Leaving Austin, TX over fingerprint background checks.
Houston, among other places, is next.
Uber/Lyft
Uber/Lyft
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Re: Uber/Lyft
Typical governmental bullshit.
The next SxSW is going to be a clusterfuck now that Uber and Lyft are gone. Maybe it's time the SxSW festival picked a new city.
The next SxSW is going to be a clusterfuck now that Uber and Lyft are gone. Maybe it's time the SxSW festival picked a new city.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Uber/Lyft
Colin Cowherd's co-host, Kristin Layhe (sp?), was bitching on Friday's show about her Uber driver returning to her place to burglarize her. Apparently, this is legit and the police are involved.
Not saying fingerprint checks are the solution, but I'd be willing to be Uber/Lyft's background checks could probably be better.
By the way, Google's self driving car will obviously put Uber and Lyft out of business in the future.
Not saying fingerprint checks are the solution, but I'd be willing to be Uber/Lyft's background checks could probably be better.
By the way, Google's self driving car will obviously put Uber and Lyft out of business in the future.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Re: Uber/Lyft
I thought Uber's whole plan from the beginning was to buy a fleet of self-driving cars as soon as they are economically viable and get rid of their drivers. As such Google's self-driving car won't drive them out of business; they'll be the first big purchaser.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Re: Uber/Lyft
That would make sense.
I wonder if the Uber drivers have realized that's the plan?
I wonder if the Uber drivers have realized that's the plan?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Re: Uber/Lyft
I thought they said all along that this is their plan. But the earliest reference I can find is:
Uber, the leader in the ride-hailing market, publicly stated in 2014 that it intends to replace drivers with autonomous vehicles down the road. Yet, Uber has been mostly quiet about these efforts since then, making it easier for drivers to ignore the writing on the wall.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Re: Uber/Lyft
Well, that would be the way to do it.TPRJones wrote:I thought they said all along that this is their plan. But the earliest reference I can find is:
Uber, the leader in the ride-hailing market, publicly stated in 2014 that it intends to replace drivers with autonomous vehicles down the road. Yet, Uber has been mostly quiet about these efforts since then, making it easier for drivers to ignore the writing on the wall.
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The daily "YOU'RE EXPENDABLE BITCHES," text messages to their drivers probably got annoying.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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Beginning of the end.
The journey began 120 miles away at an Anheuser-Busch facility in Loveland, Colorado. The truck — a Volvo big rig equipped with cameras and sensors — was one of five owned by Otto, a San Francisco-based self-driving truck company acquired by Uber in August. A human driver piloted the truck to a weigh station in Fort Collins. From there, it drove 100 miles without human intervention to Colorado Springs, with the driver monitoring the two-hour trip from the sleeper berth. But once it entered the city limits, the driver took control.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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Waiting the for inevitable legislation making it so that a driver must be on board, even if it drives itself.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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"Driver" might be a strong term. I think you'll have dudes whose job it is to ride along with the vehicle, call in repairs, and make sure the cargo stays safe. If a run really goes south, they'll transport a qualified driver out there to take the wheel. But you only need as many as you expect catastrophic failures.TheCatt wrote:Waiting the for inevitable legislation making it so that a driver must be on board, even if it drives itself.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Uber/Lyft
Really they'd be more like security guards patrolling a warehouse, except for not having to walk anywhere.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
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I predict a boom in the "humans babysitting robot workers" field.TPRJones wrote:Really they'd be more like security guards patrolling a warehouse, except for not having to walk anywhere.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Uber/Lyft
A minimum wage boom.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
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If they can compete, there'll be a number of embedded systems and mobile programming jobs.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Uber/Lyft
Which will eventually be done by automated smart systems. Or until then done by guys in India.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Re: Uber/Lyft
TPRJones wrote:Which will eventually be done by automated smart systems.
Nah, the paranoia of people is always going to guarantee a human failsafe ... well, unless someone cracks the secret of real AI.
Far more likely.Or until then done by guys in India.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Uber/Lyft
Yall are too optimistic about what the government will require.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Re: Uber/Lyft
You're too optimistic about the companies not bribing the shit out of Congress to let that slide due to the enormous cost savings they'll reap.TheCatt wrote:Yall are too optimistic about what the government will require.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."