Interesting Links for 14-07-2016

[andrewducker]

Nottinghamshire Police records misogyny as a hate crime (tags: police crime misogyny uk ) Jaguar Land Rover to have fleet of 100 driverless cars on roads by 2020 (tags: automation cars driving thefuture ) Auschwitz asks visitors not to play 'Pokémon Go' Even less appropriate than Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse!
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Comments

[drdoug]

On Pokemon Go and inappropriate locations, I think there's two separate issues here

[andrewducker]

I think you're right on both counts, although it would not be unreasonable for Niantic to create Pokemon-free zones in areas of a particularly sensitive nature.

Or where there are landmines.

Or crocodiles.

(I am not looking forward to the explosion when a child at a zoo is trying to capture a Pokemon and falls into the polar bear enclosure.)

[drdoug]

Yeah, we can definitely add 'dangerous cliffs' to the areas where it would not be unreasonable for Niantic to create Pokemon-free zones:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pokemon-go-men-fall-off-cliff-san-diego-android-ios-app-a7136986.html

That is honestly faster than I thought. Truly we live in wondrous times!

Although, as several people are remarking, the Pokemon Go thing has caught on so far so fast it does seem like something out of an sf story, where it turns out to have been a prelude to an alien invasion or some other civilisation-level disaster. Like everyone watching the green shooting stars in Day of the Triffids or something. Gotta catch 'em all! Before they catch us ...

[andrewducker]

It's a fascinating phenomenon.

See the story about race on today's link post?

[drdoug]

Oh, blimey. Eye-popping and depressing.

[andrewducker]

Yup. And something I hope they fix.