Oren Jacob

@larsso1X @RealDanODowd It did slow down. It stopped for goodness sake. ? That's why it comes to rest in between the truck and the smashed car. And then slowly navigates to the left/right and exits the scene.

@orenjacob @RealDanODowd Just because it was able to in that particular instance doesn't negate the fact that slowing down is the better move.

In case you were wondering why Tesla self-driving is so dangerous, this guy is a senior member of the team developing it. He claims he has no idea how to handle approaching a road that's completely obfuscated by smoke. Hint: the answer is to slow down and proceed with caution, which this Tesla didn't.

Hey @DoorDash , your interface for pickup or deliver is WAY TOO SIMILAR. A single missed button press and you’re hosed (or, rather, I’m hosed). If I AM PICKING UP , make the interface look VERY DIFFERENT than the map with timing for delivery. Come on.

@Libertas4586778 @DCelticsfan @TrungTPhan Over the last 50 years, yes it has declined. Has it been a "fumble"? No. Or, in what way do you feel that decisions made by Hollywood (studios, unions, talent above/below line, funders) have been self-inflicted mistakes (aka "fumble") ?

@orenjacob @DCelticsfan @TrungTPhan Are you denying that Hollywood’s market share of filming has drastically declined?

LA fumbling Hollywood is just nuts. Thinking of that 1927 Paramount map showing how California blessed with ao many locations as stand-ins for international locales. Had it all. Still fumbled.

@DCelticsfan @TrungTPhan Most? By $ value? By hour produced? I'd be curious to see how that actually plays out. Also theatrical? TV? Streaming? By what categories?

@orenjacob @TrungTPhan Most domestic production happen in either NY, NJ, and Georgia. Not the same scale as it used to be in SoCal

@TrungTPhan also, what can California do vs foreign govt's offering tax incentives for production which drew part of the industry out? That's not a fumble, that's being attacked by foreign gov't subsidy.

@orenjacob Article is framing it as fumble from total industry domination to losing share UK, Canada and other parts of US. Maybe more of a macro “all productions are down” story…and fumbled too strong of phrasing

@stevesi Working at Kinko’s in the late 80’s was like being at the center of the universe for your local college town. Everything, literally everything, happening came through Kinko’s back then.

I spent Friday nights 8-12AM working in the computer center in January 1984. Two kinds of people came in to see the one public Mac on campus at the time (at launch of Mac). 1. mainframe grad students who looked at the mouse and declared "this is the most inefficient way to use a computer ever" and went back to VM/CMS and punch cards. 2. clueless frat and sorority classmates who came in and without asking any questions handed me their ID so they could use MacPaint to make a "ransom note" flyer for rush parties and keggers and make 200 copies at Kinkos.

@StuffWorthSee They did. You just weren’t paying attention.

Why didn't our teachers make it this easy?

@julien_c No. They won’t.

in 2027 OAI will acquire Disney i'm calling it

@humantransit We should build both. We should build. Stop with the this over that. Our population has doubled in my lifetime. Our air/landing/train/highway capacity has not doubled. It should. Build people. Build.

A new runway at San Francisco airport is possible only if California learns how to build things. And in that optimistic scenario, it would be better to finish high-speed rail. A big share of SFO flights are to the Los Angeles area.

@QGdoPOP No. The “real” people look terrible. Why are you doing this?

Video choca ao mostrar como seria o live-action de "Os Incriveis". Apoiam?

@DonPassatelli @RetroBayArea Since 1776? We aren’t talking about Boston or New York. ?

@RetroBayArea It's always been a boomtown - since 1776. The 90s was just when the bohemians had moved in. Then software ate the vibe and priced the artists out, and then covid brought three decades of suicidal empathy home to roost.

What do you think happened with San Francisco?

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

@lindaxie I think sumos are an example of a mandarin (or, in the US, a tangerine), not a type of orange.

I can't believe it took me this long to discover sumo oranges, they are better than any oranges I've ever had. Only getting them from now on

@rak_garg No. He wasn’t. But maybe he was sending Steve a fax asking the same question?

I wonder if Don Valentine was sending Steve Jobs text messages with each new HP launch going “u guys see this? thoughts?”

@based_coded Not sure where you’re getting the Coachella analogy from.. the post is as the class looks on Stanford’s own website. Also, the lineup is better than Coachella :-)

Stanford students post a syllabus of guest lecturers like it’s a Coachella lineup

@MCCCANM We should have built the extra runway back then. And we should build it now. Let’s do it!

In 2001, the SFO airport released a study concluding that new runways needed to be built in the bay to separate traffic & reduce the need for visual approaches. The new runways would be far enough apart that parallel approaches could be made even in bad weather. To offset any environmental effects, they would preserve vast stretches of wetlands. The proposal was supported by politicians & airline executives, among others. Environmentalists killed the plan. 25 years later, the FAA effectively kneecapped the airport by restricting parallel approaches. Will SFO now build the new runways? I doubt it. CA can’t actually build things. High-speed rail boondoggle, the 2014 bond that was supposed to build 10 new reservoirs (9 are now cancelled, the last has not begun construction & may never), wildlife bridge, a capital renovation where politicians refuse to reveal the costs & un-auditable homeless spending. Even if a proposal was made today & put before voters, would I support it as a resident? No. Not because SFO doesn’t need it – it does – but because the project would take the trajectory of every other California project & just become a black hole for money to mysteriously vanish into with nothing to show for it while politicians refuse to audit it. The state can’t afford it anyway. We have a looming fiscal crisis unfolding slowly, but it will accelerate soon. So, I’m sad. SFO is kneecapped, the region’s existing infrastructure can’t absorb the overflow & I don’t believe it can build. There is a future here, but its a future of decline. My airline career here isn’t over, but the trajectory has changed. I doubt I’ll be displaced from the left seat, but the days of growth are over.

@davepl1968 They had many broadcast / live TV viewings in schools because of Christa McAuliffe. Although I was home sick that particular morning and saw it on the TV in my grandma’s bedroom.

99.9% of people who "experienced" the Challenger disaster saw it on replay and now remember it as live. Almost NO ONE was watching. Everyone thinks they were. It's a fascinating collective false memory.

@Dobiedobes_CD @MGreenSTL @Czarshaw You get out all the pots, pans, utensils, and everything you need to prep a Thanksgiving meal for 20.. before you start cooking anything? Seriously?

@MGreenSTL @orenjacob @Czarshaw No…because I get out what I need before I start cooking like a normal person. 😂

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