The Off Topic Topic

[Tamas]

I don't get it how taxi guilds have so much pull over politicians.

[celedhring]

Like all transportation, they have an extremely disproportionate effect on people's lives when they do strike.

[Admiral Yi]

And that disproportionate impact is a function of the legal monopoly granted them by the state.

[celedhring]

And that disproportionate impact is a function of the legal monopoly granted them by the state.

Well, in the particular case of taxi, their problem is that with Uber et al around they don't have that monopoly anymore. Hence the "park hundreds of taxis in the city's busiest streets" tactic. No conventional police force can evict them. I wish at least they got some parking fines, though...

[Admiral Yi]

Well, in the particular case of taxi, their problem is that with Uber et al around they don't have that monopoly anymore. Hence the "park hundreds of taxis in the city's busiest streets" tactic. No conventional police force can evict them. I wish at least they got some parking fines, though...

They could if they had the will.  A couple tow trucks, a couple coppers writing tickets.

[Habbaku]

I don't get it how taxi guilds have so much pull over politicians.

Look how much pull they have over people like GF. That's how.

[Habbaku]

Well, in the particular case of taxi, their problem is that with Uber et al around they don't have that monopoly anymore. Hence the "park hundreds of taxis in the city's busiest streets" tactic. No conventional police force can evict them. I wish at least they got some parking fines, though...

They could if they had the will.  A couple tow trucks, a couple coppers writing tickets.

Came to say what Yi did and he beat me to it. If the police wanted to end it, they could do so.

[DGuller]

Came to say what Yi did and he beat me to it. If the police wanted to end it, they could do so.

My guess is that police union might not look kindly on being asked to enforce laws.

[mongers]

Philosophy - 'Picking arguments with dead people'?   

[celedhring]

So today the ridesharers have decided to take the field too. The taxi drivers are blocking the second busiest road in town, and the ridesharers are trying to block the busiest. But the ridesharers have mobilized less divisions and are only able to block half the lanes.





Thank god I don't drive into town. I suppose the subway will be packed to hell, though.

[Syt]

[Maladict]

I have no idea what that GenZ sentence means. I am: old and out of touch 

[Admiral Yi]

Tide pods are these gell capsules filled with laundry detergent.  They're pretty handy. 

I'm guessing yeeting into traffic is something like jumping into a traffic lane from the sidewalk on a motorized scooter.

[Syt]

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/yeet/

YEET! The yeet is a viral 2014 dance involving moving your shoulders and slightly bent legs together with arms outstretched. It inspired various memes and popularized yeet as an expression of excitement.

Re: Tide pods, there was a "challenge" to eat them because they look so delicious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_of_Tide_Pods#%22Tide_Pod_Challenge%22

[Syt]

Ah, the non-permanence of the internet. Machinima content of 7 years ... gone.

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/machinima-takes-down-every-video-following-takeover/?utm_content=bufferff085&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer-pcgamertw

Machinima takes down every video following takeover

Content creators were as surprised as we were.

In a surprise move, the long-running, multi-channel network Machinima has taken down the entire library of videos from its YouTube channel.

The decision has come as a surprise to the content creators too, who it seems weren't informed of the move and found out only when the videos disappeared from the channel on Friday.

Rooster Teeth's Lawrence Sonntag, one of the first to noticed the videos had been taken down, took to Twitter with a screenshot of the Machinima channel with every video set to private.

Actress and gamer, Felicia Day also had a few words to say as she mourned her Dragon Age web series: "I guess my Dragon Age web series is now gone with the Machinima video purge grab the DVDs while you can not sure it will ever be online again. RIP Machinima." Ricky (Internet Today!) was another that took to Twitter with "Wow... they finally went ahead and deleted everything we'd ever done. 7+ Years of work... lost to the sands of time. #RIPMachinima."

"We are focused on creating new content with the Machinima team, which will be distributed on new channels to be announced in the coming months." said Otter Media, in a statement to Kotaku following the video removal. "In the meantime the Machinima network of creator channels continues to showcase the talents of the network. As part of this focus on new content, we have pivoted from distributing content on a handful of legacy operated channels."

We've reached out to Fullscreen Media and will update as soon as we have anything further to report.

Guess someone just wanted to brand and nothing else. Though did anyone still follow Machinima these days?