3 ms·
Engaging physically with the Kiosk which is ostensibly what you are supposed to do as there is a screen, camera and keypad on the front of each one. If the mai
by bogomipz 9y ago
Engaging physically with the Kiosk which is ostensibly what you are supposed to do as there is a screen, camera and keypad on the front of each one.
If the main purpose is/was just to provide WIFI there would be need to up multiple kiosks on the block.
- dragonwriter 9y agoSince there is also a WiFi hub, engaging wirelessly is evidently also something “you are supposed to do”, and presumably moreso than physical interaction as the number of supported simultaneous physical interactors is much lower than the supported simultaneous wireless connections.
- bogomipz 9y agoThen there is no need for a 10 feet high dual sided digital billboard controlled by Google to accomplish that. Have you actually seen one of these in person? I can assure you they are not unobtrusive. This pic gives some idea of the scale of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkNYC#/media/File:EHB_1773_(25539831295).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkNYC#/media/File:EHB_1773_(...
- jpindar 9y agoYou choose to live in the big city and advertising signs bother you? That's like choosing to live in the forest and saying trees bother you.
- bogomipz 9y agoNice strawman. So if unpleasant elements exist in one's environment, a dramatic increase in those unpleasant elements shouldn't bother you? Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Also nowhere did I say I lived there.