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drethelin comments on I need a protocol for dangerous or disconcerting ideas. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 12 July 2015 11:00:18PM 0 points [-]

How would the app know? You would need some sort of automatic system that scans every parking spot to see if there is a car currently in it.

Comment author: faul_sname 13 July 2015 10:03:48AM 0 points [-]

How difficult would this be, out of curiosity, keeping in mind that you don't need 100% accuracy? I can think of a couple approaches, though probably nothing that would be supported by any revenue model I can think of off the top of my head.

Comment author: Clarity 13 July 2015 03:07:22AM 0 points [-]

or just crowdsource it :)

Comment author: drethelin 13 July 2015 04:33:16AM 0 points [-]

This is putting the cart before the horse. A crowdsourced app that requires user to report ACCURATELY which parking spots are free when will only work when it has a lot of users. But it can't get users unless it's a useful app.