[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906

What people said

carapace · 2023-10 · Recommendation

The two things are orthogonal. Item: humans driving huge machines on every street is and always has been totally insane. The reason we do it is because of a deliberate domestic propaganda campaign. No really. See: "The Real Reason Jaywalking Is A Crime (Adam Ruins Everything)" [LINK] You can see the origin of the situation from this extraordinary film shot just before the 1906 Earthquake: "San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906" [VIDEO] You can see that horses, horse-drawn wagon and carts, and pedestrians could and did mix together in the public way. There are also early automobiles, and the problem is obvious: cars accelerate faster than horses. Already we can see reckless driving by cars that is only possible due to their ability to accelerate quickly! BTW, just for the record, cars themselves are generally awesome. It must be said. Cars are cool. It's only when we use them as mass-transportation and/or mix them with non-car-driving people (bikes, pedestrians, etc.) that it becomes mad. - - - - Ergo, safe automatic automobiles can't come soon enough! - - - - However, none of the above justifies using random people without their consent as test dummies in an open-air testing facility for massive, fast robots. That's also insane. - - - - To me it seems obvious that you do two things: 1) Start with slow light robots! Build a nerf foam golf cart that is limited to 5mph and get that working reliably. Going straight for Knight Industries Two Thousand right out o

Read the original HN comment ↗

carapace · 2022-07 · Recommendation

FWIW, check out "A Trip Down Market Street", filmed in 1906 in SF just before the earthquake. [LINK] Upscaled and colorized: [VIDEO] You can see pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and early automobiles all "flowing" together.

Read the original HN comment ↗

GeekyBear · 2021-10 · Recommendation

I've really come to enjoy these sorts of upscaled videos that allow a view of various cities in the early 1900's. New York: [LINK] San Francisco: [VIDEO] Paris: [LINK] Wuppertal, Germany: [LINK]

Read the original HN comment ↗