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The Leck posted:parks and rec is a toned down version of reality because no one would believe the actual things that citizens speak to their government about. i once was half passed out and watched a zoning board debate if they wanted to renew a permit so someone could keep some tigers like 500 feet from a park in a residential neighborhood
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actually it wasn't really debate and just a bunch of people yelling at the applicants for being idiots
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tbf it was also the zoning board for las vegas
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was the applicant sigfried or roy?
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quote:I told Magic I wanted a headset for a landline — an admittedly old-man journalist request. And I wanted it for Tuesday, the next day, thinking Magic would get some courier to pick it up from a local store in Manhattan. This is supposed to be magic, after all.
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qirex posted:http://recode.net/2015/02/25/i-tried-out-magic-the-new-text-message-concierge-and-it-was-far-from-magical/ quote:These apps rely on a) rich people overpaying b) a plentiful supply of underemployed serfs. It’s the Hunger Games economy.
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qirex posted:http://recode.net/2015/02/25/i-tried-out-magic-the-new-text-message-concierge-and-it-was-far-from-magical/ literally people too poor to be Actually Rich mimicking the behavior of people who are Actually Rich
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uncurable mlady posted:literally people too poor to be Actually Rich mimicking the behavior of people who are Actually Rich
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quote:These apps rely on a) rich people overpaying b) a plentiful supply of underemployed serfs. It’s the Hunger Games economy.
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there's a segment of the population that has an unstoppable boner for the whole concierge idea and they think everyone wants the same thing
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uncurable mlady posted:literally people too poor to be Actually Rich mimicking the behavior of people who are Actually Rich this is basically the tech bubble in a nutshell
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FMguru posted:was the applicant sigfried or roy? no, some people trying to star in reality tv for animal planet but there was a conga line of protesters who inevitably referenced roy when they got a chance to speak
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qirex posted:there's a segment of the population that has an unstoppable boner for the whole concierge idea and they think everyone wants the same thing people really like the idea of having someone, anyone, at their beck and call. especially when they spend their day at someone else's. imagine how miserable the existence of that phone operator was when all the sv assholes joined up to make random pointless requests.
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qirex posted:http://recode.net/2015/02/25/i-tried-out-magic-the-new-text-message-concierge-and-it-was-far-from-magical/ quote:There’s a whole other discussion to be had about a company accessing my order requests/information without my permission, but that’s for another time. am I missing something? he complained at the owner, got special treatment and then as an aside complained that the company he's asking to do stuff for him reviewed his request in order to fulfill it for him? yeah it's creepy when some random shitlord at uber can call you when you're on your way to their offices and go 'I SEEeeeEE YOU ON OUR MaaAAAaaaP' but hey way to work that into a totally unrelated story I guess
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Shifty Pony posted:people really like the idea of having someone, anyone, at their beck and call. especially when they spend their day at someone else's. striver "aspirationals" love it but actual rich people don't really give a gently caress, they just want there to be exactly 12 vitamin waters in the fridge on their yacht at all times they don't even want to see who does it
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Aereo, the Web TV company whose existence could have posed a threat to some of TV’s biggest players, is going out with a whimper: The company, which had raised around $100 million in venture capital, has sold off its assets in a bankruptcy auction that fetched less than $2 million. “We are very disappointed with the results of the auction. This has been a very difficult sales process and the results reflect that,” Aereo attorney William Baldiga said in a statement. According to a source familiar with the proceedings, DVR-maker TiVo bought Aereo’s trademark and subscriber lists; patent holding company RPX Corp. bought the company’s patents; and Alliance Technologies purchased Aereo’s equipment.
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qirex posted:striver "aspirationals" love it but actual rich people don't really give a gently caress, they just want there to be exactly 12 vitamin waters in the fridge on their yacht at all times they don't even want to see who does it yep. when you've really hit those levels of power and wealth you simply expect that your every whim is anticipated (because you have people who specialize in making sure that is exactly what happens).
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qirex posted:Aereo, the Web TV company whose existence could have posed a threat to some of TV’s biggest players, is going out with a whimper: The company, which had raised around $100 million in venture capital, has sold off its assets in a bankruptcy auction that fetched less than $2 million. running a fleet of rape wagons in direct violation of a raft of laws explicitly forbidding jitneys is hunky dory, but rebroadcasting freely broadcast signal? hohoho, I don't think so Sparky!
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Stringent posted:running a fleet of rape wagons in direct violation of a raft of laws explicitly forbidding jitneys is hunky dory, but rebroadcasting freely broadcast signal? if uber broke federal law they'd be crushed by now
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hobbesmaster posted:if uber broke federal law they'd be crushed by now someone needs to get uber to get into the trucking business
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qirex posted:there's a segment of the population that has an unstoppable boner for the whole concierge idea and they think everyone wants the same thing concierge services are my poo poo, I just wish I could afford to hire a real one because these 1099-economy replicas are all p bad
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qirex posted:patent holding company RPX Corp. bought the company’s patents; and thats the death of anyone, ever, trying it again even if they changed the rules.
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my building has a concierge and ive never asked them to do a single thing for me
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:and thats the death of anyone, ever, trying it again even if they changed the rules. 
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computer parts posted:someone needs to get uber to get into the trucking business shits bananas according to the stories my truck booker friends tell me the russians in chicago all collude and drive prices up 3x its p funny
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triple sulk posted:thon is a loving plague. i wouldn't be surprised if they didn't take the carbon footprint into equation at all. just donate the loving money and stop screaming 'for the kids' like passive-aggressively smug philanthropists I know something else Penn state did for the kids.
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Citizen Tayne posted:I know something else Penn state did for the kids. lol kids got raped so the football team could win. #WeAre
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i cant believe theyre going to restore joe paternos wins even after he raped all those kids
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qirex posted:Aereo, the Web TV company whose existence could have posed a threat to some of TV’s biggest players, is going out with a whimper: The company, which had raised around $100 million in venture capital, has sold off its assets in a bankruptcy auction that fetched less than $2 million. oh cool tivo still exists
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Whiskerando posted:oh cool tivo still exists That reminds me, I need to look into ditching my cable because that poo poo is getting way too expensive for how little I watch. The annoying part is the savings won't be that great because my internet is discounted as part of the 'bundle".
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qirex posted:Aereo, the Web TV company whose existence could have posed a threat to some of TV’s biggest players, is going out with a whimper: The company, which had raised around $100 million in venture capital, has sold off its assets in a bankruptcy auction that fetched less than $2 million. their entire valuation was based on their ability to steal NFL content and rebroadcast it.
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FMguru posted:i cant believe theyre going to restore joe paternos wins even after he raped all those kids the NCAA is trying to best the IOC/FIFA in being the worst and most corrupt
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Shaggar posted:the NCAA is trying to best the IOC/FIFA in being the worst and most corrupt great, another bullshit nusport where every contestant wins
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TerminalRaptor posted:That reminds me, I need to look into ditching my cable because that poo poo is getting way too expensive for how little I watch. The annoying part is the savings won't be that great because my internet is discounted as part of the 'bundle".
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qirex posted:same idea, different topic True but my coworker at amazon says they have a bunch of dudes just hanging outside the offices so they are there in 10 seconds lol
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FMguru posted:i cant believe theyre going to restore joe paternos wins even after he raped all those kids I know you're joking here but as the big guy in charge he might as well have.
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even at my old high school where one of the football coaches/assistant principals got fired and thrown in jail for writing up girls who wouldn't gently caress him they fired the coach and the principal and people protested demanding their coaches back because got drat it football
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Luigi Thirty posted:even at my old high school where one of the football coaches/assistant principals got fired and thrown in jail for writing up girls who wouldn't gently caress him they fired the coach and the principal and people protested demanding their coaches back because got drat it football people need an identity and they will do anything to preserve it
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TerminalRaptor posted:That reminds me, I need to look into ditching my cable because that poo poo is getting way too expensive for how little I watch. The annoying part is the savings won't be that great because my internet is discounted as part of the 'bundle". If you are paying less money than before then you are paying less money, even if it is only 20 dollars less than before
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