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- This urbanist youtuber did a really in-depth video on what the future could look like (both good and ugly effects) if self-driving cars become enough of a success to affect the way we build infrastructureby culi
- Of course it's Not Just Bikes.
I used to be frustrated at their poorly thought-out arguments until I realized none of it matters. The videos are made for a certain demographic to jerk off about their special interests. The real world is going to move on and stuff is going to get implemented. These people and their opinions have no real world impact and don't matter outside of their niche little social groups.
Self driving cars will happen, and not because "billionaires and big companies with lots of money", but because it'll provide increased automation. It'll make it easier for people to get from point A to point B, even if it's not using buses that people like NJB and his ilk are for some reason obsessed with.
by preommr - I watched a bit of it and it's mostly stating their own conjectures as facts. There's nothing objective about it, it's just pushing their own personal agenda.by redox99
Is that seriously the demonym? Terrible. Try harder, Dallasites.> Dallasitesby semiquaver- I thought it was a typo, or strange url at first.by mchusma
- I like North Texansby bijowo1676
- Dallmatiansby gumby271
- Texas -> Texan Kansas - Kansan Honduras -> Honduran
It should be Dallan?
- Dallasians? Dallasers? Dallaslets?
Dallards?
by gryfft - What's your better suggestion? Dallasonian? Dallaser? Dallasan?
Also, do you have the same issue with the demonyms Manhattanite or Seattleite?
by adrianmonk - Having grown up in Dallas, I usually just say "Texan" and call it a day.by ndm000
- It sounds too much like "parasite" for me to be comfortable using it. I'm assuming some random person made it up. It's okay to just say "people of/from <place>", guys.by dgunay
- Missed opportunity to say "Open to Y'all"by hmokiguess
- "Open to All Y'all"
- Elon may have been technically correct about 'if humans can do it with vision only then theres no reason why vision-only cannot work' but turned out to be the wrong strategy for learning how to get there. lidar gives you a constant stream of data to check your vision yourself against and interatively learn. Once trained you turn it off. whereas teslas strategy ended up having to rely on human drivers for error feedback which made the learning loop way longer.by pyaamb
- Elon annoys me. Waymo has AFAICT simply a better safety record than Tesla. And he runs SpaceX...?by alex1138
- we'll see how it plays out. Tesla FSD is incredible. Robotaxis are coming, slowly for now, but then in a wave.by Rover222
- "Humans can do x, therefore non humans can do it too", says the guy with a degree in philosophy! Surely not formal philosophy:)
Jokes aside I always thought this was a crap argument. If you can get more useful signals into a system, it's likely to perform better. Duh!
But never argue with a CEO: their interest is profit, not honest conversations.
by pnt12 - It's far far too early to say whether it turned out to be wrong.
Tesla also has a robotaxi service in Dallas, FWIW, in testing.
by heaney-555 - Why would we want to have robot cars that only drive as good as humans can?by Sivart13
- The other issue is that lidar costs came down 99% in the last decade and self-driving took longer than he had said.
At $200, you might as well add lidar. At $50,000 vision only made more sense.
A trained marksman may be able to hit a clay pigeon with a 22, but it's easier with a shotgun.
So saying a human can do something doesn't mean it's the easiest way.
by adleyjulian - Here in Austin, I'm stuck calling an uber and hoping I get a Waymo. When does that deal expire?by quxbar
- It is so so so so so so bad to have to risk an uber every time I want to hire a Waymo.by hexis
- When the girls breakup prolly: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-15/uber-a...by seltzered_
- It ends in 2028: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/uber-and-waymo-to-end-exclus...by adrianmonk
- DFW is amongst the top 5 metroplexes in the US and is extremely low density, high sprawl with few public transit options and a car heavy culture. This is a a welcome change.by pm90
- One admirable part of Waymo's service area in Dallas is it serves areas previously devalued by racist redlining. This is in contrast to Uber's Avride and Tesla's Robotaxi offerings, which stick only to the richer, whiter areas of Dallas https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/uber-and-avride-launch-rob... https://dallasinnovates.com/tesla-launches-robotaxis-in-dall...by matthavener
- I was talking with someone visiting from Florida the other day and they were talking about how Waymo is slurping money that would have otherwise stayed in the local economy. E.g. you pay an uber driver, the uber driver pays the grocery store, etc.
This is something that had never occurred to me since I love taking Waymos here in the bay area. I guess Waymos operating in Florida need local labor to maintain and clean the cars? How are others thinking about this?
by ultimoo - The Uber driver likely gets a different job, probably something a little less stressful and low paying (and frankly dangerous) than Uber.by darkwizard42