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jdlshore commented on Mimes directing traffic in Bogotá had surprisingly loud impacts (2025)   atlasobscura.com/articles... · Posted by u/IgorPartola
shanekandy · 3 days ago
I have enjoyed Atlas Obscura for 15 years probably, but the site is now unusable on my phone unless I’m at home on the pi-hole. I can’t get halfway through an article without the page reloading, shifting boxes, and various other things that make it literally impossible to finish reading. What is the point
jdlshore · 3 days ago
In those 15 years, did you send them any money? I suspect the point is “we don’t make enough money to keep writing cool articles that keep people coming back for 15 years.”
jdlshore commented on Total surface area required to fuel the world with solar (2009)   landartgenerator.org/blag... · Posted by u/robtherobber
nandomrumber · 5 days ago
Realistically, can we expect anyone to want to build out solar without subsidies?
jdlshore · 4 days ago
Yes, because solar is now the most cost-effective form of energy generation. That’s why grid-scale solar is being deployed on a massive scale world wide.
jdlshore commented on iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models   counterpointresearch.com/... · Posted by u/TMWNN
smallmancontrov · 14 days ago
If Apple ever implements SMS anti-spam that actually works, I'll buy the upgrade it a heartbeat. It's been a solved problem on the google side for years so it's clearly not impossible.
jdlshore · 14 days ago
The new OS (with Liquid Glass) has SMS message categorization that works fine to filter spam IME. You still have to delete them if you don’t want the red dot, but at least I don’t get alerts any more.

I upgraded iOS just for this feature and am glad I did. Not a fan of Liquid Glass, though.

jdlshore commented on Mozilla Pioneers   newproducts.mozilla.org/m... · Posted by u/weinzierl
kbelder · 17 days ago
"Mozilla Pioneers invites creative technologists and product builders to collaborate with Mozilla in shaping the next era of mission-aligned products for Mozilla."

Topics of interest:

* Trusted AI Experiences

* Firefox Adjacent Products

* Open Source AI tools for Developers

* AI’s Impact on the Content/Information/Media Ecosystem

* Future of Communities

$19k a month.

My personal commentary: Sadly, nothing about actual browser development.

jdlshore · 17 days ago
Why would there be something about browser development? This is obviously an effort to diversify their revenue streams.
jdlshore commented on AI can 10x developers in creating tech debt   stackoverflow.blog/2026/0... · Posted by u/thebeardisred
rk06 · 20 days ago
In one of the book on "10x myth", the author bluntly states that there is no objective way to measure "productivity". So any such report is purely subjective. Its a fascinating argument. I don't remember the book, but this author had actually read the papers while researching and based his conclusion of the research papers

As far is reality is concerned, the differences between average and skilled can be as much as 100x or more. It can be even more if you consider that some people add negative productivity

jdlshore · 20 days ago
This might have been “The Leprechauns of Software Development,” by Laurent Bossavit, which is one of my favorites. He digs into the sources behind a bunch of the popular sayings and determines that they’ve all been greatly exaggerated and/or misquoted.
jdlshore commented on Miami, your Waymo ride is ready   waymo.com/blog/2026/01/mi... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect
jaimex2 · 21 days ago
And this is why Tesla will steamroll them in time. That and their cars are far more adaptable.
jdlshore · 21 days ago
Only if Tesla is able to roll out a competing service. Given that they have zero cars without a safety driver on public roads, I’d say they’re a very long way from doing so, and I have my doubts about their ability to do so at all. Their CEO talks big but doesn’t deliver.
jdlshore commented on Miami, your Waymo ride is ready   waymo.com/blog/2026/01/mi... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect
Thorentis · 21 days ago
Do they have microphones inside the car? How do you know? That "feeling" of privacy probably encourages people to talk more openly, which if there are microphones inside...
jdlshore · 21 days ago
Yes, they do. I know because they’re disclosed, and how they’re used is disclosed. (They’re disabled unless you call support.)
jdlshore commented on Caltrain shows why every region should be moving toward regional rail   hsrail.org/blog/caltrain-... · Posted by u/gok
JumpCrisscross · a month ago
> Light rail often has its own right-of-way with priority over cars

It’s still at grade. Priority is meaningless if there is a car in the way when the guards come down. And those guards, in interrupting traffic, are annoying to drivers. (I’d also point out that the line between trams, street cars and light rail is ambiguous. It’s an American term describing principally European infrastructure.)

jdlshore · a month ago
> Priority is meaningless if there is a car in the way when the guards come down.

This possibility is so far outside my experience I can only think your perspective has more to do with emotion than logic. Maybe it happens more often in your city than mine.

jdlshore commented on OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs   techcrunch.com/2026/01/10... · Posted by u/pseudolus
jdlshore · a month ago
Not a lawyer, but this seems like a pretty direct violation of copyright law. Even if AI’s use of it isn’t infringing, copying the files for upload seems like it must be. Scrubbing proprietary data doesn’t mean they’re suddenly public domain.

Who’s on the hook here, though? The contractor uploading the file is the actual person doing the copying. Or is OpenAI culpable for directing them to do so?

jdlshore commented on Are Tesla Gigafactory Berlin's days numbered?   electrek.co/2026/01/08/ar... · Posted by u/pintxo
nebula8804 · a month ago
The $7,500 credit is not really what I am talking about. Most of the 7 Billion in investment came during the Biden years due to pressure (from the administration as well as investors). So the industry complied, spent the money, built all these factories, terminated ICE programs and supply chains and now they are forced to write off a lot of this investment because the market is not there in the US.
jdlshore · a month ago
What specifically was the nature of that pressure from the administration?

From the outside, it looks like classic Innovators’ Dilemma. Traditional automakers failing to adapt to a radically different drivetrain is practically guaranteed under Christensen’s hypothesis.

u/jdlshore

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