For paying an extra $5 of allowance money, I let my kids choose their seats in the van (third row only, 28" seat pitch). And if they got a good progress report, I’ll even let them bring an extra carryon bag with guaranteed space (on the roof rack, that is).

Yes, it’s theoretically possible for Uber/Lyft to adopt a legitimate contractor/business relationship.

I personally don’t think that the biggest change will be price or pay. Those may go under, but if the workers are now employees they will be managed like employees. That means performance goals, stricter hours, etc.

Silicon Valley’s PR “bots” are out in force after this.

Maybe? But probably not re: apps appearing that pay a fair wage etc.

Alasska Scold Rush 

Of course it is. That's why I always buy a box for the table. 

“Tesla claims its drive train has “fewer than 20" moving parts.”  Hell, my 2000 Durango often had ZERO moving parts.

Matt Damon tried while he was stuck on Mars. There were some issues.

Toyota should really switch to the much safer Helium for fuel

She probably mad because it smells good and she hangry.

I never really “got” Car Talk as a kid, much to the surprise of the adults in my life. I was a little car nut from Massachusetts, after all. And my dad loved it. But this story closes a lot of loops for me.

You gotta be not just drunk, but New Orleans drunk to understand.

Make sure you record the event in landscape mode.

Run.

I think eventually most things become terrible for the environment. I’ve read that some of the reusable bags aren’t much better, from a resource perspective at least. That’s why I’m trying to get everyone to switch to cargo pants. It’s like a reusable bag that you wear!

People are so irresponsible. Don’t they know that plastic grocery bags are terrible for the environment?!

It was just that thing where you try to repeat a joke at the party thinking they just didn’t hear you but it just bombs again.

So instead of being the “American version of BMW,” as the story says, this time Cadillac will be GM’s version of Tesla. Maybe this reboot will take, who knows.

I agree with you that the idea that a low-skill job can make bank is a bit of a pipe dream. But there are a lot of people who have those pipe dreams and Uber relies in no small part on exploiting those dreams.