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raws··on Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe
Thanks for the elaborated answer!

I'd like to see the source for the estimated 60% if you can send it later.

One thing is since companies like Uber are prime example of how gig-econ works and treats its workers, and that I do not agree with those standards and work ethics I would postulate the opposite. I do not condone the gig-econ style of jobs one bit. I would rather see more flexibility from the work place towards limited workers with proportional social benefits but the gig-econ from my understanding does not even offer that little.

If the 60prct holds then you're not the statistical outlier but rather a proper representation of who the gigs are for and I think that would validate their existence but I still see them not necessarily as a raw deal but rather a cheapskate move. But yes some are raw af.

raws··on Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe
I don't think you can use your own anecdotal case to disprove a huge societal movement affecting tens of millions when in some cases the current market offerings albeit inflexible in some of their aspects and need a revamp already exist and cover the great majority of the market ie: cabs vs uberlikes.

Edit1: Could you clarify, I'm curious as to what kind of the jet set class items would be accessible at the entry level or not so far high in the gig-econ?

Edit2: Also I do not mean to say that the gig-econ does not offer economical sustenance or reinsertion for workers that cannot endure more classical jobs but they're the great minority in these kind of jobs but that is just my own opinion and read on the market

raws··on Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe
Yet it is quite clear and obvious how the rich have easier access to the regulators of the system through subsystems like lobbying which in effect skews the rules in their favor especially since the regulators are hardly ever issued from the lower classes which has the artificial indirect effect to reinforce their representation in the system and consequently the creation of rules for this highly privileged class just on the simple fact of ease of access in comparison to the lower classes whom don't even necessarily have the proper education to understand how such systems negatively affect their proper democratic representation on the political level.
raws··on Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe
I think that independently from what the original comment said, it can be easily conceived and taken into account how UK style restaurants health and sanitary ratings could easily correlate with one's possibility of contracting the virus given the sanitary level of an establishment. The same could be done for any country.
raws··on What Went Wrong at OpenAI? [audio]
And some addons for the site on pc go beyond the default limits.
raws··on What Went Wrong at OpenAI? [audio]
Is it me or the player does not have volume control nor playback speed?
raws··on Twitter is suspending pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’
That's probably a requirement for twitter to stay in russia.
raws··on Bees are essential to the almond industry, and billions are dying in the process
If the US almond industry is 80% of world almond industry and bees are essential to them then bees are essential to the almond industry.
raws··on Tape still beats SSDs and hard drives when it comes to price per byte
In terms of longevity MDisc is king (1k years estimate). How does tape compare to drives and ssds without power? and what kind of environment is required? Someone mentioned losing 5k$ worth of tapes to temperature hike.
raws··on Sometimes, a Greener Grid Means a 40k% Spike in Power Prices
thanks
raws··on Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘chicken’
Those plant based protein patties often have too much salt but I just checked and the beyond meat seems reasonable with 390mg sodium and 300mg potassium all while using pea protein which has a pdcaas of 0.78. Quite impressive. If they can achieve the same with the chicken patties it'll be good!
raws··on Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon
A lot of people seem to be able to read the article which is behind a paywall for me! (Quite often the case on hn)
raws··on A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision
I think lgn are a very small part of the visual system as per www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_system (and also uni classes)
raws··on IRS budget cuts cost $34.3B in lost revenue from big business
What do you mean? Smaller governments work better for the same or greater workloads, of course?!
raws··on Google’s rivals opt out of search engine auction, calling it ‘anti-competitive’
Yeah, it should be mentioned when you select the default search engine. I fear the common consumer will default to Google for lack of better understanding of what the other options provide and those consumers are by far the great majority. At least a door is opened.
raws··on Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018)
Sounds like they may want to remove water out of the cargo for transport and pump it back in for unloading
raws··on How I Could Have Hacked Any Instagram Account
Yeah that is if they limit attempts and put code expiry in place which instagram did not have and as well it's missing warning systems for users as well as a temporary locking mechanism for such a feature if fraud is detected by the user. Those limits are more important to personalities than a lambda user.
raws··on The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice
So what are you eating nowadays? I don't think pure meat is viable for long term as I understand it does not provide all that our bodies require to function properly, ie scurvy.
raws··on Sugary drinks and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort
Yeah but in milk, calories are much more than just sugar. It's good protein and fats (good fats?). So sodas can't compete.
raws··on One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times
She's alive, her baby died. :/
raws··on US Ride-Share Drivers Ready for Countrywide Strike Ahead of Uber IPO
From my pov one's playing by the market rules: get a license even if it's not a great deal, the other is just providing a similar service without the license shorting the established process completely.
raws··on US Ride-Share Drivers Ready for Countrywide Strike Ahead of Uber IPO
There will still be driver liability or did you mean to say the car drives the customer to the desired location?
raws··on Transhumanism Is a Dead End (2017)
I think the transhumanism that she talks about is very specific in the way that it is one that believes in the capacity to upload consciousness in some sort of computer hardware which wholly differentiate itself from transhumanism that sees more simple improvements like say eyesight repairs through hardware augmentations which is the more realistic one.
raws··on Death by gentrification: the killing that shamed San Francisco (2016)
I like the updated source data better it has actually changed quite a bit. https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-inju...
raws··on Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for Ultrarich in NY
And this one is just a boring monolithic block at least the Chrysler Building has something happening at the top architecture wise.
raws··on Surprisingly little evidence for usual wisdom about teeth
This piece while interesting does not seem to differentiate mainstream articles vs highly specialized fields when it compares both in terms of accuracy.

I would bet it's not only profitability but also ROI that dictates how long a paper can part with a journalist for his investigation in a story before it becomes too much time in the eyes of management; the highly comprehensive piece does not bring that many more readers and possibly even less if the topic at hand is very specific.

As well politics on the other hand are dealt with on a daily basis and accuracy can more easily be measured even by the mainstream reader unlike a highly specialized field.

raws··on Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for Ultrarich in NY
That building stands out so much in the sky line it's like a middle finger to the people watching it. You the type you can afford with "fuck you" money ;)
raws··on 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
In Canada, the big players were forced into reselling their ISP services to third parties by governmental regulations.
raws··on Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale
Has the band gap issue been worked out?
raws··on Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
All plants do contribute to carbon sequestration but yes it does not mean that they are polluting less with unregulated farming practices.
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