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#61
Science and Technology / Re: Wordle?
Last post by jaxlongtimer - February 05, 2026, 10:58:39 PMWordle 1,692 5/6
Connections - solved with no mistakes and purple first!
Strands - solved with no hints and Spangram first!
Pips #172 Easy
1:32
Pips #172 Medium - Easier than Easy
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1:14
Pips #172 Hard
10:27
Daily Quordle 1473 - Total = 18 (ties second best score)
4️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
Connections - solved with no mistakes and purple first!
Strands - solved with no hints and Spangram first!
Pips #172 Easy
1:32
Pips #172 Medium - Easier than Easy
.1:14
Pips #172 Hard
10:27
Daily Quordle 1473 - Total = 18 (ties second best score)
4️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
#62
Downtown / Re: Lot J - 5 Years Later
Last post by jaxoNOLE - February 05, 2026, 08:47:06 PMQuote from: Ken_FSU on February 05, 2026, 03:36:00 PM
We need to get on this yesterday. Now's the time to start having these conversations.
Ken, I agree with this sentiment of yours wholeheartedly -- but I am still happy the Lot J deal from 5 years ago didn't materialize. Multiple things can be (and, IMO, were) true at the same time:
1) The sports district desperately needed an entertainment concept to complement future (now current) development;
2) The city will be required to assist with the economics;
3) Live! is a proven concept, a known commodity, and Cordish is capable of effectively executing;
4) The projected costs seemed wildly unreasonable relative to the level of the development even before value engineering; and
5) Cordish, for whatever reason, did not appear to be forthcoming or transparent with the economics.
We were very, very close to holding our nose and signing up for a deal where everybody knew something felt "off." I for one am happy the city had the funding available to greenlight Gateway years later and, with that well underway, if capacity still exists for a Lot J-type development, I would be all for it. But even with the benefit of hindsight, I still believe walking away 5 years ago was the right thing to do -- especially because Council didn't foreclose the possibility of a revised deal. They just didn't accept the deal as proposed.
#63
Downtown / Re: Lot J - 5 Years Later
Last post by heights unknown - February 05, 2026, 06:30:21 PMI know there's no chance of Orlando keeping our beloved Jags, but, there's so much going on and so much more to offer in the Orlando area. Stranger things have happened; however, Shad Khan is "locked in" so to speak to Jacksonville and he is not going anywhere or leaving at least anytime soon. With this 1 billion plus new stadium being built, and the commitment signed and sealed, and construction already started, these alone keeps him and the Jags in Jax. But this is a weird world, and anything can happen. Our leaders, DIA, Jags Executives/White Shirts, really need to get together to propose, plan, and put in work the supporting infrastructure and other amenities, etc. to not only have a lot to do on game days for fans and citizens of our area, but also to have a super hot "fire" destination during off season when there are no games.
#64
Downtown / Re: Lot J - 5 Years Later
Last post by Ken_FSU - February 05, 2026, 03:36:00 PMThe Rays and Tampa (with an assist from the Governor) just announced that they will soon enter negotiations for a new $2.3 Billion Rays ballpark + mixed-use sports & entertainment district, challenging the notion that stadium + mixed-use district can't be negotiated concurrently. With the qualifier that the numbers are always a little fluffy, estimated economic impact is 10 million visitors annually, $34 billion in overall impact from transforming the space into a premier event destination.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-bay-rays-renderings-proposed-stadium-hillsborough-college
Almost two years after reaching terms on our new stadium, we've got no supporting infrastructure in the plans to catalyze the largest investment in city history.
We need to get on this yesterday. Now's the time to start having these conversations. When the stadium will already be closing. When Intuition has packed up shop. Before the Four Seasons opens. Before Met Park & Shipyards West are done. Before MOSH rebuilds. While Daily's Place is closed for two years. Broken record, but we're so far behind on the key piece necessary to turn this area into an economic engine for the city. What events are we going to attract to the new stadium and sports district, and what festivals are we going to attract to a rebuilt Met Park when quite literally there are almost zero amenities nearby.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-bay-rays-renderings-proposed-stadium-hillsborough-college
Almost two years after reaching terms on our new stadium, we've got no supporting infrastructure in the plans to catalyze the largest investment in city history.
We need to get on this yesterday. Now's the time to start having these conversations. When the stadium will already be closing. When Intuition has packed up shop. Before the Four Seasons opens. Before Met Park & Shipyards West are done. Before MOSH rebuilds. While Daily's Place is closed for two years. Broken record, but we're so far behind on the key piece necessary to turn this area into an economic engine for the city. What events are we going to attract to the new stadium and sports district, and what festivals are we going to attract to a rebuilt Met Park when quite literally there are almost zero amenities nearby.
#65
Downtown / Re: " Right Buyer Never Came" ...
Last post by Bativac - February 05, 2026, 02:45:40 PMThis is a shame! I liked hanging out there on my visits back to Jax. There's a taproom downtown, Pour I think, that was mostly empty when I was visiting a couple months ago on a Saturday night. Hope they're doing ok.
#67
Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: Is U2C serious? Help me ma...
Last post by jaxlongtimer - February 04, 2026, 11:22:56 PMQuoteTeslaTSLA Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy testified Wednesday before a Senate committee hearing on the future of self-driving to advocate for federal autonomous driving standards — something that would make Tesla's goal of an autonomous future that much more possible. While many of the senators were excited about the prospect of furthering self-driving tech in general, overall Tesla seemed to face more criticism than Google's Waymo, whose chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, also testified at the event....
....Senator Ben Ray Luján focused on one of the central philosophical divides in autonomous driving: lidar vs. cameras. (Waymos are outfitted with numerous relatively expensive lidar sensors, while Tesla relies solely on cameras to detect objects in its path, a choice that it has said saves money and is just as reliable.)...
https://sherwood.news/tech/tesla-falls-after-senators-voice-skepticism-about-fsd-and-lack-of-lidar/
Does anyone here know if Holon is planning to use lidar plus cameras on its vehicles? Do the NAVI's currently use lidar?
Quote...The self-driving wing of Alphabet ended 2025 having served 15 million trips in five major U.S. markets, including Austin, Texas; Atlanta; Los Angeles; Phoenix; and the San Francisco Bay Area. In January, Waymo began operating its service in Miami....
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/alphabet-googl-q4-2025-earnings.html
How many paid trips did JTA say they have to date? You say, only a few dozen? a few hundred? And you plan to take on Waymo? Did Miami just leapfrog Jax by a 15+ million miles a year technology?
#68
Science and Technology / Re: Wordle?
Last post by jaxlongtimer - February 04, 2026, 10:40:00 PMWordle 1,691 3/6
Connections - solved with no mistakes and got purple on line 4.
Strands - solved with no hints and got Spangram on 3.
Pips #171 Easy
0:37
Pips #171 Medium
2:26
Pips #171 Hard
11:34
Daily Quordle 1472 - Total = 21
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
Connections - solved with no mistakes and got purple on line 4.
Strands - solved with no hints and got Spangram on 3.
Pips #171 Easy
0:37
Pips #171 Medium
2:26
Pips #171 Hard
11:34
Daily Quordle 1472 - Total = 21
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
#69
Downtown / Re: DIA wants the Landing to s...
Last post by heights unknown - February 04, 2026, 09:15:06 PMQuote from: thelakelander on February 04, 2026, 04:58:08 PMNice. Thinking about moving back to Jax; if I do, downtown is probably my #1 option.
They are for sale townhouse products.
https://breezehomes.com/communities/johnson-commons/
#70