smcin
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Comment · 4 days ago
Interesting. Just letting you know your comment below seems to have gotten flagged and killed. It looks ok by me.
Comment · 14 days ago
Ok but American seem to have increased Biscoff this year.
Comment · 16 days ago
Only since more recently (2026?) I believe.
Comment · 21 days ago
That was Infantino's FIFA, please. Prior to that FIFA had been corrupt but largely apolitical.
Comment · 1 month ago
"Buzz Aldrin’s Space Rainbow Tennis" just needs a four-fingered sentient alien opponent. The great man would have approved...
Comment · 1 month ago
"Found a Way to Date my Cat" seems to predict romantasy...
Comment · 1 month ago
I didn't disagree with you. I'm saying the key findings in that Clipper 2.0 postmortem were much bigger than any single incentive program like this Waymo one would have been. Hence I can see why Waymo avoid integrating with Clipper.
It said "one of the most complex fare payment systems in the world: 22 different transit agencies across nine counties in the Bay Area... [with thousands of fare categories]" And it's a single-bidder $500m contract that was 3 years late.
Comment · 1 month ago
Yes. Smartphone vendors and CC prefer that you use contactless rather than a physical Clipper card, then they have data on your transit use, also the CC network gets transaction fees.
FYI there was a very informative recent panel episode of Forum: "KQED Investigates Botched Clipper 2.0 Launch" (8/24/2026, audio + transcript)
> KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman joins us to talk about his investigation into what went wrong. Clipper 2.0 – a revamp of the payment system used across the [Bay Area] region’s 22 public transportation systems. The new version was supposed to allow seamless rides between systems and coordinate discounts and other programs. But..."
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915014/kqed-investigates-b...
Comment · 1 month ago
Yes, two weeks ago on Sept 8. The UK calls their national ATC "NATS": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786425
Comment · 1 month ago
BBM apparently took down the 50 fake personas in 2024 when it was challenged by reporters.
Comment · 1 month ago
> BBM is pulling in vast audiences, ... estimated 64.7 million visits per month. According to a recent ranking, that would make it one of the 30 most trafficked English-language media enterprises on the web, with a total digital readership substantially higher than that of NPR, narrowly besting CBS News and Forbes, and just slightly behind the Washington Post... [but run by a] skeleton crew of about a dozen employees... more than 50 fake personas for nonexistent writers
Comment · 1 month ago
I know that, that was my point. I'm saying I don't see much point in restating it without adding something; it's been known for 300 years.
Comment · 1 month ago
CFMEU sounded like some EU thing, but it's not, it's Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), one of Australia's largest blue-collar trade unions.
Comment · 1 month ago
Sure. I wasn't disagreeing with you; just curious how close the coincidence was.