It doesn't count if people have to pay €1 per minute to call your kids' phones. Ultimately, someone is paying for the hardware.

And here are the details of Lyft's insurance policy

This is false. Here is Uber's insurance policy in the US.

And before everyone says that 1 million dollars is nothing for a commercial insurance. The facts are that in the US, car insurance requirements are ridiculously low (compared to a country like Germany for instance, which Uber has a different higher insurance for) and that in the US at least, you certainly won't get better commercial insurance coverage from any existing taxi cab company.

I've seen those stories. Those are not facts. Those are conjectures, FUD, and click-bait stories that parade themselves as news stories, that don't even take the time to go through the public web sites of those ride-sharing companies to try to counter the claims about their insurance published there.

There is one country that does care and that's Canada.

Canada does end up complying with WTO rulings, especially if the complainant in question is already a large trade partner to begin with, like the United States is.

Not only that, but with the wording they're using, they'd get their ass handed to them in front of a WTO panel.

Either that, or may be their end game is to also regulate their own Canadian online streaming services and to claim surprise and innocence when the WTO requires them to impose the same regulation on their own industry.

What about when someone with DNA inevitably commits a crime and leaves some DNA behind? Are we allowed to take a DNA swab just out of anyone willy nilly? The answer is no, not yet at least, and not with some kind of due process. In the US and in Europe at least, there are specific laws protecting the privacy of DNA (unless you're a felon, or unless you're in the military).

Granted, the entire male population of three villages in Scotland was once swabbed for DNA for a double rape and a double murder case, but even in that case, those males were only asked to "volunteer" for the procedure, or they would be considered primary suspects. But even in that case, I doubt that such a threat would have worked in a larger metropolis.

So then, the argument might center around the ownership of that DNA. Do you freely give away your DNA to others? Do you freely give your DNA to the government when asked? And what about the DNA of your relatives? More than one person have already been convicted for rape or murder because one of their relatives had DNA on file with the US military for instance.

That's exactly the problem. Pyramids are like the Grand Canyon. Modern photography may have gotten super good at capturing a likeness of their image, but nothing actually beats going there in person and seeing those things in real life!

Actually, don't believe your hollywood movies, Egypt was lush with vegetation and had plenty water (which provided its own natural air conditioning during the time those pyramids were built). Please read this article and this article.

Yes, that was the totally unproven interpretation of the Europeans when they first visited Egypt. And as another poster already replied (and provided a reference), they're now finding physical evidence that this wasn't actually the case.

If you think the work of 80 laborers 100 years ago is equivalent to the work of ~10,000 laborers ~7,000 years ago, then that's your choice. Personally, I can't even visualize a period of 7,000 years. So if you're not impressed by several supremely huge man-made structures that have stood the test of time for 7,000+ years, then let's just agree to disagree because I am surely impressed by them.

Do you actually have Netflix there?

Apparently, the Slashdot editors think that all the paid video streaming services in the World are owned and operated by Netflix.

That's assuming the mail doesn't get opened and the cash doesn't get confiscated before it gets to you.

Well, technically the perception is the opposite, that electrical cars are not proven on the road yet. That is why Tesla is required to give out free lengthy warranty support, since they want to gain the trust of their initial customers.

And that's probably why, as you've already said, and which I completely agree with, that dealers are not going to make money for providing over-priced maintenance & repair services (since Tesla is going to be the one mostly footing the bill).

It's not completely Google Maps fault.

A lot of the mapping data it uses is tied to some pretty strict licensing requirements. Of course, now that the open street map data is getting really good in many areas, it's time for Google Maps to filter out the licensed-bound data in favor of the open data, but that's a conflict in the making and Google may suffer some backlash from the third party mapping providers it hasn't purchased yet.

These days, most of them are currently in China getting free medical advice and racking medical bills over Skype.

Yes, that's obviously why Western Doctors coming to help are getting infected too.

They're all in it for the cultural exchange.

Thanks, this is interesting. I find myself corrected.

I wonder if Uber is getting banned from that city for not hiring those types of licensed drivers, or if it's because their people didn't take the normal Taxi certification, or if it's for something else entirely.