And unless you are into calligraphy, this does not matter.
My writing in my native language is horrible, because over the last 20 years, I have almost exclusively been using English (both in speech and writing). And absolutely nothing of value was lost by me not being able to write beautifully in my old mother tongue.
I've been doing calligraphy for a couple decades, and I can assure you: handwriting and calligraphy abilities aren't necessarily related. My calligraphy is good, while my normal handwriting looks like a stroke victim relearning how to write.
When he said "You get a cross between Dungeons & Dragons and Rubik's Cube, elaborated a thousand-fold" I immediately thought, "That's awesome. I'm curious to see how he plans to maintain this beautiful utopia we've made." Then he starts poopooing all over everything.
Well boohoo. I like our nerdy culture. If you wanna be a sanctimonious white knight, there's always the Rust community.
... About now is a good time to realize that world isn't fucked up beyond recognition. We take steps forward and back all the time. Let's celebrate that the FCC took a huge step forward. They've done enough back steps recently...
UBI and guaranteed employment as the only options is a bullshit false dichotomy. It's like asking, "assuming only Marxist methods can be investigated, which road to hell would you like to take?"
I don't have a solution to recommend as a third option, but I know there are many more possibilities. I'm also aware of how giving more power to the government has often caused more problems than it solves.
Can confirm. A bus ride of ~3 miles (5.5km to be more precise) would cost me about $5 and take an hour. In 55 minutes, I can easily walk that same distance for free.
There was nothing preventing those drunks from calling a taxi company.
... except that the taxi costs more, takes longer to arrive, is less convenient, and may not come at all if either you or your destination are in the wrong neighborhood.
Uber/Lyft ridership tends to increase at three times the rate that taxi ridership falls. That clearly implies that most people don't see them as interchangeable.
Taxis never arrive in Pittsburgh. If you find yourself stuck, you're calling asleep friends or walking miles home. On the plus side, with all the steep hills around here, it is great exercise...
They engage in illegal behaviors to increase their 'profits' and scope of influence in order to gain a monopoly they'll abuse and do so by abusing their workers. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Enjoy your human in your sausages.
There was nothing preventing those drunks from calling a taxi company.
Keep your eyes on the horizon instead of on the ground.
To reiterate: you're not from Pittsburgh. You'd know that your "taxi company" comment is extremely foolish (or at least ignorant). There was no such thing as taxi service in Pittsburgh for all intents and purposes. There's also effectively no public transportation options at night.
In the 30+ years I've lived here, I've never once heard anyone ever having a taxi pick them up after a night of drinking. On the other hand, I have myriad stories of people waiting for hours for a taxi and never getting picked up. Once Uber came to town, people were for the first time able to drink responsibly and safely. The local taxis couldn't compete because it was cheaper, better, faster, and safer. By every metric, the customer was getting a better deal.
Uber has been pretty good to the city from the looks of things on the ground. DUI rates seem to be down. Their autonomous cars weren't any problem and seemed to be piloted better than the average insane Pittsburgh driver. We've got other companies testing their vehicles as well without issue. I've never heard any employees of Uber's ATC complain about their pay. I have used their service thousands of times without incident.
I don't get all the hate. I could see disappointment or annoyance, but not the level of vitriol I've seen online. I've seen a lot of non-Pittsburgers speak on our behalf, though...
I'm pretty sure $30 for an ID is not the biggest problem out there. It's a molehill. You want to see a real mountain? Look at your housing market. Stop making mountains out of molehills. Otherwise, people will treat you like the cis heteronormative Caucasian privileged boy who cried wolf.
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And unless you are into calligraphy, this does not matter.
My writing in my native language is horrible, because over the last 20 years, I have almost exclusively been using English (both in speech and writing). And absolutely nothing of value was lost by me not being able to write beautifully in my old mother tongue.
I've been doing calligraphy for a couple decades, and I can assure you: handwriting and calligraphy abilities aren't necessarily related. My calligraphy is good, while my normal handwriting looks like a stroke victim relearning how to write.
Add 2 zeros and maybe companies will do their best for this never to happen again... Adding one zero is still a rounding error for them...
Well boohoo. I like our nerdy culture. If you wanna be a sanctimonious white knight, there's always the Rust community.
... About now is a good time to realize that world isn't fucked up beyond recognition. We take steps forward and back all the time. Let's celebrate that the FCC took a huge step forward. They've done enough back steps recently...
They made me use Windows and blocked giphy.com
I don't have a solution to recommend as a third option, but I know there are many more possibilities. I'm also aware of how giving more power to the government has often caused more problems than it solves.
Very, very well said.
Can confirm. A bus ride of ~3 miles (5.5km to be more precise) would cost me about $5 and take an hour. In 55 minutes, I can easily walk that same distance for free.
There was nothing preventing those drunks from calling a taxi company.
... except that the taxi costs more, takes longer to arrive, is less convenient, and may not come at all if either you or your destination are in the wrong neighborhood.
Uber/Lyft ridership tends to increase at three times the rate that taxi ridership falls. That clearly implies that most people don't see them as interchangeable.
Taxis never arrive in Pittsburgh. If you find yourself stuck, you're calling asleep friends or walking miles home. On the plus side, with all the steep hills around here, it is great exercise...
They engage in illegal behaviors to increase their 'profits' and scope of influence in order to gain a monopoly they'll abuse and do so by abusing their workers. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Enjoy your human in your sausages.
There was nothing preventing those drunks from calling a taxi company.
Keep your eyes on the horizon instead of on the ground.
To reiterate: you're not from Pittsburgh. You'd know that your "taxi company" comment is extremely foolish (or at least ignorant). There was no such thing as taxi service in Pittsburgh for all intents and purposes. There's also effectively no public transportation options at night.
In the 30+ years I've lived here, I've never once heard anyone ever having a taxi pick them up after a night of drinking. On the other hand, I have myriad stories of people waiting for hours for a taxi and never getting picked up. Once Uber came to town, people were for the first time able to drink responsibly and safely. The local taxis couldn't compete because it was cheaper, better, faster, and safer. By every metric, the customer was getting a better deal.
Uber has been pretty good to the city from the looks of things on the ground. DUI rates seem to be down. Their autonomous cars weren't any problem and seemed to be piloted better than the average insane Pittsburgh driver. We've got other companies testing their vehicles as well without issue. I've never heard any employees of Uber's ATC complain about their pay. I have used their service thousands of times without incident. I don't get all the hate. I could see disappointment or annoyance, but not the level of vitriol I've seen online. I've seen a lot of non-Pittsburgers speak on our behalf, though...
300,000km? What the hell is that in smoots? Jesus, we're nerds here. Use standard measurement units.
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If he isn't hung for treason before then.
Are you off your meds?
Take your meds. Add some periods to avoid paragraph long rambling sentences. Then, and only then, try again.
I agree that the study was poorly designed and implemented to point that it has absolutely no value what so ever.
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I'm pretty sure $30 for an ID is not the biggest problem out there. It's a molehill. You want to see a real mountain? Look at your housing market. Stop making mountains out of molehills. Otherwise, people will treat you like the cis heteronormative Caucasian privileged boy who cried wolf.
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https://youtu.be/7h646WXYJhw
Fortunately, we knew exactly where they were due to the telemetry. Saved a lot of time.
... a bizarre 15 minutes of increased productivity was noticed across the world.
I got the joke at least. I recognize that you're quite the character thanks to my optic nerves.
{ looks too much like a sideways vagina, or so I'm told. Apparently are the proper delimiters.
I used to pay a lot more attention 20 years ago when I was a teenager. Sometimes I'd pay attention more than once a day.