Can I get a citation on this? Because it doesn’t pass the sniff test for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation

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I think the … here is meant to represent repeating digits.

Which is, of course, true for every source of information that can point you in a direction.

I’m a senior dev, and copilot as a productivity tool usually pays for the monthly license multiple times per week.

Whenever I hear someone say it’s useless, that tells me they are either some godlike dev who knows everything already (lol), they haven’t actually used it, they are not good at integrating new tools into their workflow, or they simply haven’t learned how to use it yet.

I’m sure you’ll be able to provide me with a sound study confirming this.

According to hexbear you would have to have some deranged lib mind to believe any would want to.

There are people all over the globe who want to ban books, I’m sure there is plenty of trying. The fact that they haven’t been successful across the country, but won in this one podunk district in a very conservative state, kind of reflects well on the US as a whole, no?

I’m sure there is some effort in every corner of the globe to have some books banned. You’re minimizing it either through ignorance or malice.

Sorry, meant to say “the EU” which is a political entity.

You propose legitimate criticisms of the us as a whole. I was responding to the claim that this one school district being dumb is what makes the whole us dumb. It’s terrible logic, and I think you understand that, which is why you didn’t attempt to defend their argument, but pulled in tons of other points to justify their conclusion.

Texas is, believe it or not, the USA. Since 1845 even.

No, Texas is part of the USA. It is not the USA. You even responded to the part about how I discussed parts of Europe…and you still fucked this up. Amazing.

But no, the right wing is no big deal.

Who said it wasn’t a big deal? I’m all for calling this out, but using this one school district doing something dumb to claim the entirety of the USA is garbage is…well, completely fucking moronic.

This isn’t the USA. It’s one school district in one state. I know you aren’t bright enough to separate the two, but it would be like saying because the far right has made inroads in French election, then all of Europe is in the toilet.

The sign is funny on its own, this caption is just terrible.

“what I expected” please expand. Other than maybe having done the trip before a number of times (which would account for a tiny fraction of the rides I took), and even then time of day would affect the price, I really had very little idea what the ride would cost, especially if we’re talking within cents.

This is what people don’t seem to get. Human nature is when things are bad we band together, when things are good, we compete against each other. Capitalism leverages the latter while communism just tries to ignore that it exists.

Capitalism certainly has its flaws, but it’s a far better starting point.

I’ve taken hundreds of ubers and it’s always been within cents of the price I was quoted. I’ve taken hundreds of cab rides and only a handful of times was in given a price before hand.

I think it’s fair to say I know the price when it comes to an Uber and even if they can drive around to raise the price, it’s going to be obvious.

And on that note, at an airport near me there is a close by convenience store and if the Uber doesn’t want to take the fair, it’s know they will sit in there and wait for the customer to cancel it so they don’t get the hit. I’ve had it happen to me, contacted uber, and they gave me a discount on my next ride. I’m sure they don’t want to give away money, so I assume they are dealing with the driver at that point.

I didn’t say the playing field was level; I understand that I’ve been granted many benefits due to my race and sex.

I said they are both bigots. Are you really arguing that a black guy saying all white people are pieces of shit is not a bigot?

I’m not saying to be tolerant of intolerance. This thread is filled with people shitting on people from rural areas, and being extremely prejudiced.

The big difference here is that I know the cost. Getting into a cab it was always kind of blind, and a cab driver definitely tried to screw me one time by driving in circles (we were very drunk, and I noticed at some point we hadn’t made it very far, so I started paying attention and it was clear pretty quickly that he had circled back almost to where he had picked us up).

Also when I lived out in Queens, cabs rarely came out there. I had to hike all the way to Queens Blvd to have a chance, and even then they would barely stop at night. Would often get told to “get out” when asking for them to take me back to Queens. I’ve even been able to get a Uber out almost out in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.

Lyft/Uber definitely has their problems, but cabs weren’t some shining beacon on the hill.