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Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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Re: Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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Id like to be on the beta list too if possible. :) pr @ asimuv . com

Same for all who so post here. I have the URLs and when ready for beta testers will return and contact everyone here. Many thanks to all for your interest.

Interested as well. Email is "nick" at the domain listed in my profile.

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I'd be curious to read more about your startup you mentioned at the end. What problem are you solving?

Assumption: There is a lot of content on the Internet, and generally people have interests and want appropriate content . The most effective current means are based on keywords/phrases; these means can work really well in some cases but are at best poor for about 2/3rds of content on the Internet, queries people want to do, and content they want to find. For more: Generally, finding stuff has long been part of the fi…

This sounds really cool. I am struggling trying to wrap my head around how a recommendation system could be accomplished without some kind of graph connecting things together.

I'll be really interested to see how it turns out!

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FedEx is both an established airline AND one of the most trusted logistics companies on the planet. So Amazon can beat them when they can do this on demand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qPtWc4heA For brevity: the above purports to show a time lapse of FedEx's fleet of DC-10s, Airbus A310s etc - packed with fuel, valuables and people - scrambling for the Memphis, TN hub and hooking in handily around a massive ang…

The Fedex courier in my area has been consistently bad for years and doesn't get fired. Two weeks ago: doesn't come, doesn't leave a notice, two days in a row, claiming he came, I had a to exchange some salty emails with customer service to get my package. Each time I had to use Fedex these last 3 years I've had to do this cycle. On the other hand I have developped a "good relationship" with the UPS courier.

I have the EXACT OPPOSITE experience in my neighthood - FedEx always deliver package above and beyond but UPS has been shitty ALL THE TIME. I live in Northen NJ.

Re: Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Id like to be on the beta list too if possible. :) pr @ asimuv . com

Same for all who so post here. I have the URLs and when ready for beta testers will return and contact everyone here. Many thanks to all for your interest.

Interested. Contact in profile

Re: Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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It is really FedEx who organizes that, or the air controllers in Memphis dealing with pilots directly?

I'm a licensed pilot. What's interesting about that video has literally nothing to do with Fedex. It's a demonstration of the skill of the center and approach controllers at Memphis during inclement weather.

I know. I get that -- I think my point was more to demonstrate that FedEx is an airline first - logistics company 2nd - in terms of air freight.

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Amazon has almost 100% been using the local Prime Now drivers to deliver boxes - which is great because they come next day. Down side is drivers are always new and have no experience delivering mail. It's gotten a little better but I had to call amazon and request that their drivers not call me to tell me to meet them at the corner of the block for my package. I've figured out that if I want something tomorrow, I che…

Were they calling because they were having trouble finding your address, or because they were lazy?

I don't know how you miss a massive apartment building? It seems their drivers followed the gps dot exactly (which shows the intersection). Even pizza guys get it right.

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Id like to be on the beta list too if possible. :) pr @ asimuv . com

Same for all who so post here. I have the URLs and when ready for beta testers will return and contact everyone here. Many thanks to all for your interest.

This sounds fascinating. I'd also like to be in the beta. Thanks.

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Id like to be on the beta list too if possible. :) pr @ asimuv . com

Same for all who so post here. I have the URLs and when ready for beta testers will return and contact everyone here. Many thanks to all for your interest.

Me too please. Contact in profile!

Re: Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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Why does Amazon need to kill any service. Even with their cloud platform, rack space, digital ocean and plenty of other providers are thriving and coming up.

AWS is infrastructure as a service. Digital Ocean sells virtual private servers. They aren't even remotely the same product. I host a blog on DO for a few buck a month. My company hosts their entire infrastructure on AWS for 4 different applications. Apples and oranges.

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Re: Will Amazon Kill FedEx?

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Why does Amazon need to kill any service. Even with their cloud platform, rack space, digital ocean and plenty of other providers are thriving and coming up.

Apples and oranges. You're talking about horizontal competitors in one industry, and significant cost centers in another.

Will the orange industry kill off the apple industry?

No. Because there's such thing as competition. More than one company can survive and thrive in the same industry. That's my point.

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