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Interesting. I commute by bike in SF and see electric skateboards on the street pretty frequently– I'd assumed they were legal. Anecdotally, their speed seems

Interesting. I commute by bike in SF and see electric skateboards on the street pretty frequently– I'd assumed they were legal. Anecdotally, their speed seems like a good fit for the bike lane. I keep a pretty good pace on a bike, but still find electric skateboards occasionally passing me (especially if we're both stopped at a light, since their acceleration is a bit better than mine).

pki 11y ago
I usually see these - amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A, unless "electric skateboards" is referring to something else
- harisenbon 11y ago
  While I don't mind personally, it is generally frowned upon to use affiliate links on HN. Just FYI
  - weaksauce 11y ago
    yeah especially since it sets a session cookie that leaches off anything you buy there and not just the linked product. not sure how long the cookie lasts though.
    - Stratoscope 11y ago
      If it were an affiliate link, it would do that. But it isn't, so it doesn't. See my other comment for details.
  - deleted 11y ago
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  - Stratoscope 11y ago
    That's not an affiliate link, it's just a plain Amazon link. It doesn't include an affiliate code. (But thank you for raising the point in case anyone else was wondering about it.) The B00SIOZY6A part is an ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). I've always felt free to post plain Amazon links here, such as the canonical Amazon URL for this product: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIOZY6A http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIOZY6A Or the shortened URL that OP posted (but forgot to put in the http part so it wasn't clickable): http://www.amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A http://www.amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A Now if you click on that amzn.com link, you will see ref=cm_sw_su_dp in the URL, but that's not an affiliate code either, it's an Amazon ref code. Here's a Reddit discussion about Amazon URLs, affiliate tracking codes, and ref codes: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/qim88/referral_codes_how_can_you_identify_them/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/qim88/referral_code... Of course, if OP is the seller of that item, it would be a different story entirely!
  - pki 11y ago
    I don't use any affiliate programmes, and generally dislike them. It was the default amazon URL shortener, sorry if any misunderstanding.
rconti 11y ago
Oh man, I was hugely surprised, riding my bicycle in the bike lane along a busy street, when I glanced left and suddenly a guy on an electric skateboard was silently gliding by, basically face-to-face with me a couple inches away (since our head heights were roughly the same, bike vs skateboard).

pki 11y ago

I usually see these - amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A, unless "electric skateboards" is referring to something else

harisenbon 11y ago
While I don't mind personally, it is generally frowned upon to use affiliate links on HN. Just FYI
- weaksauce 11y ago
  yeah especially since it sets a session cookie that leaches off anything you buy there and not just the linked product. not sure how long the cookie lasts though.
  - Stratoscope 11y ago
    If it were an affiliate link, it would do that. But it isn't, so it doesn't. See my other comment for details.
- deleted 11y ago
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- Stratoscope 11y ago
  That's not an affiliate link, it's just a plain Amazon link. It doesn't include an affiliate code. (But thank you for raising the point in case anyone else was wondering about it.) The B00SIOZY6A part is an ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). I've always felt free to post plain Amazon links here, such as the canonical Amazon URL for this product: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIOZY6A http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIOZY6A Or the shortened URL that OP posted (but forgot to put in the http part so it wasn't clickable): http://www.amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A http://www.amzn.com/B00SIOZY6A Now if you click on that amzn.com link, you will see ref=cm_sw_su_dp in the URL, but that's not an affiliate code either, it's an Amazon ref code. Here's a Reddit discussion about Amazon URLs, affiliate tracking codes, and ref codes: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/qim88/referral_codes_how_can_you_identify_them/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/qim88/referral_code... Of course, if OP is the seller of that item, it would be a different story entirely!
- pki 11y ago
  I don't use any affiliate programmes, and generally dislike them. It was the default amazon URL shortener, sorry if any misunderstanding.

rconti 11y ago

Oh man, I was hugely surprised, riding my bicycle in the bike lane along a busy street, when I glanced left and suddenly a guy on an electric skateboard was silently gliding by, basically face-to-face with me a couple inches away (since our head heights were roughly the same, bike vs skateboard).