I say we raise the minimum wage for every kind of job to $50/hr.

You must have a higher power charger.  4 hours might get 20 miles of range charged from a 110v outlet but that’s pushing it.  I need closer to six hours to get 20 miles of range on a 110v charger.

Nice summary, thanks.

If the locals don’t want 6 ft walls around properties, they need to create a CCR and/or zoning laws to address this.

When you think about it, the ‘Gig Economy’ is nothing more than traditional business categories being disrupted by an almost total lack of regulatory oversight.

I am firmly for family planning and abortion rights all the way up to birth. I also understand people making a judgement that human life starts at conception. As a society we make all sorts of judgements about right, wrong, immoral, compassionate, etc. Someone who views a fetus as a human being isn’t going to listen…

The irony is that in some states they charge a significantly higher registration fee for hybrids and even more for pure electric because these cars aren’t paying the gas taxes that fund road maintenance.

I’m pretty sure that Cheeto doesn’t give a fuck what the humans think of him, he is a cat after all.

Well technically couldn’t the guy claims the same thing?  He was being threatened by another person who wasn’t a cop.  Also, a cop would have just tased the dude...hopefully.

Car2Go has immunity from some city parking laws

Nice rant but you’re not reading the economic numbers correctly. It’s tough finding people to employ lately. Contractors are overly busy and employment is at a high. What do you think will happen when the tariffs are lifted? They won’t be there forever. If you look at the economy as a whole, it’s doing pretty darn…

Think about it for a minute. If a woman is told to always defer to a man or to always look pretty to attract a husband or a woman who’s told that she should learn to cook and have babies.

If someone spends all their free time sinking all their money into building boats, to the exclusion of all else, that isn’t an addiction, it’s a hobby. If someone spends all their free time sinking all their money into collecting stuff, it’s not an addiction, it’s a hobby. But if someone spends all their time and…

As the article clarifies, airplane autopilot flying is a bit different.  For one, there’s a lot of time where you’re just flying straight at constant altitude for hundreds of miles.  Then there’s the training which has you always scanning the instruments for anomalies. There’s also the very useful fact that during…

I guess they don’t have anti-lock brakes...hmmm

I agree. Like it or not, impeachment without an incredibly clear path and solid evidence of criminality is a fool’s errand.  I think a much higher percentage of the population is in favor of both sides dropping this and getting some work done.  It’s like watching badly behaving children on a playground.

I agree with doing whatever it takes to find a better job. The problem is that Uber controls everything. Yes, there’s a certain amount of flexibility with work hours and location but Uber has cleverly skirted the employee cost problem by calling driver contractors. The thing is that when I worked as an independent…

Welcome to the social media era where everyone can complain about everything to everyone and believe that everyone is listening.  I notice when an online argument starts, it’s like a fight in grade school.  Some cheer, some jump in, some defend and a few call the authorities.

The government can and does have different rules so your situation may be different.  Why would the government have you as a contractor but others as employees?  Like I said, contractors are much simpler to employ, no benefits, easy to fire, etc.

It’s not about who makes more money. It’s about contractor vs. employee. Independent contractors need to show that they have more than one client and that one client doesn’t provide almost all of their earnings. Your gardener is an independent contractor because they bill you, have multiple clients and they can…