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Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by bri3d »

Turing_Machine wrote: post #101
bullfightonmars wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Walking and biking infrastructure and livable/walkable cities/neighborhoods are key pieces to health from youth into old age. Just because it doesn't now exist in the United States doesn't it mean it can't or should not.

The population density in the United States is far too low to support this. Increase the population of the U.S. to a billion or so, then maybe it will work.

The population density in thousands of places in the US is more than high enough to support more sustainable transportation solutions, but yet even those places don't.

Do you believe that the existence of exurbs and rural areas is what's preventing cities from pursuing less fragile means of transit? Why?

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by grubles »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #24
codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

Cars are pretty safe, but I'm always a little shocked that we don't have governors built into cars with sane limits. How is it even possible to do 100mph and why should that speed be allowed? Cars should top off at 75. Not to mention, why are cars dumb machines? If someone is going crazy fast in an area where there is no safe way to decelerate, then the car should not allow that speed to be reached. Freeway speeds sh…

This probably isn't quite what you're looking for but, Ford MyKey exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyKey.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by [deleted] »

VLM wrote: post #47
Chevalier wrote: post #29

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Not that it's any more or less tragic, but I've always been astonished that Silicon Valley is so car-dependent. We've concentrated the most brilliant minds in the world in this small area... and then force everyone to pilot two-ton bullets to pick up groceries? Not all workers can demand decent living conditions, but you'd think the competitive draw for workers in Silicon Valley would entice company towns to, I don't…

This article is being flooded with weird anti-car hate. Yet, my car is perfectly safe and can only kill someone in a hit and run at 100 MPH if, and only if, I get drunk first. Given that I don't drink very much and then only at home (a sixer lasts me about a season, sometimes half a year) that means my car is incredibly safe and will almost certainly never kill anyone. Odd how there's no anti-alcohol hate here on HN,…

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Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by jarnix »

Chevalier wrote: post #29
oflordal wrote: post #8

Säd. Coindidentally the same happened to one of the Oculus founders. http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/01/oculus-vr-co-founder-andrew...

Not that it's any more or less tragic, but I've always been astonished that Silicon Valley is so car-dependent. We've concentrated the most brilliant minds in the world in this small area... and then force everyone to pilot two-ton bullets to pick up groceries? Not all workers can demand decent living conditions, but you'd think the competitive draw for workers in Silicon Valley would entice company towns to, I don't…

"We've concentrated the most brilliant minds in the world in this small area."

Are you serious ?

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by lawnchair_larry »

[deleted] wrote: post #113
VLM wrote: post #47

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This article is being flooded with weird anti-car hate. Yet, my car is perfectly safe and can only kill someone in a hit and run at 100 MPH if, and only if, I get drunk first. Given that I don't drink very much and then only at home (a sixer lasts me about a season, sometimes half a year) that means my car is incredibly safe and will almost certainly never kill anyone. Odd how there's no anti-alcohol hate here on HN,…

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That sucks, but no, cars are not weapons. Try not to let your objectivity be clouded by a bad experience.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by lawnchair_larry »

icebraining wrote: post #62
VLM wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This article is being flooded with weird anti-car hate. Yet, my car is perfectly safe and can only kill someone in a hit and run at 100 MPH if, and only if, I get drunk first. Given that I don't drink very much and then only at home (a sixer lasts me about a season, sometimes half a year) that means my car is incredibly safe and will almost certainly never kill anyone. Odd how there's no anti-alcohol hate here on HN,…

I agree, it's the drunk's fault. But that's irrelevant if you're trying to stop people from getting killed, instead of just trying to assign blame. What matters is what we can do about it, and pushing for a reduction in car usage is an effective way of reducing vehicular manslaughter. Being drunk is not the only way to kill someone while driving at 100mph. As someone who was in a car when the steering wheel simply st…

And being in a car is not the only way to kill someone when you're drunk.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by sergiotapia »

lawnchair_larry wrote: post #114

Did he design the hololens, or was he a designer on the hololens team? Not to take away from the tragedy, but spinning it as the former when it's the latter is clickbaity and disrespectful to the deceased.

I wanted to know this as well. Here's what I found: http://www.businessinsider.com/mike-ey-microsoft-hololens-de...

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by cthalupa »

usefulcat wrote: post #53
cthalupa wrote: post #43

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>Cars are pretty safe, but I'm always a little shocked that we don't have governors built into cars with sane limits. How is it even possible to do 100mph and why should that speed be allowed? Cars should top off at 75. Why is it even possible? Because a car that can't do 100mph is going to have terrible performance 0-75 There's long stretches of highways in rural areas with speed limits higher than 75 >Not to mentio…

>There are sometimes legitimate reasons to be going quickly. I have, at times, needed to have bursts of speed into the 90s to safely get around a drunk driver going 70. So.. you reasoned that it would be safer to be /in front/ of the drunk driver?

>So.. you reasoned that it would be safer to be /in front/ of the drunk driver?

Yes? In one scenario I am stuck behind them and potentially having to deal with the results of any sort of screwup on their part, or having to find a completely different route, which isn't always practical.

In the other I leave them behind me and am no longer having to deal with them.

In what world is it more advantageous to be near a drunk driver than away from them?

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by lawnchair_larry »

bottled_poe wrote: post #46
cthalupa wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Cars are pretty safe, but I'm always a little shocked that we don't have governors built into cars with sane limits. How is it even possible to do 100mph and why should that speed be allowed? Cars should top off at 75. Why is it even possible? Because a car that can't do 100mph is going to have terrible performance 0-75 There's long stretches of highways in rural areas with speed limits higher than 75 >Not to mentio…

>There are sometimes legitimate reasons to be going quickly. I have, at times, needed to have bursts of speed into the 90s to safely get around a drunk driver going 70. Not convinced by this one. Surely reducing the kinetic energy in this scenario is the safest course of action?

You clearly don't drive.
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