Re: Scenes from L.A.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:54:48 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On Jun 13, 2025 at 5:33:47 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
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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.
 

 Ah, but those also have real drivers. Waymos don't which makes them
 easy to attack. I expect that if Musk is successful in deploying his
 robo taxis they will end up getting attacked too.
 

I’ve never seen a Waymo that didn’t have a real driver, usually reading a
book

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Oh, there's no drivers in them here. The first time one pulled up next to me
at a traffic light and I looked over and there was no driver or passenger,
just an empty car driving around the city, I decided to stop saying mean
things about Skynet online.
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Yeah, I've seen some video from people who are out test driving some
cars where they pan the camera around and you see a car with no one in
it. That's just too strange. I doubt I will ever run into them given
where I live and visit is one of the last places they would be
deployed.