Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on November 24, 2017, 04:15:45 pm
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A 30-year-old Irish man has been appointed general manager of a major new driverless car initiative unit from Renault and Nissan.
Tim Arnold, who has been general manager for MyTaxi in Ireland (formerly Hailo) for the past five years, is to take up the role of head of ride hailing with the Renault-Nissan Alliance in the New Year. He will be based in Paris.
The alliance and Transdev agreed a deal earlier this year to develop mobility services with fleets of electric driverless vehicles for public and on-demand transportation. The move comes as the carmakers look for new revenues streams as ride-hailing services come to the fore.
Goldman Sachs estimates the ride-hailing market will grow eight-fold by 2030 and could be as much as five times the size of the taxi market.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Groupe Renault of France and Japan-based Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors. The carmakers combined sold 9.96 million vehicles in nearly 200 countries in 2016 - more than one in nine vehicles worldwide.
The alliance is one of a number of carmakers to enter the ride-hailing market. MyTaxi, which is itself exploring driverless cars, is ultimately owned by Daimler.
“I am extremely fortunate to have been with MyTaxi from day one in Ireland. I am immensely proud of what has been achieved by the Irish team in that time to completely change how Ireland gets taxis,” said Mr Arnold.
He is to maintain a non-executive director role with MyTaxi, which has initiated a search for his successor.
“Tim Arnold is leaving mytaxi having made a significant contribution to both the local business and the wider company” said Jonas Gumny, chief operating officer of MyTaxi “During his tenure, he and his team have driven consistent growth from the Irish market by offering an industry leading service. We wish him all the best in the future”.
MyTaxi, which rebranded from Hailo locally in March, said recently it expects to carry four million people in Ireland during the fourth quarter. This is despite the company being the source of frustration for some users, who have experienced issues during the transition to MyTaxi’s technology platform.
It is Europe’s largest e-hailing company with some 10 million registered users across 70 cities in 11 countries.
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Shame from our perspective, nice guy and seemed genuinely interested in working with drivers.
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interested in not working with drivers now.
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The erm suggests his new role will be "head of ride hailing" with the Renault-Nissan Alliance - I guess that may involve using cars with drivers in the short-medium term.
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The erm suggests his new role will be "head of ride hailing" with the Renault-Nissan Alliance - I guess that may involve using cars with drivers in the short-medium term.
So is Nissan/Renault going to launch a counter app to Daimlers much maligned Mytaxi effort .It does refer to ( "head of ride hailing" with the Renault-Nissan Alliance ) Im expecting my phone to ring and a possible invitation to interview if Tim is to head up such a venture .
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Let me run this one by you Rodent .A company that has access to fleets of brand new motors offers them to SPSV licence holders .The deal is they provide the vehicle and possibly service it .You provide the licence and driver and you split the takings .You would need to undertake a contract to be exclusive and work certain shifts .If that company had work capture plus vehicles it might be the only play in town .Bit like bus driving Dublin bus have the busses and the passengers we just do what we are told and drive the cab .
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Shame from our perspective, nice guy and seemed genuinely interested in working with drivers.
He would have known he was on the up or the move at that stage...he would have promised an xmas beano with tranny lap dancers if it had come to it.
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On the two occasions I spoke to him he seemed ok .Didnt have a clue about the taxi industry I told him his PR was to use my technical description SHITE .I dont think he was in control Pennington was running the show from the UK and he also has no clue about the zeitgeist of taxi drivers To be fair to Tim he did build the Hailo brand in Dublin into the most profitable franchise ,one of his big mistakes was not to pay me my 40 euro Christmas bonus 2014 that was pure folly as it allowed me post and rant against their brand .I KNEW IT BOTHERED THEM WHEN I GOT A PHONECALL FROM THE DUNGEON ASKING ME TO TONE IT DOWN WHEN WHAT WAS REQUIRED WAS A CHECK FOR 40 EURO .Anyhoo now there is a vacancy in My taxi for a general manager ..........I wish him well in his new job dont hate the messenger hate the message MYTAXI AND ALL OTHER DISPATCHERS WANT TO PREDICATE ON YOUR EARNINGS ITS JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THEY OFFER MORE IN RETURN FOR WHAT THEY TAKE .
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Hating is a waste of time and energy...hatred is a pill we swallow hoping it will kill another.
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Hating is a waste of time and energy...hatred is a pill we swallow hoping it will kill another.
im stealing this
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You need Buddha's permission...him or one of the Hindu Gods was supposed to have said it...
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Back to Arnold can see why he is jumping ship .The next taxi dispatch app that comes along and charges smaller commission the drivers willmigrate .Mytaxi is as strong as a fart in a phonebox .The only way they can stay relevent is workcapture married with vehicle ownership .This is why I can only see a future for them if they offer their cars to taxi licence holders on a revenue sharing basis .ie they own a fleet of modern cars they say to us .We will supply the car and the maintainance and the work You supply the licence fuel and driver and we split the takings but you must hit an acceptance % on an agreed shift .You would then as the car licence holder be able to earn a bit extra per week by allowing a second driver operate your taxi licence on behalf of the company .Lets say the driver company split is 60/40 in favour of the owner driver and 50/50 for the second driver with the extra 10% of second driver revenue being split between the plate owner and the company .Now there is an extra possibility created by this system that would allow a plate owner put that plate on a company car not drive and get 5% of revenue earned by that vehicles two drivers . This would be the short term vision the long term vision is to replace the driver with a computer .
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Or buy a load of wheelchair cars and form a fleet
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Or buy a load of wheelchair cars and form a fleet
No that would only be short term ,Yes it would allow them build a brand but the objective long term is driverless .The problem with a full wheelchair fleet as I suggested in my submission to the review is you cannot remove the man from the WAT as there must be somebody on board to supervise and guarantee that the passenger is securely on board and with the wide range of disabilities there would not be a one size fits all option .Even the DART have to supply manualhandlers for wheelchair users if requested .
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Back to Arnold can see why he is jumping ship .The next taxi dispatch app that comes along and charges smaller commission the drivers willmigrate .Mytaxi is as strong as a fart in a phonebox .The only way they can stay relevent is workcapture married with vehicle ownership .This is why I can only see a future for them if they offer their cars to taxi licence holders on a revenue sharing basis .ie they own a fleet of modern cars they say to us .We will supply the car and the maintainance and the work You supply the licence fuel and driver and we split the takings but you must hit an acceptance % on an agreed shift .You would then as the car licence holder be able to earn a bit extra per week by allowing a second driver operate your taxi licence on behalf of the company .Lets say the driver company split is 60/40 in favour of the owner driver and 50/50 for the second driver with the extra 10% of second driver revenue being split between the plate owner and the company .Now there is an extra possibility created by this system that would allow a plate owner put that plate on a company car not drive and get 5% of revenue earned by that vehicles two drivers . This would be the short term vision the long term vision is to replace the driver with a computer .
More likely is that the long term view is to replace man altogether, and if the forum for wimmin in politics gets off the ground, we have bigger problems than Tim Arnold's scattering from the Titanic.
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Liffey yerself and Ken should meet up wearing tweed caps and sleeveless knitted ganzees and draw up a couple of chairs close to the fire and discuss the rise of the Quem and the shriveled scrotum .
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Nah, he's not interested in pussy and I'm not interested in Mytaxi.
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Ye could discuss Literature ,Prose ,Poetry ,Philosophy ,or maybe not .
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John, Mr Belker lives in Cork and I live in Tallaght and Donegal. Our lives cannot bisect....I'm only in Cork every 3 or 4 yrs and the logistics are irreconcilable. Now something tells me you are stirring the shit because you are bored and are merely stroking the aul fiddle until Patrick Power opens his Clondalkin doors. Nero Erm is at it again...Frankie style.
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More likely is that the long term view is to replace man altogether, and if the forum for wimmin in politics gets off the ground, we have bigger problems than Tim Arnold's scattering from the Titanic.
Had a yap with a polititianess a while back. She was bemoaning the gender imbalance in the Doyle. So I asked her where there women on the ballot papers in every constituency. Yes said she. Well then, why aren`t they elected ,says I. Too many men on the ballots says she. No, says I, the truth is women don`t vote for women because they don`t trust each other . End of yap .
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Shame from our perspective, nice guy and seemed genuinely interested in working with drivers.
Ya got de Knife in de back there Rats !
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Shame from our perspective, nice guy and seemed genuinely interested in working with drivers.
Ya got de Knife in de back there Rats !
DRIVER from the sunny north dublin seaide town of balbriggan met Tim and got some stickers a biro a part used diary that turned out to be a surprise jotter and some rolls for his printer .His head might of been turned by a goodie bag
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It would seem that all these high ranking executives speeling us Bullshit about how the Driver is the most important cog in our industry and how 'We' do so much fer the driver is a load of Bollocks !
As soon as a better paid job comes up, even which has the intention of shafting the regular taxi driver, off they go !
Don't any Taxi driver be thinking that anyone else in Mount street has any other agenda other than money, if they (like Tim) could get a better paid job shafting drivers, then they would be gone in an instant !
Tim did a "Mo Johnson" on us, I'm disgusted !
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Shame from our perspective, nice guy and seemed genuinely interested in working with drivers.
Ya got de Knife in de back there Rats !
DRIVER from the sunny north dublin seaide town of balbriggan met Tim and got some stickers a biro a part used diary that turned out to be a surprise jotter and some rolls for his printer .His head might of been turned by a goodie bag
Not Fair John M. Tim did a serious number on the Rat,
you can be sure you won't catch the 'Rats' Twice in the same trap !
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More likely is that the long term view is to replace man altogether, and if the forum for wimmin in politics gets off the ground, we have bigger problems than Tim Arnold's scattering from the Titanic.
Had a yap with a polititianess a while back. She was bemoaning the gender imbalance in the Doyle. So I asked her where there women on the ballot papers in every constituency. Yes said she. Well then, why aren`t they elected ,says I. Too many men on the ballots says she. No, says I, the truth is women don`t vote for women because they don`t trust each other . End of yap .
Surprised she didn't report you for being a chauvinist and a sexist...despite the fact you were telling the truth. I poleaxed a UCD "feminist" one day when she yammered on about women being safer drivers..."science proves it", says she..."Hang on Germaine", says I....Up until 1997 72% of wimmin were insured on their husands' policies, thus showing the male principle to be at fault when she reverses car into a trolley at Superquinn. Her accent went Dalkeyesue to Fettercairnesque rapido....
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More likely is that the long term view is to replace man altogether, and if the forum for wimmin in politics gets off the ground, we have bigger problems than Tim Arnold's scattering from the Titanic.
Had a yap with a polititianess a while back. She was bemoaning the gender imbalance in the Doyle. So I asked her where there women on the ballot papers in every constituency. Yes said she. Well then, why aren`t they elected ,says I. Too many men on the ballots says she. No, says I, the truth is women don`t vote for women because they don`t trust each other . End of yap .
Surprised she didn't report you for being a chauvinist and a sexist...despite the fact you were telling the truth. I poleaxed a UCD "feminist" one day when she yammered on about women being safer drivers..."science proves it", says she..."Hang on Germaine", says I....Up until 1997 72% of wimmin were insured on their husands' policies, thus showing the male principle to be at fault when she reverses car into a trolley at Superquinn. Her accent went Dalkeyesue to Fettercairnesque rapido....
Probably thought better of reporting me because the facts speak for themselves, women on the ballot weren`t elected.
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The girlos get togeather and decide that big Hogan must pass a law that guarentees that 40% of names on the ballott must be women. he is some sort of feminist icon and does it .Hogo is up in the Dail bar drinking Guinness and munching on Manhattans when Mary Lou ,Joan ,Maureen and yer one that use to work in the airport send himover a Gemmy and pep to thank him for looking after womens equality .Hogan farts scratches his bollox using his left hand deep in his slacks pocket as he is in mixed company and shoving his hand straight down the front of his Farras and readjusting his plumbs then smelling his fingers is not done in mixed company .Hogan whispers to young dev who is enjoying a glass of red wine and a packet of spuds ." jasus baby Dev yer grandad would love me for that the coomley maidend he envisaged dancing at the crossroads boiling spuds and crubeens have just thanked me for writing into law that 40 %of names on the ballott will be women but the way I look on it that means the lads will always make up the majority and tis written down but sure it will be challenged below in thr Goldmines Mc Doooool or one of the other liberal gobshites will say its unconstitutional as it dosent set out clearly if a lad with a cunt or a bird with bollox is he male or shemale ".........."Gooon Taoiseach nice blouse are you Having a Campari ?Fuck off Hogan its a Lecost summer shirt goes with me shorts and sandals "Timmy Dooley swills his large bottle of Cider straight from the bottle belches and thinks first it was Charlie and his shirts now its this cunt and his shirts .Iwonder if that Wallace fella is on to something do voters trust a fella with a shirt anymore .
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Even with a 50/50 split on the ballot, women will NOT vote for women.
Same with driverless taxis, great idea but totally unworkable.
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Even with a 50/50 split on the ballot, women will NOT vote for women.
Same with driverless taxis, great idea but totally unworkable.
I remember in the Dublin Central by election back in the 70s Brendan Halligan LAB won beating JIM mitchell Eileen lamass went on RTE complaining that she was the only woman on the ballott and asked why women wont vote for women .I recall one of me mas mates saying who does that one think she is her posh hairdoo and fancy trouser suits .
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I would imagine this is how the conversation went;
Mr Renault/Nissan rings Mytaxi HQ in Dooblin;
Ren/Niss; "Hello Tim, would you be interested in joining the Renault-Nissan Alliance in the New Year ?".
Tim; "No sorry, I have a job here with the Irish taxi drivers".
R/N; "We will add 50% to whatever wage packet you have at the moment".
Tim; "But haven't ye agreed a deal to develop fleets of electric driverless vehicles ?".
R/N; "Yes we have and we want you to be the person in charge of it all".
Tim; "No, I couldn't do that, it would be like turning my back on the Irish taxi drivers that I have pledged my allegiance to.
R/N; "OK so, Double wages and a nice bid pad in Paris fer you ?".
Tim; "Ah, Go wan so ! Fook the Irish taxi drivers".
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He's been fukking over Irish taxi drivers for years.The next shitebag will be trying to do the same.We've been asking for the PUC to be returned for YEARS and they only started listening when taxis got too busy to bother working the app.It's complete nonsense for Mytaxi to be patting him on the back when all he did recently was listen to us for the first time.Fuk him and Renault they're dirt anyway.
I suppose he realises now that the 75% pass rate on the taxi test isn't gonna make much difference on the streets considering the rate the economy is growing.Maybe he thought he could make a difference but now realises he's not gonna perform any miracles in the next 5 years.The longer he stays at Mytaxi ruining the brand the more damage he does to his career.Selfish move.Nothing else.
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I don't see it that way at all, Ken. Obviously, there are areas of conflict between Daimler/mytaxi and taxi drivers. I have never suggested that we ought to support mytaxi to the exclusion of all others or that we should all become mytaxi ambassadors. However, I have suggested that mytaxi is a firm we can work with as our trade evolves. That environment was created by Tim and his team and I'm sure he is proud of all he has achieved during his time with the firm. I've already sent him a message of congratulations and I wish him well as his career progresses. He'll be difficult to replace, having overcome significant challenges to achieve remarkable growth but he will be replaced.
Part of working with mytaxi, or any other multinational, involves accepting that change is inevitable and recognising compromise as a necessity in promoting or safeguarding the future of our trade. Hopefully Tim's successor will appreciate the value of engaging with drivers as well as other stakeholders. Maybe Fiona (Senior Operations Manager) will throw her hat in the ring. For the erm's benefit, Fiona probably knows more about public transport than Tim and all of us put together!
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You applying ? They have my CV from years ago .
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No. It's not a job for a taxi driver.
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More likely is that the long term view is to replace man altogether, and if the forum for wimmin in politics gets off the ground, we have bigger problems than Tim Arnold's scattering from the Titanic.
Had a yap with a polititianess a while back. She was bemoaning the gender imbalance in the Doyle. So I asked her where there women on the ballot papers in every constituency. Yes said she. Well then, why aren`t they elected ,says I. Too many men on the ballots says she. No, says I, the truth is women don`t vote for women because they don`t trust each other . End of yap .
Surprised she didn't report you for being a chauvinist and a sexist...despite the fact you were telling the truth. I poleaxed a UCD "feminist" one day when she yammered on about women being safer drivers..."science proves it", says she..."Hang on Germaine", says I....Up until 1997 72% of wimmin were insured on their husands' policies, thus showing the male principle to be at fault when she reverses car into a trolley at Superquinn. Her accent went Dalkeyesue to Fettercairnesque rapido....
Probably thought better of reporting me because the facts speak for themselves, women on the ballot weren`t elected.
Ah you're taking the wrong angle here...I'm agreeing with you and to prove a point look at who the oppressed people of Rhodesia voted for after their new-found "freedom". Put simply, women hate each other and the Feminazis know that, hence the drive to draw them into concordat by using men as the scapegoat. Think a certain moustachioed little bollix from Austria did the same in targeting a set of tribal folk not so long ago. I'll be long dead, but I'd have an Erm-like-bet on the menopausal ones not votin' for the good-lookers when men are exterminated. :-\
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I don't see it that way at all, Ken. Obviously, there are areas of conflict between Daimler/mytaxi and taxi drivers. I have never suggested that we ought to support mytaxi to the exclusion of all others or that we should all become mytaxi ambassadors. However, I have suggested that mytaxi is a firm we can work with as our trade evolves. That environment was created by Tim and his team and I'm sure he is proud of all he has achieved during his time with the firm. I've already sent him a message of congratulations and I wish him well as his career progresses. He'll be difficult to replace, having overcome significant challenges to achieve remarkable growth but he will be replaced.
Part of working with mytaxi, or any other multinational, involves accepting that change is inevitable and recognising compromise as a necessity in promoting or safeguarding the future of our trade. Hopefully Tim's successor will appreciate the value of engaging with drivers as well as other stakeholders. Maybe Fiona (Senior Operations Manager) will throw her hat in the ring. For the erm's benefit, Fiona probably knows more about public transport than Tim and all of us put together!
I think we have 'crossed wires' here Stephen, I agree that Mytaxi offer drivers a good service and also that Tim did a fine job while he was in charge there, what annoys me is that he is leaving that job to work fer our enemy, the people involved in the manufacture of driverless cars.
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Mercedes are involved in driverless cars too.In fact most car makers have invested in the technology.Toyota have money in Uber AFAIK.Even Bosch who make everything except cars are gonna build one.Don't forget Apple too.Everytime you buy any of their products your digging your own grave.All that profit goes into research and development for the next new fad or tech.
Mytaxi were never our friends.As soon as they started giving Limos our work and giving priority to a few drivers they started to show their intentions.
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Few friends in the jungle with or without technology.
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Bosch make a lot of the bits that go into German cars, MfH. Cars will get more like mobile phones with little distinction between brands as far as performance goes. They'll have Intel inside (hum the jingle) and Google dominated "open source" software. It seems that all manufacturers are shifting focus to selling utilisation rather than ownership so it seems reasonable to conclude that brand loyalty will erode as riders won't give a monkey's toss what badge is on the machine that takes them from R to Q.
We have to stop thinking of all other forms of public transport as our enemies, Ken. The future will happen. We need to focus on where taxis fit into that future.
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Agree there...except Bosch make all the ECU's for Toyota and others. From Lawnmowers to Robots........they make it. The German equivalent of Hitachi from the 90's.
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Bosch own Seimens too and some of Denso.The Denso parts can be found in any Jap car/bike since the 80s.The main focus will be supplying motors for the leccy cars for Bosch in the short term.
It's worth noting that autonomous braking is now standard on most new Toyota and Lexus models and the other day I saw an ad for a VW polo coming standard now with autonomous braking.This is to get us to trust the tech.Some of these cars can steer themselves too already but we're not ready for that yet.
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Have a look at Guy Martin vs The Robot Car on ALL4 if you missed it on Sunday.
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Bosch own Seimens too and some of Denso.The Denso parts can be found in any Jap car/bike since the 80s.The main focus will be supplying motors for the leccy cars for Bosch in the short term.
It's worth noting that autonomous braking is now standard on most new Toyota and Lexus models and the other day I saw an ad for a VW polo coming standard now with autonomous braking.This is to get us to trust the tech.Some of these cars can steer themselves too already but we're not ready for that yet.
Nearly there. Hello Tosh.....got a Toshiba?
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Im in me motor a few weeks ago and this bird asks me what will I do when cars go driverless .I say jasus Im not worried Letters went driverless when they invented Email but I still see loads of postmen every day .Loads of birds have Dildoes but I still see loads of men If I was you I would worry more about Robot Dolls than driverless cars .
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Thanks will do now I missed it.
I picked up a computer lecturer on Saturday and got chatting he was encouraging me to do some Springboard masters thingy to get another gig.He seemed to think the insurance companies will load the human drivers and make us obselete because we make more mistakes than the robot.Kinda made me think and ruined me weekend.When I realised how much effort I'd need to put in to get a Master's degree in Computers I cheered up a bit and vowed to clear the mortgage in ten years.
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By the time you got the degree we'd be back in recession... even in a booming economy there isn't huge demand for 40 something tech graduates. Psychology or something like that would probably be a better bet.
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Well it's kinda the same reason I dropped out of electronic engineering the first time.Too much work not enough money at the start.Never thought of the age thing TBH.Maybe the tech companies will be forced to employ a certain ammount of fat middle aged lads kinda like the way possitive discrimination idea works for the blacks in South Africa..
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Springboard Masters, if you haven't already got a degree, take 5 yrs. I'd listen more if I were you Merc. You seem hell-bent on clearing a debt you inflicted on yourself within a timeframe...........why? No point having your health and a tan if your sole intention was to prove a point to a forum full of cunts who'll be in a jar on Larry Massey's mantelpiece surrounded by well-meaning, crying fat birds on HRT.
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I can live on the scratcher if I've no mortgage.It's ultimate safety net.I'm sure it won't come to that though.
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Well it's kinda the same reason I dropped out of electronic engineering the first time.Too much work not enough money at the start.Never thought of the age thing TBH.Maybe the tech companies will be forced to employ a certain ammount of fat middle aged lads kinda like the way possitive discrimination idea works for the blacks in South Africa..
Maybe but a psychology degree builds on your experience of life... let's your CV explain how life led you to believe you can contribute more to society, etc, etc...
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First principles .Get an education so you can be educated like the rest of the people signing on .Thats the way we are programmed
Proper principle :Look on life like a bulls eye aim for the target focus on hitting the target if you hit the bull well done but just focus on the target .First identify the target most kids think the target is to get a few quid in their pocket and a feel so they jump on the job band wagon any job or the one your old man managed to get for you ,your now on the fast train to nowhere .When I was in my 20s the target was a roof over your head and pennies in your pocket all that was available from the Dole just bang out a few sprogs Corpo gave you a gaff and the Dole gave you cash .The Dole was great if it was cold you got a fuel allowance if you were sick you got a medical card all you needed to be able to do was breath they even gave the family a few quid when you died .Now 30 years later if you have a mortgage ,medical insurance and double glazing people say he is done well for himself .The First rule of survival is learn the rules never break them they are very flexible and remember the two golden rules .Its not illegal to be stupit and if you want to say something say nothing ,,,,There are so many of us on earth that like Masters degrees we are basically worthless nobody gives a fuck but to convince us that we are somehow valued they grade us and give us some money to reflect our value then for those stupit enough they decide that some crap is worth more than other crap and they go to auction to try to own that crap .If they invent driverless cars and im out of work Ill do what I did when I gave up doing what I use to do before I did this Ill just do something else .
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We have to stop thinking of all other forms of public transport as our enemies, Ken. The future will happen. We need to focus on where taxis fit into that future.
Your misquoting me there Stephen, I said "Driverless" cars as our enemy, Not "Public transport".
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Jan 4 ,2049 :
The Heddid,
Shortage of taxis !
With 10,000 state of the art driverless taxis , Daimler failed to keep Dublin party goers happy. Pax in the city centre had to wait until the bots serviced outlying nearest taxi to job calls and were lucky if any of the jobs dropped in the city. Minister of Robotic Transport has hinted that Daimler should double their fleet to 20,000 or they run the risk of losing the Dublin Taxi Contract. The IWA are still trying to ensure the Minister makes them all WAV and rumour has it the London Electric Vehicle Company, owned by London Cab makers, China`s Geely Automobile is ready to supply 20,000 by mid March. In other news, a first year student in Brunner asked where do 60 km of taxis park in Dublin City centre.
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Jan 4 ,2049 :
The Heddid,
Shortage of taxis !
With 10,000 state of the art driverless taxis , Daimler failed to keep Dublin party goers happy. Pax in the city centre had to wait until the bots serviced outlying nearest taxi to job calls and were lucky if any of the jobs dropped in the city. Minister of Robotic Transport has hinted that Daimler should double their fleet to 20,000 or they run the risk of losing the Dublin Taxi Contract. The IWA are still trying to ensure the Minister makes them all WAV and rumour has it the London Electric Vehicle Company, owned by London Cab makers, China`s Geely Automobile is ready to supply 20,000 by mid March. In other news, a first year student in Brunner asked where do 60 km of taxis park in Dublin City centre.
I think driverless cars are the 21 centuries buzz words just like AIDS and Herpies were the buzz words of the late 20th
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Driverless cars will be part of the public transport infrastructure in due course if technology progresses as the motor manufacturers predict. In fact, public and private transport will merge to some extent even without talking driverless cars into consideration. It seems that Go Car type services will replace private car ownership to some extent.
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Jan 4 ,2049 :
The Heddid,
Shortage of taxis !
With 10,000 state of the art driverless taxis , Daimler failed to keep Dublin party goers happy. Pax in the city centre had to wait until the bots serviced outlying nearest taxi to job calls and were lucky if any of the jobs dropped in the city. Minister of Robotic Transport has hinted that Daimler should double their fleet to 20,000 or they run the risk of losing the Dublin Taxi Contract. The IWA are still trying to ensure the Minister makes them all WAV and rumour has it the London Electric Vehicle Company, owned by London Cab makers, China`s Geely Automobile is ready to supply 20,000 by mid March. In other news, a first year student in Brunner asked where do 60 km of taxis park in Dublin City centre.
I think driverless cars are the 21 centuries buzz words just like AIDS and Herpies were the buzz words of the late 20th
Aids and Herpes are real. Driverless cars are a figment of Philip K Dick's cerebellum. The thing about humans is only 7/10 of their brains' are active at any time......what the rest of the picture would look like will never be revealed to us. Personally, I think Noah's going to come back and save a few of us. Who knows, maybe Daimler is German for Damian.......ominous? Correction...70% inactive. Science still can't explain that away......Science is supposed to be our saviour.... rofl
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By the time you got the degree we'd be back in recession... even in a booming economy there isn't huge demand for 40 something tech graduates. Psychology or something like that would probably be a better bet.
Quantity Surveying is the future Rats. What other graduate can start on 60k a yr? Loadsa building happening according to Eoghan with the Blackrock/Princeton accent.
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Boring job though. MfH strikes me as more of a life-balance man than career/money driven. Modern office culture is quite demanding with young professionals competing to be first in and last out, the days of 9-5 seem to be confined to the Civil Service.
Hey, MfH, ever thought about sitting some civil service exams? I reckon you'd be a Secretary General within a decade!
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Sounds alright but they'd probably want me to turn up everyday and start at certain times that might not suit me..I've gotten used to taking day/week off because I don't like driving on the rain/dark anymore or found something interesting on the YouTube..
What's the money like?
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You'd survive on the money, it's a lot better than it used to be. Turning up depends on the job, there's still a few handy numbers that don't place too much of a burden on your time.
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saw that dirtball eoghan murphy on the telly the other night.
a spoofing used car salesman with the bulletproof ego.