When I was a teaching assistant in university in Singapore here I knew a guy that ran the same sort of business, albeit for coding assignments instead of essays. He was making a couple of thousand a month - showed me the bank records and everything.
I'll admit, only reason why I didn't sign up was because I was already swamped and sorta lazy - we're talking about like a hundred bucks for something as trite as the first assignment for CS101. Apparently the most generous clients were Chinese students with more money than drive.
Wow, the students have a lot of money! And they arent spending it wisely. Whats the point of education if somebody else does it for you? Just the diploma?
Yeah but all those wasted years in school, wasted time for professors, wasted energy to keep the the school building warm or cold depending on the season, there must be a more efficient way to do things.. There should be a school bypass mode for the manager types who need the diploma but aren't interested in learning anything
Unfortunately that's not the way human society works.
> There should be a school bypass mode for the manager types
There used to be. These people could start at a company doing unskilled labor and work their way up to management. But that has pretty much stopped happening in the past 40-50 years. See this relevant HN post from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22231579
While I get what you mean, he's right: there's a line that's going to get drawn somewhere, like as not. Now where exactly is something beyond my ken but there are definitely things that will never be viable for the disabled.
In all honesty? I'd rather devote the resources to helping disabled people function fully (or near-fully) again. But that in of itself is sort of wishful thinking.
I would love to be able to walk just like anyone normal. Instead, I deal with major pain every day of my life because assholes like you refuse to build in basic, small things like a fucking chair to sit on while waiting, usually because "it would hurt the asthetics" or some dumb notion like it (ie: apple store, malls, amusement parks...).
ADA is the lowest common denominator. Its not asking for you to rebuild a whole building -- it asks for reasonable concessions to be made -- and its absolutely amazing how business owners go out of their way to make it harder on themselves and the disabled.
What I don't understand is this "line" that "must be drawn" I've seen from you and others: the point is to negotiate and find a compromise between the disabled and the owner within reasonable limits. The fact that businesses and public institutions are unwilling to play ball and throw their toys out of the pram every time this comes up is amazing and sad that it even comes to that point. Usually because upfront investment in the material/business is smaller and usually beneficial for everyone in the long run!
In TFA, crema bought the location years after ADA was already law. The fact that it became a risk to them now is unsurprising, and the fact that they're closing that location is sad for both parties.
The fact that it's also possibly a predatory lawsuit is also sad, and I hope something that can be rectified -- but I'm also not surprised to hear of such high numbers of lawsuits over the problem, given how old the law is now, and given how many places I have been to in the valley that don't have ramps.
I don't know, does making enough to expand mean they can spare 100k just for renovations? That, and the article specifically mentions the people that file these lawsuits are grabbing for money.
I'm all for making things more accessible but these sort of cases are exactly what makes people less sympathetic and willing to help.
Like it or not, this is actually how the ADA was intended to be used, instead of creating "ADA police," it relies on mostly enforcement brought on by private parties.
What makes people less sympathetic to help, exactly, when I walk up to a business owner in obvious pain and ask for an extra disabled parking space so I can make it to my desk and car with less?
The lack of sympathy is up front before the lawsuits begin, and lies with the business owner.
Given Epic's behaviour and reactions to people bringing up their flaws I wouldn't be surprised if they pull the carpet out beneath the devs' feet as soon as they think they have the market cornered. Right now they're slinging Fortnite money around everywhere to try to resolve all their problems but that's not a good way to earn trust.
I'm getting the same vibes from this article that I got from when LifeLock's CEO posted his SSN to taunt people / promote their own service... and frankly, I'm looking forward to the same schadenfreude. Never underestimate the resourcefulness of teenagers powered by spite and boredom.
Just because they take a long time to fall down doesn't mean they won't, though. That and they aren't really offering anything that no one else can (besides unlimited capacity, maybe?)
If DuckDuckGo's any indication then I'm holding out hope for new challengers.
Well, if we're going along these lines, it also offers the government (officials) no direct benefits to shoot the hippos, so they get to pass the buck off onto the public while saving themselves the trouble.
Isn't there also a shortage of masks because everyone's snapping them up and hoarding them? If people who're actually ill can't get a hold of any because of that then I'd argue they aren't even doing the right thing period.
Same can be said of the drugs they campaign so hard against too. There's plenty of problems with stuff like ecstasy / meth and the like, and I'm sure they cause problems that affect non-users people indirectly, but cigarettes are insidious in that you're going to breath in that crap whether you like it or not as soon as you go anywhere where smoking is prevalent.
But I'm sure the money they getting over and under the table makes it all okay! /s
I'll admit, only reason why I didn't sign up was because I was already swamped and sorta lazy - we're talking about like a hundred bucks for something as trite as the first assignment for CS101. Apparently the most generous clients were Chinese students with more money than drive.