Actually, they all have problems. The difference is they’re more risk averse so they are more careful on how they plan/design things to address the problems or avoid them altogether.
blackchair
blackchair
Back in the “old days” (‘94 or ‘95) Bezos sent me a thank you note and coffee mug for ordering so many books off the early Amazon. He doesn’t do that any more either.
Happened for me this week. Ordered item Friday afternoon. Was told to expect Sunday delivery. It showed up midday Saturday.
This article is 570 words long and involves 3,152 characters (2,591 if you remove the spaces). The headline’s question: What Amazon Prime’s ‘Two-Day Shipping’ Really Means is answered in... 17 words (93 characters, no spaces).
Just about every package we order from Amazon (which is a lot to be honest...clothing, shoes, electronics, food, cleaning supplies, even car parts) comes the next day. The weird one-off or custom things take a bit longer to ship sometimes, but its usually there one day after its marked as shipping.
I live very close to a warehouse and would get “super saver shipping” delivered in just a couple of days. Now they fail to miss the mark on Two Day shipping all the time. They clearly don’t prioritize that part of the business anymore.
It happened to my husband last night. He ordered a new phone on Sunday and it was waiting for him last night when it was originally showing it was going to be delivered today. I’m guessing it was delivered by laser ship since they always leave stuff next to our garage door instead of the front door.
Am engineer, can confirm, math checks out.
“for four times the length of a quarter mile”
Hey everybody! Say hi to Elizabeth! She’ll be helping out on the weekend shift covering F1 and other fun things, and may be sticking around for more. Please give her a warm welcome.
You cannot imagine how amused I am you saw something I didn’t, based upon usernames.
That is savage! Have your star and my nomination for COTD.
COTD
Authorities already said Uber is not at fault. Now we know LIDAR is not at fault either. Driver was bored staring at gadgets on dashboard and played solitaire instead - also not at fault. No way Volvo is at fault. Bicycle and victim are not at fault.
The issue, he said, is that the tech quite likely “classified her as something other than a stationary object.”
I mean . . . “isn’t road legal” isn’t too much of an impediment in certain jurisdictions. Sure, I wouldn’t daily it in San Francisco, but if you live out on a range somewhere . . . who’s going to bother you if you pop onto the state highway for 10 miles and take it to a trailhead?
Fellow Texan here, but now I daily a Boxster year round in Utah and only partially agree. I love the ability to have a little bit of fun without having to push my car, BUT ground clearance can be a serious issue. Not only are you stuck until the plows come through if there’s more than a couple inches on the ground,…
Yes, that would make me an A-1 hypocrite. I should point out that the Camaro chicanery occurred in 1993 when I was in a not-so-savory place in my life, and the Civic incident was about 4 years ago, as I was trying to set a good example for my young son who was with me at the event. I think I even admitted to him that…
Starting at $73,780, the Ghibli is currently Maserati’s cheapest offering.