Links August 12-18 2018

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Saturday Aug 18, 2018

"These regulations are needed, the articles say, to sort out the problem of who will be at fault when an AV is involved in a crash that is its fault."   parkingtoday.com/blog/

"If you speak to those involved in the test, like say in Las Vegas, you find that the shuttles must be ‘trained’ to follow a certain route, have central control modules located on the roofs of high rise structures nearby, and, at least in sin city’s case, have an onboard concierge (not driver) to help passengers."   parkingtoday.com/blog/

Back Away From The Gram: Influence In The Travel Industry:   maketimetoseetheworld.com


Friday Aug 17, 2018

Two Arizona firefighters after returning from fighting a blaze in California, suffer flat tire accident which rolled their fire engine on freeway.   tucsonnewsnow.com

Firefighter from New Jersey travels to California to help out. Instead he employs his barbecue skills to feed the displaced. He recalls ash blowing toward him from miles away "To deal with those conditions on a daily, consistent basis when the temperatures are upwards of near 102 degrees and they’re working 18-hour shifts, my hat went off to them."   northjersey.com

Two New Hampshire firefighters headed to California to fight the complex fire.   quiet-warrior.com

Malaysia scraps fake news law that in the end would have stifled free speech.   theguardian.com

Paper continues to fascinate. Also in the age of social media we've stopped putting captions to pictures and granting proper attribution.


Thursday Aug 16, 2018 Techlash 2018 rages on, in past years this story would not have run with that headline - Millionaire tech mogul Gurbashk Chahal faces jail time after losing appeal:    sfchronicle.com

Support for Autonomous Vehicles plunged 70% since spring among Generation Z, and plunged 78% among Baby Boomers. Support for driver-assisted cars such as Tesla Model X remain high, but people who "would never buy a fully autonomous vehicle that didn’t give them the option to drive" rose from 30% in 2016 to 49% in 2018.   sfchronicle.com


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