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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 03:23:54 JST Ars Technica

   Vandals set fire to Waymo car during Lunar New Year celebration

   An autonomous Waymo met an untimely end thanks to an unruly mob.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/vandals-set-fire-to-waymo-car-during-lunar-new-year-celebration/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 03:40:18 JST mhoye

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     @arstechnica "It's mostly just a question of if the company wants to press charges", haha.

     I wonder if you can find a jury in SF who'd convict anyone of stopping a robot car from driving through a street party.

   • Delric (delric@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 03:51:37 JST Delric

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     @arstechnica we don’t need more robots. next!

   • chris actually (lackattack@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 03:55:12 JST chris actually

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     @arstechnica You want rise of the machines this is how you get rise of the machines

   • local area ian :yikes: (ecn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 04:20:27 JST local area ian :yikes:

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     @arstechnica "untimely" sorry am I supposed to feel sad about this? I'm thrilled.

   • Bradcopter (bradcopter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 08:40:01 JST Bradcopter

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     @arstechnica Automated Cars Are Bastards

   • Jef Poskanzer :batman: (jef@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 02:52:17 JST Jef Poskanzer :batman:

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     @arstechnica "Multi-ton robot tried to push through a crowd, so they disabled it to prevent anyone from being injured or killed." Fixed that for you.