Post B2jacit4ZW6gLe0NcG by rrmutt@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B2jFrz04qf1BcziUZU by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-28T01:57:01Z
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On our street some entity has cut thin (6mm) slots in the road surface, presumably inserted sensors or antennae, and install ed a rubber plug. Every so often they cut over to an anonymous vault. I havent yetcopened one. Is this some Waymo feetch? These sre new, snd so are waymos on our street. I want to dump a bucket of paint on the dome of each one.
(DIR) Post #B2jG4lAlZQA2VUoDBo by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2026-01-28T01:59:18Z
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@tomjennings Do waymos use magnetic coils in the street? I see them driving all over the place in LA and I can't imagine they've installed wires like that throughout the city
(DIR) Post #B2jKk2Q8kO7bgqwEee by cvwarren@m.ai6yr.org
2026-01-28T02:51:29Z
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@tomjennings that most definitely looks like slots for a sensor wire, and is much higher quality work than I’ve recently seen for say, fiber vendors putting in extra to-the-curb lines various places. Smacks of unlimited budgets and c-suite attention for sure…
(DIR) Post #B2jYrxlpJqjowVkseu by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-28T05:29:55Z
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@fredy @MLE_online These are not simply buried wires; they're at a somewhat precise location from the curb, and shallow depth. I'm fairly certain they have some communication aspect, they're parallel to the roadway.No loop is more than about 50 or 100 feet between those radiused turns to the sidewalk.
(DIR) Post #B2jYwFuXoZlQMZsbB2 by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2026-01-28T03:37:40Z
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@fredy @tomjennings these ones appear to be a long way from a lighted intersection so it is odd, but I can't think of what else it would be for in a place like that
(DIR) Post #B2jYwGouR0qnBOFc24 by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-28T05:30:41Z
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@MLE_online @fredy Also there is not a signal for a half mile down the road (Riverside).
(DIR) Post #B2jZ4SS74OSbZnUa1o by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T03:39:34Z
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@MLE_online @fredy @tomjennings Around here, those cuts were all for detecting cars for traffic light timing, but they've universally moved to optical detection so nobody's cutting up asphalt anymore.
(DIR) Post #B2jZ4TZwskK34OALse by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-28T05:32:11Z
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@smellsofbikes @MLE_online @fredy These are parallel to traffic not the loop sensors at an intersection. I've never seen anything like this before.There's vaults every so often. OK I iwll go try to open one,
(DIR) Post #B2jacit4ZW6gLe0NcG by rrmutt@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T03:40:30Z
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@tomjennings How far do they run? Microtrenching for optical fiber without digging up the street is a thing...
(DIR) Post #B2jackBXkKTYNDee2q by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-28T05:49:35Z
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@rrmutt Ahh.Ill have to pop a vault cover.Its weird that they run out into the traffic lane, seemingly intentionally in the traffic lane.
(DIR) Post #B2kT4QVDujrUxiVbjU by rrmutt@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T15:59:39Z
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@tomjennings From your second picture above, the groove is out in the softer asphalt and avoiding the harder concrete, but that would make sense for anything you wanted to bury...