Waze Carpool

Post by encoderer » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:36 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #226

encoderer wrote: post #199

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I think you’re being too cynical. I grew up in Ohio. Mostly I knew white people who also were born there and mostly knew white people themselves. This is 180* from the Bay Area. Sure, the enormous tech economy makes for a bit of an industrial monoculture. But if you start talking to people about things other than what they do for a living you’ll hear a lot of interesting stories.

I am being too cynical, you're right. I'm pushing into the hyperbole territory to try to make my point as clear as possible. Diversity isn't how many black people you know. And it's not a perfect line of "SV is awful, everywhere else is better". Some places around the country are better for your soul than others, and the best way to experience life is by visiting places, spending time in places where people live dras…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:40 PM UTC

loorinm wrote: post #193

cornholio wrote: post #47

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Unlike Uber, they appear to talk about a real carsharing system, as opposed to a taxi service with a lower entry barrier. The prices will be much lower since we are talking about the marginal cost of adding another passenger to an already happening trip - and with full info on where people are going, Waze effectively has an endless supply of trips that are happening, it's just a matter of displaying a pop-up "Hey, Al…

If this is the logic behind Waze Carpool, they are SERIOUSLY misguided. If I own a car and and I’m driving to work, my privacy and security during my commute is worth a lot more than $5. No way I’m picking up randos and sitting in silence with them for an hour for a measly coffee.

Post by patch_collector » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:42 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #186

pron wrote: post #90

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> The same thing that happens in the non-Waze case: you kick them out, call the police, get mugged etc. It's not so simple. Normally people, at least in cities, rarely hitchhike or take up hitchhikers. The goal here is to make it acceptable, and naturally greatly increase the frequency this is happening. This can be reasonably taken as an endorsement by Google to the driver/passenger, because it is -- they want this…

> Normally people, at least in cities, rarely hitchhike or take up hitchhikers. Hitchhiking is also illegal in most states.

Post by toephu2 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:48 PM UTC

drb91 wrote: post #278

dmix wrote: post #49

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I'm not sure why anyone would need to feel guilty or worry about that fact though. People do that everywhere. Toronto is famous for it's diversity and multiculturalism but the entire city is finely divided into various ethnic, cultural, and work enclaves (little korea, little ethiopia, 2x little italys, etc). And it works great for the most part, there's little ethnic or political tension, at least within the city pr…

> The simple fact is people primarily like being near people like themselves, culturally or otherwise. Unless, of course, they don't. :) I can't stand talking shop outside of work. Silicon valley and San Francisco are so full of technologists and associated ancillary professions it's a pretty miserable place to live--they've displaced all the people I'd normally want to be around. Not that I have much choice on where…

Post by toephu2 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:49 PM UTC

wkoszek wrote: post #196

Folks from Silicon Valley should ask VCs to sponsor them trip to Europe, where what they are essentially to solve is addressed. It's called public transportation.