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I'm pretty sure Amazon explicitly offers the option to "group my items into as few shipments as possible, even if it takes longer".
I searched for that option recently and couldn't find it. Could you give the exact path through the menus?
I haven't had any packages stolen for the last few years. We have a large "toy box" on the front porch/deck that has a padlock on it. When expecting deliveries, we just leave the lock unlocked and leave a note to put the delivery in the box and lock it. So far, so good! I can't say the same for my neighbor though. He was hit last week, and is now going to build a box. It was less than $60 to make (3/4" plywood, 2x4's…
I've looked into one-way package recieving devices before, and I think something would be best integrated into the person's home wall or door. A system like USPS mail drop boxes would be ideal.
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I searched for that option recently and couldn't find it. Could you give the exact path through the menus?
As far as I remember, the option appears when you're checking out and choosing your shipping. It's per-order, not per-account.
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> Jailtime? The cost-benefit analysis doesn't support that, prison time is expensive and petty theft doesn't really cause that much damage. You're not considering deterrence. Sure, the cost/benefit of an individual does not support jailing a small-time thief. However, other potential thiefs may be deterred from committing the crime in the first place. This aggregate level of crime reduction often does justify itself…
Is deterrence really a thing? Multiple studies show that more severe punishments don't actually deter because the people committing the xrime almost never think of them. See https://nij.gov/five-things/Pages/deterrence.aspx
If criminals believe that the cost/benefit analysis will leave their crimes uninvestigated and unpunished, then yes, they are more likely to commit crimes.
One of the big advantages of living in a high-rise with a doorperson is not having to worry about getting packages...
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There's a strong cultural bias against corporal punishment in the US, but it should probably be studied, perhaps as an option a mature defendant can choose in lieu of another fine/imprisonment, but is never forced to take. If the practice actually deterred crime, without leaving any lasting physical or psychological damage – other than an aversion to re-offending – it deserves unemotional consideration.
Corporal punishments don't even work on children, what make you think it will work on adults?
Is it the best way to get a kid to behave? No, not according to the research. Is it going to turn generally shitty parenting into good parenting? Obviously not. Can it be an effective discipline strategy? Yes.
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As few as possible is sometimes still more than one, though.
Why does this happen? Are the items coming from multiple Amazon locations?
Yep! Especially if you live in NYC (or anywhere in the North East really). Amazon has something like 50+ different warehouses in NJ and Pennsylvania alone.
In Germany the packages are usually given to a neighbor. Amazon's own delivery service sometimes leaves it in front of your door, but mostly in houses with multiple flats. When it's gone, they just deliver again. Does it work differently in the US, so are packages usually left at the doorstep?
I would bet most people getting regular package deliveries live in access controlled apartment buildings or very safe suburbs.
Just read about this a few days ago in the local news, they caught one in Aloha/Beaverton, Oregon (about 30 minutes west of Portland, OR) https://www.kptv.com/news/deputies-delivery-driver-for-amazo... This is where a lot of Intel employees live as Intel's headquarters are here, just to give a picture of the area.
> Intel's headquarters are here Do people refer to Hillsboro as Intel HQ? There sure are a lot of folks there, but down in SV people seem to think they're at HQ. I don't work for Intel, but my startup went through their accelerator a few years back and I met a bunch of people through the program.
I even became friends with one of the technicians on the "binning" team, who tests all the chips and determined what clock speeds they will be sold as.
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Is jaywalking really a misdemeanor? That would be incredibly harsh.
Not in California, same for littering (the reference to Cali was only for the fine + hours of community service). However, it is in Nevada: https://www.shouselaw.com/nevada/misdemeanor-law.html and various other jurisdictions.
I bet that has caused some unfortunate fuss with people “convicted of a misdemeanor” for a simple speeding ticket trying to explain it in a state where a misdemeanor is something more serious.