Re: Scenes from L.A.

On Jun 13, 2025 at 11:22:58 AM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:53:24 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
 

On Jun 13, 2025 at 6:31:13 AM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:
 

 On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:16:24 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
 wrote:
 

 Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

  On 2025-06-12 12:02 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

  FYI: Some of this may be AI generated. Hard to tell, though.
 
 
 
 
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1932835301988188163/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/Rk0JjG7brARcVivg.mp4?tag=12
 
 

 
  This video has less AI-generated content but it goes a long way towards
  showing that these protests are anything but peaceful. Of course,
  knowing the way the Left loves to redefine terms, maybe setting police
  cars and Waymos on fire and looting stores is now deemed peaceful
  protest....
 
  Given the numbers of rioters, it now makes sense to me that this is more
  than the police can handle on their own. Calling in the National Guard
  makes sense now. I still haven't heard why the Marines got called in; I
  would have thought the obvious thing to do was deploy more National
  Guard if the initial deployment wasn't enough.
 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S65iiTZsL4I [15 minutes]
 
  I have to admit to being curious about why Waymos seem to be getting
  singled out for destruction perhaps as much or even more than police cars.
 

 
 Supposedly it's because they are seen as surveillance vehicles. I
 guess the cameras are recording all the time

 
So are Teslas and other EVs.

 
    Transparency:
    Waymo's specific data storage practices (local vs. cloud) and the
mechanisms for opting out are not explicitly detailed in their public
materials.

I was going to take one of these Johnny Cabs to Santa Monica last time I was
going there to eat out with friends but their range doesn't reach down to the
South Bay where I live. It would indeed suck, though, to be in one of those
things when a mob decided to start attacking it.

I've heard they're also a target for armed robberies. The skells know that
unlike a human who can swerve or run down a threat, the Johnny Cab's
programming won't allow it to move if it detects a human standing in front of
it, so one guy will walk out into the street and make the car stop while his
buddy points a gun at the passenger riding alone and defenseless and demands
money, phone, jewelry, etc.