I mean that actually was one of the things that made them so great. Tracking, arrival timer and an easy app.
Literally those being things that the taxi companies had to push to replicate is a good thing it’s a shame we had to give up the idea of properly funded labor and job protection to get it.
Honestly. Probably not as big a deal as we would hope. America runs in debt. It’s the economic battery that’s used to power the purchasing power of the nation itself even if it’s not a great idea it does hyper charge the government of oligarchs pretty well.
And, with massive soars in Cost Of Living I would bet it’s mostly by the same percentages that the debt is raising even if it’s closer to real inflation and not the lower stated values.
People are incentivized to spend beyond their means cause the forever debt feels cheaper than paying for it up front which makes you then a consistent battery of debt paying back more as you hopefully hit peak production.
The problem for sure is that there is no exit on the other side. And with astronomical costs and no clear way to exit the debt likely you end up to old and still fucked.
The debt is a feature not a bug but will absolutely cause instability if not checked. This might still not be truly in the red yet though.
Dying at work is the end they want for their workers. Especially if there’s a pension.
I see you have also read Boeing’s retirement study and plan.
I meant like 480p with an encoding error that makes it not able to be fast forwarded without crashing.
It that being the only way to watch it without hunting down a VHS kinda thing
LOL it always the hot garbage that I’m shocked I managed to find that I try to seed as long as possible almost as an apology for making someone else have to host it to give it to me.
But I will say sometimes it’s just a bad quality and it’s hard to figure out if it’s worth keeping it around because it’s the only version available or letting it die.
I think that’s a nice idea of a statement like Jesus loving you unconditionally.
Not helpful really and probably not exactly true.
Usually it’s a badly designed heat sink that’s meant to cause an eventual short so that it has to be replaced. Or just shoddy low material builds. LEDs really can last an obscene amount of time and they don’t die another part does.
So, I’d say there is some slight issue with replacing all decision makers with AI cause Walmart and Amazon does it for employee efficiency. It means the staff are micro managed and treated like machines the same way the computer is.
Walmart employees are moved around the floor like roombas to never interact with each other and no real availability for customers to get someone. Warehouse workers are overworked by bullshit ideas of efficiency.
Now I get that it could be fixed by having the AI systems designed to be more empathetic but who is choosing how they are programmed? The board still?
We just need good bosses who still interact with their employees on their level. We don’t need AI “replacing” anyone pretty much anywhere, but can be used as a helpful tool.
LOL I hate those TVs too but don’t mind when I get to install like just a good menu or informational directory. Key word good. But I’m just supposed to make a thing that works and looks good for the 11 seconds of your attention we expect to have of you.
The worst part is that I don’t even make good money really. Just slightly more than a regular office job and I got here from doing my passion at the time of advanced robotic screens. But they are all hyper niches that are like impossible to move around or within.
But yeah gotta figure out what fulfilling means these days.
Porn. Always good for the money.
I help setup ad placement TVs for resort style businesses.
Studied theoretical astrophysics and astro xenobiology as a double advanced major…
My boss used to brag he managed to get the astronaut in his team so, I am useful for facts and puzzles.
God I hate my existence.
Oh that’s funny. I still see these things installed in some buildings but it’s not like I ever saw anyone bother with the “premium water” but also now sodastream is getting in on it for I think a higher cost actually…
Ugh. Please let this whole concept of selling tap water die.
We just aren’t all seeing that it’s worth it to rip all the material out of the planet. Craft it a great expense into complex machines and burn our very ancestors for fuel.
So that a speech to text bot that takes imagined assumptions at exponentially more power can write an email that could be done by a person who could also do more complex tasks or hell even fetch a coffee.
Tech bros just trying to figure out why it’s a good thing to get rid of people they just don’t like from being around them and make it seem like a good thing. And I say that as someone that likes tech and often doesn’t like people.
This is so stupid.
Oh for sure it’s a super unstable bad idea but it works really well for a short time for those at the top. We really are just riding that edge out of hubris from those in charge.
What? Nothing you said doesn’t change the fact that what you think is happening isn’t.
I truly don’t even understand what this is trying to say.
Sezzle and Affirm now too. Also Four, Afterpay and whatever that like weird Amazon sponsored one is that sorts is Amazon pay but isn’t.
There are a fucking lots of buy now, pay later apps these days.
Also side note: And yeah the credit debt is actually in check because it’s kinda the battery that powers the economy of the United States.
As long as people can still make minimum payments that is.
But seriously it has the spending power as a country as it does mostly because of the sorta guaranteed debt payments from the general populace. It’s why it loves people that generate huge debts and pays them back poorly. People like Trump and just upper middle class putting 10s-100s of thousands on debt are viewed as financially great for a reason.
Well if the business is raising its prices on all products because of card processers then you would be the fool paying for it without getting the 5% back.
They get their money mostly from interest rates and other means. It doesn’t mean stores don’t occasionally raise prices because of processing fees but that’s not part of some grand conspiracy.
Walmart offers it too. They really are pushing the app lately too which offers a few companies so you can max out one and use another.
Ahh money. The only thing you need to win.
Agreeing with the people that have the money is just the best way to get more.