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The police are instructed to let them be. I've seen insane conferentations with them and the cops regularly, and the cops have to just walk away. Ordinary citizens would be tazed and in cuffs under any other circumstance. Sad.

The most impactful part is the transformation this is going to make on the vagrients that congregate on the foot of the park, and underneath the pedestrian bridge. No way that type of behavior and visual detriment will be allowed to fly on the feet of a Four Seasons property. Source: I live down here and am at the dog park, regular park daily. Anyone who thinks the type of homeless down there should stay, has zero day to day interaction with them and is unaware of the actual impact they make on livability for residents. It's gonna make such a net positive impact on life for all of us down here.

It's subtle, but gives such a large mass great character

How far off am I guys?

Living in The SoBro I can very much appreciate this comment, more than most.. Frankly we knew what we were getting ourselves into moving here, that said even with the draft, and other large events, it's generally really well managed. There are rare times like last night when a major event like the fireworks display is getting out and traffic is gridlocked. But 98% of the time there are no real issues, hopping on Korean Veterans even on the craziest of event days you can zip in and out without issue. The reality is, your living in a residence unit at The Four Seasons, life is going to be generally very cushy, very lush, and removed from the controlled chaos down below. I mean on the worst nights where roads are blocked, just order room service gourmet burgers to your door.

From The SoBro pool deck. Seriously impressive display!

V2..

Really bad photoshop job, but trying to get a better sense of scale based on the surrounding buildings and light poles

A decade ago smartphones were a niche but fast growing market. Zero cars had any sort of advanced driver assist/autopilot abilities. Flexible robotics built on kinematics models were early stages of research, mobile compute power was a spec of dust compared to today's mass-produced SoCs. The world is already undergoing major trials in widely deployed decentralized systems, be it Uber, cryptocurrencies, e-scooters, and very soon various last mile delivery robots flooding our streets. Most of these concepts, let alone the various technology stacks 10 years ago were science fiction. Couple things to research: - Boston Dynamics Spot Mini production ramp - Tesla Rideshare network - Bitcoin/crypto payments - Augmented Reality Cloud / global Spatial Computing infrastructures - Amazon Flex Drivers Very easy to look at these various adjacent and overlapping technology verticals to start charting potential scale pathways for new business models that seem like science fiction today, yet in 10 years time will be a average part of our daily lives and economy.

Totally out of touch with the technological reality of the impact self driving cars, decentralized last mile options, and robotic delivery services will make on society over the coming decade.

Notice the vertical accent lighting on the crown of the building as well. May not be Shanghai-class, but hey nice to see one of these project incorporate some lighting on their facade for once. Awesome project!

You guys beat me to the tent pic. From The SoBro 10th floor gym

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-touts-new-town-square-retail-store-concept/ Interested as to what they do in that sq. footage. A lot of the bigger flagship stores sit on what seems to be a larger lot size generally, whereas ours is pretty small overall.

It's amazing how slow organizations are in keeping up with things like this. Something as simple as a generic background pic might take buy in from 5 different departments and 30 people. No joke.

I fully expect last mile delivery hardware to flood our streets in the same capacity that the scooters have done overnight:

I live and work in SoBro, and ride them around ~10 times a week. Only ride as if I were a car, sitting in traffic, waiting on lights, never doing anything a car wouldn't do. I only ride Uber's JUMP product, check the battery levels, and check the tightness of the handlebars before actually opening the app to activate. The Segway ES4 models in sport mode are kickass hardware (when in good condition). #1 - JUMP - Clean, well kept scooters, great core hardware, fantastic, fast, seamless app UI experience. Check for battery and decently tight handlebars and you are a scooter god among men. #2 - SPIN - Nearly as clean and well kept, Segway ES4's, great core hardware, app experience is ok, but have had some bugs. Would recommend if JUMPs are not available #3 - BIRD - The original Xiaomi models were great back in the day, their ES4's are not as well kept, usually pretty beat up. Wouldn't recommend usually if first two are available #4 - LIME - Garbage. Totally gross, unkept, trash. Don't use it. #5 - BOLT - WTF. Whoever thought the comically tall handlebars (I'm 6' 1') and horrible forced standing position had anything to do with increased safety needs their head checked. Don't ride. That said even though I'm riding 100% safely and by the book, the beer bikes sure get a kick out of seeing a single scooter waiting at a stoplight.

The Tesla model is private owners release their cars into the wild while at home or work and have the car make money for them. Tesla takes a % of the revenue from the vehicle. The charging snake prototypes they showed are to allow Tesla to operate their own fleets in cities in parellel, and be fully autonomous, driving, doing trips, plugging in, charging, all with zero human intervention a majority of the time. I impress again that they will release stuff before certain laws are caught up, or tech is perfect. It's the nature of the beast. THIS. For all the push for 10, 15, 20 + year long construction for rail and other projects, they seem to be ignorant to the reality of the broad variety of autonomous based systems being able to scale and deploy for pennies on the dollar comparatively.

I would argue that the tech will be deployed fast, aggressively, and without regard to a black hole of moral pontification. For better or for worse. As you said, the scooters are a fantastic example how decentralized systems can explode in a city overnight and never be the same from. The cars (Tesla's currently, other manufacturers racing to follow suite) are already on our streets, just waiting for the flick of an OTA update.

What is everyone's thoughts on driverless cars? Will business models such as Tesla's autonomous ride sharing fleets, and obvious upcoming competition drive the prices down for point to point transport that it impacts the needs for alternative modes of transport?