Notices by Mark Shane Hayden (msh@coales.co), page 11

@ink_slinger the dress code for the @djsundog home office should include a black hackers.town hoodie.

@Mainebot I'm fine with the snow falling on the other side of the mountains for a change thanks

@signaleleven hey I guess this means the Millennials are helping to NOT kill 'x' for a change? :blobcheeky:

Do as the Millennials do!

@jussi the dramatic reaction of markets to present current events relating to COVID and OPEC are ultimately an excuse to carry out a market correction that is a couple of years overdue.

Macro indicators like unemployment numbers and record high stock market indices have been making the fact that the economy never fully recovered from 2009 and that there is no sustainability and insufficient support for recent economic growth.

Current events are a useful scapegoat to cover up deeper issues.

@vertigo not at all. I am also thoroughly amused at CGA graphics being "vapourwave". CGA was never this cool back in the day!

@Lofenyy registered businesses (should) have to disclose all the different "Doing Business As" names they operate under. If a mobile kitchen is operating under dozen different names it raises suspicion as to why.

@puzzled

@puzzled @Lofenyy the law tends to be reactive rather than proactive.

I think the solution should be simple and straightforward and minimize bureaucracy.

Ghost kitchens aren't catering services. They are akin to food trucks or 'express' fast food takeaway restaurants. Those regulations are in place. The fix then centres on clarifying the legal definition of catering, as well as having to formally register all names they list online as DBA to raise awareness.

@ink_slinger they seem to have a pretty good grasp of the challenges moving forward. I haven't seen many others in the Green party so clearly acknowledge that the party and movement, as well intentioned as it is, has historically been dominated by an affluent white establishment. I think the Greens' struggle to speak to underrepresented and low income groups has held them back.

The awareness of where AI and automation are taking us and how it is changing the meaning of work is also promising.

@djsundog

Even President Scroob is smart enough to use a Pinephone!

#ChangeYourPassword

@Lofenyy @puzzled Health Services has inspected and passed all the kitchens they're aware of. It appears they apply as "catering services" and the gov't wasn't fully aware of the nature of the operations. At least it doesn't appear to be a health risk.

I don't like when regulation runs amok, but I especially don't like when regulation doesn't apply evenly. They are posing as small catering operations to dodge rules that restaurants and food trucks must follow.

@Lofenyy

...some of these ghost kitchens owned by foreign shell corporations. They often present themselves as local and independent despite this. They also offer the same food in different listings at different prices and rotate through their different "brands" to flout terms of service implement a sort of surge pricing during peak demand.

It all seems sketchy and shitty to me.

@puzzled

@Lofenyy from what I've been able gather literally none of the ghost kitchens in Alberta are associated with any fast food or restaurant operations at all, whether it be a chain or independent. None of their online listings correspond to an actual licensed foodservice operation. As such they should not be located where it is zoned for storefront retail and restaurants (they should be in light industrial zones).

There is also the question of transparency...

@puzzled

@jose until now the only catfox I'd seen was @Elizafox

@brion the boomer blues be like...

@strypey @Lofenyy I think it could happen, but it would take a concerted effort to overcome the political resistance from the incumbent taxi industry and the dominance of Uber and Lyft.

@slightlyoff I don't mean any disrespect at all, but spoken like someone who doesn't remember what HyperCard was like.

A major shortcoming of computing today is the lack of historical knowledge which leads to the propensity for reinventing past innovations, usually poorly.

@djsundog

@drwho TFW @jk logs into Mastodon