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Jeff Kirk

Jeff Kirk

Forgot to comment on this part: the bit you're omitting is that NYC's Airbnb ban has been, well, a…

https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-ban-new-york-illegal-listings/

Nov 21, 2023

Nov 21, 2023

Jeff Kirk

To frame it a bit differently: San Francisco voters – ones I'm guessing wouldn't like the…

As it so happens, a similar situation occurred the following year in Austin, except it involved everyone's other two least favorite…

Nov 21, 2023

Nov 21, 2023

Jeff Kirk

Globetrotters Writers Spotlight — Jeff Kirk

Greetings & salutations, globetrotters.

Oct 30, 2023

Globetrotters Writers Spotlight — Jeff Kirk

Oct 30, 2023

Jeff Kirk

I'm 50 and have been either a full-time or nearly full-time traveller for 20+ years – I've been to…

To be fair, my early experiences travelling were quite a bit different than yours. Nearly everyone in my family is a travel junkie, and…

Aug 20, 2022

Aug 20, 2022

Jeff Kirk

You answered your own question, albeit unwittingly: riders leaving means Uber/Lyft also lost out on…

It's also an open question whether either company can ever generate a profit, given that neither's ever come close to doing so (even…

Sep 18, 2021

Sep 18, 2021

Jeff Kirk

Seriously?

Research papers aside, try asking any given local police force about the drops in DWIs/DUIs since ridesharing entered the picture. I have…

Aug 17, 2021

Aug 17, 2021

Jeff Kirk

Concurred that this was Uber's single biggest fuckup to date.

Aug 17, 2021

Aug 17, 2021

Jeff Kirk

If anything, this is a fantastic example of the myriad fallacies in his work.

Aug 17, 2021

Aug 17, 2021

Jeff Kirk

While I completely agree Uber treats its drivers like human garbage, this is otherwise a gross…

Uber & Lyft classified drivers as ICs because that's how the taxi market has operated throughout America for 40+ years – and note that…

Aug 17, 2021

Aug 17, 2021

Jeff Kirk

Okay, you lost me here: SEO trickery??

Also, do you have a source for this alleged "nonconsensual opting in" of restaurants? Any given restaurant is free to refuse to-go orders…

Aug 17, 2021

Aug 17, 2021

Jeff Kirk

Jeff Kirk

Techie, design geek, politics wonk, quasi-journalist, law nerd, raconteur, globe-trotter, vintage watch enthusiast, Anglophile, uncle, Wahoo (@UVA)

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