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As a person who grew up in a so-called bad area i feel in no way offended, because i know the actual risks. My mother works as a railway attendend and often ha

As a person who grew up in a so-called bad area i feel in no way offended, because i know the actual risks. My mother works as a railway attendend and often has to go to different cities without guides just to get to her hotel. I'd love for her to have an app or something that guides her on the safest path possible. If you live in a bad area you shouldn't be ashamed about it, but ignoring it just makes things worse for everybody.

chris_dcosta 15y ago
Me too. I'm not denying bad things can happen. An app won't navigate you away from a potential mugging, if they guy decides to try another street. That's the problem you are believing that this might be possible statistically it's not possible. This is not Minority Report, and actually you may be putting your mum in danger just by suggesting that it works. Criminals buy apps too. The point I wanted to make was this: If the app's aim was to draw attention to areas that needed help, for use to focus the minds of governments and aid agencies, and people with a social conscience, and they were using the data to determine the most needy areas in an aggregated fashion it could be positive thing. Where can we help next? Do you see? This would be making the world a better place. It is not doing this. It is basically contributing to the view people from certain areas should be avoided, because statistically speaking they are mostly criminals. This is not for the good of the many, it's for the good of the one.
- chris_dcosta 15y ago
  Crikey, a downvote for wanting to make the world a better place? Is that really justified?
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  - jasonlotito 15y ago
    Wanting something is merely entitlement. Changing something is rewarded. As has been mentioned, if you disagree on the proposed solution to the "problem," a better endeavor would be to change it. In other words: walk the walk, don't just talk the talk.
  - jasonlotito 15y ago
    Wanting something is merely entitlement. Changing something is rewarded. As has been mentioned, if you disagree on the proposed solution to the "problem," a better endeavor would be to change it. In other words: walk the walk, don't just talk the talk. Edit: Oh, and complaining about downvotes isn't worthwhile either.
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- dmix 15y ago
  I believe the issue people are having with this is that its a bit condescending. These guys built a mobile app and node API in 20hrs based on something that - they believed - is general common-sense among any city dwellers (avoiding bad neighborhoods). If you think you know a better way of approaching the problem, then the general response in the hacker community is: build it yourself. Asking to change wording to something less offensive is fine... but calling them out for not being socially concious and not trying to fix a problem that has affected cities for centuries is a bit of a stretch... especially considering it was a weekend project.

chris_dcosta 15y ago

Me too. I'm not denying bad things can happen. An app won't navigate you away from a potential mugging, if they guy decides to try another street. That's the problem you are believing that this might be possible statistically it's not possible. This is not Minority Report, and actually you may be putting your mum in danger just by suggesting that it works. Criminals buy apps too. The point I wanted to make was this: If the app's aim was to draw attention to areas that needed help, for use to focus the minds of governments and aid agencies, and people with a social conscience, and they were using the data to determine the most needy areas in an aggregated fashion it could be positive thing. Where can we help next? Do you see? This would be making the world a better place. It is not doing this. It is basically contributing to the view people from certain areas should be avoided, because statistically speaking they are mostly criminals. This is not for the good of the many, it's for the good of the one.

chris_dcosta 15y ago
Crikey, a downvote for wanting to make the world a better place? Is that really justified?
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- jasonlotito 15y ago
  Wanting something is merely entitlement. Changing something is rewarded. As has been mentioned, if you disagree on the proposed solution to the "problem," a better endeavor would be to change it. In other words: walk the walk, don't just talk the talk.
- jasonlotito 15y ago
  Wanting something is merely entitlement. Changing something is rewarded. As has been mentioned, if you disagree on the proposed solution to the "problem," a better endeavor would be to change it. In other words: walk the walk, don't just talk the talk. Edit: Oh, and complaining about downvotes isn't worthwhile either.
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dmix 15y ago
I believe the issue people are having with this is that its a bit condescending. These guys built a mobile app and node API in 20hrs based on something that - they believed - is general common-sense among any city dwellers (avoiding bad neighborhoods). If you think you know a better way of approaching the problem, then the general response in the hacker community is: build it yourself. Asking to change wording to something less offensive is fine... but calling them out for not being socially concious and not trying to fix a problem that has affected cities for centuries is a bit of a stretch... especially considering it was a weekend project.