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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 netrus »

willcipriano wrote: post #5
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.

Wire it up to a fitness tracker and only have enough pizza delivered to keep you at a calorie deficit so that you lose weight.

Add enough pizza alternatives to make it a somewhat plausible diet and that's an actually great idea - for the crowd that can afford a fully delivery-based diet.

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

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Post by sahkopoyta »

tqkxzugoaupvwqr wrote: post #37
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?

You could start the message by explaining your situation. But yeah still lots of edge cases this doesn't catch.

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

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Post by frankthedog »

devit wrote: post #33
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.

This is the right answer. He’s immediately closing the browser after clicking the button. He should wait for a success UI or at least that the resulting network call finishes with success or a failure to retry on. Not lambdas fault, it’s performing as coded.

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

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Post by kbutler »

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 you could install pretty good motion isolation systems in the trucks with that kind of money...

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

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Post by callalex »

tqkxzugoaupvwqr wrote: post #37
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?

Twilio has different verbs you can use to quickly and easily throw together a small voice controlled phone tree with basic conversational understanding.

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

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Post by tough »

gdprrrr wrote: post #14
wanderingstan wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it’s seems like food ordering services should have good APIs for this—why not make it easy for people to integrate food ordering (and paying!) into IFTTT-style hacks?!

They might fear abuse or trolls

Also not being able to put ads down your throat via API

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

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Post by ParanoidShroom »

siva7 wrote: post #39
rafram wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I don't see how one would do that. Mind expanding? You won't turn out dividends and salary sounds highly taxed

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

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Post by cultofmetatron »

siva7 wrote: post #39
rafram wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

> I'm pretty sure that was a money-laundering scheme disguised as some silicon valley-esque startup

considering some of the half baked shenanigans I've seen conducted in SF that actually raised funding back when I was there. this would explain a LOT...

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