These people used to be called taxi drivers before marketing got hold of it.
I have posted here before with my belief that Uber can't work unless they exploit someone.
In the city I live in it has to be the drivers, because we are already over served with taxis, so consumers have lots of choice
The problem for Uber is that drivers are leaving because Uber doesn't even pay their costs. There is also the problem with their disdain for regulation, which the Transport Safety Authority is going to cure them of very soon.
I never used the voice assistant on my phone though...
I never have either, although I thought I would when driving. Saying "Hi Galaxy, call Home" seems like a really useful thing to be able to do, but I never have actually done it.
I live in the last major landmass on Earth to be colonized by humans, and it has no native mammals at all
It did have birds however, and they had evolved into the ecological niches that mammals took in other places
That meant (among other things) 3.5 metre, 220 KG birds evolved to browse trees like deer do in Europe. They were wiped out so quickly that when Europeans came along 350 years later the locals had lost all memory of the super-chickens they had eaten.
I think it's just the way humans react to any common resource. Get as much as you can as quickly as you can because if you don't your neighbor will.
I was raised a sort of luke warm Anglican and stopped going to church when I got big enough to mow the lawn.
My Dad never liked doing it, and when he figured out that I was strong enough, he asked if I liked church, which I didn't particularly, and the stories made no sense at all to me.
"Fine," he said, "you don't have to go then, but if you stay home you'll have to get that lawn mowed".
I really didn't mind, I've always liked doing that job.
Oh, and Rev. Johnston, if you're reading this, if you want kids to accept your faith, don't tell them the story of the burning bush. It just makes your god out to be a total dick.
I vaguely remember a PJ O'Rourke piece about car safety (maybe in Parliament of Whores) where he visited the NHSTA while they were investigating the safety of Volvos that were having unexplained acceleration problems.
It turns out lots of Volvo owners are idiots and step on the gas instead of the brake, but the NTSTA guys can't call the US public a bunch of fools, so they had to phrase the findings somewhat diplomatically.
I'm pretty sure it's been going on for a lot longer than the last 10 years, it's the whole basis of the Korean economic miracle.
After the Korean War, South Korea was a poor agrarian country, barely able to feed itself, in fact the standard of living was higher in North Korea.
The Chaebols dealt with (and probably created) whatever Government was in power, there were years of brutal Military dictatorships with South Korea only being a democracy since about 1987.
The Chaebols are so powerful within South Korea that I'm not even sure corruption is the right term here, it might just be how things are done there.
I'm still using a Galaxy S4 because it works fine for what I need, although I did install Cyanogenmod to get Android updates. (That went really well).
I look at the various new phones that come out, and they are all missing a feature I want, so I will keep using the phone I have until something better comes along.
My requirements are:
User replacable battery
Micro Sd slot
5" or smaller screen
3.5mm headphone jack
Everything else is negotiable. At least with Android, someone will sell me what I want.
Cassettes have literally NOTHING to offer except the nostalgia
They did have one thing, which was quite fun.
When I was a kid in the eighties, some hard-core Christian I knew told me about playing various songs backwards to reveal a prayer to Satan (or some other sort of hogwash, I don't remember the details).
So a friend and I unscrewed a cassette, flipped one of the wheels and put it back together to play it backwards, I'm pretty sure it was his sister's copy of "Hotel California".
It was a really fun afternoon of pretending we could hear some sort of Satanist nonsense under all the noise.
Also tried it with "Revolution 9" from the White Album and "Back in Black" by AC/DC, (I think).
That's exactly what I was thinking. Years ago I had the pleasure of supporting a bunch of Nokia (dumb) phones, a couple of iPhones, and about 20 Blackberries.
None of them were really much of a problem, except the one idiot manager who insisted on having a windows phone.
I was the one lumbered with supported the stupid thing until my boss talked him into getting an iPhone.
I don't think this will do as much as the author thinks to end patent trolls.
The article did not specify, but I don't think the district of East Texas will take very kindly to this sort of ruling, as there is money to be made from the Law.
Judge Rodney Gilstrap in particular might be a bit upset.
The demonization of the Unions has been hugely successful where I live also, begun largely by a small number of influential journalists in the 1980s.
The factory workers where I work stayed united and never lost any of their benefits. The non-union office people moan and whinge about all the "perks" they get, I say good on them.
The country I live in is going to be very difficult for Uber to be successful in.
Our Taxi industry is almost totally deregulated.
Drivers still need special passenger licenses (P endorsement) but that is a theory test, a practical test and a small fee.
The Taxi company needs to register, but that is a also a small fee.
The barriers to entry are really low, and we are over served by taxis, so everyone competes on price.
I can't see how Uber can continue to lose all that money and compete on price with the incumbent players. Even if they manage to bankrupt a few, more will spring up.
You may be right about this. I tested by asking Mr. Google "Is the Earth round"? and the first flat Earth result was number 7. Apparently NASA has been lying to us.
I used to have an HTC Desire S, with removable battery. A drop from 5 cm with the wrong angle....
And I have been using a Galaxy S4 with removable battery for the last 3 years and have never had that problem even once.
My phone cost me quite a lot of money, so I look after it. Now that the battery is beginning to discharge quicker than it used to I am thinking about buying a replacement.
I see my friendly local computer store stocks a suitable model, and it costs something like 25 of my local dollars.
It will take me less than a minute to replace. I will take the removable battery thanks.
I know a single person who is much better off taking drugs
She has bi-polar II, which can ruin people's lives if not treated. While some of the drugs have awful side effects, the alternative is much, much worse.
I wonder if it's actually Uber's business strategy, just ignore the laws they don't like until they're forced to follow them.
This caught my eye from which I gather the drivers pay the fines, so it costs Uber nothing.
Uber loses $2 billion per year at the moment, and can't live with competition, so will only exist as long as the investors continue to plough money in.
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These people used to be called taxi drivers before marketing got hold of it.
I have posted here before with my belief that Uber can't work unless they exploit someone.
In the city I live in it has to be the drivers, because we are already over served with taxis, so consumers have lots of choice
The problem for Uber is that drivers are leaving because Uber doesn't even pay their costs. There is also the problem with their disdain for regulation, which the Transport Safety Authority is going to cure them of very soon.
I never used the voice assistant on my phone though...
I never have either, although I thought I would when driving. Saying "Hi Galaxy, call Home" seems like a really useful thing to be able to do, but I never have actually done it.
It came with Android 4.2.2 and I don't think it ever got an update from Samsung at all.
Currently running Cyanogen Mod 13.1 and the various little annoyances are all gone..
Video playback used to stutter, and large images would crash whichever app was trying to display.
It did have birds however, and they had evolved into the ecological niches that mammals took in other places
That meant (among other things) 3.5 metre, 220 KG birds evolved to browse trees like deer do in Europe. They were wiped out so quickly that when Europeans came along 350 years later the locals had lost all memory of the super-chickens they had eaten.
I think it's just the way humans react to any common resource. Get as much as you can as quickly as you can because if you don't your neighbor will.
This is the Super-Chicken
My Dad never liked doing it, and when he figured out that I was strong enough, he asked if I liked church, which I didn't particularly, and the stories made no sense at all to me.
"Fine," he said, "you don't have to go then, but if you stay home you'll have to get that lawn mowed".
I really didn't mind, I've always liked doing that job.
Oh, and Rev. Johnston, if you're reading this, if you want kids to accept your faith, don't tell them the story of the burning bush. It just makes your god out to be a total dick.
It turns out lots of Volvo owners are idiots and step on the gas instead of the brake, but the NTSTA guys can't call the US public a bunch of fools, so they had to phrase the findings somewhat diplomatically.
There might be more of these.
This was mostly caused by poor farming methods, the areas affected are pretty dry anyway.
all of the norther hemisphere had droughts that entire decade
No, part of the Continental United States and Canada had droughts through the 1930's, the rest of the Northern Hemisphere was fine.
After the Korean War, South Korea was a poor agrarian country, barely able to feed itself, in fact the standard of living was higher in North Korea.
The Chaebols dealt with (and probably created) whatever Government was in power, there were years of brutal Military dictatorships with South Korea only being a democracy since about 1987.
The Chaebols are so powerful within South Korea that I'm not even sure corruption is the right term here, it might just be how things are done there.
It would be good to have a Korean's perspective.
https://www.theguardian.com/en...
One of my sons had one and really liked it.
I look at the various new phones that come out, and they are all missing a feature I want, so I will keep using the phone I have until something better comes along.
My requirements are:
Everything else is negotiable. At least with Android, someone will sell me what I want.
Anything psychedelic interests me, and Steve Howe just makes it better.
Cassettes have literally NOTHING to offer except the nostalgia
They did have one thing, which was quite fun.
When I was a kid in the eighties, some hard-core Christian I knew told me about playing various songs backwards to reveal a prayer to Satan (or some other sort of hogwash, I don't remember the details).
So a friend and I unscrewed a cassette, flipped one of the wheels and put it back together to play it backwards, I'm pretty sure it was his sister's copy of "Hotel California".
It was a really fun afternoon of pretending we could hear some sort of Satanist nonsense under all the noise.
Also tried it with "Revolution 9" from the White Album and "Back in Black" by AC/DC, (I think).
PocketPC and it's descendants are shit
That's exactly what I was thinking. Years ago I had the pleasure of supporting a bunch of Nokia (dumb) phones, a couple of iPhones, and about 20 Blackberries. None of them were really much of a problem, except the one idiot manager who insisted on having a windows phone. I was the one lumbered with supported the stupid thing until my boss talked him into getting an iPhone.
The article did not specify, but I don't think the district of East Texas will take very kindly to this sort of ruling, as there is money to be made from the Law. Judge Rodney Gilstrap in particular might be a bit upset.
So, this dude is having a hissy-fit because some other dude wanted to pretend to be a girl, and somebody at FSF didn't play along?
No, that's not what happened, you should read some of the links provided.
A trans-gender employee of the FSF has been fired, no-one from the FSF is saying why, which is probably the sensible thing to do.
The person who has control of the Libreboot project has objected and seems to thing the fired former staff member was fired because of her gender.
Richard Stallman pointed out that the trans person was trans when they were hired, making the objector look bad.
The factory workers where I work stayed united and never lost any of their benefits. The non-union office people moan and whinge about all the "perks" they get, I say good on them.
Company profit last year? Approx $16 billion.
Our Taxi industry is almost totally deregulated.
Drivers still need special passenger licenses (P endorsement) but that is a theory test, a practical test and a small fee.
The Taxi company needs to register, but that is a also a small fee.
The barriers to entry are really low, and we are over served by taxis, so everyone competes on price.
I can't see how Uber can continue to lose all that money and compete on price with the incumbent players. Even if they manage to bankrupt a few, more will spring up.
The problem with this is that the Board members et al are the same people who fund the people who make the decision to prosecute.
You may be right about this. I tested by asking Mr. Google "Is the Earth round"? and the first flat Earth result was number 7. Apparently NASA has been lying to us.
So the bill's sponsor is a fool who hasn't thought it through then?
I wonder what would happen if this law was passed, and South Carolinians have to drive to Georgia to buy a new laptop or phone?
I used to have an HTC Desire S, with removable battery. A drop from 5 cm with the wrong angle....
And I have been using a Galaxy S4 with removable battery for the last 3 years and have never had that problem even once.
My phone cost me quite a lot of money, so I look after it. Now that the battery is beginning to discharge quicker than it used to I am thinking about buying a replacement.
I see my friendly local computer store stocks a suitable model, and it costs something like 25 of my local dollars.
It will take me less than a minute to replace. I will take the removable battery thanks.
She has bi-polar II, which can ruin people's lives if not treated. While some of the drugs have awful side effects, the alternative is much, much worse.
This caught my eye from which I gather the drivers pay the fines, so it costs Uber nothing.
Uber loses $2 billion per year at the moment, and can't live with competition, so will only exist as long as the investors continue to plough money in.