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Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by nexuist »

fishtacos wrote: post #302
vorpalhex wrote: post #210

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I agree, you should never assist a pizza delivery driver. After all, Dominos makes billions of dollars, they can afford their own pizza-delivery assistance staff. Maybe we can even make the case you should slow down delivery drivers! Pull in front of them and go quite slow, or block their bike path.

A weird example of false equivalency, as no one would in their right mind compare helping a human being doing their job with helping a robot assist in increasing profit margins for . Jebus...

A weird example of false equivalency, as no one would in their right mind compare helping a human being (who may be busy studying or have trouble walking) get their food on time with helping a robot assist in increasing profit margins for .

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by dkn775 »

lucasmullens wrote: post #267
clsec wrote: post #169

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I guess you've never been in SOMA in San Francisco. I used to live in that neighborhood and in the 3 block walk to the coffee shop I could easily pass 20-30 of them. In my current neighborhood I'll see about 6 in the same distance.

You passed 20 scooters blocking your path in a 3 minute walk? I lived in SF when the scooters first appeared. Maybe it's gotten worse, but I thought they made you prove you parked it somewhere legally with a photo. So I would figure at least the majority aren't just blocking the sidewalk. I'm not saying they aren't misplaced a lot and that it isn't a problem. I'm just saying there's no way every 10 seconds you're cli…

The pics aren’t validated at all. I just take pics of the sidewalk in front of me and send it no scooter in the pic at all

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by jcrawfordor »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #283
jcrawfordor wrote: post #238

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"rocket shaped" is sort of a generous way to describe it. My first exposure to security robots was actually a company marketing a repurposed remote-controlled lawnmower platform. It was nearly the size of a Smartcar but low to the ground and designed to cross difficult terrain. Even so, a similarly designed lawnmower tumbled down a hill and killed its operator around the same time frame (I don't think from the same c…

Shape ! = center of gravity. All the power and movement stuff is likely very close to the ground, and thus the robot very difficult to tip over. https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/my-seatbelt-rule-for-judgment/

I'm not just inferring from the shape, the operational history of these things suggests that they are very prone to falling over.

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

emmelaich wrote: post #371
opportune wrote: post #354

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Oh how I wish everybody understood this. Even in crowded cities in the US you get a lot of people who do not understand this. A minority to be sure, but a sizable one (I’d estimate between 5-10%, probably 10% but sometimes people who aren’t cognizant of this are accidentally correct in their pathing choice). Unfortunately this means you need to sometimes make split second decisions that this person probably has no id…

We move to the left in Uk, Aus and some other formerly British influenced countries. Except! for escalators in the London subway. There you stay right. Presumably because of so many tourists from the US and the continent.

It makes sense if you are on a pavement as if someone needs to step into the road it should be the person facing the oncoming traffic.

Nobody really does it though.

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

bombcar wrote: post #384
aqme28 wrote: post #42

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There have been a few studies that people have actual sympathy for robots in distress.

Calling Wall-E a “study” is a new take on it :)

If people didn't have sympathy for the robots then it wouldn't have made a good film.

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by Hakashiro »

MathCodeLove wrote: post #428
Hakashiro wrote: post #423

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"It is okay to pay sub-living national wages to foreigners in other countries because their cost of living is lower" And I suppose you should also add they must stay there and never come to your country because then your job is at risk?

>"It is okay to pay wages below what we could live on to foreigners in other countries because their cost of living is lower" FTFY. But, yes? How is that controversial? >And I suppose you should also add they must stay there and never come to your country because then your job is at risk? How do you draw that completely unrelated conclusion from the previous conversation?

Cost of living is irrelevant when the cost of certain goods like iPhones, computers, Internet subscriptions and other things is fundamentally determined by strong markets like USA or EU.

Or are you going to tell me that Indians don't deserve to use iPhones, watch Netflix, or learn new skills through online programmes? Because that would be pretty racist, and I don't suppose you consider yourself racist, do you?

Further, the fact some countries earn astronomically high wages means they can, when they retire, take everything with them, into a cheap country like Egypt, India, or Greece, and live like emperors. Is that fair? Especially when hard-working people in India can barely afford vacation in their own country.

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by cuteboy19 »

Hakashiro wrote: post #436
MathCodeLove wrote: post #428

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>"It is okay to pay wages below what we could live on to foreigners in other countries because their cost of living is lower" FTFY. But, yes? How is that controversial? >And I suppose you should also add they must stay there and never come to your country because then your job is at risk? How do you draw that completely unrelated conclusion from the previous conversation?

Cost of living is irrelevant when the cost of certain goods like iPhones, computers, Internet subscriptions and other things is fundamentally determined by strong markets like USA or EU. Or are you going to tell me that Indians don't deserve to use iPhones, watch Netflix, or learn new skills through online programmes? Because that would be pretty racist, and I don't suppose you consider yourself racist, do you? Furth…

Cost of Netflix minimum (non mobile) plan

US: $9.99=760₹

India: $2.6=199₹

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by Hakashiro »

cuteboy19 wrote: post #437
Hakashiro wrote: post #436

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Cost of living is irrelevant when the cost of certain goods like iPhones, computers, Internet subscriptions and other things is fundamentally determined by strong markets like USA or EU. Or are you going to tell me that Indians don't deserve to use iPhones, watch Netflix, or learn new skills through online programmes? Because that would be pretty racist, and I don't suppose you consider yourself racist, do you? Furth…

Cost of Netflix minimum (non mobile) plan US: $9.99=760₹ India: $2.6=199₹

Indians make less than 1/4th of an American salary. Your point?

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by MathCodeLove »

Hakashiro wrote: post #438
cuteboy19 wrote: post #437

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Cost of Netflix minimum (non mobile) plan US: $9.99=760₹ India: $2.6=199₹

Indians make less than 1/4th of an American salary. Your point?

> Cost of living is irrelevant when the cost of certain goods like iPhones, computers, Internet subscriptions and other things is fundamentally determined by strong markets like USA or EU.

Re: Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots

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Post by MathCodeLove »

Hakashiro wrote: post #436
MathCodeLove wrote: post #428

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>"It is okay to pay wages below what we could live on to foreigners in other countries because their cost of living is lower" FTFY. But, yes? How is that controversial? >And I suppose you should also add they must stay there and never come to your country because then your job is at risk? How do you draw that completely unrelated conclusion from the previous conversation?

Cost of living is irrelevant when the cost of certain goods like iPhones, computers, Internet subscriptions and other things is fundamentally determined by strong markets like USA or EU. Or are you going to tell me that Indians don't deserve to use iPhones, watch Netflix, or learn new skills through online programmes? Because that would be pretty racist, and I don't suppose you consider yourself racist, do you? Furth…

Ah, the old "If you disagree with me then you're a racist". Please don't engage if you aren't going to engage in good faith, we're not on Reddit. I'm happy to be called wrong, but not if you're going to do so like that.

People deserve what they can afford. Are you suggesting we subsidize the cost of every luxury good so that everyone in the world regardless of income has access to said luxury good? It's a great notion, but the logistics are fundamentally impossible.

I can't afford a Ferrari. Do I not deserve a Ferrari? I can't afford a Rolex. Do I not deserve a Rolex? The answer is no, I don't deserve either of those things. I don't fundamentally deserve anything except for my own life. If I want anything else it's up to me to find a way to obtain it.

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