I hope this impacts Wag! as well, the self-proclaimed “Uber of dog walkers.” Since they’ve been in business, they’ve gotten countless dogs lost or killed because they use untrained IC’s to save millions in payroll taxes. They lie about their “hiring” process to make it sound like they’re rejecting people when people’s…

“Just make them employees” - yeah, it’s not as simple as that. Companies like Uber were created with a business model in which millions of dollars are saved every year in payroll taxes, training and a whole host of other things associated with using employees over IC’s (not least of which is liability when something…

Buzzfeed is the same. They have been running articles about how Amazon’s Prime delivery is getting people killed by encouraging drivers to drive recklessly in order to get packages delivered on time. They’ve also run stories about the dire working conditions in Amazon warehouses. And then right after that they will…

Same thing with companies using Independent Contractors instead of employees these days. When they screw up and hurt people, the company just says “not our responsibility!” I was recently beaten senseless by a driver working for a company which provides medical transportation. He was wearing their t-shirt, and a badge…

My last 3 Amazon purchases:

It only exists to harvest your Amazon data. 

Friend of mine had that Ancestry DNA test done. Got the results. A few months later, he received an email saying that everyone’s results were being “revised” due to an updated algorithm, more crowd sourced data available etc. His new results were completely different. Whereas before it showed he was 5% Finnish, that…

The word “insufferable” comes to mind.

I’m sure this has something to do with the use of solvents like butane and hexane in the extraction of THC oil for vaping. 

“Perfect” - yeah that’s what I thought about my Note 9 for the first month or so, before the full horror of Samsung’s awful software design became apparent. 6 months in and I don’t think I’ve ever used a more problematic phone. There are aspects of the design that are just plain baffling, and loads of shit just…

I received multiple threats of violence after a Tweet went viral some time ago. Directly threatening Tweets, being added to lists with names like “People I’m gonna hunt down and beat,” that sort of thing. Reported them all. What a waste of time. Got back “while we understand you’ve had a bad experience, this isn’t…

Sometimes a face is just so slappable and you can’t quite put your finger on it but there it is anyway.....Very much the case here. Then again, I tend to think that of most CGI characters. I just don’t like the way they’re designed, period. Despite (or because of) all the high tech precision, they have no soul. I will…

Jeez can you imagine, entire populations of kids running around with that long ass Epstein philtrum. 

People are generally philistines. I’ve met people who genuinely couldn’t tell the difference between stereo audio and mono audio.

Facebook should never be allowed to go anywhere near a video. I’m talking about their stupid, standards-defying video UI in which clicking on the video doesn’t pause it like every other video player in existence, but instead opens the video in theater mode. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve clicked to stop a…

I know some old hippie types who still eat carob, mostly in the form of dubious looking “health bars” bought from old school “health stores” in leafy neighborhoods run by old hippies like them. And some of those stores have been there since the 1970's. Personally I think we should do away with soy as well - horrible…

A guess a “smoking gun” would be a significant increase in cases of cancer which correlates with the explosion of cellphone use since the mid 90's. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

I think CD sales these days are largely driven by the 50+ age group. I’m 45 and haven’t bought one in years, but I know people older than me who still buy them. That’s why they sell them at Walmart. And they must be selling there, because record companies are prepared to pay Walmart the silly sum of $50,000 just to…

I have a friend who raves about cryptocurrency constantly and is convinced it’s a sure fire way for the whole population to become stinking rich and give up work. “There are 15 year olds making millions” according to him. I don’t think he understands how economics works at the most basic level.

I’m at the point now where I don’t even care who DB Cooper was. Every other week there’s some new “possible lead” which usually involves someone trying to sell a book. Booooring!