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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:even better, they actively help to perpetuate and grow the conditions that make them successful! 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
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infernal machines posted:tbf this is pretty much the ideal capitalist business model. wisdom
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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 somebody needs to invent a time machine and murder everybody responsible for just-in-time scheduling
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duTrieux. posted:somebody needs to invent a time machine and murder everybody responsible for just-in-time scheduling you can blame the japanese for that one (and deming) tbf deming would probably hate most capitalists these days too quote:Deming's Seven Deadly Diseases
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I had to look up what just-in-time scheduling was, thought it was an anroid thing.
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 00:27 |
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late but go gently caress yourself valeyard
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 00:30 |
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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.
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theflyingexecutive posted:half the time if you have something in the trunk, they will drive away with it before you flag them down again never close your door before opening the trunk everything else is poo poo though
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Low-Pass Filter posted:I had to look up what just-in-time scheduling was, thought it was an anroid thing. lol at this literal childe who's unaware of the previous century's second greatest logistic innovation gently caress yo warehousing
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 00:46 |
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FrozenVent posted:lol at this literal childe who's unaware of the previous century's second greatest logistic innovation i think they're referring to the trend of companies changing part time workers' schedules with little notice beforehand but otherwise yes, it's pretty nice in a factory or shipping setting
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FrozenVent posted:lol at this literal childe who's unaware of the previous century's second greatest logistic innovation just-in-time-scheduling is not just-in-time-logistics you idiot
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Condiv posted:tech flakeloaf posted:i am confused and such a small image lol
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infernal machines posted:just-in-time-scheduling is not just-in-time-logistics you idiot lol if you schedule anything smaller than an FEU
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theflyingexecutive posted:so uber has begin recruiting in erie pa maybe erie should have anything worth doing
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 01:56 |
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basically
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Nintendo Kid posted:maybe erie should have anything worth doing hey there's a shipyard there and also uh yeah so fishmech was right
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FrozenVent posted:lol if you schedule anything smaller than an FEU A what
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Fishmech Endorsed Unit
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:09 |
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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
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:12 |
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I await the sweet embrace of death and you should too
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:15 |
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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 it was the focus of a chapter in a book about places that benefitted from doing things in an obtuse, backwards way
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:22 |
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theflyingexecutive posted:it was the focus of a chapter in a book about places that benefitted from doing things in an obtuse, backwards way link book ty
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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 eventually some other Next Big Thing will arise to become the vcs' next darling and lure away all of uber's drivers with exorbitant rewards only made possible by a ridiculous supply of free money, the same way uber did against lyft. uber doesn't really have any unique skills or technologies that other companies can't copy, and their patent applications probably aren't rock-solid enough to stop anyone with funding from muscling in on their territory the general business model will live forever, but uber itself is dead as soon as it stops being the hot new thing, or as soon as someone else in the "exploit poor people as contractors for poo poo wages" industry comes up with a better marketing department than uber's
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:43 |
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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
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 02:51 |
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infernal machines posted:just-in-time-scheduling is not just-in-time-logistics you idiot yes but what is your opinion on just in time compiling
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carry on then posted:yes but what is your opinion on just in time compiling also poo poo at least .net is and frankly lol @ java anything
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infernal machines posted:tbf this is pretty much the ideal capitalist business model.
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Low-Pass Filter posted:I had to look up what just-in-time scheduling was, thought it was an anroid thing. i googled this and it made me angry. thanks
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theflyingexecutive posted:places that benefitted from doing things in an obtuse, backwards way
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Nintendo Kid posted:link book ty cant find it atm
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lol i love it when people express such joy at having their biases confirmed
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 03:42 |
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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 lol if you don't think anyone who might possibly be competing with them isn't just as bad
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Main Paineframe posted:lol if you don't think anyone who might possibly be competing with them isn't just as bad 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
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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 it was, at least for lyft. it just got less press because no one cares about lyft, and people care even less about sidecar so i don't think anyone's even paying attention to them yet 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. Main Paineframe fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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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
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well, like i said, i missed it.
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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 I haven't seen one ever. Thanks, city government.
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infernal machines posted:well, like i said, i missed it. it was easy to miss. lyft doesn't get half as much press as uber, since uber is the Future of Travel and lyft is doomed. tons of companies do that poo poo though, especially in the tech startup industry where user data is the only really valuable thing they might have. uber was just dumb enough to get caught saying it
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 04:04 |
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sidecar ahsn't doen anything terrible as far as I know but they let drivers set their own pricing which leads to inevitable race to zero
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FWIW, if you want a decent read of a tech_bubble.txt with funny pictures, feel free to enjoy this.
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