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Ponsonby Britt posted:An ordinarily prudent person of average skill and judgment would recognize that the civil justice system needs to be disrupted. That's why I'm inviting you to invest in my new app, TortFeasr! It polls a carefully selected set of users on their thoughts and beliefs about what they would do in a given situation which matches your pre-entered fact pattern. Then, the algorithm goes to work! Finally, a report is generated which creates a composite standard guaranteed* to convince the judge or jury that your position is correct! TortFeasr: Because torts should be feasible!
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Volcott posted:Wasn't the stolen tech kind of the keystone of the whole thing? it doesnt matter either way, viable fully autonomous self driving cars ready for the mass market are at least a decade away. uber doesn't have that kind of time, and even if they did it's not clear how uber would leverage self driving tech to become profitable. it makes far more sense for uber to buy other firms' technology or vehicles but uber needs to justify more investment, which means they need a pointless R&D program to keep more investors confident in the future of uber
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Volcott posted:Wasn't the stolen tech kind of the keystone of the whole thing? No. Uber already had an R&D program. Waymo's claim in the lawsuit is that Uber stole their tech with the help of Levandowski in order to accelerate that research. boner confessor posted:it doesnt matter either way, viable fully autonomous self driving cars ready for the mass market are at least a decade away. uber doesn't have that kind of time That's probably exactly why they took such a risk. They know they can't last ten years at their current trajectory, so they were hoping to cut down that time as much as possible. They may get their wish, too. According to the judge, Waymo so far has not proven that the stolen IP has made it into Uber's self-driving technology, which is why he has not issued a preliminary injunction to stop the program. However, he found Waymo's evidence compelling enough that he referred the case to federal prosecutors, which means it can become a criminal case. And that is when things would get really exciting.
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ShadowHawk posted:One of the somewhat strange quirks about law firms is that non-lawyers are generally not allowed to own investment stakes in them. I'm not exactly sure why. It's the same reason as most CPA firms, which is regulation to avoid misconceptions that a partner or shareholder is an attorney/CPA/doctor/etc. simply because they are a partner or shareholder in the firm - there also may be malpractice insurance and other related issues that restrict non-attorney/CPA/doctor folks for being partners or shareholders (since they are not attorneys/CPAs/doctors and therefore send the analysis for insurance, etc. out of whack).
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https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/15/uploadvr-sued-over-rampant-sexual-behavior-in-the-workplace-and-wrongful-termination/quote:UploadVR is being sued by the company’s former Director of Digital and Social Media for sexual harassment, sex and gender discrimination and wrongful termination, TechCrunch has learned.
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May 16, 2017 11:44
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Did the male employees have sex with themselves or was it like a no girls allowed room.
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May 16, 2017 12:02
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A VR company encouraging employees to have real life sexual encounters sounds like they don't have confidence in their industry.
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May 16, 2017 12:56
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Spazzle posted:A VR company encouraging employees to have real life sexual encounters sounds like they don't have confidence in their industry. Or they were trying to do some A/B testing.
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May 16, 2017 13:34
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At least they practiced safe sex?  I'm trying to imagine how I'd react to talking to a guy and he's all like 'hey why don't you come over to the office so we can bang in the company fuckroom on my lunchbreak'. I wonder how often they change the sheets.
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May 16, 2017 13:36
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Gotta enjoy it while it's still legal.
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May 16, 2017 14:25
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Did the male employees have sex with themselves or was it like a no girls allowed room.
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May 16, 2017 15:02
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Shooting Blanks posted:Uber is in deep poo poo. They're big enough that they'll survive, but between this lawsuit and the criminal investigation over Greyball they're going to have a bad year or two. Or more.
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May 16, 2017 16:14
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Levandowski forbidden to work on lidar at Uber.
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May 16, 2017 16:34
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 I want this to be true so bad.
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May 16, 2017 18:55
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That's a dick thing to do.
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May 16, 2017 19:04
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a foolish pianist posted:That's a dick thing to do. Yeah who the gently caress has a Skype meeting at Starbucks?
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May 16, 2017 19:14
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a foolish pianist posted:That's a dick thing to do. 
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PJOmega posted:Yeah who the gently caress has a Skype meeting at Starbucks? I've seen plenty at the McDonald's in Palo Alto
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a foolish pianist posted:That's a dick thing to do. It's poo poo that didn't happen.txt What person blows $300 on a whim that the randos you overhear in a Starbucks are a) wealthy enough to compensate you and b) are willing to do so instead of just think up a new name.
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May 16, 2017 20:59
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Maybe he works for godaddy
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May 16, 2017 21:27
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He could have just been lying about buying the domains.
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May 16, 2017 21:42
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WampaLord posted:It's poo poo that didn't happen.txt sure it's probably made up but lmao have you ever actually been to the bay area
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May 16, 2017 21:50
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WampaLord posted:It's poo poo that didn't happen.txt "alright, forget about 'twapper' then. Lets go with 'yukky'" Elias_Maluco fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 22:31
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They call it the Kink Room
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shrike82 posted:https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/15/uploadvr-sued-over-rampant-sexual-behavior-in-the-workplace-and-wrongful-termination/ This so so wrong. The whole point of workplace sex is the thrill of not getting caught!
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Freakazoid_ posted:This so so wrong. If you're an executive, you gotta up the stakes and experience the thrill of risking financial ruin by promoting a hostile environment.
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May 17, 2017 03:29
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Maybe they did keep catching people having sex at work and decided to "legalize" it instead of losing half their bro-coders every month.
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May 17, 2017 15:00
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Maybe they should hire fewer pubescent assholes.
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May 17, 2017 15:17
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I know Silicon Valley is all about dreaming big but we've got to stick to solutions that are at least a little bit plausible
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May 17, 2017 15:34
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Mozi posted:Maybe they should hire fewer pubescent assholes. Lol. You have to pay people more if they have that much self awareness.
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May 17, 2017 19:43
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Relevant Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/864686501547827200
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May 18, 2017 03:28
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I'll just leave this here.
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May 18, 2017 14:41
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Baby Babbeh posted:Lol. You have to pay people more if they have that much self awareness. There is also a cost to having to fire people and find replacements. Or to settle litigation. And of damage to reputation. Might not matter for startups whose goal is to be bought out before the edifice of possible profitability collapses, but over the long term a toxic work environment is a bad thing. It's certainly not the case that the field demands that one hire assholes; it's just laziness and shortsightedness.
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May 18, 2017 15:48
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Tesla: disrupting the integrity of muscle, bone, and cartilage.
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I don't think anyone who resorted to stealing tech can be considered a "star engineer", unless you're at war and stealing another country's tech.
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May 19, 2017 04:06
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After Germany has already outlawed Uber Pop, they now set their sights on Uber Black's more traditional limo service. They have to ask the ECJ first, but the highest German civil court apparently thinks Uber Black is illegal as well. 
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Randler posted:After Germany has already outlawed Uber Pop, they now set their sights on Uber Black's more traditional limo service. On what basis if I might pry?
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MiddleOne posted:On what basis if I might pry? Public transports, including cabs and limo services, are regulated. You may only pick up hails if you operate with a cab license. If you are a limo service, you may only provide services that get requested at your office. The idea behind this is, that you want to limit the number of vehicles cruising the streets for rides. Keeping this in mind, Uber does not receive rides at their office, because they use an app and keep their cars cruising through the city thereby violating regulation.
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Interesting that Uber Black doesn't obey the laws in Germany. In the US, they're usually the only division of Uber which does follow the laws.
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