jimmy
@jimmy.path.pub
(re)building web 2.0 at path.pub
sometimes also streets, software, cities in Hudson City, NJ
sometimes also streets, software, cities in Hudson City, NJ
There is something much more deeply broken with link sharing than Twitter or Facebook's infamous downrankings. 8 likes and a quote tweet on a post with a broken link. People don't read the actual articles anymore.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
There is something much more deeply broken with link sharing than Twitter or Facebook's infamous downrankings. 8 likes and a quote tweet on a post with a broken link. People don't read the actual articles anymore.
I say this as someone that roots for Bluesky and thinks they will eventually figure things out but likes are declining again. My hypothesis is there is structurally something that promotes national politics here, and it suffocates the ability to talk about anything else. We need topics. #atproto
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I say this as someone that roots for Bluesky and thinks they will eventually figure things out but likes are declining again. My hypothesis is there is structurally something that promotes national politics here, and it suffocates the ability to talk about anything else. We need topics. #atproto
Was playing with making additional AI chatbots available on path.pub and finding Perplexity Pro and Perplexity Deep Research a really nice pairing. Pro gets you a fast answer. Deep Research finds the nuance.
R* is a controversial concept, and DR actually figures that out.
R* is a controversial concept, and DR actually figures that out.
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Was playing with making additional AI chatbots available on path.pub and finding Perplexity Pro and Perplexity Deep Research a really nice pairing. Pro gets you a fast answer. Deep Research finds the nuance.
R* is a controversial concept, and DR actually figures that out.
R* is a controversial concept, and DR actually figures that out.
RPA does a lot of good stuff, but when it comes to AI & datacenters, it doesn't seem to have heard of "the cloud". If the goal is AI jobs, it has nothing to do with where the data centers are located: rpa.org/news/lab/pla...
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
RPA does a lot of good stuff, but when it comes to AI & datacenters, it doesn't seem to have heard of "the cloud". If the goal is AI jobs, it has nothing to do with where the data centers are located: rpa.org/news/lab/pla...
The decline in reading is across countries and massive:
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The decline in reading is across countries and massive:
Love Reading Rainbow is back, but it's worth thinking about what is actually destroying literacy – smartphones and short-form video. Great newsletter about it in the Cultural Capital newsletter here: jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Love Reading Rainbow is back, but it's worth thinking about what is actually destroying literacy – smartphones and short-form video. Great newsletter about it in the Cultural Capital newsletter here: jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
Decimation of local media is harming accountability on safe streets. Even while public interest is surging in Hudson County and NJ, there is no longer comprehensive coverage of fatal crashes. Two crash deaths in Union City right before school started, zero news coverage. Jersey Journal used to cover
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Decimation of local media is harming accountability on safe streets. Even while public interest is surging in Hudson County and NJ, there is no longer comprehensive coverage of fatal crashes. Two crash deaths in Union City right before school started, zero news coverage. Jersey Journal used to cover
But ChatGPT-5 Thinking went to the source and read the original White House announcement and was able to identify and on-going discrepancy even before clarifications today that the fee was one-time.
September 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
But ChatGPT-5 Thinking went to the source and read the original White House announcement and was able to identify and on-going discrepancy even before clarifications today that the fee was one-time.
Interesting: Stumbled upon a ChatGPT 5 mode that seems to attach a confidence to each statement. It prompted me if I wanted to do this and saved it to memory.
I wonder what the confidence represents. Always a chance the LLM is just trying to please, but seemed like a programmed mode to me.
I wonder what the confidence represents. Always a chance the LLM is just trying to please, but seemed like a programmed mode to me.
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Interesting: Stumbled upon a ChatGPT 5 mode that seems to attach a confidence to each statement. It prompted me if I wanted to do this and saved it to memory.
I wonder what the confidence represents. Always a chance the LLM is just trying to please, but seemed like a programmed mode to me.
I wonder what the confidence represents. Always a chance the LLM is just trying to please, but seemed like a programmed mode to me.
I don't think it's that simple to say, here's a good solution, why doesn't everyone agree, and why haven't we adopted it. The US – unique among developed countries – has not adopted many easy, cheap, empirically proven solutions to decrease crash deaths. Let alone AVs are an expensive solution.
August 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I don't think it's that simple to say, here's a good solution, why doesn't everyone agree, and why haven't we adopted it. The US – unique among developed countries – has not adopted many easy, cheap, empirically proven solutions to decrease crash deaths. Let alone AVs are an expensive solution.
Newark stroads are really something. I think there's actually a lot of demand for safer streets in Newark, but Baraka hasn't done anything, and there's not a local org that I can see supporting.
Don't know what the Newark politics are, but how are all these parking lots next to Penn Station still?
Don't know what the Newark politics are, but how are all these parking lots next to Penn Station still?
August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Newark stroads are really something. I think there's actually a lot of demand for safer streets in Newark, but Baraka hasn't done anything, and there's not a local org that I can see supporting.
Don't know what the Newark politics are, but how are all these parking lots next to Penn Station still?
Don't know what the Newark politics are, but how are all these parking lots next to Penn Station still?
Curious how they envisioned these park pavilions being used back when they were constructed. Without a better reason like a food vendor, a stage, they are not well-used today.
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Curious how they envisioned these park pavilions being used back when they were constructed. Without a better reason like a food vendor, a stage, they are not well-used today.
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
This is the schedule, by NJ law: www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/...
Yes I share the surprise. It's bail-in for extremely anti-social and costly behavior. As a state, I don't know why we feel so bad for bad drivers over crash victims.
Yes I share the surprise. It's bail-in for extremely anti-social and costly behavior. As a state, I don't know why we feel so bad for bad drivers over crash victims.
August 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is the schedule, by NJ law: www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/...
Yes I share the surprise. It's bail-in for extremely anti-social and costly behavior. As a state, I don't know why we feel so bad for bad drivers over crash victims.
Yes I share the surprise. It's bail-in for extremely anti-social and costly behavior. As a state, I don't know why we feel so bad for bad drivers over crash victims.
NYC: Drivers with 30 or more speed camera violations are 50 times as likely to be involved in in a crash that causes severe injury or death.
NJ: What are speed cameras? Oh, did I tell you yet about how I don't like red light cameras? Also move out of the left-lane so I can speed *ahem* I mean pass.
NJ: What are speed cameras? Oh, did I tell you yet about how I don't like red light cameras? Also move out of the left-lane so I can speed *ahem* I mean pass.
August 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NYC: Drivers with 30 or more speed camera violations are 50 times as likely to be involved in in a crash that causes severe injury or death.
NJ: What are speed cameras? Oh, did I tell you yet about how I don't like red light cameras? Also move out of the left-lane so I can speed *ahem* I mean pass.
NJ: What are speed cameras? Oh, did I tell you yet about how I don't like red light cameras? Also move out of the left-lane so I can speed *ahem* I mean pass.
Very interesting truck driver dataset. Speeding is predictive of a future crash, but most predictive are:
1. Failure to yield and (2.4X)
2. Failure to use / improper signal violations (2.2X)
I would guess a lot actually does apply to regular drivers too: truckingresearch.org/wp-content/u...
1. Failure to yield and (2.4X)
2. Failure to use / improper signal violations (2.2X)
I would guess a lot actually does apply to regular drivers too: truckingresearch.org/wp-content/u...
August 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Very interesting truck driver dataset. Speeding is predictive of a future crash, but most predictive are:
1. Failure to yield and (2.4X)
2. Failure to use / improper signal violations (2.2X)
I would guess a lot actually does apply to regular drivers too: truckingresearch.org/wp-content/u...
1. Failure to yield and (2.4X)
2. Failure to use / improper signal violations (2.2X)
I would guess a lot actually does apply to regular drivers too: truckingresearch.org/wp-content/u...
PATH also just closed one of the main 33rd St exits during the day with no signs, no announcements, no construction. Cruelly and pointlessly tacks on another 5 minutes to every rider's trip that was going to head out that side.
August 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
PATH also just closed one of the main 33rd St exits during the day with no signs, no announcements, no construction. Cruelly and pointlessly tacks on another 5 minutes to every rider's trip that was going to head out that side.
PATH has unexpected delays again. The countdowns are run with the temperament of a two-year old that doesn't want to go home. WTC said 0 minutes. Then it said 4 minutes which is impossible since the trains can't arrive at the same time. Then finally Delay after it blew past the 4 minutes as well.
August 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
PATH has unexpected delays again. The countdowns are run with the temperament of a two-year old that doesn't want to go home. WTC said 0 minutes. Then it said 4 minutes which is impossible since the trains can't arrive at the same time. Then finally Delay after it blew past the 4 minutes as well.
I have one messed up brain. Been watching The Wire for the first time, and what I notice when they move to the vacant lots is all the Tree of Heaven everywhere.
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I have one messed up brain. Been watching The Wire for the first time, and what I notice when they move to the vacant lots is all the Tree of Heaven everywhere.
Turns out, supply-and-demand applies to the housing market. The core of what we need to do is first *admit* there are too few homes, and then build like we understand what a *shortage* is. Refusing is unscientific and denying is misinformation.
July 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Turns out, supply-and-demand applies to the housing market. The core of what we need to do is first *admit* there are too few homes, and then build like we understand what a *shortage* is. Refusing is unscientific and denying is misinformation.
PSA: Air quality in New York & New Jersey is extremely bad today due to wildfire smoke coming from Canada. Mask and run air filters if you can.
I missed this was happening all day yesterday too. Very weird there is no local news coverage about it: map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...
I missed this was happening all day yesterday too. Very weird there is no local news coverage about it: map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
PSA: Air quality in New York & New Jersey is extremely bad today due to wildfire smoke coming from Canada. Mask and run air filters if you can.
I missed this was happening all day yesterday too. Very weird there is no local news coverage about it: map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...
I missed this was happening all day yesterday too. Very weird there is no local news coverage about it: map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...
The kei trucks are coming.
East Village, New York
East Village, New York
July 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The kei trucks are coming.
East Village, New York
East Village, New York
Nice job njdotcom. I do appreciate an air quality alert that actually tells people to avoid driving, which would make a difference: www.nj.com/weather-aler...
July 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nice job njdotcom. I do appreciate an air quality alert that actually tells people to avoid driving, which would make a difference: www.nj.com/weather-aler...
There is some really positive data in an article that is mostly about a horrible crash on Canal St. Congestion pricing has incredibly led to 32% fewer crash deaths in NYC:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/n...
July 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There is some really positive data in an article that is mostly about a horrible crash on Canal St. Congestion pricing has incredibly led to 32% fewer crash deaths in NYC:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/n...
And your favorite HBLR. 10% fare recovery ratio. Riverline looks like they should count the weirdos that *do* pay their fare.
July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And your favorite HBLR. 10% fare recovery ratio. Riverline looks like they should count the weirdos that *do* pay their fare.