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Wednesday, 13 September 2017
quote [ Have you ever been in an actual bodega? Have you noticed that “mom-and-pop” store is often a literal description of these places and not just a line on your pitch deck to a bunch of “angel investors” who drive Teslas and haven’t called their actual moms or pops in months? ]
Silicon Valley isn't a bunch of libertarians who've discovered European social values. It's a bunch of emotionally-stunted entitled jackasses who think being a grown-ass adult means no one ever tells you what to do. Or as someone once put it, "SF tech culture is focused on solving one problem: What is my mother no longer doing for me?"
See also:
https://www.fastcompany.com/40466047/two-ex-googlers-want-to-make-bodegas-and-mom-and-pop-corner-stores-obsolete Why it's not likely to work:
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tom the fish said @ 1:12am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:1 Funsightful]
"How was Burning Man this year?"
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Ankylosaur said @ 4:03am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:1 Insightful]
"They burned a man this year."
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norok said @ 12:19am GMT on 14th Sep
I sense your rage but don't quite get it. Are taxi's better than Uber? Are hotels better than AirBNB?
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Bruceski said @ 12:41am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:3 Underrated]
yes. Uber, Lyft and AirBnB bring in amateur workers, give them minimal support, and shift all the blame onto them when things go badly while taking a hefty cut of the profits.
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rylex said @ 2:13am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:3 Insightful]
Considering airbnb and uber/lyfts cost as much as their regulated counterparts, where is the benefit to having them again?
Oh right, the gig economy and its self union busting potential. |
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milkman666 said[1] @ 1:02am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:1 Funny]
Personally im gratefull. I use both uber and lift to earn extra income when im not working my current gig or when i'm in between projects, and since i don't go home anymore i just rent it out on air bnb. So now..... wait a minute....
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rylex said @ 2:11am GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:3 Funsightful]
I'd be surprised if you got anything that wasn't posted to breitbart and explained thoroughly
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lilmookieesquire said @ 7:44pm GMT on 14th Sep
[Score:1 Insightful]
This isn't replacing monolithic anti-competitive big business- it's trying (and failing miserably) to go after small business.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 11:11am GMT on 14th Sep
It's a vending machine for toothpaste and dishwashing powder...
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milkman666 said @ 11:35am GMT on 14th Sep
Its wifi enabled and can communicate with your juicero.
I think its great though, since it utilizes machine learning to make stocking decisions you can tell when shits about to get real when shoe laces, chore boy, and glass roses start dominating 2/3rds of the vending space. |
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lilmookieesquire said @ 4:27am GMT on 15th Sep
The number of people in this area who start up companies just so they can plaster CEO next to their name, online, is amazing.
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