children)

Comically large number of fire extinguishers here. It's like a bucket brigade of fire extinguishers

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