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In the bay area, $250-300/sq ft is a more realistic low-end of the range.

This isn't a totally hypothetical question, unfortunately: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abu...

Youtube has actually always had censorship. I found this from 2006:

> What kind of videos can I upload?

>> We accept any type of video content as long as it does not contain:

>>> Pornography or obscene material

>>> Copyrighted content (unless you own all the necessary rights)

>>> Hate or graphically violent acts

4chan and other imageboards already allow client-side moderation.

A majority of respondents disagree with you. Advertising placed next to offensive content has a negative effect on brand perception.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/698821/influence-offensi...

I think this is a little defeatist. You definitely won't get lucky if you aren't in the room-- hard work involves putting in the time in the room for that chance.

Who is the central arbiter of truth here? Twitter and facebook have made similar policies.

I don't think people really understand what happens to a website when it stops censorship/moderation. I suggest visiting 4chan.org, and thinking really hard about the experience. I personally tolerate its nastiness and am a fan of the website, but I don't have any pretension that it's the right sort of moderation policy for a profitable business.

Would it be better if google/youtube didn't correct its mistakes?

It's fascinating how the coverage map is so drastically different from the typical US population map. In particular, they completely cover the east half of the US, but not the west.

Somehow, I don't feel like it's particularly meaningful to say that the point of _____ high level language is simplicity.

Without knowing the financials related to the product, it's really not possible to say that it's definitely worth it for, for example, 1 year of service.

can you elaborate on this? in particular, why are state funds excluded?

It's nice to have a symmetric connection, but for most people outside of tech, upstream is only stressed when uploading photos. It's rarely advertised outside of fine print. I personally love symmetric connections, but in some way the average consumer is subsidizing the costs for me.

For one, it's native rather than web.

The reasoning is not circular, full stop. Just because the government both (1) deals in licenses and (2) can be sued in court does not make the situation logically inconsistent. You're confusing collusion/corruption for circular logic.

I think of it like this: open source software is typically written by volunteers. Volunteers with good systems skills but no UX skills can author open source software on their own. Oppositely, volunteers with no systems skills, only UX skills cannot.

This is probably worsened by the fact that people who care about good UX will gravitate towards software with good UX, which is often commercial.

Sorry for the ambiguity. I should've been more clear.

Noted. I personally don't see a problem. The streets and sidewalk belong to the city; so the city is free to license them as it chooses.

Can you explain the circular logic flaw? I literally don't know what you're talking about.

Yes, absolutely. How is that even relevant? Are you implying that it's acceptable to violate the rule of law when the government makes a mistake? Do you shoot your mailman when they mis-deliver a letter?

> Is this in anyway based on any facts whatsoever or is this something you weer once told and are now repeating?

Yes. https://about.usps.com/publications/pub300a/pub300a_v04_revi...

Not quite true; mail delivered to your address is legally yours. A retailer who accidentally ships a crate rather than a unit of headphones has no legal right to mandate that you return received merchandise.

edit: I should've been clear in stating that it is _unsolicited_ mail addressed to your name and address that is legally yours.

Not to me. He acted as an engineering consultant or manager in the courtroom. Managers and consultants on engineering projects rightfully require licenses, even if they do nothing but talk in meetings.

People ordering delivery/eating out is good for the economy. While I personally rarely order food, I'm all for it.

what would it take for you to not destroy rental scooters? Would a docking system be preferable? I'm just curious, I personally ride a bike to get around, so I don't have a dog in the fight, so to speak.

Ultimately, the government picks winners and losers with spending/subsidy and taxation. It's not politically feasible or practical to exhaustively enumerate and tax/subsidize the external costs/benefits of various policies. For example, there are numerous positive externalities associated with installing bike lanes(reduced health care costs, reduced noise, reduced pollution, reduced road wear, etc), but it's all at the cost of possibly increasing road congestion.

Of course, local governments are extremely unlikely to improve bike lanes at the behest of a single startup. Bike lanes are already extremely unpopular as is, when the primary users are common neighbors and citizens.

For a cyclist sitting upright (CdA of .5) but with good tires and pavement (Crr of .0035), it takes about 120W to hold 15mph on flat terrain. I would agree that this is about the limit for most casual riders. Serious riders with more power typically don't have a problem riding around other bike lane users. What I'm saying is, I don't think the robots are burdensome for the average bike lane user, as far as speed is concerned.

The argument against sharing bike lanes with robots is absurd to me. Of course, if bikes lanes become thoroughly congested with such robots, then it's a problem. But until then, all bike lane users-- cyclists, scooter riders and skaters-- benefit from motorists gaining familiarity with driving next to an occupied bike lane.

Please don't misunderstand me. Cycling on a sidewalk is dangerous to the cyclist, particularly around driveways and intersections, where they are less visible to motorists.