> It's almost as if rewriting an essentially all-text web site to be a snazzy web app that pushes all the smarts to the client side has some drawbacks! Who could have predicted.
That's not their threat model. 99.9% of people don't think to disable javascript. However at the same time search engines get the full text making the story more discoverable. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get the full story if your referer said you came from Google too, that at least used to be a thing.
Re:Exit unicorns, pursued by bears
by chipotle_coyote on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @11:14AM
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You're right, of course, and the search engine full text is a good point. I'm not sure how many sites still give you a break if you come from Google, though -- I remember a fair number used to, but it seems the industry has gotten a lot less generous in that regard.
I didn't know that Lime shut down either. I haven't been out to see but I wonder if they collected up their scooters, or if they are all just sitting with their batteries draining. If the batteries go out entirely how will they find the scooters later?
They would just collect them at their last known location? But yes, they actually collected the scooters already. Here's a news report from two weeks ago about Lime doing just that in Berlin:
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/wegen-corona-virus-e-scooter...
Anyone know if they'll be selling the scooters, or breaking them down and selling the batteries? Are the batteries good for performance items, or just mediocre energy/power density so maybe good for portable power packs?
Re:Exit unicorns, pursued by bears
by chipotle_coyote on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @11:18AM
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I suspect they're going to see if they can wait this out and survive. If people start coming back to metro areas in two or three months, Lime can probably return -- I don't know what their runway is, but I presume their operating costs basically become entirely storage rental.)
(Incidentally, while I couldn't get the archive.md link that neonate published to work, either, I could read the full article simply by disabling JavaScript and reloading the page. It's remarkable how many paywalled magazines this works with now. It's almost as if rewriting an essentially all-text web site to be a snazzy web app that pushes all the smarts to the client side has some drawbacks! Who could have predicted.)