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https://lemmy.zip/post/60443612

Mar 9 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadweimaraner_of_doomMar 9
Forgot “Glorified Pump-&-Dump scheme” (NFT’s)
Show threadbisbyMar 9
NFTs are basically Bitcoin and fall under fake money for criminals.
Show threadMoffKalastMar 9
Stamp collecting for criminals
Show threadkevincoxMar 9
Nah it’s worse. Bitcoin actually has legitimate uses. (Yes, they are a minority of actual usage, but they exist.) NFTs are only useful for speculation, gambling and money laundering.
Show threadmercMar 10

Bitcoin actually has legitimate uses

Ransomware.

Show threadlortyMar 10
Bitcoin’s only legitimate use cases are a worse, slower and more expensive eletronic money transfer. In other words, there aren’t any.
Show threadmercMar 10
“Expensive cartoon monkey pictures”
Show threadbuycuriousMar 9

In case someone needs help:

Uber/Lyft Airbnb Bitcoin/Crypotocurrency ChatGPT/LLMs

Show threadhddsxMar 9

Because you have 2/4 general terms:

  • Rideshare
  • Short term rentals
  • Crypto
  • LLM
    • Show threadexuMar 9
    Cryptocurrency not Cryptography to disambiguate again
    Show threadexplodicleMar 9
    www.cdc.gov/cryptosporidium/
    About Crypto Infections

    An overview on the parasite <em>Cryptosporidium</em> and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis.

    Cryptosporidium ("Crypto")
    Show threadluciferofastoraMar 9
    Thanks, new anxiety unlocked
    Show threadChickenLadyLovesLifeMar 10
    Tales from the Crypt
    Show threadCevilia (they/she/…)Mar 10
    Sorry, at this point the term “crypto” has been thoroughly claimed by the shysters.
    Show threadfartographerMar 10
    Cryptozoology? I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE FUCKING BIGFOOT!!!
    Show threadatopiMar 9
    shouldnt 4 also include AI generated images?
    Show threadWhostosayMar 9
    Llms generate those afaik
    Show threadGhoelianMar 9
    No, those are generally diffusion models, not large language models. Language models generate text.
    Show threadGrimyMar 9
    Better term would probably be generative AI to also cover music, video and my grandma’s soul.
    Show threadkevincoxMar 9
    “Rideshare” is also the least accurate term used to dodge regulations. It is just a taxi/cab. You are paying someone to get you from one place to another. They aren’t sharing their ride, they were never going where you are going before you told them to.
    Show threadhddsxMar 9

    Taxis/cabs are legal. Also, perhaps because of age, I tend to view taxis and cabs as phone numbers you call for a car to show up (or go to a taxi stand), whereas I see rideshare as reserve via an app.

    I think ride share really just means a vehicle that is used not solely for commercial purposes

    Show threadkevincoxMar 9
    They are legal if you follow the regulations. The problem with the “rideshare” companies is that they don’t. We should just call them “unregulated taxis” rather than pretending that they are a different service. I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones).
    Show threadbitjunkieMar 9
    They literally changed the name of the company from UberCab to duck regulation.
    Show threadChickenLadyLovesLifeMar 10
    It would have been cool if they’d renamed themselves “Calloway”.
    Show threadSabrinamycarpetMar 10

    I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones).

    I’d like to point out this probably would have taken another 10-15 years to achieve had it not been for the disruption of said ridesharing apps.

    Show threadBlue_MorphoMar 10
    Just because there’s a inconvenience for consumers doesn’t mean you make workers suffer instead of fixing the problem.
    Show threadSabrinamycarpetMar 11

    I’m assuming/ hoping you mean the taxi drivers when you say workers.

    I empathize with anyone who’s livelihood is affected by changes in society. But stagnating progress because someone somewhere will be negatively impacted only assures no progress will ever be made.

    Show threadBlue_MorphoMar 11
    You can have progress without forcing people into starvation because “it’s the system”.
    Show threadSabrinamycarpetMar 11

    I mean we could build a better social safety net so this doesn’t happen…

    You telling me you think we should continue to endure a transportation system that is basically a monopoly, where the user has little transparency on what they get charged beforehand, where they can only use the service if they call or are lucky enough to be in a high traffic location, just so no one loses their job?

    Show threadBlue_MorphoMar 11

    Cities have a medallion system to prevent congestion of taxis on the roads. If there was a problem, increasing the number of medallions and scheduling surge pricing (like NYC has done with all cars now) would have improved service.

    Alternately, simply declaring Uber a taxi service and subject to employment laws would have fixed most everything.

    I guess since flying is a hassle, I should buy a jet and land it in parking lots to make it convenient for consumers. So what if a few hundred die a year if tens of thousands have easier air travel.

    Show threadSabrinamycarpetMar 12

    If there was a problem, increasing the number of medallions and scheduling surge pricing (like NYC has done with all cars now) would have improved service.

    So… would NYC have done this if it wasn’t influenced by the existence of Uber/Lyft?

    Would the taxi companies that owned all the medallions have allowed this to happen if their existence wasn’t threatened? Or would they lobby to stop this at all cost because it doesn’t benefit them?

    I guess since flying is a hassle, I should buy a jet and land it in parking lots to make it convenient for consumers. So what if a few hundred die a year if tens of thousands have easier air travel.

    So hundreds are dying due to Uber?

    If you need to make a bullshit theoretical to justify your stance, you might want to reconsider your stance.

    If flying cars were possible and if benefited consumers, it should definitely be adopted and regulated properly like any other service.

    Show threadBlue_MorphoMar 12

    Would the taxi companies that owned all the medallions have allowed this to happen if their existence wasn’t threatened? Or would they lobby to stop this at all cost because it doesn’t benefit them?

    No taxi lobby stopped Uber.

    So hundreds are dying due to Uber?

    There is a sexual assault every 8 minutes caused by an Uber driver.

    Googling says for example Uber has 400 assaults in San Francisco and the taxi industry had 14.

    www.nytimes.com/…/uber-driver-murder-trial.html#%….

    I can’t find any examples of taxi drivers murdering their passengers. All news is about taxi drivers being murdered by their customers.

    Former Uber Driver Pleads Guilty to Killing 6 in Michigan Shooting Rampage

    Jason B. Dalton pleaded guilty to murder in the shootings around Kalamazoo, Mich., in 2016. The attacks occurred between rides Mr. Dalton gave Uber passengers.

    The New York Times
    Show threadJakeroxsMar 10
    Lmao as if the cab companies weren’t a cartel making their own regulations.
    Show threadMongosteinMar 9

    I use a local cab company. They smartened up after getting crushed by uber in the first couple years of their existence. Now they have an app that’s similar to uber, but I just call and use the web link that shows me where the car is.

    It’s literally the same service, but I have to give my info to Uber’s app to get it.

    Show threadulternoMar 9

    Uber/Lyft

    Airbnb

    Apart from the recently added surge pricing, what else is illegal about these 2?

    Show threadEq0Mar 9
    Taxis and hotels used to be strongly regulated industries. For both, permits were required as well as regular checks. But Uber/Lyft/Airbnb created a system outside of the standard legal framework, allowing them to run an almost lawless business. So I wouldn’t say illegal but ethically grey.
    Show threadulternoMar 10
    oic, I guess it doesn’t make much of a difference where relevant laws are either pretty lax or inadequately executed.
    Show threadRamenJunkieMar 9

    They literally exist as a way for tech bro libertarian idiots to circumvent laws around Taxis and Hotels because “Its totally just people rending their own stuff/time bro.”

    Like, the idea of Uber where its “we go to work along the same route,lets share a ride” is vaguely admirable, ie “rideshare” where it startrd. But its become people’s job and its literally just tsxis without the rules.

    Show threadGrimyMar 9

    To be fair, they were popular at first because they were highly convenient. I remember Uber as the first to have a GPS map that told you where your taxi was. Most taxi companies and hotels were seriously lagging behind in terms of use of technology.

    That being said, they were malicious companies from the start and the whole business angle was built on taking advantage of loopholes. I’d be fine with a lot of them if they were nationally owned companies though.

    Show threadT156Mar 9
    They were also presented as being cheaper and more ethical. You didn’t risk being roped into paying a higher price because the cabbie deliberately took a long route, or be surprised by the price being different in person. You could order an Uber, and you’d pay only what was in the app.
    Show threadulternoMar 10
    Due to how much circumvention goes around here (India) anyway, Uber/Ola actually ends up being a better option overall.
    And the map feature ends up being pretty useful.
    Show threadlime!Mar 9

    dependent on where you are, they are textbook skirting the law. uber got crushed when they launched in sweden because taxi drivers need to do basically the same training as bus drivers. it’s an extra letter on your license, with all that entails of age limits, theory and practical tests, x amount of time driven a year etc.

    nowadays ubers in sweden are just taxis, which hilariously means that they by law have to have a price list on the cars. which basically kneecaps their entire business model.

    Show threadgrueling_spoolMar 9
    Personally I’d say every single product and service being transparently wrapped in a personal information honeypot
    Show threadweimaraner_of_doomMar 9
    Just give me your ID bro. It’s totally to protect the kids bro.
    Show threadbitjunkieMar 9
    So like… all of it?
    Show threadsp3ctr4lMar 9
    Real Time Raytracing.
    Show threadtomiantMar 9
    What would we do without capitalist innovation? Before capitalism, nothing was invented. Look at us now!
    Show threadT156Mar 9
    And your full shelves of various peanut butters, many of which are owned by a small handful of conglomerates, and all of which are produced in about 3 factories.
    Show threadLenaMar 9
    To be fair, all money is fake and used by criminals
    Show threadWanderingThoughtsMar 9
    The leader of the country that prints the world’s reserve currency is a convicted felon so that tracks.
    Show threadexplodicleMar 9
    Yeah but is it destroying the environment? Also yes.
    Show threadmercMar 10
    Except real money is used for taxes and government spending. Fake money is needed only by criminals.
    Show threadjayboneMar 9

    Self Driving Vehicles

    Free Speech Absolutism Platforms

    Show threadhomoludensMar 9
    What about dystopian surveillance tech?
    Show threadMaultascheMar 9
    Isn’t that all of the above?
    Show threadEzTerryMar 9

    That is more a fronteir llm thing…

    I think quite a bit of what they are trying could with some optimization be run local thus no need to send entire context windows to big tech (sure this hypothetical model would know less trivia but in an agent system would be able to look it up)

    But of course big tech and other large orgs like hording all your data for profit.

    Show threadttyybbMar 9
    Cant crypto actually be good for privacy?
    Show threadCoryCoolguyMar 10
    In practice, not really.
    Show threadpsudMar 10

    Not at all, the ledger is public, it’s not tied to names, only IDs but it’s trivially easy to tie a person to a Bitcoin account if they’re under surveillance

    If you live in a country that cares about law you might attract attention with a large Bitcoin balance and enough transactions to tie it to you

    Show threadAvicennaMar 9
    I personally hate the “thanks to AI you now can speak to your dead relatives” ones. Especially those ones which try to spin it like a personal story for the developer of the app. Oh god shut up, you would sell your own mother for money. And also you are too late to jump on that bandwagon so get lost, we have enough of you leeches.