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derspiess

#69120
January 18, 2019, 02:25:44 PM
Giggety.
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celedhring

#69121
January 18, 2019, 02:28:36 PM
Meh, there's a happy medium between ridesharing quasi-slavery and taxi rent-seeking.

alfred russel

#69122
January 18, 2019, 02:41:49 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 18, 2019, 02:22:11 PM
Going to be -28 (with chill) tomorrow, and Carl has biathlon scheduled. To my mind, that's too cold for biathlon.

If there is just like a 15 degree window for biathlon practice (say 0 to -15) it seems he won't be very practiced at biathlon. And then how will he support himself in adulthood?  :P
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Barrister

#69123
January 18, 2019, 03:12:33 PM
Of all the sports in the world, why does Carl do biathlon?
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Valmy

#69124
January 18, 2019, 03:15:36 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2019, 03:12:33 PM
Of all the sports in the world, why does Carl do biathlon?

Because it is the most awesome?
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derspiess

#69125
January 18, 2019, 03:22:10 PM
I'd imagine it gets you in pretty decent shape. Plus you get to shoot :)
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Barrister

#69126
January 18, 2019, 03:33:47 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 18, 2019, 03:15:36 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2019, 03:12:33 PM
Of all the sports in the world, why does Carl do biathlon?

Because it is the most awesome?

Well since Carl isn't playing hockey that's clearly not true.  But I am curious to hear from Malthus why his son took up an interest in biathlon - it just seems like such a random sport to be involved in.
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Valmy

#69127
January 18, 2019, 03:44:26 PM
I always thought it would be really fun when watching it during the Olympics, even though the US is horrible (it is weird that we would suck so badly at a sport involving shooting). But unless I move someplace where it snows it was just something that was never in the cards for me.
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Habbaku

#69128
January 18, 2019, 03:47:41 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2019, 02:24:01 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 18, 2019, 12:15:15 PM
The yellow-door mafia won't be happy until Uber-like services are banned, presumably?

The only reasonable stance to take when considering the gig-economy app companies.

Why? There is nothing intrinsically valuable about a taxi company vs. a rideshare company. Banning ridesharing and gig-economy services isn't the answer to their problems.
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Habbaku

#69129
January 18, 2019, 03:51:56 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 18, 2019, 02:28:36 PM
Meh, there's a happy medium between ridesharing quasi-slavery and taxi rent-seeking.

Yep. The attitude that the only answer to rideshare problems is to reward the taxi mafias is ludicrous.
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Admiral Yi

#69130
January 18, 2019, 03:59:25 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 18, 2019, 03:47:41 PM
Why? There is nothing intrinsically valuable about a taxi company vs. a rideshare company. Banning ridesharing and gig-economy services isn't the answer to their problems.

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celedhring

#69131
January 18, 2019, 04:55:20 PM
The insane barriers of entry to the taxi industry end up hurting prospective drivers that either:

a) end up driving for Uber-like sweatshops as alternative
b) end up taking huge loans in order to buy a taxi license in the secondary market
c) end up driving for the owner of a taxi license in an environment not unlike an Uber sweatshop

The whole model is broken, problem is that the political costs of pushing through a proper regulation are huge (over here at least).

Josquius

#69132
January 18, 2019, 05:03:12 PM
They've opened a Taco Bell in Newcastle.
I am teh excited.
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Razgovory

#69133
January 18, 2019, 06:05:03 PM
Quote from: Tyr on January 18, 2019, 05:03:12 PM
They've opened a Taco Bell in Newcastle.
I am teh excited.


I don't understand. :huh:
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Tonitrus

#69134
January 18, 2019, 06:13:33 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 18, 2019, 04:55:20 PM
The insane barriers of entry to the taxi industry end up hurting prospective drivers that either:

a) end up driving for Uber-like sweatshops as alternative
b) end up taking huge loans in order to buy a taxi license in the secondary market
c) end up driving for the owner of a taxi license in an environment not unlike an Uber sweatshop

The whole model is broken, problem is that the political costs of pushing through a proper regulation are huge (over here at least).

They'll all be wiped out in about a generation by robo-taxis anyway. 



Though I imagine Europe will be awash in taxi-driver uprisings during that transition.
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