Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by amenod on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:24PM
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I don't really buy this argument. Most of he stuff I own is sitting idle 95% of the time (except for computer I guess ;) and it is similar with other people I know. The outcome will depend on many factors, including cost of the car, the secondary functions it will get and similar (will it become an extension of our living space?).
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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by ghaff on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:38PM
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Heck. I have ladders/weedwhackers/etc. and other home/yard-maintenance and upkeep devices that probably sit idle for 99.9% of the time.
Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by sxates on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:59PM
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If your ladder could deliver itself to someone for $10/hr. (or a ladder could be delivered to you on demand) I suspect we'd have a lot less ladders.
Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by ghaff on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:28PM
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Maybe. There's an equipment rental place about a 10 minute drive away and, while I have rented from there, it really needs to be a once every multiple years sort of thing for the economics to work out. Something I use even just a few times a year doesn't make sense.