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They would’ve assassinated him already.
After Epstein? If he survives the first year without incident, then he’s safe.
They would’ve assassinated him already.
After Epstein? If he survives the first year without incident, then he’s safe.
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.
Russia hacked the RNC, not Wikileaks
12 years of confinement is not easy.
Do you think Assange is safe from assassination?
Do you think Assange has been tamed and will now live a quiet life going walkabout in the outback?
Agreed. This human service is required, but it’s not worth 30% of every fare.
Vetting drivers
Not sure this is necessary. A reputation system can be built from drivers, customers and IoT devices.
Monitoring cars so that if a driver abducts you authorities can find you
Uber has no advantage in this area.
Taking over development and maintenance of the system
Yes, this could be the main stumbling block.
Marketing
Less relevant in today’s world. How much marketing did chatgpt need.
The article shows no practical solution for any of these problems.
I don’t think it was meant to. It was just to introduce the possibility of an Uber killer.
So vetting shall be done by the state instead of a company.
Agreed. A dedicated company (or series of companies) could do this one off service, rather than the state.
you would need smart contracts in case there is no neutral third party that can verify the validity of something.
Agreed. A human arbitration service would be useful. AI isn’t good enough yet.
Why would you need that for a process where legal authorities are already involved?
Agreed. Escalation to the proper legal authorities is an option for both Uber and this theoretical competitor.
If you have an actual authority involved there’s an easier and faster solution: a database. Doesn’t sound as sexy does it?
No. Databases don’t do arbitration.
GPS locations can be forged easily.
Not on multiple devices including WiFi data.
How would such a system reliably without a third party authority determine whether the ride ended?
When both parties agree. Like they do now.
Scams in this system from both parties would be rampant.
No different from now.
Why would I need a crypto wallet for this shit? I want to use my credit card!
Why would I need a credit card for this shit? I want to use my crypto wallet and pay less fees to middlemen.
So I need a third party to handle the payment
With a credit card, yes.
I sure as hell am not trusting a random driver with no oversight with my credit card information.
Are now arguing for crypto?
You still need third parties involved such as payment providers
False
and authorities,
Always true.
You still need a third party handling disputes
Agreed.
now you need to get government authorities involved.
Disagree.
Not to mention tech support to actually set up the system.
Yes, this is probably the killer. The people setting this up can’t profit from it.
Uber seems to be a middleman that can be removed by technology
It sounds so plausible but it doesn’t exist. There must be a fatal flaw, but I can’t see it.
Do they have to run at a loss? They could take 20% rather than ubers 30%.
What is stopping an uber competitor?
Let’s put it another way. How much do you think you should be paid to have your movements tracked?
Ah. Analogue hosting. But they definitely didn’t start producing content.
having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that.
In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip
Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time.
Servers, electricity, bandwidth, blackjack and hookers.
Take a step back. Is it really understandable? A digital resource, that costs nothing to reproduce, is being artificially restricted.
Does Netflix? Or do they pay production companies for content?
Netflix service started as hosting only.
Shitty engineers that can do grunt work, don’t complain, don’t get distracted and are great at doing 90% of the documentation.
But yes. Still shitty engineers.
Great management consultants though.