Any good cab companies in houston?

happycrab · 2012-05-25T15:09:00.624995+00:00

I was being sarcastic you dolt. Public transportation, cabs included (and even public transportation in the form of City providing infrastructure that supports walkability/pedestrians), is a giant fucking joke in Houston.

happycrab · 2012-05-25T04:26:29.498722+00:00

Just take the subway.

SimpleSimian · 1 day

Eh... you're probably in the Northeast or California. I find Australians to be very laid back, but not as "polite" as here in the south/TX

Not_a_Clue · 1 day

What dont people understand - gambling is illegal in TX and won't be legal for a long long time. City has no power over that.

RenaiLeMay · 3 days

Netflix is not a persuasive alternative. Not only does it not solve the problem of getting access to shows just after they air (Netflix only carries seasons released on DVD, usually several seasons behind), the library of films is also subpar. It's really bad.

Nothing will be able to compete with usegroups+home theater PC for a long time.

simplemachine · 3 days

Please be more specific as to location.

pepitko · 3 days

Uh... that's not how it works. The company wasn't valued at 16 billion, that's how much they raised by selling stock. the company as a whole was valued at $106 billion, which is 27 times REVENUE, which is insane.

zynasis · 4 days

Take this as a chance to finally make the switch to Newsgroups and never have to deal with this crap again.

pepitko · 4 days

It's ok. If things get bad, FB can always buy an advertising refinery like Delta did to cut their input costs.

stumonji · 4 days

Congrats, you're part of the group of proles who fell for yet another pump and dump scam.

Stop trying to pick stocks.

coffeetablesex · 4 days

The only way I could justify spending that much on a charger is if it preserves the life of the battery.

engartst · 4 days

Network TV is always crap. Who still watches that junk? Is there ANYTHING good on the broadcast nets anymore?

IUSEQTIPS · 5 days

Could this post have been any more USELESS? Jesus. Go write in your diary dude.

zerooneinfinity · 5 days

Saverin probably was an idiot. I can see wanting to force him out when he was being lazy while the company was taking off. Now he's worth $3B.

The rest of it... keep in mind he was like 19. When I was that age, I had delusions of grandeur and thought I looked cool by talking like that as well. How I was cool for wanting to skirt ethics. Meh. It's part of adolescence.

BTW -- almost every business owner will privately resent / despise his customers/users. Just like employees bitch about their bosses, the boss bitches about his boss (the customers).

PatternPrecognition · 5 days

Because you want to be working in your career path, have stability, save up for a down payment, able to get a mortgage, pay down student loans first, etc etc. Very few under 30 have all this. Even if you do, you'll only be able to afford houses in the distant suburbs, where young people generally don't want to live.

stopthequeef · 6 days

uh... do you realize if he read this comment he would almost certainly realize that's you, his gf? you're either really dumb or a fake.

PatternPrecognition · 7 days

Love that your complaint is that "most people under 30 can't even buy a 3bdrm home."

As an American, this is hilarious. I really don't know anyone who is buying their own 3bdrm home before 30. That's not even on our minds right now. We're trying to just get jobs going before 30 and maybe taking a dent at our student loans.

(For the record I'm one of the loudest opponents of the housing bubble in Australia but this stuck out at me)

BruceCambridge · 7 days

Also proximity to venture capital. They have to go where the money wants them.

In addition, California actually have a friendly regulatory environment for tech and startups. Something to do with employment and limiting non-competes. Results in talent being able to jump around frequently to new companies. Can't remember at the moment.

The taxes aren't a big deal. Moving to Florida or Nevada would be a huge joke. However, there's a lot of tech moving to Austin. It's not usually the main operations, but secondary operations which don't rely on recruiting top tier talent. For example Apple is opening up there for a lot of tech support and other support roles.

SV is really a limited space in terms of having droves of lower wage employees there. Cost of living is high and real estate is in short supply. The lower level work will flow to states like Texas in the long run.

zBaer · 8 days

Hey man, just a heads up that I sent you a PM thru reddit inbox.

TheResPublica · 8 days

You can also deduct the taxes you pay to the country you're living in. So if you're working in the UK you'll probably not have to pay anything since their taxes are higher. US has tax treaties with certain nations, they can see financials just like in the US. However, if you're outside of a tax treaty nation, say in Hong Kong, you can probably stash your earnings in an account there and the US would never know...

ILikeSunnyDays · 8 days

you've held for 4 days and you're claiming you're a "long term investor?"

AFlyingToaster · 8 days

There are already 37 stores in Texas. Explain to me why Aldi has succeeded in Dallas but won't in Houston. I'd love to hear the Business Master Men of r/Houston explain to Aldi execs what they don't understand about their own business ...

AFlyingToaster · 9 days

Right ... a model which has done nothing but massively succeed around the globe will fail in Houston because people here are somehow fiercely loyal to major brands?

People pay fees every year to Costco for the privilege of shopping there. Why? Because it's worth it. The 25 cents for a cart will be worth it too for all the people who are looking to save money on food.

KerrickLong · 9 days

Why does outright bullshit like this get upvotes?

KerrickLong · 9 days

Yep... if we formatted Google's C:\ drive and wiped it out of existence, nothing valuable would be lost. We would all go to the local factory and have a CNC machine build our search results.

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