Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

It will be much cheaper to use the robotaxi service than to own a robotaxi that just sits around 90% of the time. If you are wealthy enough you might still want to keep a private vehicle for yourself. But it won't make economic sense, so most people won't own a car just so they can leave their stuff in it.

Teslas already have a passenger-facing camera. Its only purpose is to discourage future robotaxi pasengers from doing things they shouldn't. The owner of the vehicle will be able to see what is going on at any time. If you have sex in the car, it might end up on the internet the next day.

Oh, and btw, it won't require a human to monitor the passenger-facing camera. A neural net can easily tell if you are doing something you shouldn't inside the car. It can even be programmed to drive you to a police station if you are seen committing a crime inside the vehicle.

You ever lived in a big city. Taking taxis suuuuuucks. I could see them work in cities for taxi service. In the burbs. No way. People will want to own a car that they can use any time and not have to order one and wait and keep their own stuff in them. If it’s going to be cheap to rent it’s going to be cheap to own an autonomous all electric car. That’s what people in the burbs or rural areas will do. In cities where people don’t own a ton of cars now yeah it will replace taxi services.

Being sweaty ain’t a crime, bro.

Perhaps.

But if these suburbanites are smart they will buy a better house instead of owning a car. They can also convert an existing garage into livable space. Better to put your money in something that goes up in value (a house) than something that goes down (a car).

Meanwhile back in the real world...

Vaccine news looks very good.

According to the NYT, of the 75K who have received one of the 5 vaccines in a research trial, not one has died of COVID and only a few have been hospitalized. None have remained hospitalized 28 days after receiving the shot.

In contrast, in a representative group of 75K Americans, COVID has killed 150 and several hundred more are hospitalized. Seasonal flu kills 10-15 out of 75K and hospitalizes more than 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/briefing/vaccination-myanmar-coup-rochester-police.html

Marietta Tar Heel wrote:

Meanwhile back in the real world...

Vaccine news looks very good.

According to the NYT, of the 75K who have received one of the 5 vaccines in a research trial, not one has died of COVID and only a few have been hospitalized. None have remained hospitalized 28 days after receiving the shot.

In contrast, in a representative group of 75K Americans, COVID has killed 150 and several hundred more are hospitalized. Seasonal flu kills 10-15 out of 75K and hospitalizes more than 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/briefing/vaccination-myanmar-coup-rochester-police.html

Pretty amazing they basically created a vaccine in like 6 months (not including time required for clinical trials). I mean they must have had the candidate for trial by August or something.

jumbo shrimp wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

Oh, and btw, it won't require a human to monitor the passenger-facing camera. A neural net can easily tell if you are doing something you shouldn't inside the car. It can even be programmed to drive you to a police station if you are seen committing a crime inside the vehicle.

Being sweaty ain’t a crime, bro.

If the condition of your robotaxi is unacceptable you just refuse to get in. Notify the network and they will send you another one while the dirty robotaxi is sent off to be cleaned and charged.

These are easy problems to solve.

Gina wrote:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/01/31/joebidenlied-second-anti-biden-hashtag-hijacked-on-social-media/amp/

The story includes this gem:

The sentiments were echoed by former Penn. legislator Dean Browning (@DeanBrowningPA), "Joe Biden has been office for 47 years. There are millions, literally millions, of examples of times that #BidenLied."

First, Joe Biden *hasn't* been in office for 47 years--unless you count the New Castle County Council, which I don't think most people include.

But let's say that he *has* been in office that long. And let's say that "millions" means just two million (the minimum to be able to use the plural "millions"). That would be an average of more than 100 lies per day.

Shoot, the noted (and documented) liar Donald Trump only averaged 20-some false or misleading statements daily. Biden? Not a chance.

So I guess that makes Dean Browning himself a liar. And a pandering ignoramus. Or something.

Fat hurts wrote:

jumbo shrimp wrote:

Being sweaty ain’t a crime, bro.

If the condition of your robotaxi is unacceptable you just refuse to get in. Notify the network and they will send you another one while the dirty robotaxi is sent off to be cleaned and charged.

These are easy problems to solve.

FFS I just waited thirty minutes for this one to come. Now I gotta wait for another one. This sucks. Screw it. The next one is taking me straight to the dealership.

Robotaxis will be available in < 2 minutes all major urban and suburban areas. Think about how many cars are within 2 minutes of you any given moment currently.

2600 bro wrote:

Robotaxis will be available in < 2 minutes all major urban and suburban areas. Think about how many cars are within 2 minutes of you any given moment currently.

No thanks. Too much of a hassle. I’ll own a car instead. They’ll be cheap to buy, inexpensive to operate, and last a lonnnnng time.

jumbo shrimp wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

If the condition of your robotaxi is unacceptable you just refuse to get in. Notify the network and they will send you another one while the dirty robotaxi is sent off to be cleaned and charged.

These are easy problems to solve.

FFS I just waited thirty minutes for this one to come. Now I gotta wait for another one. This sucks. Screw it. The next one is taking me straight to the dealership.

Dealerships will no longer exist. The dealership model is toast.

jumbo shrimp wrote:

2600 bro wrote:

Robotaxis will be available in < 2 minutes all major urban and suburban areas. Think about how many cars are within 2 minutes of you any given moment currently.

No thanks. Too much of a hassle. I’ll own a car instead. They’ll be cheap to buy, inexpensive to operate, and last a lonnnnng time.

Just wait until 95% of parking is deleted from city centers (thank god) and we can put that public space to better use.

I think you'll end up ok, though, as most people will be fine using shared, very, very cheap taxis for 99% of travel. So the like... 6 public parking spaces left in Manhattan will be available for you.

Kids in 40 years will find it hard to believe we used personal cars to inefficiently travel from one point in cities to another.

Harambe wrote:

jumbo shrimp wrote:

No thanks. Too much of a hassle. I’ll own a car instead. They’ll be cheap to buy, inexpensive to operate, and last a lonnnnng time.

Just wait until 95% of parking is deleted from city centers (thank god) and we can put that public space to better use.

I think you'll end up ok, though, as most people will be fine using shared, very, very cheap taxis for 99% of travel. So the like... 6 public parking spaces left in Manhattan will be available for you.

Dr. Racket wrote:

Pretty amazing they basically created a vaccine in like 6 months (not including time required for clinical trials). I mean they must have had the candidate for trial by August or something.

Moderna chairman said the biggest reason vaccine was developed so quickly was the almost unlimited supply of clinical trial participants. It didn't take much effort to find participants because the virus was so widespread.

In other words, other vaccines can be developed in six months if they could put enough resources in them. But the clinical trials would still take much longer because finding enough participants would be a challenge.

Harambe wrote:

jumbo shrimp wrote:

No thanks. Too much of a hassle. I’ll own a car instead. They’ll be cheap to buy, inexpensive to operate, and last a lonnnnng time.

Just wait until 95% of parking is deleted from city centers (thank god) and we can put that public space to better use.

I think you'll end up ok, though, as most people will be fine using shared, very, very cheap taxis for 99% of travel. So the like... 6 public parking spaces left in Manhattan will be available for you.

Lol. 6 spots in Manhattan. Where are these Robotaxis going to go when not in use. Don’t tell me they’ll be huge parking lots for them In the city. That’ll drive the cost of a ride up fer sure using some prime real estate. Dont tell me they’ll all be driving around either. Traffic will suck even more.

I’ll be riding in my own car whenever I want while you peeps will be crowded on the sidewalk in the cold waiting for your dirty ride to come.

Wow, nobody could have seen this coming!

Fat hurts wrote:

jumbo shrimp wrote:

FFS I just waited thirty minutes for this one to come. Now I gotta wait for another one. This sucks. Screw it. The next one is taking me straight to the dealership.

Dealerships will no longer exist. The dealership model is toast.

Then I’ll just order it on Amazon. These are easy problems to solve.

Keep waiting on that dirty Robotaxi to arrive. It should be there soon. Look before you slide across the seat. You might land in a puddle a$$ sweat. Meanwhile I’ll wave at you from my own inexpensive, reliable, long lasting autonomous vehicle where I can keep my own sh!te.