the model names are confusing and meaningless to me.
Readit Newspenjelly commented on OpenAI's GPT-5 Bait and Switch vincentschmalbach.com/ope... · Posted by u/vincent_s
Prepare for Mayhem:
"Tesla Plans Robotaxis in Texas by June, in a State with No Regulations" - https://www.auto123.com/en/news/tesla-robotaxi-texas-regulat...
inb4 autonomous only zones in cities
penjelly commented on Firing programmers for AI is a mistake defragzone.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/frag
I've switched sides on this issue. I do think LLMs will reduce headcount across tech. Smaller teams will take on more features and less code will be written by hand. It'll be easier to run a startup, freelance or experiment with projects.
penjelly commented on Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/jdoliner
He said “partly” — seems reasonable that throwing nazi salutes around might have a partial impact on declining sales?
sales were trending down significantly in Europe even before the salute though.
penjelly commented on To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell myteslaexperience.com/202... · Posted by u/lleims
Same experience with my 2022 Model Y:
Have yet not had a single problem for two years.
Surely the problem lies in a high variance in the production of later models.
Like when you visit a stellar restaurant and come back years later to realize the magic sauce was a chef who left.
Also, yes, it sounds risky to buy a car without being able to drive it back when it immediately breaks. I can also see myself as a victim of that because of experiences like yours and mine: Teslas are the most purchased EVs, they're everywhere, surely you'd know if their reputation is tarnished for other reasons than the mascot being unpopular.
it's a known problem with 2024 models, the article points to that. So while tesla may be aware of it, the public unconscious might not be (like the author wasn't), as its a new-ish, and frankly absurd problem to have.
penjelly commented on Microplastics in the human brain smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/headclone
Solid/particulate pollution from tires is definitely a problem, but in terms of carbon specifically isn't it many orders of magnitude less than the carbon from gas engines or electric power plants?
> These particles can include synthetic rubber, plastics, carbon black, and trace metals (like zinc)
you're correct. I mistakenly thought it was only carbon coming off the tires. So yeah, EVs have a significantly lower carbon output that ICE vehicles. My point still stands but thanks for the callout.
penjelly commented on Microplastics in the human brain smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/headclone
> tire wear is proportional to vehicle weight to the fourth power.
Does this mean that a bus that weighs 10 times as much as a small car will produce 10000 times as much tire dust? If it does, I'm not sure if investing in buses will reduce tire dust at all. A bus can replace a lot of cars, but 10000 is a stretch. We need more trains.
trams were popular in tons of places before, I understand they improved traffic significantly compared even to today, and they'd still have a positive effect now, I think. But most places shifted towards a car centric focus and we lost those.
penjelly commented on Microplastics in the human brain smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/headclone
And we need more lightweight cars , not heavier, since tire wear is proportional to vehicle weight to the fourth power. Ironically, CAFE regulations and EV incentives both did the opposite
EV/hybrid only "zones" in Europe are crazy to me because the electric cars leech more tire carbon into the air anyway. Some regulation seems intelligent on the surface, but the devil is in the details.
penjelly commented on Why is Warner Bros. Discovery putting old movies on YouTube? tedium.co/2025/02/05/warn... · Posted by u/shortformblog
people talking about ad revenue... It feels more like a reputational play, ie: throw some free movies out with the WBD logo, more people recognize the brand strength of WBD, then subscribe to Max. Though the selection is small and the movies don't look very good at a glance..
People believing what they want to belive.
Not to mention that you talk about revenue and users, because it's hard to deny that technically Twitter is still working just fine, and now even has some new features, while in the past they were coasting tweaking their html for years.
On this very websites, all the "experts" in the industry were bidding how quickly Twitter will collapse after Musk fired all these "irreplaceable" people. Same ones that after 15 year still don't understand how Bitcoin works, or how it can have beneficial impact on the energy market.