Politics General Election 2017

[Raven]

Taxis around here are usually cunts too, whereas Uber drivers seem alot more chilled and generally happy.

You still need a knowledge of the area. At the moment it is OK for accidents and whatnot and will give you alternative routes but its not always great at picking up on timing issues, it won't avoid schools at pick up time for example.

 

[Gwadien]

Also, all Ubers are Teslas, which are pretty comfy compared to the random lot of that shitty local taxi firm

 

[Tom]

They'll all be out of a job within 20 years anyway. If I was a taxi driver, I'd be looking at another career right now.

 

[ECA]

They'll all be out of a job within 20 years anyway. If I was a taxi driver, I'd be looking at another career right now.

20 years is optimistic. I reckon 5 for major US cities. UK might last longer because we drive on the wrong side.

 

[Raven]

Side of the road doesn't make any difference to AI.

It still won't be 5 years though.

 

[Embattle]

Yet the easiest one to go driverless is trains and underground but we still haven't.

 

[Job]

More like 20 tbh, the real world pushes humans to the limit, AI will need lots of roadside electronic help and we will have to learn to work with driverless cars.

 

[old.user4556]

Truck drivers. See ya.

 

[Raven]

For the supermarket shit, definitely, but any chump can do that but. There will still be plenty of heavy units about, loads of stuff AI can't do like get onto awkward sites and unload heavy shit.

Most small unit distribution will likely be by balloon eventually anyway so all good for drivers.

 

[DaGaffer]

Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey 'won't use morally wrong Uber' - BBC News

Easy decision to make when you can pick the expensive option and put it on expenses, but tell me, is there a list of morally acceptable companies we can use? For instance I just popped to the Spar (yes, yes I know, but I live near Stoke) - are they OK?

I won't use morally wrong Uber either.

 

[Gwadien]

I won't use morally wrong Uber either.

why?

 

[DaGaffer]

why?

The Gig economy is simply a giant exploitation programme designed to circumvent workers' rights, and Uber is one of the worst. Rights that were fought and won over centuries and have been pissed away in a decade. And no, I don't care that Uber drivers' have a choice, they also have no economic power. There's also the fact that Uber offloads safety and regulatory issues to their drivers as well, which is even more reprehensible.

I will actually have more time for the likes of Uber once cars are actually automated, because the model is then akin to Airbnb where you're maximising an underutilised asset, but I still probably wouldn't use Uber themselves because even their corporate employees are treated like dirt.

And before anyone points out that there a plenty of other terrible businesses out there, I'm aware of that, but gig companies, where I know they exist, are my line. I'm not a fan of zero hour contracts either, and fortunately zero hour contracts are illegal in Ireland but there are still British companies who profit from them over here, like Sports Direct (since all their fulfilment is from the UK), and I won't use them either, but I recognise I'm a hypocrite on that one.

 

[Job]

They are being pissed up the wall by us, bohoo brexit will mean less cheap workers and the price of strawberries will go up.

We the great unwashed are demanding the corporations keep prices low so we can wallow in consumerism, everything is so cheap now to the point someone on benefits quite often has the same consumer goods as a millionaire.

 

[caLLous]

Theresa May buries international terror funding report for 'national security reasons'

 

[BloodOmen]

Theresa May buries international terror funding report for 'national security reasons'

Yea... sure... much like she 'lost' the paedo report on mps.

 

[Raven]

The vile piece of shit needs to fuck off.

 

[BloodOmen]

The vile piece of shit needs to fuck off.

The story should read "Theresa May buries international terror funding report for 'tory self-interest reasons'"

 

[Scouse]

"National Security" - two words used by authoritarian governments to fuck their people over. Especially when used by Amber Rudd, on this very subject:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDHsLIEXruI

 

[Job]

Bit of context for Labour.

Labour's 2017 election campaign worst in almost 70 years at turning votes into seats, analysis finds

 

[Scouse]

The vote share secured by Mr Corbyn is similar to that won by Tony Blair in the landslide election of 2001, when the party won 413 seats, while the swing towards Labour in 2017 almost replicated that of 1997, when it won an unprecedented 418 seats and a House of Commons majority of 179.

Mr Corbyn also secured a higher vote share for Labour than in 2005, when Tony Blair won a third term as Prime Minister with a majority of 66.

However, the report highlights the scale of the task facing Labour. To win a parliamentary majority, Mr Corbyn would need a 3.6 per cent swing towards his party in 64 seats.

3.6% swing needed?

 

[Gwadien]

Bit of context for Labour.

Labour's 2017 election campaign worst in almost 70 years at turning votes into seats, analysis finds

So you're saying FPTP is shit?

Yeah.

 

[Job]

This beast is now cutting all the grass verges around here.

 

[georgie]

I mean, the beard is quite manly but I certainly wouldn't call him a beast.

 

[Job]

His tool I was referring to.

 

[Job]

So the little pricks at it again.
Khan representing the UK now, telling Trump he isnt welcome.
Jesus fuk, someone shoot that little weasle.

 

[Raven]

 

[Wij]

So the little pricks at it again.
Khan representing the UK now, telling Trump he isnt welcome.
Jesus fuk, someone shoot that little weasle.

To be fair Trump is about as welcome as a helmet-boil to everyone I know.

 

[Hawkwind]

Yet the easiest one to go driverless is trains and underground but we still haven't.

Unions!

 

[Raven]

Pressing a stop/go button when a light comes on is serious and skilled work.

 

[Embattle]

Diane Abbott flounders over police funding AGAIN in TV interview