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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 asimpleusecase »

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-...

Should have pivoted to calzones.

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

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Post by smabie »

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 it was not: there's much more effective ways to launder money than a high profile startup

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

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Post by mortureb »

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-...

Should have had the oven on shock absorbers.

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

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Post by arlort »

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-...

That's fun, this was also the premise of a Donald Duck story in the italian mickey mouse weekly

https://inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+2629-3&search=paperino%...

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

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Post by FanaHOVA »

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

It's really not that deep

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

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Post by internetter »

nhance wrote: post #15

If it is a react website that would imply it has an api you could just use directly. Might still need to login to get a token but that's a lot more robust

Agreed! I always am confused when people screen scrape instead of just monitoring and replaying network requests. Much cheaper and much more robust. Is there anything I'm missing?

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

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Post by siva7 »

smabie wrote: post #53
siva7 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 it was not: there's much more effective ways to launder money than a high profile startup

That would be a perfect cover up considering it’s not that unheard of with their investor: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/c4d82a

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

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Post by LegitShady »

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.

they're just playing characters

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

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Post by sureglymop »

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.

Another one if you want to see some real recklessness is "I did a thing".
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