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Post by Calvinball on Jan 3, 2018 20:17:16 GMT -5
Separated into another post. Most of these aren't from journalists, at least not one that work for large organizations. A few of these were submissions to contests as well. This is super fucking depressing.
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Post by poembie on Jan 3, 2018 21:17:16 GMT -5
this is a crazy amount of bikes. where in the world is this? reminds me of something you'd see on that trash island in the ocean According to the website... I read an article and heard a story on NPR a while ago about the ride sharing industry. Here's a link from CNN, the first good article I can find that's similar to what i remember hearing earlier this year. www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-shanghai-bikes/index.htmlIt comes with another cool pic. Absolutely correct, these pictures were taken here in China. 2017 was a crazy year for the bike-sharing industry. It's losing momentum now somewhat with many players out of the game and the two biggest bike-sharing companies looking for ways to start making some money (they have been burning through investor (and user) money since day one). At first I thought bike-sharing was pretty great, it's cheap and you don't need to get on overcrowded and slow buses, but, since bikes can be left anywhere by users, they often cause public malaise. So city governments regularly haul bikes off and dump them somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Bikes are crowding the sidewalk, forcing us to walk on the roads. Unfortunately, what started out as a revolutionary idea, has become a pain in the neck.
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 4, 2018 14:00:36 GMT -5
According to the website... I read an article and heard a story on NPR a while ago about the ride sharing industry. Here's a link from CNN, the first good article I can find that's similar to what i remember hearing earlier this year. www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-shanghai-bikes/index.htmlIt comes with another cool pic. Absolutely correct, these pictures were taken here in China. 2017 was a crazy year for the bike-sharing industry. It's losing momentum now somewhat with many players out of the game and the two biggest bike-sharing companies looking for ways to start making some money (they have been burning through investor (and user) money since day one). At first I thought bike-sharing was pretty great, it's cheap and you don't need to get on overcrowded and slow buses, but, since bikes can be left anywhere by users, they often cause public malaise. So city governments regularly haul bikes off and dump them somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Bikes are crowding the sidewalk, forcing us to walk on the roads. Unfortunately, what started out as a revolutionary idea, has become a pain in the neck. Thanks for the local insight! I love that someone responded with good first-hand information. The Daily Mosh, 'round the world y'all.
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Post by SHIRT on Jan 4, 2018 17:02:02 GMT -5
According to the website... I read an article and heard a story on NPR a while ago about the ride sharing industry. Here's a link from CNN, the first good article I can find that's similar to what i remember hearing earlier this year. www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-shanghai-bikes/index.htmlIt comes with another cool pic. Absolutely correct, these pictures were taken here in China. 2017 was a crazy year for the bike-sharing industry. It's losing momentum now somewhat with many players out of the game and the two biggest bike-sharing companies looking for ways to start making some money (they have been burning through investor (and user) money since day one). At first I thought bike-sharing was pretty great, it's cheap and you don't need to get on overcrowded and slow buses, but, since bikes can be left anywhere by users, they often cause public malaise. So city governments regularly haul bikes off and dump them somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Bikes are crowding the sidewalk, forcing us to walk on the roads. Unfortunately, what started out as a revolutionary idea, has become a pain in the neck. that seems pretty terrible. sounds like were one step closer to a WALL-E-esque Earth.
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Post by poembie on Jan 4, 2018 20:39:53 GMT -5
Absolutely correct, these pictures were taken here in China. 2017 was a crazy year for the bike-sharing industry. It's losing momentum now somewhat with many players out of the game and the two biggest bike-sharing companies looking for ways to start making some money (they have been burning through investor (and user) money since day one). At first I thought bike-sharing was pretty great, it's cheap and you don't need to get on overcrowded and slow buses, but, since bikes can be left anywhere by users, they often cause public malaise. So city governments regularly haul bikes off and dump them somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Bikes are crowding the sidewalk, forcing us to walk on the roads. Unfortunately, what started out as a revolutionary idea, has become a pain in the neck. Thanks for the local insight! I love that someone responded with good first-hand information. The Daily Mosh, 'round the world y'all. Remembered to take some photos this morning. These were taken right outside our office building.
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Post by Zeke on Jan 5, 2018 3:40:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the local insight! I love that someone responded with good first-hand information. The Daily Mosh, 'round the world y'all. Remembered to take some photos this morning. These were taken right outside our office building. How are those masks? We've been having crazy pollution here in Warsaw, apparently even worse than in Beijing and I am thinking about getting one.
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Post by poembie on Jan 5, 2018 8:03:52 GMT -5
Remembered to take some photos this morning. These were taken right outside our office building. How are those masks? We've been having crazy pollution here in Warsaw, apparently even worse than in Beijing and I am thinking about getting one. I swear by these masks. They seem to do the trick in stopping a lot of filth entering my lungs. I always get the 3M 9501V ones, they also have ones where you have to pull the straps over your head but I've found that they break easily, so I always get the ear strap ones. In China they cost between EUR 20 - 25 for a large pack of 25 masks.
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 9, 2018 19:24:23 GMT -5
Again, back to the dumb shit.
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Post by Zeke on Jan 10, 2018 15:14:19 GMT -5
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Post by SHIRT on Jan 10, 2018 16:03:19 GMT -5
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 10, 2018 19:18:04 GMT -5
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 13, 2018 12:59:43 GMT -5
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 20, 2018 11:37:38 GMT -5
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Post by julianlozano on Jan 20, 2018 12:26:22 GMT -5
This is inspirational ahaha
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Post by v9733xa on Jan 26, 2018 17:49:54 GMT -5
A Van cat, under the protection of Van Yuzuncu Yil University's Research and Application Center, is camouflaged by snow-covered tree branches in Van, Turkey, on Jan. 20. - Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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