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“I made an app that orders delivery to a random location, and ubers you there”

261 points by robtaylor 10y ago

robtaylor 10y ago
Twitter liveblogged thread documenting outcome. Not me.
- monatron 10y ago
  are you the "redcap" rob taylor?
  - robtaylor 10y ago
    no - and just googled him and he is much smarter than me :)
lanestp 10y ago
That was one of the best twitter streams I have ever read! definitely one of the worst ideas ever conceived!
billwin 10y ago
What API does this use for delivery? Postmates?
- chromakode 10y ago
  Couldn't find an API I liked so I automated EAT24 with a Chrome extension
brokentone 10y ago
The world has needed this.
prawn 10y ago
Be sure to read down the Twitter stream as the creator documents its maiden voyage to a gas station. Maybe someone can make a partner app that buys you an outfit of random items and tees up a random date. Then live stream each meet up.
- brian_herman 10y ago
  Do you have any ideas on a website that allows you to buy an outfit with an api?
  - erichurkman 10y ago
    Magic, using Twilio?
  - brian_herman 10y ago
    I found it. Zinc.io allows you to buy an outfit through amazon.
- bonestamp2 10y ago
  Based on how compatible it thinks you and your date are it could also include things in the order that it thinks you should use against/with each other... from nerf guns to condoms.
benmarks 10y ago
Now, the true measure of the latest bubble will be how long it takes for this person gets an unsolicited offer...
- ricardobeat 10y ago
  Looks like he already did...
  - EGreg 10y ago
    Proof??
    - sp332 10y ago
      All I found was this https://mobile.twitter.com/dougdescombaz/status/731980903459606528 https://mobile.twitter.com/dougdescombaz/status/731980903459... in the linked thread
bonestamp2 10y ago
It's a Tor exit node for you and your food.
- dzhiurgis 10y ago
  I prefer eating at hidden services
- make3 10y ago
  Nice, next update splits the trajectory between different ubers so the government "can't" track you, lol
Pitarou 10y ago
From the headline, I thought it was for credit card fraud! Order valuable, fenceable goods with a stolen credit card, and then use Uber to make sure you're at the random location when the goods arrive.
- oe 10y ago
  Maybe this is useful after all.
runnr_az 10y ago
That's a really great, terrible idea.
maruhan2 10y ago
At least it's not just "orders delivery to a random location". Oh the amount of trolling that would lead to.
ErikAugust 10y ago
Randomness is always awesome. More apps/products should inject some.
phantom_oracle 10y ago
Ironically, if you add some social element to it, you will probably get more long-term users than apps like "Yo" did. Probably need to filter locations so that you don't end up outside a prison and you could also pick the food joint based on the nearest restaurant that delivers to the random picnic area. Stupidhackathon not withstanding, this idea isn't bad at all.
piron_t 10y ago
Picnic source code : https://github.com/chromakode/picnic https://github.com/chromakode/picnic
- vlucas 10y ago
  Whoops. Dude left his Google API key in the source: https://github.com/chromakode/picnic/blob/master/utils.js#L1 https://github.com/chromakode/picnic/blob/master/utils.js#L1
  - chromakode 10y ago
    Thanks for the heads up. This is a key marked for use on the client side in web browsers, so I didn't consider it necessary to remove: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158862?hl=en#creating-browser-api-keys https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158862?hl=en#creati...

261 points by robtaylor 10y ago

robtaylor 10y ago

Twitter liveblogged thread documenting outcome. Not me.

monatron 10y ago
are you the "redcap" rob taylor?
- robtaylor 10y ago
  no - and just googled him and he is much smarter than me :)

lanestp 10y ago

That was one of the best twitter streams I have ever read! definitely one of the worst ideas ever conceived!

billwin 10y ago

What API does this use for delivery? Postmates?

chromakode 10y ago
Couldn't find an API I liked so I automated EAT24 with a Chrome extension

brokentone 10y ago

The world has needed this.

prawn 10y ago

Be sure to read down the Twitter stream as the creator documents its maiden voyage to a gas station. Maybe someone can make a partner app that buys you an outfit of random items and tees up a random date. Then live stream each meet up.

brian_herman 10y ago
Do you have any ideas on a website that allows you to buy an outfit with an api?
- erichurkman 10y ago
  Magic, using Twilio?
- brian_herman 10y ago
  I found it. Zinc.io allows you to buy an outfit through amazon.
bonestamp2 10y ago
Based on how compatible it thinks you and your date are it could also include things in the order that it thinks you should use against/with each other... from nerf guns to condoms.

benmarks 10y ago

Now, the true measure of the latest bubble will be how long it takes for this person gets an unsolicited offer...

ricardobeat 10y ago
Looks like he already did...
- EGreg 10y ago
  Proof??
  - sp332 10y ago
    All I found was this https://mobile.twitter.com/dougdescombaz/status/731980903459606528 https://mobile.twitter.com/dougdescombaz/status/731980903459... in the linked thread

bonestamp2 10y ago

It's a Tor exit node for you and your food.

dzhiurgis 10y ago
I prefer eating at hidden services
make3 10y ago
Nice, next update splits the trajectory between different ubers so the government "can't" track you, lol

Pitarou 10y ago

From the headline, I thought it was for credit card fraud! Order valuable, fenceable goods with a stolen credit card, and then use Uber to make sure you're at the random location when the goods arrive.

oe 10y ago
Maybe this is useful after all.

runnr_az 10y ago

That's a really great, terrible idea.

maruhan2 10y ago

At least it's not just "orders delivery to a random location". Oh the amount of trolling that would lead to.

ErikAugust 10y ago

Randomness is always awesome. More apps/products should inject some.

phantom_oracle 10y ago

Ironically, if you add some social element to it, you will probably get more long-term users than apps like "Yo" did. Probably need to filter locations so that you don't end up outside a prison and you could also pick the food joint based on the nearest restaurant that delivers to the random picnic area. Stupidhackathon not withstanding, this idea isn't bad at all.

piron_t 10y ago

Picnic source code : https://github.com/chromakode/picnic https://github.com/chromakode/picnic

vlucas 10y ago
Whoops. Dude left his Google API key in the source: https://github.com/chromakode/picnic/blob/master/utils.js#L1 https://github.com/chromakode/picnic/blob/master/utils.js#L1
- chromakode 10y ago
  Thanks for the heads up. This is a key marked for use on the client side in web browsers, so I didn't consider it necessary to remove: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158862?hl=en#creating-browser-api-keys https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158862?hl=en#creati...