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386-SX 25Mhz VGA posted:Uber/Lyft HQ are tone-deaf as gently caress thinking that buying an election with PAC money wouldn't backfire in the current political climate. They've been fighting cities/lawsuits over having to drive handicapped people around, I don't think they care about optics, just $$$.
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May 8, 2016 03:49
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Sir Tonk posted:http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/banking-on-popularity-uber-and-lyft-hit-a-wall-in-/nrJPc/
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May 8, 2016 04:04
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Aliquid posted:This gives me hope that Old Austin still has some sway over people like that. Of course Old Austin has some sway. The population has doubled since the 90s but it's still a minor political liability in local elections if you aren't from here.
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May 8, 2016 04:08
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Well good news, Alderete won. Total number of votes: 1754. http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Incumbents-win-in-school-board-races-7421018.php
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May 8, 2016 04:20
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It is good the sketchy Tammany Hall shenanigans got the kibosh. It is bad that transit options in Austin past 11:30pm (i.e. when i often get out of work) are now way way more restricted unless I'm on 6th and Guadalupe on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday during the 30 weeks a year UT is in session. I'm hearing good things about GetMe though, but I'm only hearing them in the couple hours or so since the vote has been decided so I literally don't even know. Basically, I wonder what it feels like to live in a real loving city
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May 8, 2016 04:27
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haha just kidding i lived in NYC for a good bit i know exactly what happens to working poors there (they die lonely, squalid and unmourned)
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May 8, 2016 04:30
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Just got this email. I love the link at the bottom. It takes you here. Assholes. 
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May 8, 2016 04:39
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enraged_camel posted:Just got this email.  Cry some more assholes. Maybe if you and Uber actually focused on actually building a decent company instead of doing everything you could to get ahead of regulations, and burn the ones you couldn't, I might feel the tiniest shred of pity for you. Instead, let me enjoy your tears now that you burned all that money making annoying ads all for nothing. Will Uber be taking their ball and going home soon too? I hope so because I work in a kitchen that semi-regularly makes massive loads of food for Uber Eats and every goddamn time they want some of our Chili or Bison Hash to sell it's the biggest pain the rear end. I cannot wait to never deal with them ever again.
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May 8, 2016 04:49
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Yeah, Uber is ceasing operations at 8 AM on Monday.
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May 8, 2016 04:52
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Cool. They can take their ball and never bring it back for all I care. I mean I know they'll be back in a month or two because Austin is a huge market for them. Which makes their antics even more childish and hilarious.
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Alkydere posted:Cool. They can take their ball and never bring it back for all I care. I think they might just wait until they get the Lege to preempt any city regulations on this so they don't have to keep doing this piecemeal negotiation.
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May 8, 2016 05:02
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enraged_camel posted:Just got this email. gently caress these guys.
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May 8, 2016 05:12
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Chris Hooks is on fire tonight https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/729107609194635264
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Badger of Basra posted:I think they might just wait until they get the Lege to preempt any city regulations on this so they don't have to keep doing this piecemeal negotiation. This is a likely scenario. Unless they just wait to come back with driverless autos. I wonder what kind of regulatory mine field that will be like?
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Automatic Slim posted:This is a likely scenario. Unless they just wait to come back with driverless autos. I wonder what kind of regulatory mine field that will be like? That's my guess as well - hadn't Google and Uber partnered up on an initiative for that recently?
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May 8, 2016 05:26
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Apparently there were fewer FOR votes than petition signatures lmao
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May 8, 2016 05:28
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Swagger Dagger posted:Nah, that building was up north, I worked in the complex down south off 35. All I remember about that incident was that they almost gave us the day off and then decided not to.  386-SX 25Mhz VGA posted:Uber/Lyft HQ are tone-deaf as gently caress thinking that buying an election with PAC money wouldn't backfire in the current political climate. Have you not heard? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/evil-corporation-trope/479295/
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May 8, 2016 05:37
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Voted No earlier today. Never been prouder to have taken part of the democratic process 
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Badger of Basra posted:Apparently there were fewer FOR votes than petition signatures lmao Which just makes the whole "WAH WAH ONLY 5% OF THE CITY SPOKE WAAAAH NOT REALLY DEMOCRACY!" thing funnier. Like, seriously. I thought everyone knew that if you pestered a Texan like they have been doing our default response is to go "no, gently caress off, gently caress you, gently caress everything you hold dear".
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May 8, 2016 05:39
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It's almost like Austin told U/L to get off its lawn. 
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May 8, 2016 05:50
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enraged_camel posted:Of course, the best part about this is yet to come: the next time there's a drunk driving accident/fatality/tragedy, everyone will blame anti-prop-one'ers. https://twitter.com/jrud/status/729162843803639808 
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May 8, 2016 05:54
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https://twitter.com/johnddavidson/status/729173111946412032 Full-time uber driver: a good, middle class job.
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enraged_camel posted:Just got this email. Can we also tell them to eat rear end here in Houston please?
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this is old news, butcomputer parts posted:In Conroe news, WHAT THE gently caress MY PARENTS LIVE NEAR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HOW HAS SOMEONE BEEN KEEPING A SECRET PET TIGER THERE FOR THIS LONG 
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Can we also tell them to eat rear end here in Houston please? Houston has enough home-grown affordable cabs services that they can tell Uber to gently caress off forever.
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Wikkheiser posted:Reading r/austin like more like 
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The people of Austin apparently are losing the magic crystal tower at Lyft HQ that made no one ever drive drunk. hosed up, imo
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Tatum Girlparts posted:The people of Austin apparently are losing the magic crystal tower at Lyft HQ that made no one ever drive drunk. hosed up, imo Before Lyft and Uber arrived in 2014, no one ever went downtown because it was so onerous and dangerous.
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Precinct map: http://traviselectionresults.com/enr/contest/display.do?criteria.electionId=201605&electionId=201605&tabType=C&districtId=310&contestId=3 Daamn look at the dark purple in North Austin. That's my old neighborhood! Makes me proud. 
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Badger of Basra posted:Before Lyft and Uber arrived in 2014, no one ever went downtown because it was so onerous and dangerous. I went to Austin once a couple years ago and it was basically Mad Max. Lost a lot of good friends on that hell road that is The Entire City of Austin
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Badger of Basra posted:Seeing some unexamined assumptions in this tweet.
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Badger of Basra posted:Seeing some unexamined assumptions in this tweet.
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