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They know they have to change in order to quell public demand for Uber in Vancouver, but they only want to change as little as they have to.
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I like how a service that has been protected and reinforced by government for decades is now complaining that all the regulations hurt them. "Oh, boo hoo, we can't lower our prices to be competitive. Oh, woe is us, we can't add more taxis to improve wait times..." Yeah, you're the ones who lobbied for those rules, so bite me.
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There's a lot of cab owners in Vancouver trying to sell right now while the price is still high. They probably think they can't keep Uber out forever.
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Kafka Esq. posted:I'm hoping for a 2000% rise in canpol related avatars. I can never find that Jack Layton comic anymore.
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Dreylad posted:I can never find that Jack Layton comic anymore. http://www.mikeholmesdraws.com/post/9634664125/true-story-202-thanks-to-mp-megan-leslie-for
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Mike Holmes's True Story book was one of the best presents I've ever gotten and that Jack Layton comic is perhaps his greatest work.
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As much as I've been disappointed by the taxi cartel's intransigence on changing any aspect of the status quo, I've been equally disappointed by Uber's stubborn refusal to compromise, work with municipal governments, and adjust in any way to conform to reasonable existing regulations. For example it is totally reasonable that some percentage of of a taxi cab fleet should be able to accommodate passengers with physical disabilities, but Uber is trying their hardest to get away from rules like this, asserting that they're not a taxi company but rather a lead generator etc etc.
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Uber and Airbnb are both run by human scum but they are offering a better service than the older industries with which they compete and I would like it if the businesses that are not run by human scum would adapt their business models to accommodate. Welp that's my opinion on *~the sharing economy~*, thanks for reading.
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vyelkin posted:Uber and Airbnb are both run by human scum but they are offering a better service than the older industries with which they compete and I would like it if the businesses that are not run by human scum would adapt their business models to accommodate. Welp that's my opinion on *~the sharing economy~*, thanks for reading. why does it seem like the vast majority of this set of dot-coms are attempts to run around regulations (e.g. FanDuel is totally not online gambling)
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Because rules get in the way of profit and it doesn't take the greatest entrepreneurial spirit to spot those situations.
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Isentropy posted:why does it seem like the vast majority of this set of dot-coms are attempts to run around regulations (e.g. FanDuel is totally not online gambling) Because software engineers arrogantly believe they're smarter than everyone else in the room, and they can't be bothered to consider for a moment why government regulations exist, instead favouring their immediate assumption that government regulations were crafted by dunces for no reason.
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Also the thinly veiled disdain for perceived lower-class workers of any stripe~
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Government regulations were created by idiot statist grandpas for the benefit of stupid lazy people and are the main things holding back innovaters and brilliant people from making sweeping progress. Anyone who disagrees is just a change-phobic ludite or a lazy parasite dependent on the system. With the sharing economy EVERYTHING has changed and all regulations are outdated. Look at this graph I created showing how much farther ahead we'd be without all these stupid anti-innovation laws and regulations *graph with "hole left by christian dark ages" scribbled out and replaced with "hole left by red tape"* By my calculations if it we'd let the Steve Jobs of the world really innovate and create we'd be cyber space dragons by now. Cyber space dragons don't worry about poverty or race issues, so you SJW's should think about what all these taxes and regulations are really holding back in the long term.
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http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/me...allum-1.3305978quote:The new Liberal government will fully restore refugee health care as part of their commitment to refugees, said Canada's new immigration minister John McCallum. quote:Another file on McCallum's agenda is revoking Bill C-24, he said.
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I can't hate them so far. I'm glad, almost.
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They're also going to let scientists talk again. It's funny how just undoing a whole bunch of stuff Harper did is enough to look like good governance.
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vyelkin posted:They're also going to let scientists talk again. Going to? We did 3 days ago. (Legit. Check cbc NS)
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Ok, where do I get one of those beard compatible protective hoods? I hate having to shave for work. It would be awesome to be able to pass the respirator fit test and have a beard.
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Frank is reporting that post media is folding the sun in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton into the other daily they own. So Ottawa citizen is about to get worse. Again.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Frank is reporting that post media is folding the sun in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton into the other daily they own. So Ottawa citizen is about to get worse. Again. No articles, just a title and a comments section.
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Dan Gardner's column is him just screaming quotes from The Prisoner into the void
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http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/why-its-not-enough-to-simply-restore-the-long-form-census/quote:Why it’s not enough to simply restore the long-form census
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jfood posted:No articles, just a title and a comments section. No, still articles, just readable in 15 seconds and written at the level of "simple english" wikipedia. Simple English Wikipedia, Rockets posted:Most rockets still use solid fuel to make the fire. The biggest ones use liquid fuel because it makes a hotter fire so the rocket is more powerful. Handling the liquid fuel safely is difficult and expensive, however.
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The Butcher posted:No, still articles, just readable in 15 seconds and written at the level of "simple english" wikipedia. Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister, which means he is the leader of the country. He wants do a thing that costs a lot of money, and that money will come from taxes. Tax is what the government steals from your paycheque.
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^^^And If it's The Edmonton Sun we're talking about here: *25+ pages of nothing but car ads, mostly for lifted trucks. Brand new if the economy's good, lease return deals if the economy's bad.*Normy posted:There's a lot of cab owners in Vancouver trying to sell right now while the price is still high. They probably think they can't keep Uber out forever. Funny, I haven't heard of Edmonton hacks doing the same. The only news about Uber and Taxis coming out lately was a sting operation hitting Uber drivers back on Oct 15th. Maybe they think their shirts-off crying hissyfit in Edmonton Council Chambers accomplished something? If so, they're even more delusional than normal. Lars Blitzer fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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Haha holy poo poo political news hasn't been this entertaining in so long. Let's check in with the Post: National Post posted:Obama betrayed America’s closest ally over Keystone XL to prop up climate change legacy
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Thank God the National Post is telling me who to be massively disappointed with.
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Kafka Esq. posted:Thank God the National Post is telling me who to be massively disappointed with. After ourselves for reading it, I presume.
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Hey, if you want to despair for all humanity, try looking up the comments on literally any article about restoring health-care benefits to refugees! The weirdest thing is that so many of these comments accuse the government of extending benefits that "working, contributing" Canadians don't receive. Apart from the fact this is not really true, where did this idea come from that refugees come to a place and then sit around and do nothing? Most of them can and probably will work, pay taxes, and contribute to Canadian society. When did we get so stupid and racist as a country?
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I think refugees get dental and eye-care which isn't covered (for most people) by our system. But hey, if people who have nothing can't afford $200 for the ability to see, gently caress them right?
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EngineerJoe posted:I think refugees get dental and eye-care which isn't covered (for most people) by our system. But hey, if people who have nothing can't afford $200 for the ability to see, gently caress them right? For most people. If you "have nothing," you do have access to dental and vision care. In Alberta, it's provided through a provincial program; I assume if Alberta has it, every other province does as well. First Nations and Inuit get some coverage for those things from Health Canada directly, apparently. I think we should work to extend dental and vision care to all Canadians, but that's not really Minister McCallum's responsibility, whereas providing benefits to refugees is.
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My friend is slowly losing the vision in his eye and Canadian healthcare doesn't cover the surgery needed to correct it. It'll run him something above five thousand dollars to pay for the procedure. He can't afford it for a while yet so has to live with decaying and double/triple vision, among other things. If Canadian healthcare can cover it for refugees why not for Canadian citizens?
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Brannock posted:If Canadian healthcare can cover it for refugees why not for Canadian citizens? Well, they should. I'm not saying it should be extended only to refugees, but one is just a reversal of changes Harper made, and the other would be a major new undertaking through the Ministry of Health (which should be done, I agree).
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PT6A posted:For most people. If you "have nothing," you do have access to dental and vision care. In Alberta, it's provided through a provincial program; I assume if Alberta has it, every other province does as well. Not NB. If you don't have work insurance, both of those are out of pocket.
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Brannock posted:My friend is slowly losing the vision in his eye and Canadian healthcare doesn't cover the surgery needed to correct it. It'll run him something above five thousand dollars to pay for the procedure. He can't afford it for a while yet so has to live with decaying and double/triple vision, among other things. Government welfare programs aren't based on any kind of comprehensive plan or principle. Rather they're the by-product of struggle and conflict in the past between competing interest groups. Since the 1980s the most successful special interest has been businessmen and their allies who want a small government and a population that relies on the private market for it's well being, hence why the massive gaping holes in our safety net (lack of pharmacare, optometry, dentistry, mental healthcare, etc.) have never been addressed. Canada doesn't have a more comprehensive welfare state than America because Canadians or their government are inherently more benevolent. We just had a better labour movement that fought for comprehensive government programs rather than concessions from employers, and our labour movement used to have a political arm (the NDP) unlike the American unions who were simply one competing part of the Democratic Party.
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Stretch Marx posted:Not NB. If you don't have work insurance, both of those are out of pocket. Literally one minute on google: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.8075.Health_Services_Dental_Program.html I'm not saying the coverage, in AB or NB, is as extensive as it should be, mind you, but it does exist for people in certain circumstances. We can and should do better, I agree.
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In Ontario I believe optometry visits are covered until you're 18, and if you have issues that you're born with you get coverage for checkups for life. I get free checkups because my eyes suck. Doesn't help a whole lot when a new pair of glasses are 500$ on lenses alone, and my work coverage doesn't cover glasses. I also can't claim it as tax deductible until I spend more than something like $1K/year on medical expenses. Thank God for my drug plan through work though, without it I'd be unable to afford the medication I need.
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TrueChaos posted:In Ontario I believe optometry visits are covered until you're 18, and if you have issues that you're born with you get coverage for checkups for life. I get free checkups because my eyes suck. Doesn't help a whole lot when a new pair of glasses are 500$ on lenses alone, and my work coverage doesn't cover glasses. I also can't claim it as tax deductible until I spend more than something like $1K/year on medical expenses. Have you tried one of those online glasses places? That's one way to save a whole fuckload of money.
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