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I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by rafram »

d3vmax wrote: post #27
heavenlyblue wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They didn't raise half a billion dollars, they were valued at half a billion.

From the article: /// Most notably, the company enjoyed a generous infusion from Japanese investment firm SoftBank, which injected a whopping $375 million into the startup in 2018. By the end of its lifespan, Zume had raised as much as $445 million. /// They actually nearly raised half a bil.

Yeah, the headline’s wording implies valuation, but that’s actually the amount they raised. Who knows how they managed to spend it. That’s a lot of Bali offsites and kombucha on tap.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by Waterluvian »

mhb wrote: post #3

Colin will make you a pizza while he's delivering it: https://youtu.be/YjyJRTM0knE?si=fes2lbRntUlciPSH

Is Colin’s recklessness a fake act, like Electroboom, or is he really as reckless as it seems? I’m not sure I’ve ever really figured it out, and for some reason it makes it hard for me to watch. I guess obviously they wouldn’t publish a video where something goes horribly wrong, though.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by devit »

hardware2win wrote: post #6

>My going theory is that the Lambda had terminated processing as soon as the final form.submit() Kinda odd behaviour

That's because the author apparently neglected to parse the resulting page to ensure that the submission succeeded.

If you terminate the system right after sending a form there is no guarantee that the data even left the local buffers for the network.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by tbrownaw »

whywhywouldyou wrote: post #29
fullspectrumdev wrote: post #2

This is pretty neat not gonna lie. I wonder now if something similar can be done with Deliveroo or similar - on day X if certain conditions are met (eg: working late), have preprogrammed order Y submitted when approximately Z distance from house.

Why would you lie about this being pretty neat? Seems like a weird thing to clarify.

It's usually spelled "ngl" and seems to be a stock phrase that's used more-or-less as an opposite of "/s".

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by bipop5000 »

rafram wrote: post #19
mhb wrote: post #3

Colin will make you a pizza while he's delivering it: https://youtu.be/YjyJRTM0knE?si=fes2lbRntUlciPSH

You laugh, but the concept of this funny YouTube video was the actual business model of a SoftBank-backed startup that raised half a billion dollars [1]. The crucial flaw in their otherwise ironclad plan was that the pizza had a tendency to fly around and lose all its toppings when the truck went over a bump in the road. [1]: https://gizmodo.com/zume-softbank-ai-pizza-delivery-stellar-...

Seems like it would have been a better option to do the final cooking which is around 7-8 min in the oven at the delivery doorstep.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by tqkxzugoaupvwqr »

Gelob wrote: post #21

If they take phone orders you could just play a pre recorded messages and call them using twillo. I've done this in the past to call many stores and check inventory of an item

How does this work with a conversation? Did you ask them to press 1 if the item is in stock, or send you an email to a provided address?

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by sublinear »

Waterluvian wrote: post #32
mhb wrote: post #3

Colin will make you a pizza while he's delivering it: https://youtu.be/YjyJRTM0knE?si=fes2lbRntUlciPSH

Is Colin’s recklessness a fake act, like Electroboom, or is he really as reckless as it seems? I’m not sure I’ve ever really figured it out, and for some reason it makes it hard for me to watch. I guess obviously they wouldn’t publish a video where something goes horribly wrong, though.

It's an act, but I wouldn't call it fake. He has more in common with photonicinduction than electroboom.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by siva7 »

rafram wrote: post #19
mhb wrote: post #3

Colin will make you a pizza while he's delivering it: https://youtu.be/YjyJRTM0knE?si=fes2lbRntUlciPSH

You laugh, but the concept of this funny YouTube video was the actual business model of a SoftBank-backed startup that raised half a billion dollars [1]. The crucial flaw in their otherwise ironclad plan was that the pizza had a tendency to fly around and lose all its toppings when the truck went over a bump in the road. [1]: https://gizmodo.com/zume-softbank-ai-pizza-delivery-stellar-...

I'm pretty sure that was a money-laundering scheme disguised as some silicon valley-esque startup to not trigger alarm bells with institutions

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by isbvhodnvemrwvn »

_joel wrote: post #17
hardware2win wrote: post #6

>My going theory is that the Lambda had terminated processing as soon as the final form.submit() Kinda odd behaviour

Isn't that the point of serverless though?

It wouldn't have worked regardless of what they ran it on, it's the runtime that terminates.
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