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Comment Would this model end up being like scooters? (Score 2) 388

In SF there's scooters on every corner just waiting to be used... and most aren't.

So in the driverless model, to make it so i'm not wasting time waiting for a car to take me to the store, and then another one to pick me up and take me home. Is someone going to foot the bill to have thousands of cars just sitting around waiting for someone to click "i need a ride" button on their phone?

Who cleans up the driverless car if the previous rider gets sick in it or spills their drink? If the car shows up and their a slurpee spilled on the seat, I now have to reject it and wait another X minutes for another car to show up. Not exactly something I'm willing to do if I need to get somewhere. Also, how do you budget your time when you need to take into account the variable availability of one of these cars?

I can't imagine trying to haul kids around in these things in the case when you've got a child seat. Or, you want to take your bike somewhere, and you've got to attach a bike rack to it.

Comment What's your time worth? (Score 1) 69

Others have pointed out the costs of doing it yourself (internet, software updates, electricity, offsite/multi-site availability, gmail integration, physical security (like when you're on vacation). Non-Disruptive (and risk free upgrades). And using an Enterprise grade platform to provide it. All of these are rolled into that $1.99/$2.99/whatever cost per month of gDrive. Is anybody doing this without Consumer grade components (all HW + SW + internet connectivity + utilities)?

However, what is your hourly rate to be an operator/admin? If you make $75k per year, you're looking at an hourly rate of north of $35/hour. (not including vacations and such).

I'd much rather not spend my time ($$$) on doing this and leave it to the professionals. Plus when I take a vacation, I know 100% that my stuff is safe. I'm willing to pay $1.99/month, and skip one can of coke.

Comment The weakest of the worst jobs (Score 1) 98

Every few years one of these stories comes up and this by far is the easiest/tamest of the worst jobs. The worst of these is those that are paid to review questionable content. The highly violent, disturbing content. I remember reading here that these employees often had PTSD from all the content they were reviewing.

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