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How NPR Tiny Desk Audio Engineer Josh Rogosin Mics the Drums

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goddamnedfrank3/26/2018 8:33:17 pm PDT

re: #118 darthstar

Having driverless cars kind of defeats the whole, “Sign up for our gig revenue opportunity” recruiting new drivers thing.

I honestly don’t understand why Uber & Lyft are pushing this so hard, since after expenses their drivers are only making a median profit of $3.37 / hr. Now they can probably save more than that in aggregate through economy of scale, having their own garages, mechanics and large insurance pool and by selling the tech if (big if) they can secure lucrative patents, but all of that has to offset the cost of the cars and the increased overall liability.

And right now it’s all going the other way, Google is suing Uber over stolen IP. The tech Uber does have seems to be sub par at best, they’re just running their own software on top of other manufacturers’ cars, using other manufacturers hardware and with nothing much to show for it except for this gigantic PR crap sandwich.