Haha probably better to keep the tube closer to the surface of the Earth but otherwise yes.

If only we had a series of pneumatic tubes connecting all our homes, you could order something online and have it pop up right next to you minutes later.

What do all the people downvoting it based on the title assume it means?

Any time a company is pushing a change this hard I know it’s not something I want.

So trashy

Yeah I think it’s pretty much just in NYC for now, with a big launch in Minneapolis in progress. Hopefully they get to Denver soon!

It has already been done, that’s what the article is about: https://drivers.coop/

Currently based in NYC, but getting ready for a big launch in Minneapolis in response to the incumbent rideshare companies pulling out of the city in protest of increased rideshare regulation. Big opportunity to seize some marketshare without needing that much startup capital if your better financed competitors are removing themselves from that part of the market.

Yeah exactly - the proposal here is to have a driver-owned worker cooperative run the app.

The offshoot running Android would hopefully just be called “Android”

The breakup this is referring to is splitting off the Android operating system from the rest of Google.

Sure people talking on the phone can be annoying, but that’s not the main thing people use their phones for - scrolling and texting are the ultimate tools for getting people to sit silently for long periods.

Airlines must be pretty crazy to think not letting people use their phones is going to decrease air rage

But it’s not the same - there’s a community of people doing the same thing, and with those contacts you’ll be using Signal.

The trouble is we end up having to install both when we could be only using Signal

Probably just a minor processing error in your sound driver and nothing to worry about. I think I have had a similar experience with a particular white noise machine with hearing some slightly patterned sound when there wasn’t really a pattern. If it’s bothering you or increasing can’t hurt to go see a doctor (well can’t hurt too bad as long as you’re insured…) and get their input.

I believe the idea is that they’re not federating with any other existing site, they’re creating a new variety of federation with themselves as the first member, with people being able to set themselves up as additional independent nodes in that federation.

Yes that’s right

I would never pay to purchase a digital copy of a show. Either get physical media or pirate it. Anything else is just a long term rental.

That’s the beauty of it already being a thriving forum before opening up to the public, there’s a lot of ongoing content beyond people logging on and saying hi for the first time.

Lol so petty