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Lol, you can't even ask Siri to play a song on Spotify so you can forget about that. Anyway at that point why do you want to play telephone with chatbots? Just get an android phone.


How much do they pay you?


The best part is that we haven't yet seen a half of a percent of what AI's are capable of. Strap on your seat-belts because Kansas is going bye-bye.


>but it's not necessarily a case of idiocy

proceeds to describe idiocy


The Shadow over Innsmouth?


Ummmmmm but Uber made the world a better place? (for me anyway)


Did it make your world a better place, or just add a bit of convenience whose cost was distributed to people you don't know?


Well, the benefits are also distributed to people I don't know, so this type of accounting is tough.


Disrupting the taxi mafia has definitely made the world a better place.


Did the "taxi mafia" encourage a class of laborers who sleep in their cars for less than a minimum wage while depriving them of any kind of protections normally associated with employment?


...yes?

Are you really unfamiliar with how medallion owners used to treat their drivers?


Perhaps I have rose colored glasses, but the "sleeping in the car" problem seems new. But I could very well be wrong.

That said, how are we really in a better place? Same problem, different master.


There is an early NYT article (early in the context of Uber's lifespan) detailing a day when a cab driver in NYC ended up paying his employer a few hundred dollars for the privilege of working that day. This was after all his fares for the shift.


> But what if drivers don’t make enough to cover their rental charges? The company has clearly considered this possibility, as it’s included in a program FAQ. “No problem,” Uber says. “When you pick up your vehicle, Enterprise will take your valid credit or debit card to place on file. In the event of a difference, Enterprise will automatically charge the outstanding balance to the card on file.” See? No problem.

https://qz.com/563622/ubers-new-car-rental-program-for-drive...


Sorry, I said Uber a bit provocative. I meant companies doing unethical things and asking you to do unethical things.


Which Uber is definitely a good example of, but I agree it was a bit provocative :).


hunt-and-peck typer detected


Doesn't Google Hangouts let you do this? Is the average home connection not good enough for hangouts?


Just today we tried slack for video and screen share (I can only view in chrome on Linux, but that was enough for today). Slack was stable, clear, didn't drop and didn't heat up computers like Hangouts. Our two failed attempts on hangouts were right before trying slack.

We have on our list to request early access to Hangout Meet (if that is the right name).

We have a remote team, all with average home connections. The ironic part is when we try to have a meeting with the office and their network is the issue and all of us at home are still on the call and seeing clearly seeing each other.


Our experience with a Google Meet (formerly Hangouts) is that it is almost always good but during any given 30 minute meeting the audio will drop out for one person at least once. It breaks up the flow for sure but isn't a deal breaker.



some modern cams (at least traffic ones) no longer use AGC and will not be fooled by this


My first and only use for the button is cat food. :3 Toothpaste is probably next on the list.


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