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901.
by aianus 10y ago
> If you don't actually know and trust the party who makes the software then the signature is worse than useless Not true. The signature only needs to mean "we've verified the author's ID and he lives in a country tha
902.
by aianus 10y ago
> Furthermore, the permit in question is both very easy and cheap to attain. We aren't talking about years of bureaucratic process. If true, then the permits are worthless. > The most likely reason Uber has refused to attain perm
903.
by aianus 10y ago
What's UHT? The canned stuff I get is real cream.
904.
by aianus 10y ago
> Some may argue that the speed of prototyping a solution is a benefit, but the time saved putting together a prototype is often negated by the time spent debugging as the prototype matures. Most prototypes fail to gain traction and are
905.
by aianus 10y ago
No, people don't use condoms every time like they're supposed to because they ruin the fun, not (just) because they're stupid/uneducated/irresponsible.
906.
by aianus 10y ago
You've got to be kidding. The only white people in my CS classes were immigrants from Israel and the Soviet bloc. White people (in Canada, at least) flock to management consulting, investment banking, law, and medicine and look down on
907.
by aianus 10y ago
Condoms ruin the sensation and are so bad at preventing pregnancy they're on par with withdrawal. We should make hormonal birth control and IUDs cheaper and more accessible instead.
908.
by aianus 10y ago
Not OP but the Indian Central Bank estimates there are ~$239 billion in outstanding currency [0], and the national wealth of India is estimated at $3 trillion [1]. Rich people have a much lower cash:wealth ratio than poor or middle class pe
909.
by aianus 10y ago
Yet hydro is only 23% of Ontario generation vs 36% nuclear.
910.
by aianus 10y ago
They've been going up fast recently... to $0.065 per kwh now, still 4x cheaper than Berlin.
911.
by aianus 10y ago
Shutting down nuclear reactors as they age out and replacing them with renewables (even expensive renewables) is fine, but shutting down perfectly functioning nuclear reactors with years or decades of lifespan left to build new coal seems
912.
by aianus 10y ago
I've lived at home and I've lived on my own and I'd rather live at home even if the cost was the same. Going home to an empty apartment or roommates that don't care about you is lonely af.
913.
by aianus 10y ago
I don't know if you consider this an effective rebuttal but I live in a place (Ontario, Canada) that made the opposite move at the same time as Germany. All coal plants have been shut down and replaced with additional Nuclear, Hydro, a
914.
by aianus 10y ago
Germany replaced their nuclear power with new coal. It boggles the mind. https://cna.ca/news/germany-replaces-nuclear-coal-ghgs-skyro...
915.
by aianus 10y ago
> That's right: "N years in framework X" I don't know where this meme comes from. Six out of the seven jobs/internships I've had (in SF, Seattle, and Toronto) didn't care about any specific framework or
916.
by aianus 10y ago
They could license it for specific models only and ship the necessary drivers with the OS just as they do now.
917.
by aianus 10y ago
You could have used those $10m to save hundreds or thousands of lives. It doesn't make any sense to hypothetically spend $10m extra dollars to save a single life.
918.
by aianus 10y ago
> despite it being cheaper by any back of the envelope calculation for society as a whole. How is it 'cheaper' to manufacture extra yellow cars and have them drive around aimlessly searching the streets for fares vs. hitching a
919.
by aianus 10y ago
Why do I care what the drivers like? I don't buy any other products or services based on the happiness of the workers. Uber still has the most drivers and the cheapest prices.
920.
by aianus 10y ago
Paying $150 and getting a piece of paper doesn't do anything to protect pedestrians.
921.
by aianus 10y ago
Uber tried this in Toronto already (called Uber Hop). I believe they had to stop as it is illegal to compete with the municipal bus system eyeroll . https://newsroom.uber.com/canada/meet-uberhop/
922.
by aianus 10y ago
It's pretty obvious that anything someone paid to display on a billboard is a half-truth at best.
923.
by aianus 10y ago
Pool is not an option everywhere (even in the same city). In areas where it is available it represents a majority of my trip requests.
924.
by aianus 10y ago
Relying on Uber for your livelihood is really dumb. It's a part-time hobby job. (I drive for Uber part-time).
925.
by aianus 10y ago
> Sharing isn't viable. I don't want my 20 minute taxi/CaaS ride to become 30+ minutes as we drive off my route to pick up another rider I drive for Uber part time and the majority of riders do choose the POOL option so I
926.
by aianus 10y ago
Nobody uses it though. It costs $1.50 per transaction so it's not practical for paying your friend $5 to split a burrito etc.
927.
by aianus 10y ago
> Square cash, venmo, Facebook cash, snapcash. We don't have anything like any of those in Canada, if someone wants to try :)
928.
by aianus 10y ago
Just look at Walmart. They're dirt cheap because their costs and their margins are the lowest and consumers flock to their stores.
929.
by aianus 10y ago
To be fair, credit cards in the EU also have annual fees and few rewards.
930.
by aianus 10y ago
ACH still has chargebacks. For up to six months after the debit, no less.

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