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I guess my comment assumes a certain level of awareness Like if I see my block swarmed by cops, I'll lock my door. If I see 20 cops outside the mall, I'll tak

I guess my comment assumes a certain level of awareness Like if I see my block swarmed by cops, I'll lock my door. If I see 20 cops outside the mall, I'll take it as a sign to not even approach bystanders. If traffic is blocked, even Google Maps will show the trip time taking into account if a semi flipped across 3 lanes or a stranded vehicle is blocking 1 lane. If you hear gunshots so close you start thinking "I wish I knew why those just happened" instead I prefer staying indoors and away from windows since bullets don't care if they were shot for fun. If you have the awareness to respond to the plainly available context, then you don't benefit from having a police scanner in your pocket. - No one is saying you're not allowed to find things out about crime, the problem at its root is a live crime feed precludes any sort of meaningful deep information. Police act on so little info because it's their job, and as a result they end up being jumpy and trigger happy. Willingly opting into that experience yourself in anything short of a warzone is not hard to chalk up to fear...

s1artibartfast 4y ago
It seems that you are proposing being even more fearful and taking a more conservative approach due to lack of information. If I followed your advice, I would never leave the house for fear bullets. If I want more detailed information on a bridge shutdown (which is available), your recommendation is to suck it and just go by whatever erroneous prediction google gives. It seems like you providing contradictory advice: 1) Always take the most cautious approach to your environment. (if you see cops:hide, hear shots: hide) 2) Don't pay attention to the live crime feed for more information. The problem is that the live crime feed adds meaningful information to the environmental data for me. I guess we disagree on what information I find useful: Whether that is the nature of a traffic jam so I can plan my drive, or how often people get shot in my neighborhood. This strikes me as a position hostile to information, knowledge, and learning.
- BoorishBears 4y ago
  Again, there I go making crazy assumptions like "You don't have a constant barrage of bullets outside so you can go outside most of the time, just not right after hearing gunshots, regardless of what a crowd sourced app tells you" and "it's not every day you see 20 cops milling outside your door" (pro tip: lock your doors if either is true) > It seems like you providing contradictory advice: There's nothing contradictory: I'm advocating for common sense telling you when to be fearful, rather than relying on an app to tell you when to not be fearful. Because when said app is literally a police scanner, your default is fearful and you'll essentially be asking for an app to tell you when everything is ok. That's no way to live.
  - s1artibartfast 4y ago
    >Because when said app is literally a police scanner, your default is fearful and you'll essentially be asking for an app to tell you when everything is ok. That's no way to live. I probably shouldn't respond, but I can't help it. Do you just go through life telling people how they feel and contradicting them when they say they feel otherwise? I said I wasn't fearful, and gave numerous examples of not being fearful, yet you still assert that I am. If you can't wrap your head around the idea that someone might want to collect information and make informed decisions without being some kind of paranoid, there's nothing that I can do to change your mind. If you can't see the simple value in knowing which streets people frequently are shot at, then I can't help you. Good luck

s1artibartfast 4y ago

It seems that you are proposing being even more fearful and taking a more conservative approach due to lack of information. If I followed your advice, I would never leave the house for fear bullets. If I want more detailed information on a bridge shutdown (which is available), your recommendation is to suck it and just go by whatever erroneous prediction google gives. It seems like you providing contradictory advice: 1) Always take the most cautious approach to your environment. (if you see cops:hide, hear shots: hide) 2) Don't pay attention to the live crime feed for more information. The problem is that the live crime feed adds meaningful information to the environmental data for me. I guess we disagree on what information I find useful: Whether that is the nature of a traffic jam so I can plan my drive, or how often people get shot in my neighborhood. This strikes me as a position hostile to information, knowledge, and learning.

BoorishBears 4y ago
Again, there I go making crazy assumptions like "You don't have a constant barrage of bullets outside so you can go outside most of the time, just not right after hearing gunshots, regardless of what a crowd sourced app tells you" and "it's not every day you see 20 cops milling outside your door" (pro tip: lock your doors if either is true) > It seems like you providing contradictory advice: There's nothing contradictory: I'm advocating for common sense telling you when to be fearful, rather than relying on an app to tell you when to not be fearful. Because when said app is literally a police scanner, your default is fearful and you'll essentially be asking for an app to tell you when everything is ok. That's no way to live.
- s1artibartfast 4y ago
  >Because when said app is literally a police scanner, your default is fearful and you'll essentially be asking for an app to tell you when everything is ok. That's no way to live. I probably shouldn't respond, but I can't help it. Do you just go through life telling people how they feel and contradicting them when they say they feel otherwise? I said I wasn't fearful, and gave numerous examples of not being fearful, yet you still assert that I am. If you can't wrap your head around the idea that someone might want to collect information and make informed decisions without being some kind of paranoid, there's nothing that I can do to change your mind. If you can't see the simple value in knowing which streets people frequently are shot at, then I can't help you. Good luck