You have no idea the levels that taxi drivers are held to. Just because you can't see it with your eyes, it doesn't mean it isn't there and protecting you every time you get in a car.
Because the Taxi industry has way more respect and value for its drivers then the Uber industry does. The taxi industry is a holdover from what the economy should value and once did. You think Uber won't overcharge? What IS overcharging anyway?
You think the taxi industry is overcharging because they are forced to provide a guaranteed safe service and need to recover the cost of that? Don't you want a safe service?
I used to see the taxi industry as money grubbing whores as well. But now that I see how Uber wants to operate and the risk they incur to our economy and the quality of businesses that I deal with as a consumer (read as 'quality' not as 'affordability') I defend the taxi industry's right to protect their jobs in any way they see fit. Governments are saying screw you to the taxi industry right now, and people keep saying that hard working people make a good living in America. These taxi drivers are hard workers so they should be able to protect their industry in any way they see fit.
So if they are valued as a multibillion dollar company then they have money to purchase lawyers as if they are a multibillion dollar company. Once that happens it is fairly obvious to me that a company can pretty much operate how they please and short of federal capital offenses can work around any law they want.
I wasn't defending it, I hate it. I'm completely into Socialism. I believe there is no other way but to have a government that cares about its people and the way of life in its own back yard.
Even if I were into the American way, it would be for full-out capitalism which never allows corporations to get too big to fail. This only happens with blatant government assistance to the corp.
Unfortunately America has let greed rule the roost and there isn't much thought being put into anything at all.
Uber is nothing more than a progression of American capitalism. Surely you have noticed the steady slide. We have long known the downside of capitalism is a downward spiral.
I'm in the same boat as you. I just bought my kids a book on coding Minecraft mods. I am going to teach them because they were asking about it and it is something I am capable of doing with them that may help them in some way some day. But it is no different then a mechanic working with his kid to change an intake manifold on an engine in a muscle car. I don't see why all kids need to learn how to do it. In fact, I question if there will be any jobs that go remotely close to programming by the time they are working. It will all me clicking on buttons in the cloud.
Uber is a multibillion dollar company now and therefore will continue to have rights that far exceed not only any person but any national government as well. In the world we made, Uber no longer has to follow laws. Sad that America had a big part in making things this way but the average American will only suffer from it.
I think you have proven the ACs point. We don't live in Russia, life is a certain way here. Has the government decided they don't care about our current quality of life and are they willing to make us more like Banglore? Perhaps, but then they should at least be up front about it and allow the public to decide. I think more and more are looking for assurances that life will remain safe and sound for generations to come.
Your argument would have merit if there actually were any devices that were made ground up domestically. But there isn't a big sign at the mobile device store indicating the foreign devices and the domestic devices priced a reasonable $50 higher. The consumer's job is to work and consume, nothing more. Don't burden people in the individual consumer role with changing any of this. The company's job is to take as much money as they can from the consumer. The government's job is to make the country comfortable for as many people as possible. The stats don't indicate that the government has been going its job.
I agree with you to a certain extent. People are sometimes shitty and they will take advantage. However, we have things like google, and there are a billion sites that benchmark and test everything. Don't buy it if you don't see a good positive review on it.
The problem with this model is that companies are banking on desperation. The H1Bs are possible because there are other governments that treat their people poorly and therefore they are willing to come here for less. Is it fair for our government to allow us to be subjected to market forces that are only possible if the alternative is abject slavery and starvation?
The problem with this model is that companies are banking on desperation. The H1Bs are possible because there are other governments that treat their people poorly and therefore they are willing to come here for less. Is it fair for our government to allow us to be subjected to market forces that are only possible if the alternative is abject slavery and starvation?
Nobody owes you a job.. but it is the large companies claiming they can't find anyone and thus hiring H1Bs. If their claim is truly justified, then technical people are in short supply and the salary would be increasing. The fact that salary is leveling off means that they must be able to find enough people and thus should not be hiring H1Bs. This is the way the market works, there is no other way. If the market is working fairly for everyone then one of the two alternatives must be the case.
I realize this, yet the Apple walled garden is so distasteful to me it is the worst of two evils. I don't buy a phone to jailbreak it, too afraid of voiding the warranty. I just don't put anything important on my phone.
I have an S3 and am moving away from Galaxy for these reasons. What decent Android phone has a user-replacable battery and expandable memory? Ironically, my S3 is the only device I have had that hasn't seriously lost battery capacity after 1-1/2 years of use, but I still don't trust batteries.
PC versus Mac is the same issue... People who say Windows crashes all the time but because they bought cheap hardware.. Hardware at a price point that Apple wouldn't dream about touching. Then they go and spend 3x more but on a Mac and gloat about how stable it is.
The people who know how to determine a reasonable level of security will be the ones left standing in the business in the coming years. Time to either understand various audit levels or get out. I know I won't use cloud services yet because there is no minimum agreed to level of security. This makes all of them mickey mouse in my mind.
Since when is it unamerican to screw people over in the name of keeping profits for yourself? I've come to know that as the very definition of American.
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You have no idea the levels that taxi drivers are held to. Just because you can't see it with your eyes, it doesn't mean it isn't there and protecting you every time you get in a car.
Because the Taxi industry has way more respect and value for its drivers then the Uber industry does. The taxi industry is a holdover from what the economy should value and once did. You think Uber won't overcharge? What IS overcharging anyway?
You think the taxi industry is overcharging because they are forced to provide a guaranteed safe service and need to recover the cost of that? Don't you want a safe service?
I used to see the taxi industry as money grubbing whores as well. But now that I see how Uber wants to operate and the risk they incur to our economy and the quality of businesses that I deal with as a consumer (read as 'quality' not as 'affordability') I defend the taxi industry's right to protect their jobs in any way they see fit. Governments are saying screw you to the taxi industry right now, and people keep saying that hard working people make a good living in America. These taxi drivers are hard workers so they should be able to protect their industry in any way they see fit.
So if they are valued as a multibillion dollar company then they have money to purchase lawyers as if they are a multibillion dollar company. Once that happens it is fairly obvious to me that a company can pretty much operate how they please and short of federal capital offenses can work around any law they want.
I wasn't defending it, I hate it. I'm completely into Socialism. I believe there is no other way but to have a government that cares about its people and the way of life in its own back yard.
Even if I were into the American way, it would be for full-out capitalism which never allows corporations to get too big to fail. This only happens with blatant government assistance to the corp.
Unfortunately America has let greed rule the roost and there isn't much thought being put into anything at all.
Uber is nothing more than a progression of American capitalism. Surely you have noticed the steady slide. We have long known the downside of capitalism is a downward spiral.
That's interesting, because the fact that they don't care about the quality of their cars or their drivers did it for me.
No, we should stick to elementary school lessons that might actually apply in the work world when they get there.
I'm in the same boat as you. I just bought my kids a book on coding Minecraft mods. I am going to teach them because they were asking about it and it is something I am capable of doing with them that may help them in some way some day. But it is no different then a mechanic working with his kid to change an intake manifold on an engine in a muscle car. I don't see why all kids need to learn how to do it. In fact, I question if there will be any jobs that go remotely close to programming by the time they are working. It will all me clicking on buttons in the cloud.
Uber is a multibillion dollar company now and therefore will continue to have rights that far exceed not only any person but any national government as well. In the world we made, Uber no longer has to follow laws. Sad that America had a big part in making things this way but the average American will only suffer from it.
I think you have proven the ACs point. We don't live in Russia, life is a certain way here. Has the government decided they don't care about our current quality of life and are they willing to make us more like Banglore? Perhaps, but then they should at least be up front about it and allow the public to decide. I think more and more are looking for assurances that life will remain safe and sound for generations to come.
Your argument would have merit if there actually were any devices that were made ground up domestically. But there isn't a big sign at the mobile device store indicating the foreign devices and the domestic devices priced a reasonable $50 higher. The consumer's job is to work and consume, nothing more. Don't burden people in the individual consumer role with changing any of this. The company's job is to take as much money as they can from the consumer. The government's job is to make the country comfortable for as many people as possible. The stats don't indicate that the government has been going its job.
I'm waiting for something to come out that supports 'cassette'.
Are they warmer than a bird? Maybe heat detection?
No, because I assumed they would charge me. And I find the stark whiteness creepy. And the a wandering checkout. er. person? scared me once.
I agree with you to a certain extent. People are sometimes shitty and they will take advantage. However, we have things like google, and there are a billion sites that benchmark and test everything. Don't buy it if you don't see a good positive review on it.
The problem with this model is that companies are banking on desperation. The H1Bs are possible because there are other governments that treat their people poorly and therefore they are willing to come here for less. Is it fair for our government to allow us to be subjected to market forces that are only possible if the alternative is abject slavery and starvation?
The problem with this model is that companies are banking on desperation. The H1Bs are possible because there are other governments that treat their people poorly and therefore they are willing to come here for less. Is it fair for our government to allow us to be subjected to market forces that are only possible if the alternative is abject slavery and starvation?
Nobody owes you a job.. but it is the large companies claiming they can't find anyone and thus hiring H1Bs. If their claim is truly justified, then technical people are in short supply and the salary would be increasing. The fact that salary is leveling off means that they must be able to find enough people and thus should not be hiring H1Bs. This is the way the market works, there is no other way. If the market is working fairly for everyone then one of the two alternatives must be the case.
I realize this, yet the Apple walled garden is so distasteful to me it is the worst of two evils. I don't buy a phone to jailbreak it, too afraid of voiding the warranty. I just don't put anything important on my phone.
The battery was totally useless in my iPod touch after 2 years. I need at least 4 years at that cost for it to be worth it to me.
I have an S3 and am moving away from Galaxy for these reasons. What decent Android phone has a user-replacable battery and expandable memory? Ironically, my S3 is the only device I have had that hasn't seriously lost battery capacity after 1-1/2 years of use, but I still don't trust batteries.
PC versus Mac is the same issue... People who say Windows crashes all the time but because they bought cheap hardware.. Hardware at a price point that Apple wouldn't dream about touching. Then they go and spend 3x more but on a Mac and gloat about how stable it is.
The people who know how to determine a reasonable level of security will be the ones left standing in the business in the coming years. Time to either understand various audit levels or get out. I know I won't use cloud services yet because there is no minimum agreed to level of security. This makes all of them mickey mouse in my mind.
Since when is it unamerican to screw people over in the name of keeping profits for yourself? I've come to know that as the very definition of American.