awilliams87

evilution said:

If you get robots to make the products, the costs shouldn't be much higher. Plus you get less leaks.

spheric said:

rogifan_new said:

americanLager said:

rogifan_new said:

I didn't vote for Donald Trump but the country has survived much worse than him. 

People are afraid Trump will launch nukes at the slightest provocation.  Yet, Hillary supported the war in Iraq and was gleeful when we toppled Gadaffi.  Obama was supposed to be an agent of peace, but we're still dropping bombs and killing innocent people all across the globe under his leadership.  My expectation for Trump is he will be refreshingly reticent to get our country tangled in military action.  Hilary was already crossing swords with the Kremlin on the campaign trail over Syria.

If we can stop the mass slaughter and incomprehensible fiscal expense of waging war like we have for decades, it just might let everyone in our country calm down enough so we can work together to build the America ALL of us want.

We survived revolution, a civil war, two world wars, depression, civil rights, Vietnam etc. I think we can survive Trump. Liberals need to stop with the hyperbole and faux outrage.

Amusing that you phrase it as civil rights having been "survived". It sure does seem like it, with Trump now in office. The era of civil rights can be considered over when a racist misogynist takes over the country, I guess.

lkrupp said:

awilliams87 said:

Okay, so he was turned down because he is too old. And? Why this totalitarian anti-age discrimination law exist to begin with is nonsensical. The  stores give off a certain youthful ambiance. Obviously hiring a 60+ year old would be contradictory to that. I don't want to walk into the stores and be greeted by grandparents. The youth are forward looking (generally), while older individuals tend to be stuck in their ways. If  wants to be seen as innovative, then their store employees should reflect that.

I’d say F**K YOU but that might get me banned.

designr said:

applesauce007 said:

No sir!
Can't compare Uber & Lift with Google or FaceBook or Microsoft because the way they make money is completely different.
That's why the later are very profitable.

Granted execution is important in any business but the business model and go to market strategy are even more important.
When you look at it this way you see that Uber and Lyft have very little software and not very much to stand on.

An example:
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Uber is illegally doing business New York City by bi-passing the required medallion license, fees and regulations that the Yellow Taxi cabs have to endure for the right to do business in New York City (Manhattan).  Other cabs are not allowed to pick-up passengers in Manhattan but crooked mayor Bloomberg allowed Uber to do this so the Yellow Cab owners and their banks are suing.  A New York City medallion license use to sell for a million dollars, they are now worth about half as much hence leaving the owners and their lenders holding the bag but hoping for the day of reckoning.  Losing this lawsuit and paying the penalties alone could wipeout Uber.  Not to mention that there are similar issue in other countries around the world.

That the business models are different from Google or Facebook is not really relevant to refuting your broad, over-generalized claim. And while Uber may be violating the current cartel protection laws in NYC, that doesn't mean they are operating illegally everywhere. I do agree that Uber should be working, through the legal system, to end these unfair and anti-competitive taxi laws. That said, your original statement of "just software and a business plan" is still an insufficient "analysis" of the situation.