"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/02/2020 at 13:21 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
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So !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about how Lyft just plunked down $2 million to unseat an Orange County assemblyman who voted for AB5, which would force Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers like proper employees. I am not saying I agree or disagree with the premise of AB5, but I think it’s noteworthy to discuss the impacts of Uber and Lyft, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and scooter companies on American civilization and society. Anybody out there driving for Uber? Anybody using Wayz? Discuss.
And here is a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Bicentennial Edition for your time:
fintail
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 13:29 |
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It’s OK, corporations are people too, a very wealthy man told me so.
jimz
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 13:31 |
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And here is a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Bicenten nial Edition for your time:
19 ft. of American luxury, with 500 c.i. of front-wheel drive fury just waiting to unleash its... 190 hp...
Textured Soy Protein
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 13:33 |
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My personal opinion as someone who has worked in staffing a long time and knows exactly how little value companies place on human beings is that gig economy companies’ balance sheets only balance by taking advantage of the generally lax worker protections in the US to mass-mis- classify employees as independent contractors.
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jimz
> Textured Soy Protein
03/02/2020 at 13:38 |
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this country has a long history of allowing corporations to privatize their profits while socializing their costs.
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jimz
> fintail
03/02/2020 at 13:39 |
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worse, in practice they’re actually more than people.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> jimz
03/02/2020 at 13:41 |
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The pinnacle of American automotive engineering in more ways than one!
facw
> Textured Soy Protein
03/02/2020 at 13:48 |
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I mean Uber certainly doesn’t balance at all, but that’s because they are spending heavily to replace the drivers with AI.
dogisbadob
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 13:50 |
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Wayz is nice, but it’s no Waze :p
The Ghost of Oppo
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 13:58 |
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fintail
> jimz
03/02/2020 at 14:04 |
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Indeed. But it’ll trickle down any day now.
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jimz
> The Ghost of Oppo
03/02/2020 at 14:08 |
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Also Waze: yo lemme turn your phone into a space heater
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> jimz
03/02/2020 at 14:19 |
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Exhibit A: the American healthcare system?
For Sweden
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 14:28 |
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AB5 bans rideshare driving and freelance journalism. Who can say if AB5 is good or bad?
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> fintail
03/02/2020 at 14:59 |
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The only thing trickling down is a warm stream of a golden shower.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> The Ghost of Oppo
03/02/2020 at 15:05 |
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It’s funny any time a navigation app decides that left turns with no light into a heavy stream of unyielding traffic is a great idea. That it somehow takes 0 minutes to accomplish that feat. Or making a right turn on red across four lanes to make an immediate left while the line for that left started four blocks before your intersection.
But yeah in relation to this tweet, I wish there was a Waze that had an "illegality" or "stupidity" meter where you can drag it to your acceptable level of risk. Meaning at medium risk it might say make a left turn from the middle Lane to dodge a line of traffic. But high risk would say use parking lots and driveways and short distances of wrong ways or sidewalks. Also would factor in how much you need to speed and cross reference it with police activity to say 100mph is fine for the next 500 feet.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
03/02/2020 at 15:50 |
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Or some convoluted PITA route that saves you literally five seconds.
WilliamsSW
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 17:18 |
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Why aren’t we talking about the Eldorado Brougham to the right?
And fuck corporations, but here we are.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> jimz
03/02/2020 at 18:11 |
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I mean my highly emissions strangled 1985 Jaguar manages almost that out of a mere 4.2 6 cyl.
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jimz
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
03/02/2020 at 18:18 |
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To be fair, it was an extremely smooth and quiet engine, and being tuned for low rpm operation meant it was perfectly suited for effortlessly getting a land yacht w/3 speed trans moving with no fuss. It really never made much horsepower; its “400 hp” gross rating in 1970 was as fictional as my social life. In reality it likely only made 265-275 hp.
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jimz
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
03/02/2020 at 18:41 |
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The depressing thing to consider is how many of the Silicon Valley types developing these apps don’t actually drive. That was my complaint about the first gen of Android Auto; I doubt whoever designed that had ever driven a car.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
03/02/2020 at 19:10 |
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Because the ‘76 is way more outrageous and why else talk about Cadillac if not because outrageous? The ‘76 Eldorado was the pinnacle of Cadillac outrage, IMHO.
I love the blue hubcaps on this one. Those are hard to come by.
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WilliamsSW
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/02/2020 at 19:27 |
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I got my hair cut today across the street from this one:
I don’t buy the mileage but it’s nice.
And I would argue that the 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham (the car pictured) was more outrageous. $13000 - IN 1957! It was more expensive than the 76 convertible, and double what a 1957 convertible ran . Stainless steel roof, air suspension, dual quad v8, and hand built.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
03/03/2020 at 00:39 |
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Yeah, but the '76 is so arguably worthless.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
03/03/2020 at 00:41 |
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CP, btw.