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Most Uber drivers did not "took a job". Uber drivers originally started as self-employed contractors. Part of that is ability to refuse some rides.

Most dog owners have no control over their animals. I have PTSD from dogs, if dog would touch me, I will go into panic attack, and it will not go well for anyone. It is question of safety.

So I have a question for you. As a driver, do I have a right to refuse a drive, if I am concerned that customer will start licking me?

I think differentiator will be in modularity and repairability. Like PC has independent parts (PSU, memory, ssd, graphic card), electric cars could be modular in the same way.

I believe low-cost "city shopping bag" is the future of electric cars and biggest market. And if some sort of modular platform emerges, it will dominate the market. It may even be required by law (like EU requires USB chargers on phones).

I am from EU, but I believe China, India, Russia markets are similar. Look at Dacia Spring or Citroen AMI for examples.

I tried to use MacOSX on my Dell XPS13. Installation was very difficult, driver support lacking and it often crashed. I find Linux much better.

It is the other way around, healthy men with increased life span are more likely to have a children.

Sick short malnourished male is less likely to find partner, let alone have a children.

Study also excludes divorced men who technically have children, but do not live with them. Divorce decreases life expectancy severely.

Also try that on pornhub.... Half of reddit is a porn.

Brocoli, cauliflower, lettuce... all highly recommended by every book. You discover the need for fibers very fast when starting keto.

In west birth rate declines because people have more options and want to enjoy life. That was not my experience in Japan. They have rigid culture of corporations, education, hard labor and over achievement. Some people just do not like that. There is no communication, because society does not like conflict!

US politics is other extreme, there is no communication, because society loves conflict! It will get started whenever and wherever possible.

I read statistics where 40% of young people do not start family, do not date, and basically withdraw from society. In interviews they blame it on long working hours and rigid rules in society in general.

So maybe there is no conflict, but it is hardly functional.

I just had a job interview with Deliveroo. There is over 100 programmers in central office, they pay better than some banks. I dont think problem they solve is that difficult.

Playboy today does not have any nudity... ;)

Are you sure that trend is towards more tolerance? New generations have less sex, are more conservative... And governments are less and less tolerant to anything "disrespectful".

Lysenko was scientist with stellar credibility, he was wrong, but that happens in science. Main problem was not "anti science", but turning science into religion. Unproven theories were implemented too fast, without enough tests and verifications.

Yes, there is code of conduct. It is called consulting and gimme money! Most big projects have that :)

Normal place has like 3 indian restaurants to choose from. In NYC there are hundreds of indian restaurants to choose from, amazing ;)

Maybe if NYC builds artifical skiing slope, or nice sandy beach..

We got lucky. But several weeks was real scenario. If this boat would leak, ruptured, broke in half...

Well, most US schools did go with Zoom!

"good woman to start family with" does not reflect general quality of person. 70 years old could be amazing person, but not great bride.

Linux is mature enough to handle less centralization. Each distro already maintains its flavor of patches, there is Android fork, several embedded forks... It will be more similar to FreeBSD development.

It takes a few decades and milions $ to raise a family. It is perfectly valid to have a discussion how to find a good partner for startup or business. But not for this? No wonder most people will never have children.

》There was a pesticide used in the harvesting of pineapple; it’s called dibromochloropropane. [Better known as DBCP, it was banned from use in the U.S. in 1979.] That pesticide actually totally wiped out men’s sperm. Women were comparing notes, and they were saying that they couldn't get pregnant—the wives of these men. They tested the men, and they had zero sperm. And you can’t get more dramatic than that. But what they found was that when they stopped using the product, in a couple of months, their sperm count returned.

Maybe it could be used as a contraceptive.

Also many men now have vasectomy in their 20ties. It is recommended to keep it a secret, not sure how studies correct for that.

There are better critics of capitalism, social democracy has long tradition. Marx never visited factory and hated dirty workers. He was an "intellectual". Actually go and read his books, not just quotes.

Laser printer also works quite well. It can even display multiple pages at the same time :)

Marxism is much better, but it has nasty habit of killing farmers and starving its people to death.

Compare it to Harvey Weinstein. Half of Hollywood knew he is a pig for decades, were exposed, but are still in their positions.

Japan also had 100 years mortgages. Big crash is 10x price reduction, not 10%.

>In ever measure there is, life has been getting better for centuries.

My country has salary record from 16th century. It is in gold, so can be translated to buying parity. Shoe maker today and in 16th century had roughly the same salary and expenses for living, heating, food etc.

>Life expectancy

has improved mainly by reducing child deaths. For adults it has not improved significantly, for some groups life expectancy is declining.

> abolishment of oppression (slavery, debtor's prisons, serfdom, involuntary servitude, military conscription in many countries)

Slavery and serfdom is still a reality in many countries. Even western countries have debtors prison and involuntary servitude (child support).

>educational attainment

It just caused education inflation. Person has to now study longer to do the same job. For simple child minding you may need college degree in some countries...

> standard of living have all improved.

Standard of living in most western countries is declining.

> I've met lots of people with no money, and very few of them were poor people

Maybe change social group.

That is moment when Google started cancelling products and turned evil. Before that they were geeks who could not even file IPO correctly.

Some countries kept revolution going for 50 years. Maybe you will not wear a mask, and smirk how you won, but system always gets its fair cut.

Try evolutionary psychology or gene evolution theory. UK is full of nutjobs.

So rant about local politics and shaming people who decide to leave.

I am sure California tax rate is under 70%, but I find it highly non transparent and unpredictable.