Rakesh Agrawal
@ragrawal.bsky.social
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I'm delighted that my friend @ragrawal.bsky.social was able to bring his eye for travel UX to this recap of taking Zoox robotaxis around Vegas. Verdict: Although their for-now price of $0 is compelling, they don't match up to Waymo yet.
I Took a Free Ride on the Vegas Strip in a Zoox Robotaxi: How Does It Compare With Waymo?
Here’s what it’s like inside Amazon's toaster-like AV—and how it stacks up against its biggest rival.
www.pcmag.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm delighted that my friend @ragrawal.bsky.social was able to bring his eye for travel UX to this recap of taking Zoox robotaxis around Vegas. Verdict: Although their for-now price of $0 is compelling, they don't match up to Waymo yet.
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It’s the best tv experience because you only have to pay attention for the 11 minutes of actual play time.
It’s the worst live sports experience because you have to be there the other 150 minutes, waiting for those 11 minutes to be played.
It’s the worst live sports experience because you have to be there the other 150 minutes, waiting for those 11 minutes to be played.
It really is amazing that despite being the worst live sport experience and best TV experience, NFL stadiums are constantly mobbed
December 31, 2024 at 12:57 AM
It’s the best tv experience because you only have to pay attention for the 11 minutes of actual play time.
It’s the worst live sports experience because you have to be there the other 150 minutes, waiting for those 11 minutes to be played.
It’s the worst live sports experience because you have to be there the other 150 minutes, waiting for those 11 minutes to be played.
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364 days a year, CNN's business plan is to let the worst lobbyists on Earth argue over each other. yet on this one day it becomes "get drunk and ask Lenny Kravitz where he is most ticklish"
January 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
364 days a year, CNN's business plan is to let the worst lobbyists on Earth argue over each other. yet on this one day it becomes "get drunk and ask Lenny Kravitz where he is most ticklish"
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We actually designed our car to be good at exploding
January 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We actually designed our car to be good at exploding
Journalism at its best. Journalists putting their lives on their lines to report the human stories, often with a small audience.
And they generally don’t get the big dollars that the pundits who sit in studios in NY and DC yammering the same staid talking points over and over.
And they generally don’t get the big dollars that the pundits who sit in studios in NY and DC yammering the same staid talking points over and over.
CNN discovered a prisoner in Damascus who remained locked in his cell. He had no idea he was free. www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Journalism at its best. Journalists putting their lives on their lines to report the human stories, often with a small audience.
And they generally don’t get the big dollars that the pundits who sit in studios in NY and DC yammering the same staid talking points over and over.
And they generally don’t get the big dollars that the pundits who sit in studios in NY and DC yammering the same staid talking points over and over.
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I’ve been holding this in but… seems remiss not to recall the assassination of the abortion doctors? The bombing of clinics? Why act as if this is without that context?
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I’ve been holding this in but… seems remiss not to recall the assassination of the abortion doctors? The bombing of clinics? Why act as if this is without that context?
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A psychotic billionaire bought a social media platform and turned it into a cesspool of white supremacists but sure, the people going elsewhere to post are the problem.
Some observers warn that progressives risk placing themselves in an echo chamber—or ceding a much larger user base to their opponents—if they abandon the rival posting site, X.
Rise of Bluesky may create progressive ‘echo chamber,’ say observers as more MPs join
‘If you don't allow yourself to be exposed to opposing viewpoints, that can actually increase polarization,’ says former Conservative staffer Jennifer Laewetz.
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
A psychotic billionaire bought a social media platform and turned it into a cesspool of white supremacists but sure, the people going elsewhere to post are the problem.
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Alaska and Hawaiian co-located in T1 at SFO this week. It’s “the first of six relocations, which will soon include Sacramento, Ontario, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The joining of airport spaces is slated for completion by the end of 2025.” newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/blog/hawaiia...
December 8, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Alaska and Hawaiian co-located in T1 at SFO this week. It’s “the first of six relocations, which will soon include Sacramento, Ontario, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The joining of airport spaces is slated for completion by the end of 2025.” newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/blog/hawaiia...
Enjoy it while lasts. Communities start out good. Then once there is traction, the trolls line up.
One reason Bluesky (still) works for news is that there’s no obvious, pervasive culture of misinformation. If someone you trust reshares something on, say, Syria, the odds that it’s a chud trying to troll people remains relatively low.
December 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Enjoy it while lasts. Communities start out good. Then once there is traction, the trolls line up.
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The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643,000
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643,000
December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643,000
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643,000
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the rich people pushing AI on everything are going to be the same rich people who will brag they can afford to send their kids to a school with human teachers
UCLA is creating an entirely AI-generated course. Except apparently the grading won't be AI-generated. 🤔
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
the rich people pushing AI on everything are going to be the same rich people who will brag they can afford to send their kids to a school with human teachers
They are there primarily for your safety.
December 1, 2024 at 2:56 AM
They are there primarily for your safety.
I gonna try this out. Maybe.
November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
I gonna try this out. Maybe.
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Oui
November 23, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Oui