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New comment by craftwerk in "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"

craftwerk — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:20:54 +0000

That kind of thinking is why people call them vulture capitalists. It’s only true until it’s not. if your supplier is treating you like a hostage, you’re probably not very loyal.

New comment by craftwerk in "We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970"

craftwerk — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:44:35 +0000

Similar to Thiel and his lord of the rings company names

New comment by craftwerk in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"

craftwerk — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:14:02 +0000

The book Incorruptible covers how to avoid that

New comment by craftwerk in "Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe"

craftwerk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:36:52 +0000

I can share an example of a trip we just did to South America to two countries. Four out of four taxi rides were scams. Things are better to the extent there were controls in place, like taxi meters and an app. There the scam was less but still involved scams. Too long to detail in a comment here.

I should also mention we tried to use their version of Uber (DiDi), but I suspect there was some kind of price-fixing attempt there because no taxis would come for the price that they suggested. We had the option of upping our price until someone came and then I gave up on the service.

My other experiences were some years back in upstate New York, where there were also questionable practices, and you really had to look over the driver’s shoulder. They tried to control scams with payments based on zones, and the drivers would bend the rules when possible.

New comment by craftwerk in "AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it"

craftwerk — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:53:10 +0000

My AI recruiter will reach out

New comment by craftwerk in "70k Books Found in Hidden Library in This Germany Home (2023)"

craftwerk — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:22:15 +0000

There’s an interesting term from the book the Black Swan, an antilibrary, which gains value from books that haven’t been read, but are at hand. Essentially resources for new ideas.

New comment by craftwerk in "'Peanut butter' pay raises could cost companies their top performers"

craftwerk — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:08:03 +0000

I also found his thesis compelling, but it’s built on bad social science: https://open.substack.com/pub/gilpignol/p/bullshit-jobs-was-...