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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Nobody needs training for that." Uber themselves make a very good case that they do.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Something that takes into account those things I said, and allows tipping. If you don't want to tip, that's fine, but disallowing those people from making that extra income is just wrong.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Ok... how does that answer the question about why Uber should get away with not having their drivers go through the training, but their competitors are required to? Remember, Uber is only lobbying to have their drivers exempt, not for the t
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
The problem is, Uber is lobbying for it's drivers to be exempt. Not lobbying for the regulation to be dropped altogether. "To speak of this as 'about training' I think misses the point that this is entirely political: me
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Why on earth should Uber be exempt from regulations that other taxis have to comply with?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
If the taxis have to do it, why shouldn't Uber drivers?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I don't see that as a reasoning. I fail to see why Uber shouldn't follow the same regulations as any other taxi/car service.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Hell, a lot of hotels have shuttles to/from the airport.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
But this whole things started specifically because Uber wasn't playing by the same rules.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Wouldn't that algorithm just give the pure cost of the ride? Why would anyone drive for that if they're not going to make any money? And as far as tipping, you'd need to ensure your formula has a minimum so that drivers are m
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
If the taxi industry has to undergo this training, how on earth is it fair that Uber doesn't? If they didn't require this, wouldn't this be the Uber special interest group being prioritized?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
You're making some pretty big assumptions, there.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
No. This is not censorship. This is Google choosing to not do business with the scum. And, given that Google is making money off this scum, they absolutely should be held accountable.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
That, and it's not like the people working on the wearable electronics could suddenly drop that and become people vetting ads.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Trump's tweets aren't enough to have an effect on business, anymore.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
But how?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Most of that money was likely spent on TV ads and stuff. Nothing as targeted and intimate as FB ads.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Those are problems, but surely they're not purely caused by tech? As in, it should be possible for Chicago, being a fairly large city as is, to absorb new tech peoples without causing too much of a problem?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Ads themselves, sure. Ad tracking tech, not so much.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"So should we continue to just tell a good chunk of the country to go to hell? " Absolutely not, and no one is suggesting this. But it would be completely foolhardy to say you're going to "bring back coal" when that
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
But there's zero evidence to show that this works. Generally the opposite is true; the business pockets the tax break, and does nothing new.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"What have the Dems done to get the jobs back?" They're not coming back. And if you look, you'll see that Democrats did propose plans in the last election. But without the approval of Congress, there's not much that
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Democrats have long had plans for retraining programs for those affected by economic change. On most trade agreements, Democrats are the ones pushing for retraining programs for those who's jobs would be displaced by the agreement. Hel
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Something that actually benefits society. Something that pushes it forward. You're gonna have to do a pretty amazing job to convince people that ad tech qualifies as that.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Are those ads for 3rd party things, or for their own stuff?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I would say it does, but a high price is not the goal, but a stable, sane price.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Sales tax isn't going to any of those.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
What more is there to evaluate, though? What is different between React, which did get the relicense, and React Native, which didn't?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I may not intend to go suing FB for patent infringement, but if they infringe on one of my patents, or if they sue me for patent infringement, it's really my only recourse.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
It sucks that it took this long, but at the end of the day, they've done the right thing.

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