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Raspberry pi 4 inside abandoned scooters (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Title says most of it. Spin electric scooters exited the Seattle market and abandoned their scooters all over the city and apparently they have a pi 4 in them!

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[–] 31 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Them 'supposed to be everywhere' doesn't change that fact that they litter up the sidewalk and use the public areas of my town as a pseudo frontage for their business.

I have no problem with the bike systems that have docs for the bikes, it centralizes the locations and keeps the bike organized.

It's not ignorance, it's a full understanding that they pollute the public areas and already limited walkways in my city.

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  • [+] -24 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Ohmygod people other than you are using the public services! The pollution!

    Seriously though, it's going to be different in every city. Your city might not be a good place for them. My city has them being used all the time.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They are a for profit company, not a public service.

    The scooters are not a problem on wide sidewalks and are better than more vehicle traffic, but they can certainly get in the way on narrow sidewalks.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    In some countries the public transport is run by for-profit companies too. In my city, for example, ALL of the public transport are contracted private companies. They're all liveried as public transport, but they're still privately run.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There is a key distinction between a contracted public service and a private company running a for-profit business. Think buses (as you described) vs taxis.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Not always. And I don't see the key distinction you mean. Can you explain further.

    Using the example of my city again, there's no difference between the buses and taxis here in terms of contracted or not. The various bus companies are all privately owned. Some still have their own liveries. Some have the city council liveries. Some bus services don't have regular contracts with the council/government at all and just run various private services. Sometimes the council will contract them for one off services. Regardless of how they look or the contract (or lack thereof), they're all privately owned.

    All the taxis are private owned. But the government/council contracts them for certain purposes. For example, if you are injured and unable to drive, ACC will pay for a taxi to take you to and from health services.

    All of these companies are for-profita nd make profit from their contracts.

    The profit made by some of the public services by private companies is a regular issue of contention in this country. As is the selling off by state owned public interest facilities (such as the rail system, power generation, communications, etc.).

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