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I remember Craig Foss or somebody making it clear that the government would bend over backwards for them a year or two ago. Uber is bad but traditional taxi cos don't exactly have great workers' rights either
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gently caress HARAMBE posted:I remember Craig Foss or somebody making it clear that the government would bend over backwards for them a year or two ago. Uber is bad but traditional taxi cos don't exactly have great workers' rights either Apparently (specifically talking about Wellington here) Uber is way, way better to work for than Combined, if just because you never need to worry about the politics of dispatching.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:40
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Lobsterpillar posted:Did I miss the whole Uber employing a whole bunch of illegal (unregistered) taxi drivers in NZ thing? When did that hit the news?
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Jul 7, 2016 23:25
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Ghostlight posted:It's literally their business model. No they still have to comply with local regulations. It's why they have such mixed success in different countries
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Jul 7, 2016 23:41
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They have mixed success because some countries have local regulations they have to comply with that exist beyond the taxi driver regulations that they explicitly argue they don't need to abide by because of their business model, and if they did have to abide by them then they would no longer be competitively priced because they would just be taxis with an app.
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Jul 7, 2016 23:47
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Yes, and also because of taxi regulations
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Jul 7, 2016 23:55
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it's mostly bogus because of like https://twitter.com/Ahhmandah/status/750412714481115136 the customer experience is far better
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Jul 8, 2016 00:31
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echinopsis posted:it's mostly bogus because of like https://twitter.com/Ahhmandah/status/750412714481115136 the customer experience is far better These do seem like genuine, heartfelt tweets.
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Jul 8, 2016 00:57
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amanda really hates creepy dudes and taxi dudes creep her out I think
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Jul 8, 2016 01:10
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Why is she writing like a social media intern?
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Jul 8, 2016 01:32
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idk? I think she's just laying down a thread about über.. she's a pretty straight up person I doubt she's a shill for über
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Jul 8, 2016 02:32
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There's not really a lot of value to hiring social media shills that don't have a reputation for being straight up.
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Jul 8, 2016 02:45
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if amanda is a shill for uber, well, idk. that'll change everything.
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Jul 8, 2016 03:06
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The problem is that the user experience is far better. From chats to drivers the dispatch system is way better too. I believe that all uber drivers should be registered and have a p endorsement but if uber has a better model it should be allowed to stand on its own feet
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Jul 8, 2016 04:09
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exmachina posted:The problem is that the user experience is far better. From chats to drivers the dispatch system is way better too. I believe that all uber drivers should be registered and have a p endorsement but if uber has a better model it should be allowed to stand on its own feet Enjoy your impending silicon serfdom in the gig economy.
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Jul 8, 2016 04:58
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Infotainment! posted:Enjoy your impending silicon serfdom in the gig economy. Is a gender neutral individual not entitled to the sweat of their apps?
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Jul 8, 2016 05:10
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fong posted:Does anyone know what the deal is with the Wellington election btw? There's like a big clusterfuck of left-leaning mayoral candidates, does that mean Nicola Young is going to win it this time? Everyone will put Celia at three or four and she'll get in on preferences.
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Jul 8, 2016 09:58
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I have no idea what Celia's politics are but I had the misfortune of hearing her speak once and she should never be put in any position where anyone has to hear her harpy voice ever again
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Jul 8, 2016 10:44
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Not saying you have to like her voice, but "harpy" is a lovely way to describe it :/ It's about one step below "shrill".
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Jul 8, 2016 14:21
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All right, Which one of you retards blew 10k on lotto tickets last night?
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Jul 9, 2016 23:09
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I know a guy who dropped one grand he said "welp that's what I spend on a day of drifting"
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Jul 9, 2016 23:21
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echinopsis posted:I know a guy who dropped one grand You know a property-owning boomer into drifting??
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Jul 9, 2016 23:38
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Its such a weird mindset, 10k is an actual investment to win the lottery. But the odds are so bad that 10k makes absolutely no difference to your chances. What is the change? 50 billion to one down to 49.9995 billion to one?
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Jul 10, 2016 00:28
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504 posted:Its such a weird mindset, 10k is an actual investment to win the lottery. Bro, somebody has to win it.
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Jul 10, 2016 01:58
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504 posted:Its such a weird mindset, 10k is an actual investment to win the lottery. One thousand in a billion is a thousand times as much as one in a billion. Please do not examine how much bigger that is from the perspective of the billion.
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Jul 10, 2016 02:13
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Ban the lotto imo
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Jul 10, 2016 02:40
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fong posted:Ban the lotto imo I don't see how this would be a bad thing.
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Jul 10, 2016 02:59
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Ban the Lotto and you'll start banning other Recessive taxes, like GST. So yeah. Ban lotto.
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Jul 10, 2016 03:09
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Pararoid posted:I don't see how this would be a bad thing. The vast majority of the country would realise social mobility is a lie and murder the rich?
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Jul 10, 2016 03:21
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Still not seeing the problem here.
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Jul 10, 2016 03:34
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It's just not a popular policy. It's the sort of thing the Greens could table, possibly, because their support base is educated wealthy people who don't play lotto.
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Jul 10, 2016 03:42
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Couldn't we just put lottery profits into education instead of just banning lotto? Like, isn't it better for people to understand that the odds are hopeless and buying tickets is a fool's gamble instead of just taking it away for *reasons*?
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Jul 10, 2016 04:49
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Or even limit the number of tickets you can buy (Not that that plan is in any way feasible) Nothing wrong with the odd $10 combo for a bit of fun, but if you're blowing 10k you need to be autobanned, and tested for OCD.
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Jul 10, 2016 04:52
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Look, buddy, if you start educating people then they start voting on things like sustainable action and social interest. And could you possibly imagine a right-wing government desiring this?
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Jul 10, 2016 06:55
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It also seems a bit dodgy, although I can't articulate why, that whenever there's a big jackpot the newspapers play it up with article after article, thus increasing sales of tickets increasing the jackpot increasing ticket sales and so on. Edit: I should add that when I say newspapers I mean "newspapers", and when I say "newspapers" I mean the poo poo they print in NZ that's only fit to light the fire with every evening. Project M.A.M.I.L. fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jul 10, 2016 |
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Jul 10, 2016 06:56
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Last time I got a newspaper it was wrapped around an over priced and too fatty lump of fish and some potato chips. Just like a true kiwi should.
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Jul 10, 2016 07:24
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I didn't win the lotto just FYI
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Jul 10, 2016 07:35
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But once we won 1600 on big wednesday when I was a student and it helped my life. My neighbour won like 16 grand and bought a truck and starting a moving business. If he didn't win that night he'd probably be dead.. or worse I bet
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Jul 10, 2016 07:36
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Imagine if we lived in a country where inequality wasn't at a level where your life can be completely changed by a tenth of a CEO's yearly bonus for reducing the actual productivity of a company in exchange for on paper quarterly profit.
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I can imagine, but unfortunately the process towards it involves grotesque, public examples of what happens to people who indulge in immeasurable greed. Mostly it's just unfortunate because talking about how to change something is illegal on D&D. Pure whining, all day err day, that's us!
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