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   Paul S Person to Titus G   
   Re: Pearls Before Swine: Cell Phone Upda   
   17 Oct 25 09:06:53   
   
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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:52:26 +1300, Titus G  wrote:   
      
   >On 17/10/25 11:57, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-16 16:25:28 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >>> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:26:16 +1300, Your Name    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>>> There have been news stories about idiotic self-driving cars />robo-   
   >>>> taxis that have caused issues. There was one were lots of them   
   >>>> all>seemed to congregate in a particular street, often honking their   
   >>>> horns,>etc. which annoyed the people living there.   
   >   
   >1. There was a noise problem for apartment dwellers near a parking lot.   
   >This issue was solved.   
   >   
   >2. As a prank, someone ordered 50 Waymos to a dead end street.   
   >Not an issue   
      
   Actually, that /is/ an issue.   
      
   The computer assigning them should note that a lot are congregating   
   and /not finding passengers/ and start moving them away (back to the   
   depot, if nowhere else) within a fairly short period of time.   
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