Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

even better, they actively help to perpetuate and grow the conditions that make them successful!




^{*(for absolutely terrible values of "better")}

infernal machines posted:

tbf this is pretty much the ideal capitalist business model.

uber is as american as gently caress. just a big 'ol red white and blue star spangled boner right up the rear end of the american people

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

that's the magic of the whole thing: employment in the u.s. is so precarious for so many people, there's an effectively unlimited supply of desperate people who have super nice cars they cannot really afford

unless something very fundamental changes in the next few years, uber doesn't have to worry about burning through the pool of potential drivers. new people join the body of the precariat every single day

duTrieux. posted:

somebody needs to invent a time machine and murder everybody responsible for just-in-time scheduling

quote:

Deming's Seven Deadly Diseases

The "Seven Deadly Diseases" include:

Lack of constancy of purpose
Emphasis on short-term profits
Evaluation by performance, merit rating, or annual review of performance
Mobility of management
Running a company on visible figures alone
Excessive medical costs
Excessive costs of warranty, fueled by lawyers who work for contingency fees


"A Lesser Category of Obstacles" includes:

Neglecting long-range planning
Relying on technology to solve problems
Seeking examples to follow rather than developing solutions
Excuses, such as "our problems are different"
Obsolescence in school that management skill can be taught in classes[31]
Reliance on quality control departments rather than management, supervisors, managers of purchasing, and production workers
Placing blame on workforces who are only responsible for 15% of mistakes where the system designed by management is responsible for 85% of the unintended consequences
Relying on quality inspection rather than improving product quality

theflyingexecutive posted:

half the time if you have something in the trunk, they will drive away with it before you flag them down again

Low-Pass Filter posted:

I had to look up what just-in-time scheduling was, thought it was an anroid thing.

FrozenVent posted:

lol at this literal childe who's unaware of the previous century's second greatest logistic innovation

gently caress yo warehousing

FrozenVent posted:

lol at this literal childe who's unaware of the previous century's second greatest logistic innovation

gently caress yo warehousing

Condiv posted:

tech

bubble

flakeloaf posted:

i am confused

this means someone with a dead battery paid eighteen hundred dollars to a jitney service to travel eighty miles?

infernal machines posted:

just-in-time-scheduling is not just-in-time-logistics you idiot

theflyingexecutive posted:

so uber has begin recruiting in erie pa

and im actually not mad because holy hell the cabs in my hometown are turrible. they will not pick you up from a bar. if they do pick you up, it will take them from 45 minutes to an hour and a half to show up. the cars are all old and dirty. if you don't pay cash, they will bitch you out before producing a card-imprinting machine and then hand you a clipboard where you personally write in your name, origin and destination, fare, and tip. half the time if you have something in the trunk, they will drive away with it before you flag them down again. they are also pretty expensive considering the area and the only company in town.

Nintendo Kid posted:

maybe erie should have anything worth doing

FrozenVent posted:

lol if you schedule anything smaller than an FEU

Nintendo Kid posted:

also erie used to be famous for needlessly gouging travelers, so i guess uber and the current taxi company are carrying on a proud tradition

theflyingexecutive posted:

it was the focus of a chapter in a book about places that benefitted from doing things in an obtuse, backwards way

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

that's the magic of the whole thing: employment in the u.s. is so precarious for so many people, there's an effectively unlimited supply of desperate people who have super nice cars they cannot really afford

unless something very fundamental changes in the next few years, uber doesn't have to worry about burning through the pool of potential drivers. new people join the body of the precariat every single day

infernal machines posted:

just-in-time-scheduling is not just-in-time-logistics you idiot

carry on then posted:

yes but what is your opinion on just in time compiling

infernal machines posted:

tbf this is pretty much the ideal capitalist business model.

uber is as american as gently caress. just a big 'ol red white and blue star spangled boner right up the rear end of the american people

Low-Pass Filter posted:

I had to look up what just-in-time scheduling was, thought it was an anroid thing.

theflyingexecutive posted:

places that benefitted from doing things in an obtuse, backwards way

Nintendo Kid posted:

link book ty

As a Millennial I posted:

infernal machines posted:

they do have a slight competitive edge re: a complete and utter lack of even the most basic morals and their willingness to build an entirely criminal enterprise

it won't save them when the money butterflies flutter off but it will keep them in the money for slightly longer than the usual flavour of the month

Main Paineframe posted:

lol if you don't think anyone who might possibly be competing with them isn't just as bad

infernal machines posted:

i suppose i missed the part where it was revealed that lyft and sidecar have literal dossiers on unsympathetic press and use their built in metrics to stalk and harass anyone their management deems worthy

quote:

Hate to break it to you, but as a journalist who has covered the technology industry for a decade, I can tell you this kind of tracking happens regularly, particularly with early-stage companies. It happens to journalists, and it happens to regular users, too.

For the record, Uber has never presented my personal data to me. But I can recall multiple times when an executive from Lyft, a rival service, punched up my trip log and told me about it. After my very first trip with Lyft, one executive told me the name of the driver who brought me to the cafe where we met.

Asked about the company’s privacy protocol this week, a Lyft spokeswoman said she does have tools to access journalists’ accounts, but she has never used them unless the person is present and has given permission. She said she would look into earlier policies, but has not yet replied to multiple follow-ups.

Lyft appears to be shuffling around its disclosures on privacy this week. The company’s terms of service, which were updated on Wednesday, no longer include its privacy policy. A prominent “privacy” link at the bottom of its site goes to those same terms of service that no longer contain the extensive privacy policy. (See update below.)

Sagebrush posted:

lyft had a fair bit of backlash in the summer. a bunch of drivers had a bonfire on ocean beach and burned the mustaches

come to think of it i haven't seen a lyft car in probably 2-3 months now

infernal machines posted:

well, like i said, i missed it.