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Holyshoot posted:So if uber is burning cash from vc's what is their end game to be profitable? I thought people create businesses to make money through profit? The business cycle has contracted. In much the same way that new management can profit by looting a stable corporation for short-term returns with the intent to bail before the represcussions are felt, new management can create startups in order to to bail on them with some fraction of their unrealistic valuation as a trophy before the ship sinks.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:The Military-Unicornial complex just got tighter: Former Google CEO Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board. Hrm, I wonder how PetMan is coming along. Oh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY Oh. Absurd Alhazred posted:To be fair, "Alphabet Inc" is ominous enough in itself. Great, I just learned that the subsidiary of Alphabet Inc that owns Boston Dynamics is called X. moller fucked around with this message at 11:14 on Mar 3, 2016 |
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Ratoslov posted:Aw, they don't have their holdings split up between twenty-six subsidiaries. That sucks. Just wait? Edit: Like, you start with secret military robot X and then you generalize.
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foobardog posted:Basically, if I'm doing a job and I can't do anything but sit around and surf the Internet, I don't want that job because I'd rather surf the Internet at home where I can look at porn and poo poo and take naps, and don't have to drive to work. This attitude seems to rely on not needing a job to not be homeless and internetless.
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Mercy sakes alive.
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Chokes McGee posted:Uh. All of the drivers are women with "caregiver" backgrounds. Also, despite the failure of Shuddle, there are at least two other startups with the same business model, one is called HopSkipDrive. v Boost, I believe. moller fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Apr 19, 2016 |
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Solution: tax the owners of content and distribution and use the money to massively subsidize the arts.
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cowofwar posted:I'm going to disrupt shipping with poor people who take transit to deliver boxes. Okay, so it's a b2b uber for shipping? Why pay for the maintenance and upkeep of trucks when you can hire someone to ride on a city bus with a santa-claus sack of amazon boxes? Can I get in on the ground floor here?
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