Depending on the article it might still be possible to detach/reattach the tag without damaging the glue interface (e.g. it's on the casing of expensive devices, or fabric etc)
Long but worth at least skimming. Full of little tidbits adding up to a damning indiction of London's welcoming embrace of wealthy criminals.
> Riverwalk was built by the London property impresario Sir Gerald Ronson, who was convicted in 1990 on charges of conspiracy, false accounting, and theft in connection with a stock-fraud case; he did a stint in prison, and then in 2012 was made a Commander of the British Empire for his philanthropic work.
As a Londoner this was the aspect of the piece I found most hideous. The whole city runs on a quiet attitude of 'money above all' that makes living here as someone on the outside of this world frustrating
Perhaps not "old money" looking at those dates, but I'm still reminded of:
> They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had originally filled the coffers were now historically irrelevant. Funny, that: a brigand for a father was something you kept quiet about, but a slave-taking pirate for a great-great-great-grandfather was something to boast of over the port. Time turned the evil bastards into rogues, and rogue was a word with a twinkle in its eye and nothing to be ashamed of.
I know that was the official conclusion but I can't understand why -- the pedestrian walk out into the street (disrespecting the do-not-walk sign) and then paused in front of the car that hit her.
and on top of that, the pedestrian was crossing against a red (do not walk) light. Lots of human factors issues in this incident from all sides (driver, pedestrian, Cruise executives, regulators, media, policy makers, etc.)… The technology issues don't seem particularly profound.
Indeed, and you'd hope that AVs would do this. Notably the car which caused the initial incident didn't do this, they hit the pedestrian then drove off!
Yeah, it's not like the humans in this story were showing their best side, but AVs have to tak that kind of stupidity into account I think.
Like the fact that a cyclist on the other side of the road is a hazard to you, not because of the cyclist, but because an impatient driver stuck behind them is likely to pull out suddenly round the cyclist, forcing you to brake.
Agree on the portion sizes. The only time I've been we were next to a table of a college football team or something - like 20 huge guys, and I don't think many of them finished their portions (none of us did, we didn't even want cheesecake afterwards!)
