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This website has a lot of attention grabbing popups =( It's pretty irritating to be reading an article and get interrupted. > in other Bird-seeded cities, mugg

This website has a lot of attention grabbing popups =( It's pretty irritating to be reading an article and get interrupted. > in other Bird-seeded cities, muggers have followed chargers heading into less-populated areas. Some chargers reported being victims of theft Reminds me of Craigslist scams. The solution for CL scams was to only meet in public/safe areas, what is the solution for these muggers? Send a officer sometimes to sting sketchy bait scooters?

kyleblarson 8y ago
CCW
- ddtaylor 8y ago
  I'm a newb what does it stand for?
  - danielvf 8y ago
    CCW means Concealed Carry Permit, in the US Southeast. I’m assuming the poster was recommending legaly carrying a firearm when working alone in the streets at night.
    - Retric 8y ago
      That seems like it would reduce your odds of getting robbed, but increase your odds of being shot. I am not sure if that's a great trade-off, but worth considering.
      - ggg9990 8y ago
        You’re looking at it the wrong way. For the target market, getting into a gunfight is the desired outcome. Blasting the brains out of a “thug” without having to go to jail for it is the aspiration. Getting shot and killed is a possibility but that’s why they train all weekend at the range.
        optimuspaul 8y ago
        That's an angle I'd hadn't considered. So if we give the gun nuts their guns and the criminals guns and I just stay inside for a few years this gun problem could just work itself out.
        ggg9990 8y ago
        No, because the gun nuts and the criminals reproduce at faster rates than the rest of the population.
        okmokmz 8y ago
        >For the target market, getting into a gunfight is the desired outcome. Blasting the brains out of a “thug” without having to go to jail for it is the aspiration. It sounds like you likely have no firearm experience or friends/family who carry concealed. No one I know with a concealed carry permit hopes to have to use their firearm for self defense. Just like with other groups that carry firearms (police/military) there will be outliers who, as you say, aspire to shoot someone and make the rest look bad. However, the majority of people who carry concealed are certainly not running around trying to find someone to shoot. My grandfather has carried a concealed firearm his entire life and never has never drawn or fired in a self defense situation
        HarryHirsch 8y ago
        Heh. The guy from Slate Star Codex introduced a value for "Southernness" when he tried to model firearm deaths. So it would be interesting to hear where parent and grandparent poster are from. Atlanta is, of course, in the South.
        danielvf 8y ago
        I dug that article up - really interesting read, and seems pretty accurate. (Warning: long) http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/
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      - ropeadopepope 8y ago
        Why guess? The FBI has a full battery of statistics on anything and everything gun related, including CCW license holders. https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/concealed-carry-statistics-fbi/ https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/conce...
        Retric 8y ago
        Concealed Carry is a self selecting population which makes it hard to separate the population from the action of carrying. Which is why I am not simply digging into statistics. I am sure people make arguments in both directions.
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    - ddtaylor 8y ago
      Derp, I was thinking it was some kind of conversion rate / SEO term. That's what I get for posting a comment with two separate points in it I suppose.
fifnir 8y ago
What a thirsty site... asks to send notifications, content-covering social media bar with bright colours that follows you around, subscription box that follows you around, and of course the good old WAIT BEFORE YOU GO thing when you scroll away, it's like a demo of all annoying dev practices
- dice 8y ago
  Site works fine with NoScript enabled, though, which was nice. Blocked 11 domains.
jpopesculian 8y ago
The original hypepotamus article is a lot more user friendly. Not to mention they're a pretty good resource for startup news in Atlanta. https://hypepotamus.com/news/perspective-bird-chargers-atlanta/ https://hypepotamus.com/news/perspective-bird-chargers-atlan...
- ddtaylor 8y ago
  Ah, I didn't see this was a cross-post. Thanks!

kyleblarson 8y ago

CCW

ddtaylor 8y ago
I'm a newb what does it stand for?
- danielvf 8y ago
  CCW means Concealed Carry Permit, in the US Southeast. I’m assuming the poster was recommending legaly carrying a firearm when working alone in the streets at night.
  - Retric 8y ago
    That seems like it would reduce your odds of getting robbed, but increase your odds of being shot. I am not sure if that's a great trade-off, but worth considering.
    - ggg9990 8y ago
      You’re looking at it the wrong way. For the target market, getting into a gunfight is the desired outcome. Blasting the brains out of a “thug” without having to go to jail for it is the aspiration. Getting shot and killed is a possibility but that’s why they train all weekend at the range.
      - optimuspaul 8y ago
        That's an angle I'd hadn't considered. So if we give the gun nuts their guns and the criminals guns and I just stay inside for a few years this gun problem could just work itself out.
        ggg9990 8y ago
        No, because the gun nuts and the criminals reproduce at faster rates than the rest of the population.
      - okmokmz 8y ago
        >For the target market, getting into a gunfight is the desired outcome. Blasting the brains out of a “thug” without having to go to jail for it is the aspiration. It sounds like you likely have no firearm experience or friends/family who carry concealed. No one I know with a concealed carry permit hopes to have to use their firearm for self defense. Just like with other groups that carry firearms (police/military) there will be outliers who, as you say, aspire to shoot someone and make the rest look bad. However, the majority of people who carry concealed are certainly not running around trying to find someone to shoot. My grandfather has carried a concealed firearm his entire life and never has never drawn or fired in a self defense situation
        HarryHirsch 8y ago
        Heh. The guy from Slate Star Codex introduced a value for "Southernness" when he tried to model firearm deaths. So it would be interesting to hear where parent and grandparent poster are from. Atlanta is, of course, in the South.
        danielvf 8y ago
        I dug that article up - really interesting read, and seems pretty accurate. (Warning: long) http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/
        deleted 8y ago
    - ropeadopepope 8y ago
      Why guess? The FBI has a full battery of statistics on anything and everything gun related, including CCW license holders. https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/concealed-carry-statistics-fbi/ https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/conce...
      - Retric 8y ago
        Concealed Carry is a self selecting population which makes it hard to separate the population from the action of carrying. Which is why I am not simply digging into statistics. I am sure people make arguments in both directions.
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  - ddtaylor 8y ago
    Derp, I was thinking it was some kind of conversion rate / SEO term. That's what I get for posting a comment with two separate points in it I suppose.

fifnir 8y ago

What a thirsty site... asks to send notifications, content-covering social media bar with bright colours that follows you around, subscription box that follows you around, and of course the good old WAIT BEFORE YOU GO thing when you scroll away, it's like a demo of all annoying dev practices

dice 8y ago
Site works fine with NoScript enabled, though, which was nice. Blocked 11 domains.

jpopesculian 8y ago

The original hypepotamus article is a lot more user friendly. Not to mention they're a pretty good resource for startup news in Atlanta. https://hypepotamus.com/news/perspective-bird-chargers-atlanta/ https://hypepotamus.com/news/perspective-bird-chargers-atlan...

ddtaylor 8y ago
Ah, I didn't see this was a cross-post. Thanks!