Thread 105794899

smartphones

AI

>>105794899 (OP)
IDGI. how are electric scooters evil? why do people hate them so much?

on topic: social networks. could be a great tool but are evil. also, >>105794942

>>105794899 (OP)
They're annoying but there's worse

>>105794921
>>105794950
AI could be cool, for example if LLMs could produce good responses they could help making amazing games. Too bad they completely suck since they're simply not there yet (and probably won't be for a looong time) and got neutered to be less offensive.

>>105794942
Personally it depends on how you use it. They are absolutely vile for society but that's mostly because of the apps and could easily happen with desktop PCs or laptops too.

>>105794958
Yes

>>105794985
not op
but theyre dangerous as fuck
they get in the way
and are very kickable

>>105794899 (OP)
Scooters look fun to drive

>>105794899 (OP)
max speed should be 15 - 20 km/h
Sedentary retards shouldn't be allowed to go faster than that.

Let me guess

>>105794990
the specific danger with smartphones is that they're highly portable little cameras with constant internet access. you just can't achieve the same level of social corrosion through desktops or laptops, because they're much harder for normalfags to use habitually, rely on more localized internet access, and are much less likely to have cameras and mics built-in.

i mean, i consider instagram to be peak rot, and it simply could not exist in its current form without smartphones.

>>105795053
Thank you for sparing me having to spell it out for the retard.

>>105794985
Apparently they're pretty bad in big city's, downtown areas, and colleges. "Bad" as in badly used. From what I read people are just leaving them in random places like children who leave their toys in the yard and the people who drive them drive in and out of all traffic since they don't have to obey most traffic laws. They can come out of nowhere and you'll never see them. Luckily I never seen them in my area but they sound pretty horrific from I hear.

>>105794985
>why do people hate them so much?
they are stupidly dangerous
I'm not talking about them spontaneously combusting all the time, that's a whole another issue.

>ride them on a sidewalk
very easy to crash into a pedestrian
I know 2 people who were ran over by retarded e-scooter users
>ride them on the road
very easy to get yourself killed; cars weight orders of magnitude more
I saw an e-scooter crash with my own eyes.

They are incredibly fast for their small wheels and overall lack of safety features. I often see 2 people riding on one e-scooter. That's really stupid too. Just use bicycles. They're much more safe, you don't look ridiculous while using them and you do cardio while riding them.

>>105795008
True, but it's not worth it.

>>105795014
This would solve pretty much all problems with them.

>>105794985
Also OP is probably talking about how they became an uber service where you see them and you pay digitally to use them. Those are the ones that have been cluttering places like colleges and downtown areas.

>>105795249
>Those are the ones that have been cluttering places like colleges and downtown areas.
I don't really see this as a huge issue, it is inconvenient at most. Maybe it's a bigger problem in the US or in the bigger cities in general.

>>105795280
Yeah probably, I never seen them or the service in my area but I remember seeing pics posted here how homeless would try to steal them for parts and give up leaving them in random places.

>>105794985
Single speed bicycle < 10kg is a technological perfection and btfos tiny wheel garbage

>>105796171
>the flatlander

>>105794899 (OP)
"""Flushable""" wet wipes and disposable hygiene products used by women. The companies selling this shit are likely fully aware of the ecological and logistical impact these cause, but they sell them anyway.
>>105794985
>Extend the aesthetic, societal and logistics problems of on-street parking to the sidewalk
>Littered everywhere
>Shit and unreadable silhouette for instant pattern recognition, so easily embroiled in traffic accidents
>Rented out to retards even dumber than ebike renters and capable of going at high speeds, basically importing a fraction of Indian traffic conditions to western countries
>Awful failure mode in crashes leading to significant injury
>The impulse use nature of them means that they will likely be used without a helmet or other safety equipment
>Crash prone
>Adding traffic with logistics and retrieval services
>Literally just an unprofitable IPO tech scam for goyim shareholders
They're just so shit. I do hate ebikes more, since they can go more places and they caused everyone in my area to close down the public paths that lead over their property due to reckless ebikers ramming into tractors or whatever, so now all the foot and real bike traffic is more limited.
>>105795053
The specific danger of smartphones is that they lower the barrier towards consumptive behaviors.

>>105794899 (OP)
Those things explode and you can't extinguish lithium so easily

>>105796247
>Alkali element made batteries are violatale bombs
If you have a single digit iq and cook nitroglycerin in a microwave for breakfast. Read the manual you dumb fucking imbecile.

>>105795030
>$550
>19mph
I used to be able to buy a shitbox for that much.

>>105794899 (OP)
It's insane how people drive these at 30kph without a helmet and other protection

>>105794899 (OP)
this shit lets me make money being a delivery boy without a car so its kino

>>105796704
faggot

>>105796714
keep seething while i live out my dream of being a pizza boy
https://youtu.be/HNu0QdOvbsI

>>105794899 (OP)
I need these things to disappear
I don't mind if morons get killed on these things but I don't want them near my car while im driving or near me while im walking

>>105794899 (OP)
Sometimes it's nice to be evil.

>>105795150
>Just use bicycles. They're much more safe
how? a bicycle will do even more damage to a pedestrian, and would also be completely destroyed by a car.

>>105800095
ok zoomer

>>105800135
I'm just not getting up ok

>>105800013
A bicycle is much more stable, much easier to spot, hardly ever goes 30mph and while still being used by mostly retards, the bicycle's user base is significantly less retarded than the e-scooter's user base.
Also the problem of running into pedestrians, which is THE main problem of e-scooters is pretty much non-existent when it comes to bicycles because the vast majority of them ride on the road. It is not safe but it is much safer.

>>105799986
>search for EUC on youtube
>first thing you see is a guy with red bull sponsor shirt
Yeah those are pretty dangerous but cool. I'd actually be interested in using one for commute if they didn't require as much gear as a motorcyclist, except if it suddenly stops mid-movement you'll at least break few bones nevertheless.

>>105794899 (OP)
I've been going to work with public e-scooters for few days to try them out. I can see how they're a bit sketchy to drive, you must keep your both hands on the handlebar unless you wish to displace your shoulder. The handling is very unstable relative to bicycles.

Another interesting feature is the pricing scheme. They're billed by minutes used, not travel distance. This means that you're incentivized to drive as fast as you can to minimize travel cost. So no wonder there's lots of accidents with them.

>>105800193
Bigger wheels would be more stable but then you lose the portability, maybe active stabilization with a gyroscope could be a thing (also speed should be unlimited)

>>105800043
>>105799986
someone post the webm of the guy doing like 50 on one of these on a hard shoulder and then coming clean off

>>105800318
Yes the main problem with monocycles is you don't look cool when you crash out, when you die on the autobahn there should be a shower of carbon fiber and fireball at least

>>105800346
>car drives over pothole
>nothing happens

>clown unicycle drives over pothole
>the last thing your mangled body will see is the liveleak logo

>>105800378
https://youtube.com/shorts/x4Zp2DVIsWI

>>105800420
>only goes over it so fast that he doesn't have time to fall down, or so slow that he can adjust to the fall with his legs
Now show the medium fast speed where the touchdown lines up with the other side of the pothole and it knocks it off your feet

>>105794899 (OP)
clocks and watches. time tracking has been a DISASTER.

>>105799986
I have kingsong ks18xl, very convenient. Big EUCs that you can't carry in one hand and need protective gear for are just stupid, just get a e-bike.

>Evil technology
Microsoft recall
Microsoft teams

>>105794950
>wahhh all AI bad!
Let me guess you hate image generation?
I bet a lot of shit you use on a daily or weekly basis uses AI.

>>105801056
No shit sherlock, the shit I use use got worse because of AI.

>>105799986
You're too stupid to be evil.

>>105801056
>saar why you hate when i shit on your street let me guess you hate shit?????

>>105794899 (OP)
Better than your Segway.

>>105794985
Cute YouTuber girl I used to watch had her boyfriend buy her one as a present.
She got crushed to death by a bus while riding it.

>>105796221
Just use a lower gear ratio and/or get stronger.
t. fixie rider in hilly area

>>105796171
bicycle people are a particular kind of annoying attitude, coping and seething about a bunch of bullshit

>>105801158
>no helmet, or any protection
tarmac face

>>105800195
>didn't require as much gear as a motorcyclist
What the fuck are you talking about? A motorcycle only needs a helmet. Everything else is just something to show you are a virgin.

>>105801158
Damn

>>105803288
Not sure why you'd even need the helmet if you're not going to fall anyway then.

>>105794899 (OP)
XMPP

>>105794985
>how are electric scooters evil?
if you use anything except a car, a motorcycle or an airplane for transportation you are either broke as fuck or a complete faggot

>>105796171
>Single speed bicycle
why in the world wouldn't you have a derailleur? they weigh like 400g and are dirt cheap unless you want something with 12+ shifts

>>105794985
An immigrant e-scooter driver slapped my favorite korean whore streamer in France

>>105794958
low end gpus are e waste. processor SKUs should only be based on power requirements, not processing ability.

>>105794985
>requires electricity (bikes have pedals)
>dangerous
>can't go off smooth pavement
>small cracks or bumps throw you off
>no cargo capacity
>battery will die (whole thing is ewaste)
electric scooters are the "hoverboard" equivalent of a bike.

>>105796233
I emailed my congressional representative asking to add warning to packaging on flushable wipes and they didn't care. It's like 300m in damages in the USA every year.

>>105796582
zu vill buy ze ewaste death trap

>>105794985
>why do people hate them so much?
bikecucks coping because e-scooters are wildly more practical than their endlessly thieved sweatmachines. in contrast you can just dump an e-scooter wherever there's a bit of empty space after paying $3 to cross half a city in 20 minutes
it's not unlike people using public transportation seething about people daring to use a car instead of being harassed by methhead nigger hobos

>>105794899 (OP)
How I wish we had these as a kid. There were a couple two stroke gas ones you could get but they were so fucking expensive.

>>105806322
>drm and digital lockdown is a selling point
You can't got off paved surfaces.
>cars are good because police don't do their job
Are you Jewish?

>>105806366
t. seething about people daring to use a car instead of being harassed by methhead nigger hobos

>>105806449
first electric car (flocken elektrowagen)

>>105806449
Is that the Soyuz?

>>105806538
Sputnik 1

>>105806538
Huh, Soyuz doesn't filter to Baseduz kek
Onions

i mean every technology was created to help advance humanity in the whole world, but there are some people who want to use and are using those technologies not to advance anything, but to weaponize and destroy whatever there is available for destruction.

Onions
Soyu
Soyuz
Baseduzz

>>105803288
So you don't like having skin after you fall?

>>105807757
use case for falling?

>>105806210
more mechanisms more failures

>>105808670
fucking THIS: cars are evil. unless you actually need to move 100s or 1000s of kilograms of stuff, you shouldn't need a car at all. they are inefficient af too.
I hope cars get banned some day, at least for people and couples that don't really need anything more than 2 seats.

Having used the electric scooters, electric bikes, and of course cars, electric bikes are my favorite. The scooters are just worse in every way. They even make folding bikes if you REALLY want to shove your method of transport in a locker or whatever.

Problem is weather and the US having no support for anything that isn’t a car. You sure as fuck do not want to take a personal electric transport out on the road without signing a will beforehand. Not an option, especially in a country so full of psychotic browns who either learned to drive six months ago or learned to drive on the wrong side of the road back home.