We have decided to pause driverless operations across all of our fleets

Post by signatoremo » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 10:06 AM UTC

djrobstep wrote: post #266

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Yeah, believe it or not I'm familiar with that word. Is it really that hard to understand that other people simply might not like the same things as you?

Fear of public spaces or even being in the same space as strangers isn’t “liking different things”, it’s a psychological problem - albeit one that a lot of people experience due to modern society being very atomised.

Post by dontlaugh » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 10:09 AM UTC

shiroiuma wrote: post #256

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Ah this is first comment on HN I see that ever acknowledged two-wheel personal transport. In Asian countries which have even denser community and worse infrastructure, it's practically the miracle answer. I'm actually a bit surprised when I discover that western countries just, doesn't use it at all, or if they do it's the big variant that's almost as space-filling as a car anyway. It's the densest we can pack people…

One big problem with two-wheel motorized transport is the emissions: motorcycles and scooters have horrible emissions. They're also really dangerous. E-bikes are becoming really popular though, in some places. They're about the same speed as regular bicycles, but much easier and less tiring (/sweaty) to ride for most people, especially on hills. Here in Tokyo, every mother with small children has one now it seems.

Post by lazide » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 10:13 AM UTC

ecolonsmak wrote: post #271

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Which completely fails in any dense city because all it takes is one random pedestrian to cut you off - and you won’t be moving for hours . Because no one is going to yield if you don’t make them. And waymo won’t try to make them because that is how you get accidents. There is a reason city drivers are aggressive, and it’s not just because they’re stressed out. It’s literally necessary to make any forward progress in…

Seems like the cars all need to talk to each other then these interactions can be auto negotiated ahead of time

Post by dontlaugh » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 10:21 AM UTC

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Out of all the tech problems to solve, driverless cars or driverless taxis has always baffled me. It’s a very complex thing to solve with a zillion edge cases. And for what net gain? What incredible inconvenience are we trying to solve? Lack of good public transit? Let’s solve that instead. Millions of cars driverless or not are not a great solution to anything.

Public transit doesn't scale outside of dense urban areas. North America doesn't have the population density to make public transit viable outside specific metros like Chicago, NYC, Boston, DC. And said metros already do have public transit. So cars are the main viable option, and self-driving cars present the opportunity to regain time lost to commuting. Less discussed, but probably even more important are driverles…

Post by ghusto » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

barrysteve wrote: post #273

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Unrelated, but what's the goal of obfuscating obviously known "bad" words ?

The censored swear communicates a big screw up, without taking off the professionalism hat. The effect of the swear is doubled in a professional environment, when delivered the right way.