It would be easy for Uber to schedule more drivers when the public needs them the most and thereby keeping the fare constant. But no, they are greedy, so they resort to surge pricing.
I'm not sure you understand how Uber works. They don't 'schedule' drivers at all.
Now.... do that with Cab companies. Replace full time employees with "at will" employees. Remove the need for "crap" like 401ks, health and stupid stuff like training and licensing that a "real" cab driver needs. Gee... I wonder why "real" companies can't compete. "real" jobs are replaced by part time employees with a net loss of benefits and safety.
I think you're overestimating the benefits given to traditional cab drivers by taxi companies. Next time you take a taxi, ask the driver how awesome their 401k and health insurance are. And 'training'? Give me a fucking break.
I've got the Ultimate 100 from TWC in LA, and I typically get ~150Mbs when downloading from Giganews. I have no complaints about their speeds. I have complaints about the whole 'introductory pricing' scheme that has you contacting them every six months.
Basically by reducing the number of steps it takes to perform a job, you reduce the chance of human error (thus increasing your product's quality) while also lowering costs.
However, the chance of a human error borking 16 pumps at one time increases dramatically.
Check out San Francisco Bay pods from Amazon. They're in biodegradable packaging and they're relatively cheap ($0.35 each). They still taste like instant coffee like the rest of 'em, but they're cheaper. Oh, and they come with those DRM circumvention clips.
very cost effective when they don't pay up, so it's a double win - no need to pay money to hire security experts when a community of bug hunters will do the work for a token bounty, and no reason to actually pay the bounty when you can find a technicality
Except this only works a couple times. Who is going to spend their time on Groupon now that they know they'll weasel out of paying?
Not to mention that many businesses cycle through their computers based on accounting practices. e.g., Several companies I've worked at had five-year depreciation schedules. Each year, they can write off 20% of the cost of a computer. After five years, the depreciation runs out and it makes sense to replace those machines.
It has nothing to do with bitcoin. Are you telling me DEA agents (and the rest) never get caught stealing cash? Or drugs? It's more about opportunity and something of value that some tool thinks he can steal without getting caught. If they had confiscated a bunch of gold bars, some LEO would try to put one in his pocket in the evidence room.
Pedagogy (teaching methods) also make little difference. By far the most significant factors are cultural. Regions that do well in educating their children place a high value on education, and set high expectations.
If last mile Internet Service was actually a free market commodity were anyone could be a service provider, and lay their own cables, I would not see this as such a big issue since people would be able to vote with their wallets if they did not like the fact that X company was restricting their access to Y service..
This is the only thing I wanted out of this whole ordeal, and it doesn't appear it was even considered.
Man, I've only really lived in urban areas (Chicago, Los Angeles) and I've never been in a building that had access to FiOS or even Uverse. I'm guessing it's because I don't like to live in mega apartment buildings and always opt for three-flats or townhouses. (Just speculating that it's not worth it for them to pull fibre unless a building has many units.)
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they would have a way better show.
You really should get your ass to Hollywood. They're having a hard time coming up with hits, and you already know how to make a hit show WAY BETTER!
It would be easy for Uber to schedule more drivers when the public needs them the most and thereby keeping the fare constant. But no, they are greedy, so they resort to surge pricing.
I'm not sure you understand how Uber works. They don't 'schedule' drivers at all.
Now.... do that with Cab companies. Replace full time employees with "at will" employees. Remove the need for "crap" like 401ks, health and stupid stuff like training and licensing that a "real" cab driver needs. Gee... I wonder why "real" companies can't compete. "real" jobs are replaced by part time employees with a net loss of benefits and safety.
I think you're overestimating the benefits given to traditional cab drivers by taxi companies. Next time you take a taxi, ask the driver how awesome their 401k and health insurance are. And 'training'? Give me a fucking break.
I've got the Ultimate 100 from TWC in LA, and I typically get ~150Mbs when downloading from Giganews. I have no complaints about their speeds. I have complaints about the whole 'introductory pricing' scheme that has you contacting them every six months.
Runoff elections are what we need.
I thought that was the Post's job?
Jerry's an environmentalist who married a feminist. I don't think he'd run on that side of the aisle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
Basically by reducing the number of steps it takes to perform a job, you reduce the chance of human error (thus increasing your product's quality) while also lowering costs.
However, the chance of a human error borking 16 pumps at one time increases dramatically.
Check out San Francisco Bay pods from Amazon. They're in biodegradable packaging and they're relatively cheap ($0.35 each). They still taste like instant coffee like the rest of 'em, but they're cheaper. Oh, and they come with those DRM circumvention clips.
I'll trade you some Glint for some Gleemonex
Banning smoking is "right and proper"?
Follow the chemtrails.
It sounds like the receptionist is the malicious part of this scenario.
very cost effective when they don't pay up, so it's a double win - no need to pay money to hire security experts when a community of bug hunters will do the work for a token bounty, and no reason to actually pay the bounty when you can find a technicality
Except this only works a couple times. Who is going to spend their time on Groupon now that they know they'll weasel out of paying?
Not to mention that many businesses cycle through their computers based on accounting practices. e.g., Several companies I've worked at had five-year depreciation schedules. Each year, they can write off 20% of the cost of a computer. After five years, the depreciation runs out and it makes sense to replace those machines.
Small of your back in the waist elastic/whatever...
Where the hell am I going to put my Glock, then? (I should have mentioned my local baseball team plays at Dodger Stadium)
It has nothing to do with bitcoin. Are you telling me DEA agents (and the rest) never get caught stealing cash? Or drugs? It's more about opportunity and something of value that some tool thinks he can steal without getting caught. If they had confiscated a bunch of gold bars, some LEO would try to put one in his pocket in the evidence room.
The series takes place in an alternate universe where Ralph Nader never existed.
Pedagogy (teaching methods) also make little difference. By far the most significant factors are cultural. Regions that do well in educating their children place a high value on education, and set high expectations.
Give this article a read (re: teaching methods): http://www.theguardian.com/edu...
This is how I plan to hedge my bets. I'm going to get a bunch of mindclones and each one will adhere to a different religion.
That's why your entire population is moving ...
I wish they would move faster. 'Cause it's fucking impossible to find reasonable housing here in southern CA.
If last mile Internet Service was actually a free market commodity were anyone could be a service provider, and lay their own cables, I would not see this as such a big issue since people would be able to vote with their wallets if they did not like the fact that X company was restricting their access to Y service..
This is the only thing I wanted out of this whole ordeal, and it doesn't appear it was even considered.
There's also those devs who missed out of their bonus, because the meta critic score was 1% too low.
You'd have to be insane to take a job where your pay was dependent upon a metacritic score.
Man, I've only really lived in urban areas (Chicago, Los Angeles) and I've never been in a building that had access to FiOS or even Uverse. I'm guessing it's because I don't like to live in mega apartment buildings and always opt for three-flats or townhouses. (Just speculating that it's not worth it for them to pull fibre unless a building has many units.)
Through whom? (Honest question. I live on the west side and TWC or satellite are my only options.)