Comment Re:Possibly a band aid for poor code organisation (Score 1) 126
Yes, I would pay money to see that.
but they are doing so without good evidence and likely with serious misinterpretation of the data they have.
What evidence are they misinterpreting?
Why? Seriously, I haven't used Uber and the last time I rode in a taxi was years ago so I have no dog in this fight. Why did you think Uber is better? Better service? Better value? Or is just that they are sticking it to The Man? I'm legitimately asking because I just don't really see what is so amazing about Uber as a casual observer.
I can't say for everywhere, but, where I live, Uber is better because I can actually get one. Last time I needed to go to the airport, I called a taxi service, and the dispatcher basically laughed at me. I called another taxi service, they told me to call the first taxi service. Finally I requested an Uber and they picked me up right away. In a clean car, cleaner than any taxi I've ever been in.
So that is basically why. Better availability, cleaner.
I will say that my first experience with an Uber driver was getting rear-ended in a low-speed collision. I was anti-Uber for a few months after that.
If Greece drops out, all the greeks holding euros still have relatively hard currency, probably superior to whatever is introduced as a local replacement.
If Greece drops out, then it will become impossible to get Euros from the bank. The banks will only disburse the new (devalued) currency. The only hard currency anyone will have is the cash that was in their wallet (or in a foreign bank). That's the way these things typically work.
Greece needs to put as much effort and money as needed to put to an end to tax fraud, mainly from big fortunes as well as a stronger progressive tax law centered on direct taxes, not indirect like VAT as the IMF insists on doing. With only this, there will be no need to touch VAT, pensions, healthcare or education.
This is extremely optimistic. But your post helps me understand the Greek viewpoint. They are in for some hard times.
The problem most Greeks suddenly face is that their money is now locked up as electronic balances in banks that have shut down for a week and won't let them have more than 60 euros at a time.
That sounds reasonable compared to what happened when the US was on the gold standard......the government confiscated the gold. No 60 coins for you, it all went to the government.
but I'd like to keep Chrome around for all the other, usual reasons.
Why, because you like to let Google track you?
The thing is that the "illusion" explanation is completely bogus.
The illusion explanation for what?
If a subordinate asks you a pertinent question, look at him as if he had lost his senses. When he looks down, paraphrase the question back at him.
