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Intelligent Machines

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from.

Tokyo subway tests messaging system to help pregnant women secure seats | The Japan Times

Tokyo subway tests messaging system to help pregnant women secure seats | The Japan Times: Subway commuting may get easier for expectant mothers, with tests beginning Monday in Tokyo of a system that will allow them to ask willing passengers via

Amadeus and Reliability

While it's fine to strive for 99.999% up-time, that doesn't help people trapped in the .001%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-28/airlines-suffer-worldwide-delays-as-amadeus-booking-system-fails

Governments around Japan plan to adopt lodging tax to offset impacts of tourism | The Japan Times

Governments around Japan plan to adopt lodging tax to offset impacts of tourism | The Japan Times: An increasing number of local governments are planning to introduce a lodging tax to finance tourism promotion and ease the load on infrastructure amid record-breaking arrivals of travelers from abroad.

Amazon to Crack Down on Incentivized Reviews

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-to-crack-down-on-incentivized-reviews

Should you take notes by hand, or using a laptop?

The answer may surprise you.

Should A Self-Driving Car Kill Its Passengers In A “Greater Good” Scenario? | IFLScience

Should A Self-Driving Car Kill Its Passengers In A “Greater Good” Scenario? | IFLScience

More about AirBnB

How is AirBnB using Content Marketing?

Denver Airport Redux

What happened when United Airlines replaced unionized baggage handlers with minimum wage contract workers?

Online travel agencies tap Big Data start-ups to stay relevant

Travel websites are exploring the treasure trove of information generated by customers as they browse the web for holidays and hotel bookings Read more at: Online travel agencies tap Big Data start-ups to stay relevant

What do you think? Are "travel girls" the best?

Why You Should Date a Girl Who Travels

Mariott fined $600,000 for jamming guest hotspots

Marriott will cough up $600,000 in penalties after being caught blocking mobile hotspots so that guests would have to pay for its own WiFi services, the FCC has confirmed today. The fine comes after staff at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee were found to be jamming individual hotspots and then charging people up to $1,000 per device to get online.

Finding a Geocache

Geocaching Etiquette

The Guide to Geocaching Etiquette

WestJet Christmas Miracle: real-time giving

Christopher Elliot and Frequent Flyer Programs

Point: Frequent Flyer Programs are a Scam

Counterpoint: Frequent Flyer Programs are Not a Scam

Geocaching Bookmark List

If you don't know where to start, you might want to try some of these.

Calculating Average Daily Census

One of the measurements that destinations often use to assess their success in attracting and retaining visitors is Average Daily Census. Average Daily Census measures the average number of visitors at the destination on any given day during the period in question. Even though it sounds a bit complicated, the calculation is actually pretty easy. Let's say that Hawaii had 8,941,394 visitors in 2016 who stayed an average of 8.99 days. How many visitors days is that? Divide that by the period in question (i.e., how many days were there in 2016?). So how many visitors were there in Hawaii on an average day in 2016? Right. 219,626. Not the number you got? Check your work (and don't forget the number of days in 2016).

How Big is the E-commerce Industry? infographic