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posted by martyb on Sunday September 24 2017, @01:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-your-fridge-"clean"? dept.

Walmart wants to test "in-fridge delivery" for Silicon Valley customers with August Home "smart locks":

Here's how the test will work: I place an order on Walmart.com for several items, even groceries. When my order is ready, a Deliv driver will retrieve my items and bring them to my home. If no one answers the doorbell, he or she will have a one-time passcode that I've pre-authorized which will open my home's smart lock. As the homeowner, I'm in control of the experience the entire time – the moment the Deliv driver rings my doorbell, I receive a smartphone notification that the delivery is occurring and, if I choose, I can watch the delivery take place in real-time. The Deliv associate will drop off my packages in my foyer and then carry my groceries to the kitchen, unload them in my fridge and leave. I'm watching the entire process from start to finish from my home security cameras through the August app. As I watch the Deliv associate exit my front door, I even receive confirmation that my door has automatically been locked.

While some may find the idea creepy, others have downplayed the creepiness factor:

"Five years ago consumers wouldn't have assumed they'd let a stranger drive them from the airport, much less stay in their house," said Forrest Collier, the CEO of eMeals, a platform that offers shopping lists based on recipes and loads the items into online shopping carts at Walmart and Kroger (KR) . "Now both Uber and Airbnb are billion-dollar companies."

For now, the fridge restocking service will only be available to Silicon Valley users of August Home. Customers will get a notification through their August Home app every time a delivery person drops off their food.

[...] Even though this Walmart service sounds "creepy on the front end," said Collier of eMeals, "it's really not as creepy as letting a stranger sleep in your bedroom."

Also at LA Times, Reuters, SiliconBeat, and CNET.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 25 2017, @11:01AM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 25 2017, @11:01AM (#572614) Journal

    Holy shit, Zumi!

    YOU are the one who has admitted to being "broken" by life. Stop projecting. Have you ever heard that "what don't kill you makes you stronger"? Life hasn't broken me, it's made me strong. Would you consider an exercise regimen?

    And, you would enjoy a good deal more credibility if you stop pretending to be a psychiatrist, or whatever brand of charlatan comes up with your kind of silly predictions. Suicide? Yeah, it's remotely possible. Like, I'm terminally ill, and in severe pain, and I know that I have months or years of excruciating suffering ahead. WTF do you think I'm "suffering" from, exactly? I've got a severe case of "contempt for the progressive left" just about sums it up. Maybe you'll feel better if you understand that I have an equal "contempt of the neo-conservative right" which Georgie Boy Bush imposed on this country for eight years.

    Suicide, you say? You're far more likely to suicide than I am. That special other person that you're caring for may or may not pass away soon - you make it sound bad for her. When she's gone, WTF do you have to live for? You won't be needed anymore, and you probably won't find a good reason to go on living.

    Me? I'm safe. I get a great deal of satifaction from life. If/when all else fails, I can come here and yank your progressive chain, and listen to you make up batshit crazy stuff. If I run out of reasons to live, I can become an internet troll, spending 20 hours per day "triggering" people like yourself. Meanwhile, I have some modifications to make on my truck. Few more minutes here, and I've got cool shit to do!!

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday September 25 2017, @06:47PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday September 25 2017, @06:47PM (#572746) Journal

    That's even less convincing. I think you've also confused Eliza with J; Eliza is my girlfriend, J is the person *both* of us are attempting to help. Thanks for admitting you have nothing in your life but trolling and the occasional bit of automotive maintenance though :) With every post you make yourself look worse and worse, and you're too far-gone to see it. Oh well...

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 25 2017, @07:05PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 25 2017, @07:05PM (#572751) Journal

      "nothing in your life but trolling and the occasional bit of automotive maintenance"

      Now, see, that's funny. But, it's the kind of thing that would hurt if it were true, and you knew that. You're the kind of woman who goes for blood, aren't you? Well, you're gonna have to get a helluva lot smarter if you want to draw blood from me. First up - stop projecting YOUR problems onto me.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @07:40PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @07:40PM (#572763)

    Runway, you're weird and crazy but... what you get up to shitpost on soylent every day? You're broken by life at least as much as our weeb ladyboy if not more.

    In 10 years you're going to troon out like the best of them and it's gonna be gross. At least Zumi jumped on the bandwagon while she had some hope of being cute.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday September 25 2017, @08:07PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday September 25 2017, @08:07PM (#572774) Journal

      Where in the hell are you getting "ladyboy" from? I'm not Thai, or male, or trans. "Ladyboy" doesn't mean "lesbian," you know? Not even butch ones. And if we're being technical the word for actual ladyboys is "kathoey," something like the Thai version of "Hijra."

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...