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Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Secondly: why no more Monsters Under the Bed?
The former.
They also have some pretty sketchy history associated with them.
You can't give someone a pirate ship in one game, and then take it back in the next game. It's rude.
Sketchy story? Man I did not know this. I had to use the service last week since I crashed my car and it seemed fine.
It's an alternative to taxis. It's topical because many actual taxi drivers hate it (undercuts their business, doesn't require licenses, etc), and in France where they're striking/protesting the service (which was declared illegal in France), Courtney Love happened to live tweet Taxi drivers attacking one with her inside.
Uber also liked(s?) to exploit emergencies with "surge pricing" here in the states too.
I don't think it's really any sketchier than the alternative. I mean, if we're talking about crimes/shitty behavior by Uber drivers I'm sure I could find stories reporting just as much by taxi drivers if I bothered to Google for 10 minutes. It's just that traditional taxi services have been around long enough that we don't associate individual incidents where bad things happen with the whole profession/industry, whereas Uber is a new thing.
There are scumbag [Uber drivers/taxi drivers], there are incompetent [Uber drivers/taxi drivers], there are [Uber drivers/taxi drivers] who are perfectly pleasant and good at what they do (the overwhelming majority in both cases is probably in the last category).
The established taxi industry hates services like Uber/Lyft though because they are a threat to their whole business, no question. But the taxi industry is pretty jacked up in a lot of places and was begging for something to shake it up. The "taxi medallion" system in New York City, for example, can best be described as "Kafkaesque," as you'll see if you're ever bored enough to read some articles about it.
As for the taxi drivers in France: I understand them being freaked about the potential threat to their livelihood. What I guess I don't understand, is why when you have a new competitor for customers for the service you provide, your response is to "protest" by shutting down your service, rioting, and generally alienating all of the customers you're already worried about losing. Why not raise your game to compete? Well, because they don't want to compete, and they're hoping if they make enough fuss the government will shut the competition down so they don't have to.
That and you should be aware that if your Uber driver crashes and turns out to be uninsured for business use, Uber's response will be a big fat 'not our problem'.
There's a big thread in Debate and Discourse about it.
Arkham Knight first 3 hours spoilers
The other secret he's talking about is Arkham Knight's identity, which is not as interesting as the twist that Joker plays a huge part.
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that is all, back to topic.
Then again, for all I know, maybe the taxi companies in D.C. have apps where you can request a ride too. I didn't personally set up any of the Uber rides since the phone I had at the time couldn't run the Uber app, but as someone who was "along for the ride" it wasn't a bad experience. We had nice drivers who didn't drive any crazier than everyone else in D.C....which isn't saying much.
-Tycho Brahe
He fights crime in a bat suit.
Considering how much the Batmobile must have costed him, I can't blame him.
In fact, there's a good chance he's get picked up by the crowdsourced taxi supervillain, the Ubermensch.
Well, to be fair, traditional licensed taxi services cannot compete with Uber/Lyft type services on a level ground.
By definition, the new crowdsourced services are cutting out a huge amount of administrative overhead costs that the traditional services simply cannot (legally) eliminate. That's not fair competition.
I mean, if you opened a bar, paid for a liquor license, county/city/town/etc taxes and inspections - then a speakeasy opened up across the street from you selling drinks for 60% of your bottom price because they didn't pay to go through the legal process; would you be totally okay with that?
OTOH, most taxi medallion/licensing systems aren't exactly, shall we say, open and fair competition either, so it's not entirely black and white.
Is Batman's smart phone an iphone? Second, more monsters under the bed.