https://nitter.net/dsgolson/status/1721216438114177308

  • kristina [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    i want to see someone buy this and drive it around in my town. just because i could use some extra laughs

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      I've had two people show me their pre order and watched them both visibly deflate when I said "Oh hey it's the Halo car."

    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      8 months ago

      I had a teammate see one in our parking lots and he said "this is one of the benefits of working in Silicon Valley, we get to see cool cutting edge technology like this all the time"

      • VILenin [he/him]M
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        8 months ago

        Wow I’m tired, time to pay $10 for a scoop of ice cream before I go home

        • GaveUp [she/her]
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          8 months ago

          But an AI robot will scoop the ice cream automatically!!! Isn't it great how they don't even have to confront how much of their lifestyle is built off the backs of highly exploited low wage labor, even domestically?

          • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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            8 months ago

            I saw a coffee truck where the coffee was prepared by a robotic arm, but there was still a guy in the truck operating it. I was like, can't he just pour it??? Where does the robot come in???

            • fox [comrade/them]
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              8 months ago

              I saw a video of a robotic bartender in Vegas. It was a table-size machine that would mix a cocktail off a select menu for you. Did it more slowly and clumsily than even the most novice human bartender, less selection than a human, unable to deviate from its recipe (hope you don't like your martini extra dry), and more expensive cocktail in the end.

              • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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                8 months ago

                who is asking for this shit

                edit ESPECIALLY in a bartender, like half your job is to be a shoulder for your drunken patrons to cry on, or a charming personality to make them forget their troubles

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        we get to see cool cutting edge technology like this all the time

        It's not cool and the cutting edge is jagged and lined with toxic residues. I fucking hate it here and will be glad to leave in a few weeks.

        • GaveUp [she/her]
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          8 months ago

          take me with you wtf, don't leave me like this

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            8 months ago

            I kind of wish I could; the entire area is stupidly expensive even on its outskirts in a way that makes moving out next to impossible unless you have some real estate to offload to someone that will actually pay more for it than you did in the first place. It's like a big antlion trap.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        cool cutting edge technology

        yeah, of those panels as they gain lift when the car is at speed and decapitate (hopefully) the driver