You might have a shot, those look like dealer plates on it...

What the Helen are you talking about?  Don’t be a heel. 

I have friends. I really enjoy spending time with them. I value video games for when I don’t want to spend time with friends. 

No harm to anything but the author’s reputation as a journalist.

Unless you’re writing about it as if it’s something new and exotic. This article was the equivalent of someone from Oregon writing about how there’s this brand new thing being tested in Belgium self-serve gasoline! It might even be rolled out more widely someday!

I get that people may not do it, but to not be aware of its existence, or at least googling it before writing an article?

Have you seriously never seen a bottle deposit machine?  Really?  

Highlights how terrible an investment gold has been. If you had taken your 26.85oz of gold in 1982 and used it to buy an S&P 500 index fund, you’d have about $230k today. That same 26.85oz of gold is worth $35k.

Hey, don’t blame the cable companies.  It’s the CONTENT companies that are at fault for the bundle requirements.  Comcast would love to make ESPN optional - Disney won’t let them do it. 

Not in a meaningful way, given the number of people they carry. Any anti congestion plan shifts the burden to consumers. Cap the number of FHVs, and that raises prices and/or lowers availability for consumers.

A large amount of traffic is for how vehicles cruising or waiting for rides. Putting a cost on that activity, which is deadweight (eg not benefiting a customer), would help. It would benefit the most efficient companies and the taxi drivers who best understand where and how to get riders, absolutely.

Low income commuters take public transport. Congestion pricing is progressive.

Don’t have a Chromecast, so I’m afraid I don’t know.

Don’t have a Chromecast, so I’m afraid I don’t know.

The issue is whether he was “off the job.”  If he had turned off the app and was about to drive home, then yes.  If he just hadn’t been assigned his next ride yet, then you could readily argue he was still “on the job.”

They have.  Medallions were $250-300k in 2004. By 2014, they were $1.2-1.3 million.  They’re now back to around $250k. 

In NYC, they installed the machines in the late 90s. Drivers hated them, because (a) they got charged the credit card fees, and (b) they couldn’t lie about their tips and commit tax fraud, so they were often mysteriously “out of commission.” The city then changed the rules to state that, if a credit card machine…

You do know that NYC taxi drivers are independent contractors too, right?

In NYC, UberX is just about the same price as taxis, sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less. They haven’t undercut with price, they’ve undercut with being a better experience.

The “independent contractor” complaint about Uber is a red herring - taxi drivers are also independent contractors, as are (the large majority of) car service drivers who don’t drive for Uber/Lyft.  

If the problem is congestion, then let’s deal with congestion. Maybe charge all TLC vehicles a fee based on the number of miles travelled that’s not part of an active passenger ride, to reduce empty cruising.