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  • Reddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappoints

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  • Yeah, I stopped going there regularly a few years ago like most people on Lemmy, but I still occasionally go there for niche topics I can't find anywhere else. I only lurk, not post, so I just used old.reddit.

    I tried using it this week after they turned off old, and holy shit!! It is unusable. Like you said, it's impressive how bad it is.

  • TIL that conflict between farmers and elephants in India brings an increased mortality rate for the farmers; their alcohol intake increases, which in turn increases the lethality of animal encounters

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  • We really can't stress this enough.

  • California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm a…

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  • This sounds like one helluva great guy.

  • Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

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  • Networking is the only way I got hired at my company. Networking is the best way to move up in the company. Networking is the ONLY way to move past a certain level in the company. Networking is the way I ensure the people I hire onto my team are going to work out, as opposed to relying an hour long interview plus reading a resume.

  • TIL World’s biggest beer, wine and spirits producers have collectively lost $830 billion in market value over just four years. Changing drinking habits and rising health concerns have hit earnings ac…

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  • Yeah, while I'm happy that this is making my favorite stuff cheaper, it's still very expensive. Blanton's was selling for $120/bottle just last year if you could even find it in my area, but I can find it in a regular grocery store for $80 now. EH Taylor went from $100/bottle and hard to find to $60 and all over the place. That's WAY more affordable but also still really damn expensive compared to Buffalo Trace (all three of these brands are from the same parent company and from roughly the same recipe and source ingredients).

    Scotch is slightly cheaper now, too. Dalmore 15 was selling for $120 last year and is around $100 now. Two years ago, Dalmore King Alexander was $340 but can be found in the grocery store for $280 now.

    What I haven't seen yet is a drop in price of Burgundy. I can't afford to pay $300/bottle for a Nuits-Saint-George Gran Cru.

    Even looking away from luxury booze brands, the cost of cocktails is also very high. I have to pay $21 for a cocktail at a moderately priced restaurant in my area.

  • TIL World’s biggest beer, wine and spirits producers have collectively lost $830 billion in market value over just four years. Changing drinking habits and rising health concerns have hit earnings ac…

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  • Scotland is seeing a huge drop in scotch sales, and France is seeing a huge drop in wine sales. Even though the US producers are seeing a bigger drop due to Canada's boycott, the rest of the world is also seeing a drop even accounting for the Canadian shift to their products.

  • TIL : In 2014, in santa barbara, the city contracted Dan Greding to install "75 minutes parking only" ; he got ticketed for violating the rule while putting up the signs. The ticket was upheld

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  • That's what he gets for being a tool of oppression!

  • TIL World’s biggest beer, wine and spirits producers have collectively lost $830 billion in market value over just four years. Changing drinking habits and rising health concerns have hit earnings ac…

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  • I'm all for this. A) It's healthier for everyone involved. B) It is making prices come down for me to buy all that unhealthy stuff for myself.

  • It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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  • You: I doubt Hyundai sold 37,000 Ioniq 6s in the US throughout its entire production run.

    Me: They sold a bit more than 36,000 in just the US.

    You: I don't know what your point is.

    You questioned a fact another person said, and now you are confused when someone links you the data to show the fact?

    Also, the Ioniq 6 has sold around 96k worldwide. According to your numbers, Cybertruck has sold around 58k + 2026 sales (around 9k). While I can't find stated sales goals for the Ioniq 6, Elon was talking about selling 250k Cybertrucks per year. Elon talked about building a manufacturing throughput of 2500 cars per week (125,000/year) and currently achieving 1300 cars per week (65k/year). Tesla bought roughly 2 percent of all Cybertrucks purchased.

  • It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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  • The FJ is one of the more sought-after offroad vehicles. It's extremely capable while also being relatively simple and low-tech. 18 year old FJs still sell for $15k. 12 year old FJs sell for $25k... for a car that sold for $30k new!!

  • It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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  • You're comparing total sales, but a flop is about return on investment. How much did Hyundai spend on R&D and new tooling and manufacturing to create the 6, plus how much of that can be reused for other similar vehicles, plus what was the profit margin for the car, plus how many cars were built. Now, compare that to the Cybertruck that has likely very little reusability in manufacturing, all new tooling, tons of R&D, and tons of unsold cars.

  • It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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  • It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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  • It doesn't matter how cheap I can get one, because A) it is incredibly ugly and shouts to everyone around you that you have incredibly bad taste, and B) because it is a poorly designed piece of junk that breaks just by being in the car wash. Why would I want something that is both expensive to fix AND breaks easily?

  • SpaceX Investors in Meltdown Over All the Money They’ve Lost

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  • Nah, they are probably just bashing the same three power chords.

  • Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report

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  • Looking at the raw data from NYC, in 2025 there were 15 crashes with fatalities and only 3 with serious injuries. To follow your train of thought, I would think the survivability of a serious crash is important to optimize for, and Waymo has a better ratio for that (4 to 2 versus 3 to 15).

  • Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report

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  • I'm not shilling for AI cars, I'm correcting idiots who either don't know how to read or who intentionally give incorrect information.

    You, for instance, just said "imagine downplaying a 50% increase in death rate." That is false. It's a 50% increase in crashes involving death OR a serious injury. Is your reading comprehension bad and you didn't notice that it was for both types of crashes, or are you intentionally giving bad information to try to make a point? Additionally, there have only been 2 crashes involving Waymos where people have died. BOTH of those crashes were the fault of the human driver in the other car. One of them was the Waymo sitting stopped at red light and it got rammed from behind by a drunk driver in an SUV, which pushed the Waymo into the intersection where another car hit it. There have also only been 4 Waymo crashes with serious injuries in something like 220 million miles. I can't find whether those 4 crashes were the Waymo's fault. You seem caught up on this 50% increase number, so if we compare it to taxi drivers, that means they had 4 crashes per 220 million miles that had either a death or serious injury, compared to Waymo's 6. But the problem is the statistics aren't comparable. There were 15 fatalities from taxis in NYC in 2025 alone, versus 2 fatalities in Waymos total. There are just far far far more millions of miles driven to pull data from. It's also comparing apples to oranges with where each group is driving. You are probably going to argue that, but looking at the NYC data, 11 of the 15 fatalities were involving Black Cars that normally take people to the airport and will be driving faster versus medallion cabs that are inside the city at much lower speeds. Waymo operates in faster driving cities with less traffic than medallion cabs, so they'll be expected to have more serious injury crashes. Also interesting: in 2025 there were 15 fatalities with taxis in NYC, but there were only 3 crashes with serious injuries. You are more likely to die in a crash in a taxi than get a serious injury, but in a Waymo you are more likely to survive a serious crash.

    As far as me ignoring minor incidents that would not have been reported to police, why would I bring that up? There is no information to compare. Waymo might have that data, but the taxi drivers in NYC and human drivers all around the world do not report and so we will not have the data to compare to. Why are you ignoring minor incident data from taxi drivers? Are you shilling for Yellow Cab?

  • Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report

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  • Agreed. I'm just correcting misinformation and giving context.

  • Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report

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  • Yes, thank you for quoting exactly what I said??

    You are quoting the serious or fatal injury stats. The overall injury accident rate, though, as quoted from the article: "When all injury-causing crashes were considered, Waymo performed better. Its robotaxis were involved in 67% fewer injury crashes per million miles than New York City's for-hire vehicles."

  • Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report

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  • No, they actually have fewer total accidents per mile than actual taxi drivers. Did you read the link you posted? They are involved in 1.5 times more accidents with severe or fatal injuries per mile, but that is comparing Waymos driving in more open cities at higher speeds to taxis in the very slow speed, high traffic city of NYC where the primary use case is different. Also, the only fatal accidents (2 of them) have been the fault of other cars, not Waymos, so it's kinda unfair to include those.