Comment Re: This should be interesting. (Score 1) 202
Have you ever heard the term ad hominem attack. If you have a problem with his finding then refute the findings. Attacking the man just means you have nothing useful to say.
Have you ever heard the term ad hominem attack. If you have a problem with his finding then refute the findings. Attacking the man just means you have nothing useful to say.
How about this one from Uber's site? $1029.79 is a good haul for a week.That is over $52K/year.
When the cab's tag gets pulled it is a big deal. The driver license is a minor inconvenience.
Here is a list of accessible taxis in Phoenix.
I guess where you live cabs are pritty bad. Where I live it is very different.
I used to drive cabs so I know a few things you don't. I had to take the cab in every 6 months for inspection at an approved shop. Our company had to have a designated number of accessible cabs on the road at all times or we were fined. You didn't see an accessible taxi because you didn't ask for one. Yeah we were tired at times but were not allowed to work 16 hour shifts. I also notice you didn't mention the license that could be pulled for violations.
Except that the newspaper didn't run adds like this. Making $24.41 an hour sounds pretty good.
Lets go back to the no regulation time where the following occurred;
1. No inspections to ensure safe vehicles.
2. No licenses to pull in case of violations.
3. No accessible vehicles for the disabled.
4. No employment standards so exhausted drivers are on the road.
5. Rampant discrimination so certain groups can not get a cab.
6. Low insurance so accident victims are not compensated fully.
etc.
Do you have to wait an hour every time you call a cab? Doubt it. Do you have to wait an hour on the few high usage nights like Halloween and New Years? Probably. No business can carry the number of cabs all year to deal with those two nights and that is not an excuse for killing the business the rest of the year.
Regulations built up through the years to deal with bad actors. They exist for a reason.
Uber has zero regulation burden while cabs have a lot of regulation they must comply with. Regulation compliance costs money which is why there is a lower margin for cab drivers.
How many "jobs" let you decide you don't feel like working this week with no consequences?
How many "jobs" let you decide on the spur of the moment that, because your plans fell through, you're going to work for an hour and make some extra cash?
Every self employment "job" has those aspects. There are consequences for not working. One does not make the cash and may not be able to pay the bills.
Uber isn't a job. It's a way for people who have a stable income to pick up a little extra cash.
I agree with you that is the original design of the service but there are many drivers are working 60+ hours/week and Uber is their only source of income. If they truly want to go back to the "extra income" model they need to limit work hours. The problem is that Uber would not have enough drivers.
Paypal has been doing this for a long time.
I don't see any mention of efficiency or spacing in any of the directly linked articles. Can you link the one you are referring to?
Can you tell me why single player Diablo 3 needs to be connected? Especially considering that the connection, which only updates the chat, keeps going down so often. I can play WoW, WoT, STO, etc all day but get kicked off of D3 regularly.
Way to cherry pick an argument. You dropped the "subjects of the criminal investigation". That can mean anything from drug traffickers to car thieves.
So a car parked on a public street is fair game? I don't think so. There are still property rights even when something is found in a public space. That is why it is the law that found things are turned into the police and if not claimed they are then returned to the finder.
Type in "richard nixon cri" and see what you get.
You are proposing to move the coal from the mines to near the oil fields then the electricity from the oil fields to where it is needed. That is a lot of moving to sequester some CO2.
As for Southern California the coal would need to be shipped quite far. California only produces 5% of it's electricity from coal
I agree that sequestration is a temporary measure but temporary can be a long time.
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion