this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
142 points (100.0% liked)

Chapotraphouse

14264 readers
653 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net
corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net
a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net
khizuo@hexbear.net
thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net
CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net
142
Waymo turns out to be using remote operators from the Phillipines (futurism.com)
submitted 2 days ago by corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
43 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Always had a suspicion, but its nice to know that you can just generally assume the worst about a technology these days.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems like a fun time to share one of my favorite etymolgies

robot(n.)

1923, "mechanical person," also "person whose work or activities are entirely mechanical," from the English translation of the 1920 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots") by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik "forced worker," from robota "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery,"

surprised-pika

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doctor forced worker?? yeah that checks out eggman-announcement

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

was.... he the good guy all along??

now I want a The Protomen style rock concept album detailing the rise and fall of Robotnik and his travails against that bourgeois hedgehog