Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things)

[Luinbariel]

I'm nowhere near as cool as you kids, only 890 hours on mine.

[FlyingMongoose]

2,403 hours, enough time to download 11 1080p movies on a 56k modem... well fuck yeah that's exactly what I'm doing!

[CaffeinePowered]

Lars Andersen: a new level of archery

[HeK]

Playing with Power on Vimeo

Fucking Awesome

[FlyingMongoose]

Here's how pretty Unreal Engine 4 can be (according to YouTuber, around 30-40 FPS on a GTX 570)

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43710/unre...index.html

[StolenToast]

Here's how pretty Unreal Engine 4 can be (according to YouTuber, around 30-40 FPS on a GTX 570)

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43710/unre...index.html

UT4 is ripe for a remake of the classic Flower's of Robert Mapplethorpe

[FlyingMongoose]

Well, now Unreal Engine 4 is outright free including the source code... that's really big news.

https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/ue4-is-free

And with that Epic fires shots directly at Unity

[CaffeinePowered]

Why movies today "suck"

[FlyingMongoose]

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-fr...i-company/

I just think the actual taxi companies are pissed they didn't think of the uber idea first.

[Dtrain323i]

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-fr...i-company/

I just think the actual taxi companies are pissed they didn't think of the uber idea first.

This is what government regulation does. It creates barriers to entry that help established players and cuts down on competition.

[FlyingMongoose]

[quote author=FlyingMongoose link=topic=1507.msg285524#msg285524 date=1435592963]
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-fr...i-company/

I just think the actual taxi companies are pissed they didn't think of the uber idea first.

This is what government regulation does. It creates barriers to entry that help established players and cuts down on competition.
[/quote]

There was time where this was an anti-monopolization thing (talking about auto-manufacturers here in the US, where basically that you HAVE TO buy through a dealer in most states and CAN NOT purchase direct from manufacturer, allowing for small businesses to still sell cars without the manufacturing forcing a gouged price... this is coming a lot in Tesla stuff, but Tesla cars really do cost quite a bit to make).

[at0m]

Another reason Taxi companies are pissed about Uber is because they don't have to purchase or maintain medallions or minimum rates in large cities, which is something that's actually a large portion of the operating cost of taxi companies. It lets Uber undercut them on both operating cost and price.

[Dtrain323i]

Another reason Taxi companies are pissed about Uber is because they don't have to purchase or maintain medallions or minimum rates in large cities, which is something that's actually a large portion of the operating cost of taxi companies. It lets Uber undercut them on both operating cost and price.

The whole medallion thing is a racket. At least in Chicago, 1 or 2 people bought up all the medallions when they first became a thing in the 70s/80s and then lease or sell them themselves for ridiculous amounts. A Chicago taxi medallion can cost north of $100,000. The established taxi companies are just engaging in rent seeking with their bitching about Uber/Lyft.

ETA: I actually went and looked up the cost of a Chicago taxi medallion for shits and giggles. Going price is $249,000. So in order to legally drive a taxi cab in the city of chicago, you have to start $249,000 in the hole.

[StolenToast]

[quote author=atm0m link=topic=1507.msg285857#msg285857 date=1438718692]
Another reason Taxi companies are pissed about Uber is because they don't have to purchase or maintain medallions or minimum rates in large cities, which is something that's actually a large portion of the operating cost of taxi companies. It lets Uber undercut them on both operating cost and price.

The whole medallion thing is a racket. At least in Chicago, 1 or 2 people bought up all the medallions when they first became a thing in the 70s/80s and then lease or sell them themselves for ridiculous amounts. A Chicago taxi medallion can cost north of $100,000. The established taxi companies are just engaging in rent seeking with their bitching about Uber/Lyft.

ETA: I actually went and looked up the cost of a Chicago taxi medallion for shits and giggles. Going price is $249,000. So in order to legally drive a taxi cab in the city of chicago, you have to start $249,000 in the hole.
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And you know the taxi drivers are ultimately going to win because:
http://youtu.be/sIzivCJ9pzU

It's tough living in a world run by people who don't seem to understand the things that truly drive the world, like economics... technology... basic reading comprehension...

[at0m]

[quote author=atm0m link=topic=1507.msg285857#msg285857 date=1438718692]
Another reason Taxi companies are pissed about Uber is because they don't have to purchase or maintain medallions or minimum rates in large cities, which is something that's actually a large portion of the operating cost of taxi companies. It lets Uber undercut them on both operating cost and price.

The whole medallion thing is a racket. At least in Chicago, 1 or 2 people bought up all the medallions when they first became a thing in the 70s/80s and then lease or sell them themselves for ridiculous amounts. A Chicago taxi medallion can cost north of $100,000. The established taxi companies are just engaging in rent seeking with their bitching about Uber/Lyft.

ETA: I actually went and looked up the cost of a Chicago taxi medallion for shits and giggles. Going price is $249,000. So in order to legally drive a taxi cab in the city of chicago, you have to start $249,000 in the hole.
[/quote]I agree that it's a racket, but that's the way the game got set up. Uber is challenging the game, and the establishment who has profited greatly from its current setup is pushing back. If the laws change and Medallion count is no longer limited (which was done to reduce overcrowding of taxis, i believe), then things change. Market forces, blah blaah

[HeK]

WITNESS ME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L67BiENzYs

Seriously. This is mind blowing mechanical art.

[FlyingMongoose]

This is a pretty neat system that includes this http://geekandsundry.com/virtual-dungeon...a-reality/

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[FlyingMongoose]

So Gaben did this at the Unity Vision Summit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ekteuHBi4

Also why isn't this thread sticky? It might as well be.

[CaffeinePowered]

Gabe should have said something like 'what comes after 2? Oh right, So, point 2 episode 2....'

[FlyingMongoose]

http://www.pcgamer.com/john-carmack-gett...st-honour/