Is there any way of confirming this?
Without knowledge of Russian or context this could just be taxis on some sort of protest rally.
Someone hacked YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to the same location
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Re: Someone hacked YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to the same location
#82Re: Someone hacked YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to the same location
#83The message on driver's screen says something like "Note from passenger: Guys and girls, stop feeding the yellow [Yandex], switch to Wheely!"
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#84Elevator Pitch: jammr.com: It's like Uber for Traffic Jams!
I suspect you're kidding, but you know, having lived through a few very long traffic jams I could imagine some scenarios where I'd be willing to pay for: 1) Rickshaw or cargo bike with a narrow pull along trailer to let me use the bathroom 2) Similar setup with food and drink 3) Similar setup with a few gallons of gas if I've gotten a bit too close to empty 4) More expensive (XL?) version of the service where I am ge…
Or the idea from Nathan For You where another driver will be delivered on a motorcycle (in places they're allowed to cut between traffic jams) to take over while you ride to your destination on the back of the bike.
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#85Back in the day (1960s?) two relatives of mine had a prank battle going on. One of them posted an add in the local newspaper offering to buy old Christmas trees, at the address of their adversary. Half the city showed up, were told trees were not in fact being bought, and everybody dumped the trees at their door.
Reminds me of the story in Pranks[1] (I got my copy at a garage sale V. Vale was having in SF years ago!) about an even more vicious prank - advertising for workers to help demolish a home - while its owner was out of town... 1: https://www.researchpubs.com/shop/p/pranks
Wasn't that one of the SF robber barons wanting to expand his palace and the home owner refusing to sell? Even calling it a vicious prank seems nicer than the action deserves.
Re: Someone hacked YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to the same location
#86Back in the day (1960s?) two relatives of mine had a prank battle going on. One of them posted an add in the local newspaper offering to buy old Christmas trees, at the address of their adversary. Half the city showed up, were told trees were not in fact being bought, and everybody dumped the trees at their door.
Reminds me of the story in Pranks[1] (I got my copy at a garage sale V. Vale was having in SF years ago!) about an even more vicious prank - advertising for workers to help demolish a home - while its owner was out of town... 1: https://www.researchpubs.com/shop/p/pranks
V. Vale exists? I always just thought they were a cohort of sorts.
Heartily recommend that pranks book.
Re: Someone hacked YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to the same location
#87Back in the day (1960s?) two relatives of mine had a prank battle going on. One of them posted an add in the local newspaper offering to buy old Christmas trees, at the address of their adversary. Half the city showed up, were told trees were not in fact being bought, and everybody dumped the trees at their door.
Had a roommate in graduate school whose friend listed his car (and phone number) on craigslist for a ridiculously low price. His phone was ringing off the hook for like two days until he was able to get it taken down.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reminds me of the story in Pranks[1] (I got my copy at a garage sale V. Vale was having in SF years ago!) about an even more vicious prank - advertising for workers to help demolish a home - while its owner was out of town... 1: https://www.researchpubs.com/shop/p/pranks
V. Vale exists? I always just thought they were a cohort of sorts. Heartily recommend that pranks book.
Yup, V. Vale certainly exists and sells his RE/Search publications pretty regularly outside of City Lights bookstore in SF!
He has a table he set up on the sidewalk and is very friendly and full of great anecdotes.
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It's not. You don't want to burn softwoods; they're resinous and create a ton of smoke.
A pile of Christmas trees makes for a terrific January beach bonfire.
Every year our neighbors do this. We jokingly refer to them as The Bumpus family because they are loud and are always doing stuff like this.
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Seems like a great way to stock up your firewood supply for the next winter, if you manage to target it in a way that doesn't cause half the city to show up, but maybe a little less than that?
Pine is really smokey and burns fast
It's worse than that. The sap in it will collect in the chimney and then cause a chimney fire. You really don't want to burn that stuff in a fireplace.