This is a perfect example of unnecessary AI use.
Why not just have the description of that delivery service saved in some database?
Just wasting resources.
This is a perfect example of unnecessary AI use.
Why not just have the description of that delivery service saved in some database?
Just wasting resources.
@jerry 's recent post about Adventures In Xmas Tree Delivery with a U-Haul truck reminded me I've never told this story here. So, my own U-Haul experience...
We were moving my partner from another city to mine, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive. Rented a U-Haul truck, whatever was the largest they had at the time. 17-foot rings a bell, but I'm not positive about that.
It was built on a Chrysler/Dodge frame, and had a 10-cylinder diesel engine. It still felt under-powered.
I was the one to drive it to Saskatoon. Loud, uncomfortable ride, but uneventful. But as I approached the outskirts of the city, something just felt a little "off". Nothing I could put my finger on. Until I reached an overpass that goes over train tracks, so a little up-and-down hump in the middle of flat prairie.
And as soon as I hit that hump, *something* went wrong with the engine. It coughed loudly, was immediately down on power and running roughly, and in the few seconds it took for me to check my mirrors and see what options I had, it started belching white smoke from the exhaust. That's coolant in the cylinders, meaning (at best) it blew a head gasket, and (at worst) put a connecting rod through the block. Probably not a big enough bang for that.
Couldn't even coast it up the rest of the hill, so it was stranded on a narrow overpass, almost touching the guardrail.
1/2
Qué puta basura de noticia, les falta poner "Noticia pagada por Glovo". La realidad es que después de múltiples sentencias contra Glovo y otras empresas similares por no contratar legalmente a sus trabajadores, el propio fundador de Glovo podría ir a la cárcel hasta 6 años, de ahí viene ese "cambio de modelo laboral", no porque haya decidido "impulsar un nuevo modelo".
La noticia farsa: https://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-glovo-cambia-modelo-laboral-contratara-repartidores-espana-20241202091728.html
El motivo real: https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/jueza-cita-imputado-jefe-glovo-delito-derechos-trabajadores_1_11730137.html
Japan's transport ministry will support local governments that work to transport local goods through consultative groups, where products from different consignors are loaded on to the same trucks and transported to the same destinations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/13/transport-ministry-logistics/ #business #mlit #trucks #delivery
[Fact Check] No #votes, no #aid?
No, 2020 #votes didn’t determine #disasterrelief #delivery in #NorthCarolina #counties.
North Carolina’s Democratic governor, #RoyCooper, requested a #federal major #disaster #declaration on Sept. 27 and #President #JoeBiden #approved it the next day. "Twenty-five counties were included in the #declaration, regardless of how they voted in the 2020 presidential election."
— This claim is false
"At the same time, food production and transportation make up as much as one-third of a typical U.S. household’s annual contribution to climate change-inducing emissions. The USDA estimates that 30% of food produced in the U.S. is wasted. And once in landfills, rotting food creates methane...So, changing consumer behavior...could have a significant impact on the overall pollution that is fueling climate change..."
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5020321/food-delivery-meal-kits-carbon-footprint
For Japan's laborers and outdoor workers, even cooling-fan jackets are not necessarily enough to help them cope with increasingly hot summers. That is putting businesses in a tough spot as they try to balance productivity and safety. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/01/heat-laborers-outdoor-workers/ #business #climatechange #heat #heatwaves #jobs #unions #constructionindustry #delivery #2025osakaexpo
#States Considering #Taxing Retail #Deliveries To Pay For Roads When #Gas #Tax Fall Flat
As Americans buy more fuel-efficient cars and EVs, #gastax revenues that pays for roads will start to dry up. However, 100s of heavy #delivery vehicles criss-cross roads every day, ultimately damaging #roads and #bridges. Taxing each delivery these trucks make could refill the coffers
States like Minnesota and Colorado have already started taxing deliveries from companies like #Amazon
https://jalopnik.com/states-considering-taxing-retail-deliveries-to-pay-for-1851590002
The Japanese government decided at a ministerial meeting on Thursday to lift the ban on double trailers on some sections of the Metropolitan Expressway, the Hanshin Expressway and the Hokkaido Expressway in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/26/double-trailers-expressways/ #business #trucks #delivery #hokkaido
Just shouted to a car driver arguing with a delivery guy (who probably got to close): "Don't fuck with him, Uber is the real guilty party".
My meaning was, if those guys had a fixed salary, would they take such reckless risks?
Major parcel delivery firms in Japan are trying to increase the availability of drop-off services in the country as part of efforts to tackle the so-called 2024 problem in the logistics sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/12/japan/drop-off-services/ #japan #delivery #sagawaexpress #yamato #japanpost #trucks
Japan’s transport ministry is considering the use of automated freight lanes connecting cities to transport cargo, amid concerns of a manpower crisis in the freight industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/09/tokyo-osaka-expressway-freight/ #business #delivery #trucks #freight #shipping
Japanese convenience stores are boosting "quick commerce" delivery services to cater to time-conscious youths and elderly unable to shop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/05/companies/convenience-store-delivery/ #business #companies #conveniencestores #delivery #food #2024parisolympics
Logistics companies in Japan are looking for ways to reduce parcel redeliveries as they face serious shortages of truck drivers due to new overtime regulations that took effect in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/14/companies/logistics-firms-redeliveries/ #business #companies #delivery #yamato #japanpost #sagawaexpress #trucks
"But those challenges, she said, are surmountable, particularly in situations where virtual doula care might be a patient’s only option.
'For some folks, being able to get a doula that they want is just not feasible in their price range,' she said. 'Anything we can do to break down barriers, we have to do it.'"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/well/family/virtual-doula-care.html
Silly Poll Time ...
How often do you dine out or get take out?
(This includes all meal types: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks but NOT beverages such as coffee)
Please Boost for wider results