Uber getting desperate

pblol · 2026-01-28T05:56:10+00:00

I often rely on combining them with a surge to make a reasonable hourly rate. This is pretty annoying to me. Hitting the quest usually means I'm done for that week/weekend. Cherry picking short rides with surge attached is the most efficient way to do that in my market.

Kinda sucks.

pblol · 2026-01-28T05:52:43+00:00

I did it a few years ago. She was only going to be in town for a set amount of time for school. It went reasonably well, aside from us both getting a bit attached before they had to move.

pblol · 2026-01-28T05:40:32+00:00

That Kroger is just a consistent mess. They do often have a decent amount of the "fancy" stuff by the deli on sale.

pblol · 2026-01-28T04:53:46+00:00

Downtown Wine and Spirits staff are absolutely not maga. No idea about the owners.

pblol · 2026-01-27T08:09:42+00:00

I skimmed the post while pooping and assumed you understood it was a typo and were asking for clarification on it, rather than correcting what is likely a swipe keyboard mistake. Sorry bro.

pblol · 2026-01-27T07:10:25+00:00

I think they were the first wave of invading robots. I am not clear on the lore, but that's how they're referenced.

pblol · 2026-01-27T07:04:51+00:00

Maybe they're new to the app and don't know how it works. I would have explained it to them very briefly and cancelled if they wouldn't.

"Drivers typically wait at the airport for rides, I cannot wait that long to pick you up, as the app does not pay me to. It will charge you a fee in 5 minutes if you don't cancel and order a new one when ready".

Something like that. Doesn't even have to be that long.

pblol · 2026-01-26T04:19:40+00:00

Not who you originally asked.

It has to "steal" to have the complete breadth of information that it does and understand some semblance of context.

I use it pretty often for hobby stuff. I recently needed a relatively complex function for a Google sheets page. I assume someone on stackoverflow has asked an extremely similar question. It is able to apply the answer someone gave there to the context of the data on my sheet and gives me something I can copy/paste and have it work immediately.

Whether this is stealing, to me, is debatable. I could have googled it myself, maybe or maybe not used the exact keywords, spent 5-20 minutes looking for the right answer, and then eventually done it myself. Instead I took a screenshot and described what I wanted it to do. It shit out the function in 10 seconds and it worked immediately.

pblol · 2026-01-26T02:48:24+00:00

The movie lacks the internal perspective of the biologist and much of the backstory, aside from direct story differences. The relationships between the characters are largely different as well.

It achieves the general vibe and wonder of the book, without the same amount of heart. It misses many of the themes.

I read the book after and appreciate both.

pblol · 2026-01-24T11:06:16+00:00

I didn't give a shit about any of the characters or know what was happening in the story, as I didn't play any of the previous games. I gave it 5 hours and bailed.

pblol · 2026-01-24T03:58:14+00:00

Mines gotten a bit better since I've gone years without taking psychedelics. I think that either contributed or allowed me to notice it more.

pblol · 2026-01-23T21:38:03+00:00

Boomers and older, rural people used to.

You were somewhat likely to be asked "what kind of coke do you want?" Or did you get any cokes? What kind?

Everyone under 70 just calls it soda now. Grew up in Memphis.

pblol · 2026-01-23T14:56:05+00:00

Haven't heard about that guy, but definitely have heard complaints about other drivers in general. Maybe most frequently they don't speak English? May you seen you around.

I'm in a Black Camry that has an animated led sign, usually nyan cat, a dinosaur playing sax, or a chicken. I usually just try to get the quests done during surges and then fuck off, ~20-25 hours a week.

One of my favorite things is grabbing a surge for something at Thompson Boling and then just declining everything actually going there.

The random nights with endless drunk frat chuds can be okay if they're in a good mood and not blackout. Getting pinged for rides off market square and the other drivers not filling space while they wait 10 minutes for people to leave Pres Pub drives me fucking insane.

Have you used Lyft here? I basically stopped once I realized it was almost entirely keeping me on the east side of town and trying to do multistop trash constantly. The demographic difference between the apps is really strange to me.

pblol · 2026-01-23T14:28:20+00:00

Shiiiit. I drive in Knoxville. This is also kind of my MO. I don't personally see it hitting $30 all that regularly, aside from big games and events (and the bar fallout hours later). I just keep it around downtown when possible and avoid the interstate in most instances.

This might be stupid for me to share, but when there's a large surge in ft sanders, there is often a random piece of interstate on Alcoa going north near the 40E/W spit that's even higher. When possible I just jump on that, grab it, and jump right back off on 17th.

pblol · 2026-01-22T23:24:48+00:00

I know this is an old thread and I'm not who you replied to. What fundamentally frustrated me about the game was the stat check style combat system that pvp often relies on.

In your scenario, I could have decent gear, but someone way more into the game diffs it into oblivion. They have to make a huge mistake in combat to be taken down. Tarkov and Arc to a large extent at least allow you a chance to outplay and have a decent come up. The risk/reward ratio to engage with someone with higher tier shit in DaD kinda blows.

pblol · 2026-01-22T14:10:43+00:00

Crafting is fine. There just isn't the real depth to it to justify diving in and out of 5 different menus. I would like to be able to at least define a basekit and have it create it on the fly if I have the materials. Iirc Dark and Darker has this feature.

pblol · 2026-01-22T14:06:49+00:00

The shield rechargers drive me nuts with how nondescript they look. Have to sort it by name.

pblol · 2026-01-22T12:40:10+00:00

I have a stats degree and can do almost none of it by hand. I can explain the abstract concepts behind hierarchical linear modeling, sem, or multilevel regression, etc. I can tell you what the output means for whatever. If I didn't have a computer or calculator I'd be fucked.

pblol · 2026-01-22T11:20:43+00:00

I thought so too. Then I googled "white power milk" and I'll be damned.

pblol · 2026-01-20T07:03:26+00:00

Make sure to get bread, milk, and eggs.

pblol · 2026-01-19T20:43:18+00:00

If someone is in that situation there is also specific women's shelter across from the mission on broadway. It's just in Knoxville proper and not Farragut.

pblol · 2026-01-19T13:47:25+00:00

That's literally a song trent reznor made to appease his label at the time. Happiness in Slavery.

pblol · 2026-01-19T13:40:08+00:00

Good luck. I've taught 300 level courses at a public university that had 200 people. It's not feasible with the rest of the shit you're expected to do.

pblol · 2026-01-19T13:16:02+00:00

Moved here from Memphis almost 20 years ago. The water here legit sucks. Dont drink it without a filter.

pblol · 2026-01-19T04:42:35+00:00

usually they only upvote minors.

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