Vendor lock in
That’s what camel rides at the Giza Pyramids are like. They’ll quote you on a cheaper price, take you out into the desert and then demand a bunch of money to take you back to the pyramids.
rule number one about the camels in Giza.
don’t ride the camels in Giza.
Literally the AI sector right now, except it is “low prices for your AI backend!” And in a few years it will be “extremely high prices for your AI backend, now that your entire product is heavily reliant on it”
Luckily the AI sector, like the balloon, will eventually run out of fuel to keep the thing afloat.
Sadly the group left holding the bag are those swindled by the providers
this is when I start pissing and shitting over the side trying to hit the guy at the bottom.
I wouldn’t let out that weight if I thought of it but for sure (not that it’s much but gotta conserve that mass). Besides must be a way if there’s no remote right? Hopefully. Maybe the sign was for hope so they could laugh more.
But I don’t know much about hot air balloons except hearing them fire up for hot air close to one place I lived was kinda neat to see them around though. And obviously what makes them go up…I’d end up in a power line I assume.
For anything else yes I’d do my best to show my best to show my displeasure of the situation for sure.
The bridge that leads to Prince Edward Island in Canada is a toll bridge but “Tolls apply only when leaving Prince Edward Island”.
You can drive on to the island for free, but you have to pay to leave.
Whoever made that decision must love Rollercoaster Tycoon.
It’s fine as long as they don’t remove the bridge out from under you
Me, backing up full throttle on the ‘to’ lanes: big brain time 😎
Have fun:
It’s showtime
The Golden Gate Bridge is a toll bridge, but only heading into San Francisco.
Same with all the bridges in the bay
A bridge along one of the major routes between England and Wales used a have toll for entering Wales, but it was free to leave.
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Takes out pocket knife and cuts the rope.
I’m the captain of this balloon now.
“Balloon Returns: $10,000”
That balloon probably costs $30k-$60k to replace. The owner created his own hostage situation.
There is nothing more sweet as someone walking into “unintended consequences” when they were the first to act in bad faith.
nice depiction of any new techbro VC powered startup “revolutionary” online service (which I think it was the obvious interpretation, but didn’t see it in the comments)
Free antivirus!
The guy on the ground has no way to get the balloon back down, unless he’s got a rifle stashed somewhere…
He can rope the balloon back down.
Just hand over hand pull it down? That’s a lot of work, even if the balloon has neutral buoyancy.
Its about $1000 worth of work
The fire is radiocontolled
It’s only $1.
The three decimal places is just how you know he’s a serious professional businessman.
decimal separation differences strike again
It’s a
bananaballoon landing, what could it cost? $10?
Lol
