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Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

qirex posted:

d'oh I mixed up 1/20 with 20%

even if it were a 2 billion valuation, its a company that has managed to turn actual profit for years.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:19

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Moist von Lipwig: Oct 28, 2006; by FactsAreUseless; Tortured By Flan

Main Paineframe posted:

private planes are regulated differently from passenger plane services, and safety is a huge deal in aviation. the faa doesn't care if joe jackass goes on plane joyrides with his friends, but if he starts doing it with passengers then he needs to meet (expensive and thorough) commercial standards and requirements or the faa will eviscerate him

yeah thats why i said it would have to be a true 'sharing economy' thing and not some retarded IPO bait poo poo

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:25

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

Nintendo Kid posted:

even if it were a 2 billion valuation, its a company that has managed to turn actual profit for years.

which means that their offering will tank because they are boring

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:25

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

qirex posted:

which means that their offering will tank because they are boring

"wheres their 100x growth story?"

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:33

Spime Wrangler: Feb 23, 2003; Because we can.

VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:

yeah thats why i said it would have to be a true 'sharing economy' thing and not some retarded IPO bait poo poo

some sort of system in which a group of people share with each other their time, skills, and resources for mutual benefit, you say?

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:34

Elder Postsman: Aug 30, 2000; i used hot bot to search for "teens"

Spime Wrangler posted:

some sort of system in which a group of people share with each other their time, skills, and resources for mutual benefit, you say?

hmm. not sure if i like the sound of this, comrade.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 22:41

Metrication: Dec 12, 2010; Raskin had one problem: Jobs regarded him as an insufferable theorist or, to use Jobs's own more precise terminology, "a shithead who sucks".

what about the sharting economy

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:12

Moist von Lipwig: Oct 28, 2006; by FactsAreUseless; Tortured By Flan

just another name for yospos

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:18

Main Paineframe: Oct 27, 2010

VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:

yeah thats why i said it would have to be a true 'sharing economy' thing and not some retarded IPO bait poo poo

nope, that doesn't work either

if you accept any money at all - even just to cover or reduce costs - to carry strangers, you need to be certified as an air carrier

one of the "uber for planes" startups asked the faa if it was legal last year and the faa responded with a ruling that was the legal equivalent of unleashing a herd of wild tigers on the entire "planesharing" industry

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:29

Elder Postsman: Aug 30, 2000; i used hot bot to search for "teens"

Main Paineframe posted:

nope, that doesn't work either

if you accept any money at all - even just to cover or reduce costs - to carry strangers, you need to be certified as an air carrier

one of the "uber for planes" startups asked the faa if it was legal last year and the faa responded with a ruling that was the legal equivalent of unleashing a herd of wild tigers on the entire "planesharing" industry

hahaha the faa owns

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:32

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

faa does own, they do not gently caress around in the least bit

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:35

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

congratulations to the FAA for unleashing a thousand tigers apund the head of the sharing economy

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:41

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

now if only they'd tell united to get my dingus baggage to me on time!!

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:43

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

Elder Postsman posted:

hahaha the faa owns

nobody asked the faa before because everyone knew it was kind of a grey area but had some plausible deniability without the explicity ruling

except the grey area was always splitting fuel 50/50 with a friend. nope!

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:46

Moist von Lipwig: Oct 28, 2006; by FactsAreUseless; Tortured By Flan

Main Paineframe posted:

nope, that doesn't work either

if you accept any money at all - even just to cover or reduce costs - to carry strangers, you need to be certified as an air carrier

one of the "uber for planes" startups asked the faa if it was legal last year and the faa responded with a ruling that was the legal equivalent of unleashing a herd of wild tigers on the entire "planesharing" industry

i'm talking about canada, as per my first post way back, friend

# ? Mar 5, 2015 23:51

Tetramin: Apr 1, 2006; I'ma buck you up.

qirex posted:

which means that their offering will tank because they are boring

share prices dropping during/after an IPO is better for lining the company's pockets, no?

# ? Mar 6, 2015 01:18

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

Ricky Bad Posts posted:

share prices dropping during/after an IPO is better for lining the company's pockets, no?

not for the employees who have a 6 month lockout period

# ? Mar 6, 2015 01:58

kitten emergency: Jan 13, 2008; get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

IPOs aren't for the employees, they're for the investors and the financiers

# ? Mar 6, 2015 02:10

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

looks like uber doesn't have a patent on being bait-and-switch shitbags

quote:

SFist received a tip this week that a gang of Lyft drivers were might peeved about a lucrative promotion that was dangled by the company and then, apparently, rescinded rather quickly. The deal was that Lyft drivers could refer a friend to become a driver, and if that friend passed his or her background check and took their first fare before a certain deadline, both driver and friend would get $1000 each. It seems a great many of Lyft's fleet took advantage of this call to action and Lyft was inundated with new applications. But for those drivers looking to make a buck who didn't act fast enough, Lyft quickly sent out an email calling off the promotion ahead of schedule.

According to the anonymous driver, who said she and a group of others were planning either a protest at Lyft HQ or a strike of some sort depending on how the company handled matters, drivers suspect the company is intentionally stalling background checks to save themselves some dough. The email announcing the end of the promotion, she said, was sent during a Lyft-sponsored event to recruit new drivers.

And there's more. "Today, they sent out an email warning us that even if background checks are delayed, we will not get the bonuses we rightfully deserve, and many are speculating that they may be intentionally slowing down the process to save money (countless people have been experiencing app errors with the onboarding process, in addition to that last bit of shadiness)."

This driver said she is a full-time, five-star driver working for Lyft for over a year who says she's suffered "months of driver abuse" by the company. "Things have been rough for drivers lately, so if they fail to honor those driver referrals, many of us will be protesting."

SFist contact Lyft for comment on the problem, and received this response from communications manager Paige Thelan. "We saw a tremendous response to last week�s special invitation to applicants, resulting in the biggest wave of applications in Lyft history. This was a time-limited promotion and we're working hard to process applications before the promotion ends, while continuing to maintain our core safety standards. We expect that thousands of people will qualify for the promotion."

Also, she adds, "We're always exploring new ways to welcome drivers to the Lyft platform and will be in touch with updates for applicants who were not able to qualify for the latest promotion, after this promotion concludes."

This snafu follows some months of tension for both Lyft and Uber, which are each the subject of a lawsuit questioning the legality their business model, in which all drivers are treated as independent contractors.

# ? Mar 6, 2015 02:10

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

a well-managed IPO has no day-1 pop

# ? Mar 6, 2015 02:14

Fuzzy Mammal: Aug 15, 2001; Lipstick Apathy

Subjunctive posted:

a well-managed IPO has no day-1 pop

why does nobody get this??

# ? Mar 6, 2015 02:22

duTrieux.: Oct 9, 2003

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

why does nobody get this??

tech bubel

# ? Mar 6, 2015 04:16

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

Luigi Thirty posted:

Q: what's the fastest way to turn $1 billion into $1 million?

A: invest in an airline

I like "how do you make a small fortune in the airline business?"

# ? Mar 6, 2015 05:14

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

I LIKE HOW

# ? Mar 6, 2015 05:14

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

a hole in the air u throw money into

# ? Mar 6, 2015 05:16

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

Jonny 290 posted:

faa does own, they do not gently caress around in the least bit

uber but for the faa
fr

# ? Mar 6, 2015 05:19

Maluco Marinero: Jan 18, 2001; Damn that's a
fine elephant.

What is a boat?

Nintendo Kid posted:

a hole in the water u throw money into

Water regs have always been miles behind. Uber for boats?

# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:20

in a well actually: Jan 26, 2011; dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

Maluco Marinero posted:

What is a boat?

Water regs have always been miles behind. Uber for boats?

Uber boaters reportedly getting laid, because of The Implication.

# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:22

Beast of Bourbon: Sep 25, 2013; Pillbug

PCjr sidecar posted:

Uber boaters reportedly getting laid, because of The Implication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ1lc6KASWg

# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:22

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Main Paineframe posted:

private planes are regulated differently from passenger plane services, and safety is a huge deal in aviation. the faa doesn't care if joe jackass goes on plane joyrides with his friends, but if he starts doing it with passengers then he needs to meet (expensive and thorough) commercial standards and requirements or the faa will eviscerate him

but what if Uber decided to disrupt this industry?

# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:58

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

eschaton posted:

but what if Uber decided to disrupt this industry?

we're talking about it because two ~~~disruptors~~~ were already shot down for trying it

but i guess uber needs to get that 9 figure valuation by breaking some more laws

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:01

Boxturret: Oct 3, 2013; Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

they didn't say anything about hot air balloons

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:02

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Maluco Marinero posted:

Water regs have always been miles behind. Uber for boats?

the open seas are totally lawless! SeaStead Libertopia!

maybe I'll re-read some of the goonfic that came out of the gray forums seasteading mock thread

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:03

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

if uber were an airline, it would have the highest market cap of any airline worldwide

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:08

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

if uber were an airline, it would have had the first catastrophic plane crash due to oversight lapse on maintenance

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:10

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?