r/wallstreetbets • u/jiayounokim • Oct 11 '24

Cybercab demo Meme

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u/anonymousbopper767 Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24

Off camera there was a engineer dripping sweat waiting to hit play on the preprogrammed drive away script. *don't fuck it up, don't fuck it up*

(edit while I'm at it: why the fuck didn't they just make bigger wheel caps instead of painting the tires gold?!)

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u/Ithappenstobe Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24

Lol you can actually see the engineers in action, how remotely controlling these robots. Two guys have a controller on their hand. Other guy directing someone with hand gestures over the mic lets turn around etc. https://youtu.be/6v6dbxPlsXs?t=6821 Don't get me wrong still impressive tech but the FLUFF, fake it till make it mentality is just unwatchable at this point.

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u/ElMostaza Oct 11 '24

When I was a kid, I won a science fair by sticking an upsidedown trashcan on top of a remote control car and gluing some old circuit boards on the outside. So many people were praising me as some kind of child genius. I've honestly felt guilty about it ever since.

Now I find out just missed my calling as a startup bro.

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u/p0mpidou Oct 11 '24

a least you used a real trashcan!

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u/mhyquel Oct 11 '24

Me too! Except it was two shoe boxes covered in tinfoil.

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u/ElMostaza Oct 12 '24

And you convinced them that was a homemade robot?

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u/mhyquel Oct 12 '24

No, I told everyone exactly what it was, and they thought it was cool. Everyone wanted a turn driving it around.

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u/ElMostaza Oct 12 '24

Why is this so wholesome, lol?