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kilobite88··on We have decided to pause driverless operations across all of our fleets
There are mountains of evidence, but you're just unwilling to emotionally accept it.
kilobite88··on We have decided to pause driverless operations across all of our fleets
Does it not drive the same roads as human drivers? 4 million miles = 4 million miles.
kilobite88··on We have decided to pause driverless operations across all of our fleets
thank you
kilobite88··on We have decided to pause driverless operations across all of our fleets
You got downvotes because most people are incapable of nuanced thinking, especially on this subject.

Yes public transport is one of the key talismans in the church of the utopian left.

Public transport in the US is in a terrible state and needs to be massively expanded and funded, yet it cannot solve all of the transportation requirements of our massive economy and geography.

kilobite88··on Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantly deteriorated lately?
what's more plausible: the startup that runs gpt has changed something internally to degrade the quality or somehow across the entire internet, chatgpt4 users are having sudden emergent awareness on how bad it always was but were deluding themselves equally from the beginning?
kilobite88··on Stripe increases prices for US businesses starting June first, 2023
anyone want to help me build this? first we get traction on hackernews (as we clearly see demand for it), join YC, sell to startups, serve ethoca their lunch, then potentially get acquired by Stripe?
kilobite88··on Stripe increases prices for US businesses starting June first, 2023
i run a startup. I would be extremely willing to join a shared blacklist API. If this comment gets votes, I will make a service and populate it with data from our end.
kilobite88··on Stripe increases prices for US businesses starting June first, 2023
Chargeback abuse is mushrooming. Word's getting out that chargebacks are free refunds. No need to engage the merchant anymore. Very selfish customers are now able to get their product and eat it too, for free.

Instead of being an advocate for their customers to the financial institutions, Stripe is siding with them and we all have to fend for ourselves.

Obviously, consumer protection mechanisms are needed and around for a good reason, but something happened during the pandemic. People don't care anymore. Look it up, chargeback fraud has massively increased since 2020.

kilobite88··on Stripe Pricing Changes
"Stripe will no longer return the $15 dispute fee"

omg. Are you kidding? worst decision ever.