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I work at a different university that has these same units. Watching them cross streets is comical. They are excessively conservative. While backing up one ti
by AuthorizedCust 5y ago
I work at a different university that has these same units.
Watching them cross streets is comical. They are excessively conservative.
While backing up one time (on a sidewalk), one gently ran into me. I should have flopped and cried out to risk management.
- akpa1 5y agoThey're trialling them near where I work, doing grocery deliveries. You see them trying and failing to cross roads, and it's a nusiance. They get in the way, and I'm always worried I'm going to end up hitting one and damaging my car. Or that I'm going to end up tripping over one when I'm walking.
- shiftpgdn 5y agoThey're frequently driven by people making $1-3/hr in Colombia.
- npteljes 5y agoNow that's something else. Do you remember where you read that? I'd love to know more.
- soared 5y agoSimilarly, people in Venezuela play RuneScape, an mmo, and sell virtual currency as a full time job: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/features/2020/5/27/21265613/runescape-is-helping-venezuelans-survive https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/fe... Venezuelans farm gold and indirectly sell it to wealthy Americans. $0.70 for 1MM gold is nothing for an American, but adds up to meaningful amounts in Venezuela if your monthly salary is $4 USD.
- npteljes 5y agoI already knew about these, but thinking about it, it's not less surreal than remote controlling a robot in another country for pennies. Even has a wiki on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_farming
- petra 5y agohttps://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/15/kiwi-hires-colombian-students-to-supervise-kiwibots/ https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/15/kiwi-hires-colombian-stu...