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I argued it isn't rude because it is part of your purchase, not because it is legal.
Part of the purchase as defined by the contract , not common courtesy.
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Part of the purchase as defined by the contract , not common courtesy.
Contracts are legal devices, but they correspond to agreements between humans that have moral meaning. I am entering into an agreement with the driver when I book and Uber, and the terms of our (moral) agreement are reflected in the legal contract. It's not rude to take advantage of something you've bought.
You've succinctly distilled the differences informing our perspectives - in my opinion, the contract sets the floor: following the letter of the law (or contract) is necessary, but not sufficient for common human decency. YMMV.
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You can order an Uber from Maps and don’t have that problem.
Only if your device has Uber installed on it AND you are logged into the Uber app. By then, they already have all your data, and that ride is fully linked with your other usage. And as a bonus, Google also now has those details added to youf dossier. It's sad how easily people can be duped transparently. If you don't have Uber installed, Maps doesn't even show you the option.
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Wow. My costs: 300€/month payment which includes insurance. 60-80€ a month for gas. And mind you it’s expensive there ~1.2€/liter ~30€/month mainatence. 2/3 of it comes down to change and storage of winter/summer tires (winter tires are mandatory).
I said amortized maintenance, so when you have to replace that $300 part and pay $100-$300 in labor to do it, that is part of the bill spread over a year. To me repairs are an inevitable part of car ownership, so I put in the maintenance category. Not just replace your oil and swap your tires type maintenance. Maybe a year or two you'll have no repairs, then get a $1500 repair bill because a water pump broke, and som…
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Pretty big overlap between tourist destinations and urban centers.
There is, but, percentage-wise, the seasonal swing to the number of people in town is much bigger for Traverse City, MI than it is for New York, NY.
[1] https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/tourism-region-...
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> "...it’s not is the cheapest and most convenient climate-controlled shelter for the city’s destitute mentally ill." i can appreciate this point, but you're still insinuating that destitute people are bad, rather than realizing the complexity of the human condition as embodied in that other living being. why not try to find and express some empathy, or even just some sympathy, for these folks? is there any gain for…
After being assaulted by that stranger I thought about him a lot: 1) He probably has been abused and harmed many times, perhaps in his childhood. 2) He probably expects the worst from people, and thinks that everyone is out to get him. 3) He may be suffering from schizophrenia and literally thought I was attacking him somehow (I was sitting across from him with earbuds in reading a kindle). 4) Becuase there is not en…
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I had that scooter and used it for my daily commute for a couple of years. The first time I hit a pothole, I shattered my clavicle and had to call an ambulance. The second – and last – time I hit a pothole, I broke my humerus in two places but was was able to take a Lyft to the emergency room. I completely lost the use of my right hand for a couple of months because swelling pinched off the nerves. Extremely inconven…
I don't understand why you went back to using a scooter, if you were so clearly able to diagnose the dangers, and had one fairly severe injury. Why not switch to a commuter bike (the ~1 ft wheel foldable ones)? Also, separate question, my understanding is that potholes are mainly formed by freeze/thaw cycles -- weather not typically found in SF. Have you lived in Chicago or NYC? Can you contrast the pothole density b…
Potholes in asphalt can be caused by pressure from tires too. I've never tried biking or scootering in a different city so I can't compare the quantity of potholes.
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Contracts are legal devices, but they correspond to agreements between humans that have moral meaning. I am entering into an agreement with the driver when I book and Uber, and the terms of our (moral) agreement are reflected in the legal contract. It's not rude to take advantage of something you've bought.
> Contracts are legal devices, but they correspond to agreements between humans that have moral meaning You've succinctly distilled the differences informing our perspectives - in my opinion, the contract sets the floor : following the letter of the law (or contract) is necessary, but not sufficient for common human decency. YMMV.
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Oh snap, got a blog post or anything? Would love to kick a motor on to help on the incline home.
There are a million tutorials online, just google "bafang tutorial"; I found this video informative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf6BMf28ats but again, there are many many others. One point important mentioning though is that once you put a motor on the bike you kind of have to use it all the time, because 1/ you lose the front derailleur, 2/ motor + battery weight around 6-8 kg, and 3/ the engine is always engage…
This isn't true, I misspoke. The engine isn't always engaged, it has a freewheel mechanism, but it's not as smooth and friction free than if there was no motor.
The usability of the bike with the motor off rests on the size of the plate you choose; if you want to be able to ride the bike easily without the motor you should select a small plate (<=42T probably).
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I used to call Uber in the early 2010-2012 days on my Blackberry by texting my current location. Worked great even without an app.
Yep! You can see the option in this cache of the site from January 2011: https://web.archive.org/web/20110109084838/http://www.uber.c...