maym86

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by maym86 8y ago
Exactly. A lot of the issues with public transportation are because we underfund the systems and they end up seeming worse than they could be. The complaints that users have are not with the concept of trains or busses but with the failures
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by maym86 8y ago
+ circle lines that connect the spokes.
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by maym86 8y ago
A significant percentage of road infrastructure is paid for by general taxes which Amazon avoids paying. https://frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/who-pays-roads They pay less for the roads than you or I. You are subsi
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by maym86 8y ago
They do a pretty good job of getting you very close in London and NYC. Longer distance trains get you between cities much faster than in a car. They don't solve everything but they are definitely underutilized as a solution in the US.
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by maym86 8y ago
I lived in Europe for a long time too. Trains are not a complete solution but they do solve a lot of the problems and are underused in the US.
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by maym86 8y ago
> Should we all abandon our roofs? What are you talking about? You've moved the conversation away from a specific discussion of Amazon's practices to an anicdote. Unpleasant does not equal exploitative. Amazon is unpleasant and
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by maym86 8y ago
The cost is socialized but the gains are not.
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by maym86 8y ago
I'm not suprised. This is what they do. When you think about it a lot of Amazon's business is partially subsidized by the tax payer. They pay less for the roads the drive on, they get huge tax breaks to open new wearhouses and hea
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by maym86 8y ago
Fair. Thanks. Was just an example. Main point I was trying to make was about drawing conclusions after the experiment to fit the results.
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by maym86 8y ago
In this scenario, especially in SF as a tech worker, you should feel guilty if you can afford to spare a dollar for someone on minimum wage for a tip but are reaching for the zero button. Having the iPad highlight your stingyness is not a p
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by maym86 8y ago
Right. We already have a great solution to many of the autonomous vehicle problems. Trains and busses.
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by maym86 8y ago
Reasarchers aren't normally expected to build a production system to sell as a product. They might be very smart people but for something like this you need a team with at least some members who have real experience delivering automoti
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by maym86 8y ago
I think it was mainly lead by companies trying to get funding. People who understood the technology were not saying that. Good lesson to remember for next time there's a cool new technology. I think there will be a realization soon tha
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by maym86 8y ago
> where you have to shamefully press “no tip” You don't have to. I think if you can really easily spare a few dollars for someone who earns much less than you but choose not to there should be a little shame involved. Your fee
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by maym86 8y ago
Sure. Big picture, I agree entirely. I automatically tip 20% too as it's just the cost of the transaction and even if the waiter is bad it could well be because of their manager understaffing the restaurant or a number of reasons beyon
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by maym86 8y ago
In this scenario, especially in SF as a tech worker, you should feel guilty if you can afford to spare a dollar for someone on minimum wage for a tip but are reaching for the zero button. Having the iPad highlight your stingyness is not a p
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by maym86 8y ago
I agree entirely. Ideally all this tipping nonsense would go away and people would have a decent wage without it. My main objection was more to do with the sentiment of well paid tech workers I have met who complain about this technology be
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by maym86 8y ago
Guess what, you still don't have to tip if you don't want to. Your "guilt" is your problem, not a problem with the iPad. Anything that increases the takehome pay of low paid service workers in SF seems fine. It is entire
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by maym86 8y ago
Why? Why not? Why? Why not?... It's interesting.
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by maym86 8y ago
Why do you ask? Do you think it's unusual to question something when new evidence comes to light? Seems entirely reasonable to share updated information on a very well known study.
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by maym86 8y ago
Right, taxing large corporations more and making their takeover of the city slower would have slowed the increasing demand for housing. SF's government could have chosen to not sell it's soul entirely to big tech while still suppo
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by maym86 8y ago
I think the city could have done a better job taxing the large tech companies and spending the money on supporting the displaced residents and building more public services. Taxes would help slow their expansion and in turn the increasing r
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by maym86 8y ago
Exactly, whichever is most effective. The aim of the law is primarily to protect against descrimination, not to blame a certain party. Both the publishers and the buyers are at fault but whichever changes get the problem fixed seems the bes
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by maym86 8y ago
The Democrats are a center-right wing party by European standards. Even in SF they put business interests first. You don't see this problem to this extent in major European cities.
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by maym86 8y ago
My point was your premise is making up imaginary scenarios that aren't actually happening as a way of creating an issue with the clear problems outlined and this isn't helpful. Creating an imaginary general problem as a way of att
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by maym86 8y ago
So what about your argument means they shouldn't handle the explicit descrimination cases on their platform better? Just because there might be a fuzzy case in they future why shouldn't they handle the clear cases now? FYI these a
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by maym86 8y ago
Exactly. Thank you.
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by maym86 8y ago
Sure, but the point is Facebook should be taking minimum steps to actively avoid descrimination. It currently is not. Perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good and they can do better.
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by maym86 8y ago
Why do people always go on to the abstract cases when we are discussing a specific example? > Where exactly does it stop? It stops in cases when it's not protected and not breaking the law. Housing and job adverts cannot be explicit
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by maym86 8y ago
San Francisco is like a distopian future from an 80s movie where those with money have the latest technology and skate around on electric scooters while the ignored underclass don't even have access to basic amenities and live in tents

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