Tech Nightmares: Ghostline the flux

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How many quarters after Q1 2016 till Marissa Mayer is unemployed?
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	Her job is guaranteed; what are you even talking about?

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

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.

They are hemorrhaging money so who knows.

# ¿ May 16, 2017 16:14

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 10:20

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

They will pick some random Uber driver from New Jersey

# ¿ Jun 13, 2017 20:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Is there any Silicon Valley CEO who is NOT a libertarian rear end in a top hat at this point?

# ¿ Jun 21, 2017 14:35

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It's almost like running a company that profits off of breaking local laws/screwing its workers and is constantly in major court/legislative battles is going to always hemorrhage money!

I just don't see how they are profitable long term.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2017 17:04

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

A Chinese umbrella sharing startup has basically gone bust because virtually their entire inventory of 300,000 umbrellas were taken and not given back over a span of about 4 weeks.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/884449145318027264

# ¿ Jul 10, 2017 23:44

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The NYT reported in March that due to toilet paper theft at a popular tourist site in China, they installed $1,000 machines that use facial recognition scanners to dispense paper because otherwise it was always stolen. They also mention that I guess over there toilet paper is not provided in public restrooms due to common theft.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2017 01:30

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Rhesus Pieces posted:

Hmm

https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/886251582840594432

Sounds like they are mostly desperate for more money, since as we all know they are hemorrhaging cash badly.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2017 19:17

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Cicero posted:

Glass is back in an environment where it's actually useful: https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/

That seems like a much better use than as a consumer product.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2017 16:11

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

cowofwar posted:

My latest Amazon order is shipping by Amazon Logistics. Looks like an uber-like gig economy set-up for last mile delivery. https://logistics.amazon.com/

Yeah I'm starting to see this more with my orders. Had a knock on my door a few weeks ago and I looked out to see one of these people who do the delivery taking a picture of the package on my porch.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2017 13:39

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Whole Foods has started cutting prices today now that they are officially under the Amazon umbrella.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2017 15:26

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Uber lost its license to operate in London

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/...WT.nav=top-news

# ¿ Sep 23, 2017 00:11

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

https://twitter.com/verge/status/923142174904127488

I can�t possibly imagine how this could go wrong

# ¿ Oct 25, 2017 15:13

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

As others have mentioned, this could easily be exploited by hackers or even law enforcement that can�t get a warrant otherwise

# ¿ Oct 25, 2017 17:06

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

actionjackson posted:

I saw something about Best Buy selling a version of the new iPhone for $1200 or something. I'm pretty sure Tim Cook could literally take a poo poo on stage and people would preorder it at this point.

I believe I read that iPhone 8 sales were not great

# ¿ Oct 30, 2017 14:14

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So granted I don�t know much about cryptocurrencies, but is Bitcoin just being propped up by Silicon Valley VC�s?

# ¿ Nov 19, 2017 23:21

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Thanks for the clarification

# ¿ Nov 20, 2017 00:52

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

GrandpaPants posted:

So did nobody who invested in Theranos actually do their due diligence and find out that the science was bullshit? Like that's what surprises me the most about it, aside from the continued support and faith in it.

The founder had connections to rich people who helped her make the company look legit and a good investment

# ¿ Dec 31, 2017 03:01

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So much for the $3 billion demand

# ¿ Feb 9, 2018 17:46

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

archangelwar posted:

The premium alone for corporate liability insurance willing to accept the near limitless downside risk associated with a concept guaranteed to pioneer an entire new class of regulatory statutes would have to be absolutely staggering. The idea that Uber just flips a switch to stop paying drivers resulting in free quadruple revenue rather than a complete restructuring of its entire business is a whole new class of infantile naivety that would make the Juicero guy blush with envy. I am glad this is now considered "disruptive thought leadership" because regression is the new progression.

This is the company that pretty brazenly ignores laws.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2018 19:06

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

TheFluff posted:

The Internet Was A Mistake, featuring Rich �Lowtax� Kyanka, Richard Stallman, et al

I loved how they went to print with Lowtax making a Las Vegas shooter joke

# ¿ Apr 22, 2018 03:21

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

double nine posted:

the hindenberg of cars, then.

I would say �OH, THE HUMANITY!� but I have still not seen compelling evidence that Musk isn�t an android

# ¿ Jun 19, 2018 16:21

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

nonathlon posted:

Just finished reading "Bad Blood" by John Carryou about everyone's favourite biomedical unicorn, Theranos.

It has rough patches (the editing is poor, with some repeated facts and seemingly missing sentences, and some of background or colour seems little more than gossip) but I was riveted and finished the book in 2 sittings. Some takeaways:

* Theranos was rotten from the beginning
* It's crazy how easy it was for them to fob off investors, avoid compliance and transparently lie. A large part of it comes down to whale investors not wanted to look too closely.
* It's also crazy how the story very nearly didn't break. Theranos was dirty vicious in using lawyers and legal threats to keep people quiet and were it not for some very brave whistleblowers, dedicated journalism and just plain luck, the whole saga could still be going.

If you get big name people behind you like they did, it makes a scam a lot easier

# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 14:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

withak posted:

People who identify as independent agree with Republicans but don't want the social stigma of saying they are Republican.

That's generally the case, which is why when I hear talking heads during election years saying 'well, the Dems need to do this thing to get independent voters onboard' I basically just want to shout 'No, you idiots, those are just embarrassed Republicans'

# ¿ Jul 15, 2018 04:30

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

A few more reasons why Musk is a wasteman-

https://twitter.com/AlexCKaufman/status/1019349620193988609

# ¿ Jul 19, 2018 02:23

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The cult of personality around Musk even after the year he's had is pretty amazing.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2018 06:39

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Theranos is basically the modern equivalent of that episode of The Dollop podcast where some conman kept selling wooden boxes to people claiming they were super advanced counterfeiting machines that could print fake money that would fool the authorities.

Except imagine if that guy got billions in VC money.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 05:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Okay, here's the Guardian.

"Not a regular smoker" is easily as credible as "I only read it for the interviews" used to be.

$420 a share :newt:

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 17:34

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Major US designer/importer of server boards include remote-control chips installed at request of Chinese intelligence Companies that use(d) Super Micro Computers' boards include Apple, for their cloud, and Amazon's AWS.

So China basically copied what US intelligence was doing with routers and other electronic devices according to the Snowden leaks

# ¿ Oct 4, 2018 17:29

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Arsenic Lupin posted:

I think the US is doing poo poo with underwater cable taps, too? I'm not so much interested in THE CHINESE ARE BAAAD as in the technological feat.

Yes I think that was also in the Snowden stuff

# ¿ Oct 4, 2018 17:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Chinese researchers may be in the process of birthing the first genetically altered babies, primarily to eliminate a gene that can make people susceptible to HIV infection.

https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1066847809528320000

# ¿ Nov 26, 2018 05:00

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

As the article mentions, the whole thing is more than a bit insane because we can prevent all of those illnesses with current science far cheaper than making designer babies.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2018 14:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Pochoclo posted:

The Musk tunnel looks like a bad GTA3 screenshot

I�m pretty sure Musk is a GTA villain IRL

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# ¿ Dec 25, 2018 18:29

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

luxury handset posted:

the thing that bugs me overall about the tunnel is that it's like, musk didn't complete or even attempt a basic literature review. that or the project was so badly managed that what they managed to produce and unveil in a big press event is the worlds most expensive hot wheels track. it's utterly childish and for someone who describes themselves as a visionary musk has just reinvented 1960's era technology at best

and then for people who are all like "at least he's trying something" musk isn't a toddler, he doesn't deserve praise for making GBS threads near the toilet, he's a grown man who founded a company to do something new and he has completely wasted the city of los angeles' time by asking them for a dig permit. in order for this to be called a prototype they'd have to start again and do everything completely differently because the only product they've made here is a spectacular example of how to waste tens of millions of dollars recreating a bad implementation of systems that have already been running for decades

Also �I built a tunnel that just has regular cars in it� is a giant waste of everyone�s time. It�s not even close to what he was originally talking about doing.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2018 18:47

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

And again, even his original plan would still have been less efficient than a subway, something that has existed for more than a century

# ¿ Dec 25, 2018 19:03

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Vice caught a company selling cell phone tracking data to basically anyone who wanted it

https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1082685714066796544?s=21

# ¿ Jan 8, 2019 18:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

luxury handset posted:

he's talking about social promises like how george jetson's job is to push one button once a day, or that famous buckminster fuller quote

He�s absolutely right

# ¿ Jan 10, 2019 03:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I think that one quote about energy assumed there would be more nuclear plants

# ¿ Jan 12, 2019 20:06

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

enki42 posted:

normal brain: forcing all your employees (sorry, "contractors") to resolve disputes using arbitration
galaxy brain: force them to use your chosen arbitrator
universe brain: never actually pay the fees to said arbitrator to hear the cases

Forced into arbitration, 12,500 drivers claim Uber won�t pay fees to launch cases

Oh my god. That is certainly a new one. Even better because courts keep upholding arbitration for dumb poo poo since we live in some lame dystopia.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 18:59

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dirk the Average posted:

Somewhat amusing - it costs Uber $1,500 to start each case. The lawyers representing drivers are essentially spamming them with as many cases as possible to hit them with the $1,500 fee as many times as possible, and then seem to be planning to use Uber's unwillingness to pay to relitigate the initial case.

They should because binding arbitration is total bullshit

# ¿ Feb 14, 2019 18:29

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 10:20

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

pentyne posted:

That, like non-complete clauses are those things that courts in some places are starting to strike down on principle but companies still add top contracts expecting people to be too desperate to contest.

The problem is that it�s in everything now, so getting it completely removed would take a very broad ruling by a court

# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 18:35

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