EIU I suspect Lyft/Uber drivers will at best become surge capacity as Waymo expands if Waymo stays cheaper; resulting in drivers chasing fewer rides with little pricing power. As a result, the ability to make a living as a driver will be even worse than today. I also suspect the fight will shift to the political arena with drivers hoping the political clout of the SEIU will save them by getting laws passed to limit Waymo and / or raise their costs and thus prices. For example, I've seen where taxis tried to push limos and Uber/Lyft pickups away from curbside to make them less viable for customers.

Police reports,IIRC,are public records. A pattern of reporting would be worth bringing up at city council meetings. The way to fight is make it clear to elected officials their job could be at stake.

Under GA , law that is a misdemeanor. Mot sure if a private citizen can file a complaint about it but if they can they should; it would not surprise me if Flock installers were unofficially were encouraged to call the police.

Per Apple's support document:

If it is illegal, don't use it. If you find it unacceptable to record and transcribe, don't use it. This isn't some new never before seen tech, there are programs that let you record audio on the watch already, and they keep an entire conversation not just a transcript.

One advantages of this if enough data is collected on those roads then Google will have real data to base they routing on rather than speed limits which may not reflect reality on the road.

Last I check Google is a private company, not an academic conduction research under Stanford's name. There was no more tampering than any other routing and the users know Google going to recommend a route based on their algorithms, and this was simply can attempt to see how well they could work.

Don't think Google did it to me as I am not in the targeted cities, but a few times I've had WTF reactions to routing and said F it, I'm going how I always do...

I certainly agree, and find teh whole high and low art a bunch of BS. Some people like one thing and another a different thing, neither is better just different. The only thing the distinction is good for is for some pretentious critics to pontificate about things most people never read.

You saying /. is good for foreplay?

Can do and convenient to do . Compared to Europe, the US infrastructure is pretty bad. Where I am, you have charging stations at each rest stop, for example. Friends have work parking with chargers as well. Yes, the US has. a lot of chargers, but how many are right off an interstate vs having to drive somewhere to find one? Friends who have EVs have two basic complaints: chargers are not near interstates and when you get there sometimes don't work or have a car using it as parking after a charge. The other is lack of charging at hotels, etc. so they have to find a charger where tehy are staying rather than be able to charge at the hotel. I understand hotel's lack of chargers, one I worked with looked into it but the upfront costs were prohibitive for 1, let alone two or three so they would never recoup the costs, plus give up valuable customer parking.

Walmart's partnership with Murphy USA and teh plans to add chargers can go a long way to fixing the first issue, given Walmart's presence in the US and having some locations near interstates as well as in more rural areas. The second is a tougher sell. Faster charging is helping as well

In the end, consumer perception is what drives the slow adoption, as well some real challenges and in some cases, the higher price for an EV version of a similar vehicle.

All I recall was it was a 4 door BYD

Certainly. It's a problem of cognitive dissonance, where new information disagrees with your preconceived ideas.

That depends on the US case. In Europe, there are often charging stations at rest stops along highways, so you can recharge and get a snack or meal; and driving distances are often shorter on trips. The US lacks a real infrastructure to allay range fears and vacation driving is often a longer average distance than in the EU. While I agree the range concerns are overblown, especially since probably 90% of teh daily driving is less than 50 miles, range and charging is not an issue; but th perception it is limits adoption.

Haven ridden in one I agree, and given the vehicle's cost it is quite impressive; the Chinese seems to avoid teh Korean/Japanese market entry of build tehm cheap/sell them cheap and once we get a foothold move upmarket in quality and price.

I recently rode in one with Uber. The quality was very high, and, given the vehicle's price, impressive. The Uber drive loved it for those reasons and teh low operational cost. If the US let them in it would be a bloodbath for Tesla and other EV's.

What I don't get is if he was that determined not to let CBP search his phone, for whatever reason, why not simply wipe it beforehand so a search would just yield a vanilla phone? He could always restore it later. CBP might be curious why it was in that state, but a simple security explanation that he wants to be sure no viruses are on it before he uses it in the US would be a logical explanation.

This. Any competent lawyer would tell you always specifically invoke your rights when questioned to protect yourself; or as was eloquently put in Bosch(?) "In a pickle, invoke the nickel..."