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Volcott posted:http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/uber-planning-fleet-flying-taxi-cabs-2020-n750841 The funny thing is they could totally do it next month if they wanted to, "flying cars" have been around for years. They're just massively expensive, cumbersome to operate in any sort of built up area, and the actual flight costs would be horrendous. But since their purpose as a company appears to be "find a way to burn as much VC money as possible as fast as possible" spending billions buying the vehicles and then subsidizing the rides so they only cost a few dozen bucks would be a great way to achieve that!
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Apr 25, 2017 20:55
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Time posted:Dude isn't wrong in his first paragraph e: And "you're being so MEEEAN to my friend" should be saved for the bar or for the therapist, not for the press.
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Apr 25, 2017 21:00
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Tone matters as much as content in these things. The tone is waaaay off; angry and defensive when it should be calm and reassuring. They should be saying "Yes, we are grabbing your data, but our anonymizing tools are incredibly powerful so that no one message will be traceable to you." Or whatever. Not "I can't believe how dumb you are that you care about this!!?!?!?!" I 1000% agree with you. I just also thought the people going "wait they monetized this?!?!" Are stupid, as well. Lot of stupidity to go around.
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Apr 25, 2017 21:05
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fishmech posted:The funny thing is they could totally do it next month if they wanted to, "flying cars" have been around for years. They're just massively expensive, cumbersome to operate in any sort of built up area, and the actual flight costs would be horrendous. Rich folks and politicians already charter helicopters in NYC and some other major cities, and you could almost read this like an attempt by Uber to fold that service into their app. Agreed that they could do it now and it would just be stupid-expensive.  at the idea that they may try to cut costs by ignoring FAA regulations the way they ignored local regulations.
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Apr 25, 2017 21:21
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LanceHunter posted:Rich folks and politicians already charter helicopters in NYC and some other major cities, and you could almost read this like an attempt by Uber to fold that service into their app. Agreed that they could do it now and it would just be stupid-expensive. they already offer uber helicopter in NYC. Its biggest use is people going out to the hamptons who dont want to wait in traffic.
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Apr 25, 2017 21:30
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Volcott posted:http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/uber-planning-fleet-flying-taxi-cabs-2020-n750841 This 'article' deserves to by printed out and physically crammed up the writer's rear end. What a piece of poo poo.
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Apr 25, 2017 22:34
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Mozi posted:This 'article' deserves to by printed out and physically crammed up the writer's rear end. What a piece of poo poo. Here's the original white paper. What should really surprise no one is how many different regulations this sort of thing would break. The FAA would have an absolute field day with this poo poo. When it came out I asked an Uber employee if this was just investor storytime and he was really pissed off with me. For instance, Uber believes that they'll be able to successfully argue that their pilot will require less training due to autonomous tools, much like someone holding a sport license requires less training than a commercial helicopter pilot operating in an urban area at low altitude. Fun! Solkanar512 fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Apr 25, 2017 |
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Apr 25, 2017 23:43
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Solkanar512 posted:Here's the original white paper. In the age of Trump, I never thought it'd be the half-baked schemes of techbros that'd be the death of us.
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Apr 26, 2017 02:18
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Tone matters as much as content in these things. The tone is waaaay off; angry and defensive when it should be calm and reassuring. They should be saying "Yes, we are grabbing your data, but our anonymizing tools are incredibly powerful so that no one message will be traceable to you." Or whatever. Not "I can't believe how dumb you are that you care about this!!?!?!?!" this person isn't under any obligation to do that, seeing as they are not part of the company anymore. and they're completely right that suddenly objecting to this intrusion is really adorable when consumers have been willfully giving up their privacy for years and only now scream outrage because it involves uber. it's very reminiscent of the hate Monsanto attracts. honestly I find the vitriol refreshing, but then again i willfully browse d&d for hours of my day so i'm probably hosed in the head. also the worst thing in this statement isn't even quoted in the tweet, its below where they admire travis kalanick's ability to "crush it." this person even goes on to clarify they don't admire what kalanick is and even say that his behavior feeds into how silicon valley is irredeemable. it's like, wow, you've recognized the fundamental poison that flows through the beating heart of capitalism, that exists independent of any CEO's transgressions, and that's what your clarifying your admiration for? A big flaming stink fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Apr 26, 2017 02:44
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Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Suicide-of-an-Uber-engineer-widow-blames-job-11095807.php
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Apr 26, 2017 06:14
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A big flaming stink posted:this person isn't under any obligation to do that, seeing as they are not part of the company anymore. and they're completely right that suddenly objecting to this intrusion is really adorable when consumers have been willfully giving up their privacy for years and only now scream outrage because it involves uber. it's very reminiscent of the hate Monsanto attracts. but this quote:also the worst thing in this statement isn't even quoted in the tweet, its below where they admire travis kalanick's ability to "crush it." this person even goes on to clarify they don't admire what kalanick is and even say that his behavior feeds into how silicon valley is irredeemable. it's like, wow, you've recognized the fundamental poison that flows through the beating heart of capitalism, that exists independent of any CEO's transgressions, and that's what your clarifying your admiration for?  why are you loving surprised
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Apr 26, 2017 10:05
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Has this been posted before because lol:Emma Pierson posted:Microsoft’s CEO was once asked, in a technical interview, what he would do if he saw a baby lying in an intersection: the obvious answer to pick up the baby did not occur to him
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Apr 26, 2017 15:12
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Arglebargle III posted:Has this been posted before because lol: that baby can pick itself up by its own bootstraps
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Apr 26, 2017 15:25
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Arglebargle III posted:Has this been posted before because lol: That baby is going to the big blue screen in the sky
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Apr 26, 2017 15:41
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Arglebargle III posted:Has this been posted before because lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tInDH2FeXaM
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Apr 26, 2017 15:44
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Arglebargle III posted:Has this been posted before because lol: I dunno, I've been asked questions from time to time where I presumed that they wanted something more than the obvious answer and struggled to think of one. Like in driver's ed, we came upon a sign that said "No Left Turn" and the instructor asked us all why were weren't allowed to turn left there. We sat there for a while trying to figure out why the sign would be placed there when she finally said, "Because there's a 'No Left Turn' sign posted". I would like to think that this was the case here, but then again who the gently caress knows.
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Apr 26, 2017 16:53
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Trick job interview questions are the dumbest way of evaluating someone's worth, personality or ethics. Fucker's a capitalist already, you have plenty of legitimate reason to hate him without thinking he's a baby eater
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Apr 26, 2017 18:12
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Arglebargle III posted:Has this been posted before because lol: At what time is it mentioned in the video? Also, what was their answer?
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Apr 26, 2017 18:29
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I think it's around 1:07 He said he would go look for a payphone Help Im Alive fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Apr 26, 2017 18:32
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Twitter’s revenue drops despite the Trump effectquote:Twitter has never turned a profit, and for the first time since going public in 2013, it reported a decline in revenue from the previous year. Its revenue was $548.3 million, down 8 percent. And remember how after failing to buy Instagram, Twitter actively stopped embedding Instagram posts in an effort to get its users to move away from Instagram? Instagram is gaining new users faster than ever.
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Apr 26, 2017 20:18
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Doggles posted:Twitter’s revenue drops despite the Trump effect Can't wait for Twitter to abruptly fold one day kinda like Vine did. Comedians, journalists and nazis won't know what to do with themselves.
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Apr 26, 2017 20:22
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Twitter is failing because black people use it just like Vine and it scares white people.
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Apr 26, 2017 20:34
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Thank you for reminding me about Vine. Twitter bought it for $30 million months before the app was ever completed. Despite steady user growth they shut it down this past October (didn't realize it was that recent) to focus on their live-streaming tech. That live-streaming tech was headlined by Twitter's NFL deal to stream 10 games last season. This upcoming season, they got outbid by Amazon for streaming rights.
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Apr 26, 2017 20:34
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Why the gently caress would twitter stream sports, that's not in their wheelhouse at all.
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Apr 26, 2017 20:50
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cowofwar posted:Why the gently caress would twitter stream sports, that's not in their wheelhouse at all. because sports seem to be resistant to the overall trend of a loss of interest in traditional content providers (its not actually)
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Apr 26, 2017 21:12
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Doggles posted:Twitter’s revenue drops despite the Trump effect doesn't twitter still employ an insane number of programmers for it's size and lack constantly adding features like facebook does
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Apr 26, 2017 21:16
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A big flaming stink posted:because sports seem to be resistant to the overall trend of a loss of interest in traditional content providers (its not actually) Some relevant ESPN news
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Apr 26, 2017 21:17
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Jack2142 posted:Twitter is failing because black people use it just like Vine and it scares white people. This is the truth.
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Apr 26, 2017 21:37
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Most of Twitter's best ideas were things that came from outside of Twitter that it bought or adopted, for all that it spends a disproportionate amount on R&D. There's an alternate universe where it realized early it works best as a platform and fully monetized developers building on top of it, instead of monomaniacally pursuing ad revenue at the expense of everything else and becoming a shittier Facebook.
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Apr 26, 2017 22:01
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I'm glad the twitter algorithm that suspended me for calling someone a "dumb-dumb" but lets Nazis tweet whatever they want about shoving Jews into ovens isn't making them moneycowofwar posted:Why the gently caress would twitter stream sports, that's not in their wheelhouse at all. Sports is generally one of the biggest consistent trenders, along with albums being dropped and tv shows. Also National Whatever Days, which if twitter was smart it would have a whole set of themes for all the different days and start trends themselves, sort of like Google doodles.
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Apr 26, 2017 22:43
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Doggles posted:Thank you for reminding me about Vine. Twitter bought it for $30 million months before the app was ever completed. Despite steady user growth they shut it down this past October (didn't realize it was that recent) to focus on their live-streaming tech. I will say to Twitter's credit, their streams were extremely good in terms of quality and reliability, much better than NBC Sports.
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Apr 27, 2017 01:21
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Doggles posted:Twitter’s revenue drops despite the Trump effect twiiter: "they miss the eggs, don't they. i said not to get rid of them!"
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Apr 27, 2017 03:05
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lol https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/715648874346520576
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Apr 27, 2017 05:40
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Zikan posted:doesn't twitter still employ an insane number of programmers for it's size and lack constantly adding features like facebook does I have a friend who worked there for a month or two. She quit despite the money (which was great) because she had no idea what she was supposed to be doing or who she was supposed to report to.
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Apr 27, 2017 06:11
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Shooting Blanks posted:I have a friend who worked there for a month or two. She quit despite the money (which was great) because she had no idea what she was supposed to be doing or who she was supposed to report to. So she quit a well paid job where she didn't need to actually do anything?
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Apr 27, 2017 06:16
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Andrast posted:So she quit a well paid job where she didn't need to actually do anything? It's actually pretty loving depressing to be obligated to spend 8 hours a day at the office doing nothing because management has no sense of direction. Plus if you're interested in actually advancing your career then leaving is probably the more prudent decision.
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Apr 27, 2017 06:21
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gently caress, Juicero is going to the moon BUY BUY BUY
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Apr 27, 2017 07:56
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skull mask mcgee posted:It's actually pretty loving depressing to be obligated to spend 8 hours a day at the office doing nothing because management has no sense of direction. This. Certain companies can be toxic on your resume, as has been mentioned previously in this thread (Uber and Yahoo specifically)
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I’m surprised the FAA hasn’t said “lolno” to flying cars yet Like the idea that flying is safer than driving is kind of a logical fallacy given that your typical underpaid airline captain already has thousands of hours under his belt and enough responsibility to not send a plane full of passengers into the ground The entire general aviation sector is already dominated by enough idiots with only VFR experience who accidentally fly themselves into Class 4 thunderstorms Dead Cosmonaut fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Apr 27, 2017 |
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Apr 27, 2017 10:09
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