Probably won't, but the prospect people losing their shirts by investing in targeted spying firms == massive Schadenfreude. If it can't be eliminated, I can't be upset about Mr. Market punishing the investors.
Facebook earnings miss, MoviePass failing, Twitter missing targets, looks like the tech chickens are flying home to roost. It's about time the ad-targeting, location-tracking, "tech" bubble goes "phut." Party like it's 2001?
I love public transport -- people-watching is fun, and the subways get me there faster than sitting in traffic in a Goober. The rest of your argument is... "I'm too good to mix with the rabble, I'm too good to walk a few city blocks." No wonder US society is becoming more stratified and obese.
Except that we don't use the same device for all uses. There are cell phones, laptops, desktop computers, servers, all connected to the Internet.
I suspect that we'll (at the very least) end up with "skates" of different configurations. I wouldn't want to be trapped in a sitting-only pod for four hours, without even ability to piss or stretch my legs. Long-distance skates would be closer to today's high-speed trains, short-distance might be seated-only pods.
And they won't drag your car with them -- that's inefficient and more complex. With autonomous cars, you should be able to summon one at the other end of your longer-distance trip anyway, so why bother?
Why wouldn't you want to carry cash? Cash = freedom and privacy. Paying with a credit card, especially to a service that tracks you 24/7 via your phone = the destruction of privacy.
Fewer Ubers for healthy people mean less congestion for paratransit vehicles for people who can walk. Tax the snot out of Uber, use the money to fund free paratransit for those who need it. Done and done.
Three minutes' walk.... that's like 1/5 or 1/6 of a mile. So you might have to do that a few times a day and burn a hundred to two hundred extra calories. Look at obesity rates in Germany and Austria vs the US and weep...
I tend to walk at least 4-5 mi a day since I commute on foot most of the time.
Even if a US city builds the best transit system in the world, people will whine about costs and "socialism." Because America, and because cars are bettah.
Problem is that the Ubers also create traffic congestion. If it walks like a taxi, drives like a taxi, and quacks like a taxi, then it should be treated as a taxi. Meaning taxes and limited in number so it doesn't excessively add to traffic.
I'm one to argue, because their goal is to use their money to force competition (public transit) out of business, then bend you over a barrel. Don't play their game.
It appears to be legal, at least in NYC. Read about LinkNYC.
As far as weed, looks like NY is moving in that direction, though not quickly enough. Enforcing weed wastes a lot of resources that could be put to better use.
If TWC and Charter are booted, will we be left with Verizon as a monopoly in some areas? The same Verizon that reneged on its agreement to roll out fiber in all of NYC by 2014. (Yeah, yeah, Sandy, but it's 2018 now, and there are still buildings stuck on copper; copper which isn't even being maintained properly.)
Also, define "need." We could go back to the client (dumb terminal)/server centralized model of computing, but even the "dumb terminals" are computers in this day and age.
And not everyone wants to hand their private data over to a megalith like Microsoft, Google, or Amazon, so there's a place for computing devices that don't HAVE to act as terminals.
I mean, you could always take Uber, be recorded, tracked, and advertised to. But sometimes, you just need to drive that red Barchetta on a winding mountain road.
How about: (1) Giving users a choice of which updates to install. If a home user doesn't want UI changes crammed down their gullet, it should be their right. There should be a "security updates only" option for all users. (2) Allowing users to schedule update times manually. Give a time window, but allow users to delay the update even in that window if they click a dialog.
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Probably won't, but the prospect people losing their shirts by investing in targeted spying firms == massive Schadenfreude. If it can't be eliminated, I can't be upset about Mr. Market punishing the investors.
You can also buy 3 day or weekly unlimited cards. City is also working on half price cards for the poor and students.
POTS can also run over fiber. Phone-only FiOS is legally considered POTS.
If you lived in a city, couldn't you just walk to a local bar or take public transit? Does Uber give you anything you don't have already?
When was the last time you bought groceries without carrying any form of government ID?
Yesterday?
Correct: most of the US is a horrible place to live in.
Taxi fare in NYC is $2.50 per mile + $2.50 initial, so yes, you can get a taxi ride for about 19 miles (outside of heavy traffic) for $50.
As far as the crime thing -- stop being a paranoid coward, maybe?
Facebook earnings miss, MoviePass failing, Twitter missing targets, looks like the tech chickens are flying home to roost. It's about time the ad-targeting, location-tracking, "tech" bubble goes "phut." Party like it's 2001?
I love public transport -- people-watching is fun, and the subways get me there faster than sitting in traffic in a Goober. The rest of your argument is ... "I'm too good to mix with the rabble, I'm too good to walk a few city blocks." No wonder US society is becoming more stratified and obese.
Except that we don't use the same device for all uses. There are cell phones, laptops, desktop computers, servers, all connected to the Internet.
I suspect that we'll (at the very least) end up with "skates" of different configurations. I wouldn't want to be trapped in a sitting-only pod for four hours, without even ability to piss or stretch my legs. Long-distance skates would be closer to today's high-speed trains, short-distance might be seated-only pods.
And they won't drag your car with them -- that's inefficient and more complex. With autonomous cars, you should be able to summon one at the other end of your longer-distance trip anyway, so why bother?
Why wouldn't you want to carry cash? Cash = freedom and privacy. Paying with a credit card, especially to a service that tracks you 24/7 via your phone = the destruction of privacy.
Fewer Ubers for healthy people mean less congestion for paratransit vehicles for people who can walk. Tax the snot out of Uber, use the money to fund free paratransit for those who need it. Done and done.
Three minutes' walk.... that's like 1/5 or 1/6 of a mile. So you might have to do that a few times a day and burn a hundred to two hundred extra calories. Look at obesity rates in Germany and Austria vs the US and weep... I tend to walk at least 4-5 mi a day since I commute on foot most of the time.
Even if a US city builds the best transit system in the world, people will whine about costs and "socialism." Because America, and because cars are bettah.
Problem is that the Ubers also create traffic congestion. If it walks like a taxi, drives like a taxi, and quacks like a taxi, then it should be treated as a taxi. Meaning taxes and limited in number so it doesn't excessively add to traffic.
People DO switch from mass transit, apparently--
Each subway train displaces hundreds of cars.
Each bus replaces dozens of cars.
Also, if the Ubers are driving empty some of the time, their load factor is probably still closer to 1 than 2.
Not that there's anything wrong with "government transport" either. I don't see "public" or "government" as dirty words, like many Americans do.
The problem isn't the light rail -- it's corruption. Someone is pocketing a hell of a lot of money from the entire project, light rail or not.
I'm one to argue, because their goal is to use their money to force competition (public transit) out of business, then bend you over a barrel. Don't play their game.
Unlimited Metrocard in NYC is $121. Assuming 20 such round trips a month (40 rides), each trip is $3, not $10.
Good luck -- it will cost them more to remove it than to just pull out. Much more.
It appears to be legal, at least in NYC. Read about LinkNYC. As far as weed, looks like NY is moving in that direction, though not quickly enough. Enforcing weed wastes a lot of resources that could be put to better use.
If TWC and Charter are booted, will we be left with Verizon as a monopoly in some areas? The same Verizon that reneged on its agreement to roll out fiber in all of NYC by 2014. (Yeah, yeah, Sandy, but it's 2018 now, and there are still buildings stuck on copper; copper which isn't even being maintained properly.)
42 computers is The Answer...
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Also, define "need." We could go back to the client (dumb terminal)/server centralized model of computing, but even the "dumb terminals" are computers in this day and age.
And not everyone wants to hand their private data over to a megalith like Microsoft, Google, or Amazon, so there's a place for computing devices that don't HAVE to act as terminals.
I mean, you could always take Uber, be recorded, tracked, and advertised to. But sometimes, you just need to drive that red Barchetta on a winding mountain road.
How about:
(1) Giving users a choice of which updates to install. If a home user doesn't want UI changes crammed down their gullet, it should be their right. There should be a "security updates only" option for all users.
(2) Allowing users to schedule update times manually. Give a time window, but allow users to delay the update even in that window if they click a dialog.
Microsoft should stop abusing their customers.