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Metrication posted:lol wtf is this if you leave your phone in a starbucks, you wouldn't be surprised if someone immediately pawned it and you never saw it again, and if someone actually got in touch with you and returned it you'd probably give them a twenty in thanks leaving your phone in an uber works the same way free market bitch
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I just watched the pop idol black mirror last night, it's weird to think that there's people who get a [economic] boner seeing stuff like dude paying for his toothpaste by the credit/mL
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Jan 11, 2015 21:03
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but perhaps all boners are economic boners... 
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Jan 11, 2015 21:04
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Sagebrush posted:if you leave your phone in a starbucks, you wouldn't be surprised if someone immediately pawned it and you never saw it again, and if someone actually got in touch with you and returned it you'd probably give them a twenty in thanks the difference is that in the starbucks example, some random shitlord who just happened to be there is presumably the one who found your phone if a starbucks employee found it and turned it in to the manager, presumably you wouldn't give the manager and owner a twenty as thanks for not literally stealing from their customers
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Jan 11, 2015 21:09
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Sagebrush posted:if you leave your phone in a starbucks, you wouldn't be surprised if someone immediately pawned it and you never saw it again, and if someone actually got in touch with you and returned it you'd probably give them a twenty in thanks this kind of thinking is how people like sagebrush perform mental gymnastics to do bad things on their own in a sort of "well what did you expect" way
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Jan 11, 2015 21:11
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now what we SHOULD do when someone steals something is take that someone and tie them up on the roof of your house for a month and...
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Mido posted:now what we SHOULD do when someone steals something is take that someone and tie them up on the roof of your house for a month and... ah yes, that is what the noble savage does
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Jan 11, 2015 21:12
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Main Paineframe posted:the difference is that in the starbucks example, some random shitlord who just happened to be there is presumably the one who found your phone what if the manager stopped working, got in her car and drove to your apartment?
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Jan 11, 2015 21:32
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it's like Uber but for arbitration!!
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theflyingexecutive posted:what if the manager stopped working, got in her car and drove to your apartment? But the only reason this exists as a need is because Uber drivers have no central point of dispatch/admin, because they are contractors lolol. Any actual business has a central point where they can store lost property, the manager doesn't have to do that poo poo and never will. The whole issue with Uber is that it's only predictable on the happy path, you get in a vehicle, get out at the right place, and money changes hands. Anything else and it's libertopia with people just doing whatever they please. Violent passengers, violent drivers, car damage? You on your own mate.
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Jan 11, 2015 21:42
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"thanks for taking my thousand dollar piece of electronics I use every twelve seconds and going out of your way to make sure I got it back, but I'm not going to give you any money, not because I'm a supreme tightass, but because I expect that of any near-minimum-wage member of the proletariat. I can rest easy knowing that if I get too drunk on 15 craft cocktails I can count on some underclass servant to protect my personal property for free"
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Jan 11, 2015 21:44
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Maluco Marinero posted:But the only reason this exists as a need is because Uber drivers have no central point of dispatch/admin, because they are contractors lolol. Any actual business has a central point where they can store lost property, the manager doesn't have to do that poo poo and never will. there are plenty of licensed cab drivers who don't operate under a dispatcher, this is not an uber-exclusive problem
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Jan 11, 2015 21:47
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if you expect compensation in return for not doing something bad you're a terrible person, sorry if you don't try and compensate someone for going out of their way to give you a hand then you're also a terrible person sorry
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Jan 11, 2015 21:49
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would it be ok if I took uber rides in cities where its banned and then got the license plate and agreed to not report them for a cash payment in the exact amount of my Uber ride?
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Jan 11, 2015 21:52
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do exactly that and let me know how it works out for you
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Jan 11, 2015 22:10
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theflyingexecutive posted:there are plenty of licensed cab drivers who don't operate under a dispatcher, this is not an uber-exclusive problem in that case they usually turn it in to the police, or in the case of dc (where most taxi drivers are independent), to the taxi commission - both of which have special divisions for dealing with lost property. the dc taxi commission will even ship your stuff to you incidentally, this is probably one of the specific reasons places like nyc require uber to have a physical presence in the places they're serving
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Jan 11, 2015 22:15
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Jonny 290 posted:would it be ok if I took uber rides in cities where its banned and then got the license plate and agreed to not report them for a cash payment in the exact amount of my Uber ride? blackmailing is an essential component of the truly free market as envisioned by ludwig von mises
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Jan 11, 2015 22:24
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time to apply the uber formula to other industries: - a body that oversees but does not have significant political power - has major barriers to entry. - cost to those using said service is high because of the intentionally limited supply - uses an app - requires the "contractors" to be smug So uber but for legal advice. - no law school education needed - set rate legal advice ($25 per hour, of which 30% goes to uber but for lawyers) - is not bound by the law society or the bar, because they are not a law firm but a technology company - uses an app so people can just tap on their location, and an uber lawyer (but they're not lawyers, since it's a technology company) will spend their own money to drive their car to the client. First one there gets to provide legal advice, the rest get nothing. where do I sign to get my 50 billion dollars
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Jan 11, 2015 22:26
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lawyr
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Jan 11, 2015 22:27
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but they aren't calling themselves lawyers because they are a technology company
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Jan 11, 2015 22:28
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in a lot of ways financial advisors are already set up that way
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Jan 11, 2015 22:36
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fine, bearristr (mascot is a bear in a three piece suit)
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Jan 11, 2015 22:37
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lol if u expect a jitney cab driver to waste time and gas bringing your idiot phone back to your idiot self
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Jan 11, 2015 22:37
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seems they can barely be bothered to pick up paying passengers
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Wild EEPROM posted:but they aren't calling themselves lawyers because they are a technology company ianl.com
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syscall girl posted:ianl.com i-anal.com
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Wild EEPROM posted:time to apply the uber formula to other industries: don't forget "actively breaking the law every step of the way because it is super illegal for non-licensed non-professionals to do the thing that they do"
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Thesoro posted:lol if u expect a jitney cab driver to waste time and gas bringing your idiot phone back to your idiot self
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Jan 11, 2015 23:55
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yes total stranger please waste your time and money to return my loving idiot baby device to me for no compensation because i am a literal child who doesnt deserve material possessions
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cool tip chat
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Poniard posted:every time i want to make something with oculus rift i always get told "noone will buy that" or on the other end "the military probably alreayd has something like that" so noone helps me with my bullshit google cardboard is better than it has any right to be
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sure, only because the name Google Glass was already taken it's a piece of cardboard (with some lenses in them that actually do the thing) it's like that whole thing with "3d printer prints copies of itself #whoa #wow #singularity" where all it can do is print a few of its structural elements and not uuuh any of its parts that do anything more interesting than just sit there.
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eh i still get a nickel's worth of impressed ooh and ahh when i show some newbie the various 3d printed replacement parts on one of our 3d printers "you mean it makes parts for itself???" yes, like every machine tool that has existed since ancient times, it can make a subset of parts for itself (a lathe can actually make itself into a better lathe which i think is p. cool)
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Sagebrush posted:eh i still get a nickel's worth of impressed ooh and ahh when i show some newbie the various 3d printed replacement parts on one of our 3d printers It would be pretty cool if you could make yourself into a better poster lol
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Citizen Tayne posted:It would be pretty cool if you could make yourself into a better poster lol there's a second-level joke here about me being a tool that you didn't think to include. B-
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ayn rand hand job posted:was he a street walking cheetah 
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I love it when people tell me that 3d printers are going to revolutionize world logistics because instead of getting cheap plastic crap from china we can make cheap plastic crap at home lol wake me up when 3d printers can make cheap plastic crap cheaply
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VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:yes total stranger please waste your time and money to return my loving idiot baby device to me for no compensation because i am a literal child who doesnt deserve material possessions hey, maybe thats why real cabs are subject to real regulations about what they're supposed to do with other people's personal property, as opposed to stealing it and selling it off. maybe that's why jitney cabs with no physical presence in the area are bad, even! anyone who chose to drive for uber doesn't get to complain about spending a bit of gas on returning lost goods because it's an expected part of the job and so is this. surprise, being a professional driver is really lovely and being an independent contractor professional driver who can't rely on their company to help them out is even worse! quote:Last Saturday, I picked up 3 girls. The one that sat in the back right seat, rolled down the window and stuck her head out throughout the ride, while the girl that sat next to me kept me busy with conversation, apparently to distract me. When we got to their destination, she helped the girl that stuck her head out, out of the car and left. quote:I was driving a set of three drunk passengers early in the morning and the inevitable happened. A passenger vomited in the back seat on the door and out the window. She tried to get it out the window but her vomit messed up the cloth on the door and her cloth seat, and also the window and exterior door that were easy to clean in comparison to the seats. quote:Have any of you encountered someone throwing up in your car? quote:I was working the "late shift" last night and a rider who didn't appear intoxicated to me puked all over my car...even got me on the arm as I was handing her a plastic bag. I got my car cleaned this morning which cost me nearly $250. Have you ever had someone hurl in your car before? What was the aftermath? Did the matter get resolved amicably? What precautions do you take aside from the obvious "barf bags"...? quote:dang, popped that puke cherry. sorry to hear that. To get hit with it on your arm..dang x2 quote:umm... I had quote:Caution to newbies doing this full time: you cannot write off lost rides due to accidents, puke, etc. Therefore, if you are doing this full time, make sure you have a vehicle which can quickly be turned around and put back on the streets. Invest in WeatherTek mats and leather seats or really good canvas covers. quote:No way in Hell that vomit smell EVER comes out of a car interior. quote:I highly recommend the puke bags from Amazon. First they deny - no I'm fine, with their heads hung low.... that's when you get the bag out. Next, they put their hands over their mouth... and say, no i'm fine... you better have the bag in their hand by then.... pull over.. if they can't get out... tell them... PUKE IN THE BAG.... toss that puppy as soon as you can.. get them out of your car fast. Their head is spinning. quote:I had the lovely joy of picking up a lady who decided to puke the second she got into my car. quote:Great. Totally drunk & sloppy, late 30s jerkoffs in my car. Started eating hoagies after a wawa trip in the backseat. Heard a can crack open and an uh oh, there is beer everywhere. Can I just get the backseat professionally shampooed? Or do I have to get a full detail? I hit cleaning fee. Feel bad for the guy that ordered the ride because he was fine. It was his 2 loser friends that were nightmares. 2 minutes into the ride, they bring up anal sex and then when the guy that spilled the beer gets out of my car, he asks me for a blow job. Yeah, complete slobs. NO OPEN CONTAINERS IN MY CAR! My car now smells disgusting. How ironic bc the first thing they said when they got into my car was a compliment on how great it smelled. Sorry for the rant, I'm so mad.
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honestly if i forgot my phone or whatever in a cab and the driver brought it back to me id give him a 20 or something even if i didnt have to cause thats just the nice thing to do
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