Its not too late technically, you’ve listed all sorts of technical and logistical reasons, but it’s far too late to a get a fresh face in front of people and expect them to vote for them.

That’s the too late part, it’s possible, but it would be a massive risk and very expensive as they’d need to be running ADs non stop everywhere to go from a “fresh face” to “votable face” with the general public in 4 months

Not to mention, you think the red states wouldn’t do everything they can to stop having to change their ballots? I can see it now: “We’re 4 months from the election, can’t change it now ohhh welll!” ~removed Red states

I have a feeling lots of people are just now learning this lmao

Surprised it took this long for a TIL post lol

If you lack an IDE port on your motherboard

Bro, IDE has been dead for YEARS now, I’d be shocked if there was an IDE connector on any consumer computer made in the last 10 years (Industrial stuff can get weird)

A simple scan is fine, but to actually image a dying drive for recovery purposes, you should absolutely be doing a direct connection

I’ve got to get to a damn gym right now

The legal/business end of things are still going to be largely under Furukawa.

Oh, so this guy?

Yup, he def looks like a no fun asshole

country in the world invade our Southern border, taking a week off work to prepare for a debate (who’s running the country?).

A good president can do that because a good president actually appoints good people that can be trusted to run things instead of a bunch of sycophants

And don’t forget the biggest difference of all, saying in court that they aren’t News but a “News entertainment network”

Confirmed, Domino’s is a sith company!

I think he was meaning more “run them out of town” and less “vote them out of office”

So anyways, I’m bringing the popcorn, who was supposed to bring the drinks?

Nowadays, they are boring.

Fr, the foldy phones have been the biggest good innovation in like a decade. Unfortunately, now I’m stuck, I’ve had a taste and I can’t go back now. It’s like moving up to multiple monitors and then trying to go back to a single monitor setup after awhile

main competative advantage is just breaking the law

If you’re talking employment law, then yea for sure

If you’re taking laws like those that cap taxis licenses arbitrarily that the Taxi industry pushed for so that bigger companies could buy them all up and establish a monopoly, then I can look the other way on those

That’s a ride hailing app, it’s just another Uber/Lyft. It’s not a taxi.

Fuck Taxis and Uber

An entire industry that’s playing the victim. Stop falling for it and stop romanticizing taxis, the shit they pulled was just as bad, if not worse than what Uber does.

Biggest difference is their drivers were complicit in the shenanigans and primarily targeted their customers. Taking LONG routes because their customer “wasn’t local”, saying a route will “probably be 10$” and then it’s 50 and “the meter says what it says man”.

They literally used strict regulations as a shield to hold local monopolies for decades which resulted in terrible downright scammy service, cash only for an unacceptable amount of time, 0 innovations, dirty ancient barely running cars, a dispatch who would constantly say a car “was just around the corner” for 2 hours

The taxi industry doesn’t give a fuck about you, they’re just mad because they didn’t think to do what Uber is doing and now they’re dying. When/If Uber/Lyft dies, I guarantee the Taxi industry will resurge for the worst and take pages out of Ubers playbook. It’s just going to go back to the wait it was before.

Fuck Uber AND Taxis, they both can rot in hell, but I don’t mind seeing taxis get there first.

What mythical app does your local taxis have.

Every single taxi “app” I’ve ever used have been shit. Just last year I tried one out, and the best it did (besides looking like it walked straight outta 2013 UI’s in 2023) was give me an “estimated price range” which again left too much room for the cabbie to fuck with the meter/routes.

And they used those strict regulations as a shield to hold local monopolies for decades which resulted in terrible downright scammy service, cash only for an unacceptable amount of time, 0 innovations, dirty ancient barely running cars, a dispatch who would constantly say a car “was just around the corner” for 2 hours

Nah, fuck taxis I’m never going to get in another scammy cab ever again.

It isn’t, they’re both shit.

The taxi industry used strict regulations as a shield to hold local monopolies for decades which resulted in terrible downright scammy service, cash only for an unacceptable amount of time (and STILL is cash only in many places), 0 innovations, dirty ancient smelly barely running cars, a dispatch who would constantly say a car “was just around the corner” for 2 hours.

Even now they can’t get their head out of their ass to make a proper app in 2024 that just tells you how much you’re going to pay. Last time I tried out one of those taxi “apps” last year:

It wouldn’t tell you where or how long till the taxi got to you

It would only give you an “estimated price range” (FUCK THAT)

It looked like it was from 2013 and they got a “nephew who knows computers” to make it

Fuck Uber, but at least when Uber tells me a price, that’s the price that gets charged (excluding tip). At least I know where the Uber car is and when it’s getting to me. At least the Uber driver can’t screw around with routes and fares.

So really the choices for a taxi-like service are between a shit sandwich and a giant douche. Ugh, I’m just going to start renting cars.

Fuck yea, fuck Taxis

An entire industry that’s playing the victim. People around here are romanticizing taxis, but the shit they pulled was just as bad, if not worse than what Uber does.

Biggest difference is their drivers were complicit in the shenanigans and primarily targeted their customers. Taking LONG routes because their customer “wasn’t local”, saying a route will “probably be 10$” and then it’s 50 and “the meter says what it says man”.

They literally used strict regulations as a shield to hold local monopolies for decades which resulted in terrible downright scammy service, cash only for an unacceptable amount of time, 0 innovations, dirty ancient barely running cars, a dispatch who would constantly say a car “was just around the corner” for 2 hours

The taxi industry doesn’t give a fuck about you, they’re just mad because they didn’t think to do what Uber is doing and now they’re dying.

Fuck Uber AND Taxis, they both can rot in hell, but I don’t mind seeing taxis get there first.