jfournier, 11 months ago

@gruber can’t recall if you posted about it, but in hingham MA, a man drove his car into the Apple Store. They started adding bollards and other barriers in front of their stores after that, I believe.

poorsignal, 11 months ago

@gruber does Apple Care + cover diffraction damage?

bradsaillard, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

@gruber But no-one could repair the chip in the curb.

Peteo, 11 months ago

@gruber the the only reason to keep the twitter app is @WorldBollard account

PenguinToot, 11 months ago

@gruber Insane to have an Apple Store at street level without them. Still can’t believe they didn’t have any at the Apple Store in MA 🙁

gallus, 11 months ago

@gruber it‘s a problem of an aging society, see https://www.dekra-roadsafety.com/en/need-for-optimization-in-a-variety-of-areas/ in Hamburg, Germany there is a street famous for several accidents caused by elderly drivers smashing into stores; at least in one case even a large concrete block designed for anti-terrorism couldn’t stop of the SUV. Sounds funny, but it isn’t.

machei, 11 months ago

@gruber learned a new word today…

torsteinv, 11 months ago

@gruber shot with the Ricoh?

gruber, 11 months ago

@torsteinv Nope that’s from my iPhone. Processed a bit in Darkroom.

torsteinv, 11 months ago

@gruber wow, the iphone 14's optics are impressive. the colors has a very nice ricoh/fuji vibe to them. Also, I thought you were team Photomator? (formerly Pixel-mat-hor Photo 😉)

gruber, 11 months ago

@torsteinv I like Photomator too but Darkroom has been my go-to for first-try processing and triage for a while now.

nikw, 11 months ago

@gruber Bike parking on that block suuuucks. But I guess a row of bike racks with bent wheels locked to them wouldn’t look as nice

angelo_arch, 11 months ago

@gruber Bollards are literally everywhere in Europe. Insane how common they are, and they even have city-wide networked bollards that can be recessed for access.

DaveHamilton, 11 months ago

@gruber On first glance this looks like the result of Lucas Jackson successfully “settling an old score.”

Steinbruch, 11 months ago

@gruber @worldbollard New Bollrads

vanitalo, 11 months ago

@gruber Anti-lawsuit devices.

stairjoke, 11 months ago

@gruber this is such a great illustration of how messed up the US are.

taatm, 11 months ago

@gruber
Concerns over a ram raid before the Vision arrives?

ianandbike, 11 months ago

@gruber I think #WorldBollardAssociation (sadly only on twitter) would be very pleased with these.

medievalist, 11 months ago

@gruber I have never known what those were called. Thanks!

numbsafari, 11 months ago

@gruber Never mind the bollards… here’s the iPhones

major, 11 months ago

@gruber Are they attached to the ground with MagSafe?

memory, 11 months ago

@gruber been a gazillion years— is that where the Borders Books used to be in the 90s?

gruber, 11 months ago

@memory No, the Apple store is on the 1600 block. The old Borders (RIP) was at 1723 Walnut, which is now an abandoned H&M: https://maps.apple.com/?address=1723%20Walnut%20St,%20Philadelphia,%20PA%20%2019103,%20United%20States&ll=39.950331,-75.170134&q=1723%20Walnut%20St&t=m

memory, 11 months ago

@gruber Aw damn, that's depressing. I spent a lot of time there as a disaffected teenager.

...generally not buying anything, mind you, which probably was not helping. 🤣

drdrang, 11 months ago

@gruber Odd to have them at a store that doesn’t face a parking lot.

sayrer, 11 months ago

@gruber they've installed baudrillards in front of the simulacra

jimshreds, 11 months ago

@gruber surprised they were t there day 1 tbh

agiletortoise, 11 months ago

@gruber they should have built in charging stations.

jinahadam, 11 months ago

@gruber looks like alumimiumiunum