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Muskoka Rider

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  1. that is true, and they also rarely if ever work all eight hours they are paid, plus put in 35 years, retire at 55 getting 65% of their best five years wages averaged out for the next 35 years.
  2. Traditionally, increased productivity correlates with economic growth and job growth, since human labor has historically driven production. A robot workforce, however, can drive productivity and growth on its own, eliminating jobs in the process. That might mean the whole paradigm of exchanging labor for pay starts to break down. "If we persist in the view that the dividends from robots' increased productivity should accrue to robot owners, we'll definitely come to a future where there aren't enough owners of robots to buy all the things that robots make," Cory Doctorow wrote in a recent Boing Boing post. Doctorow suggests the possibility that robot-driven abundance could undermine the need for markets as we know them. "Property rights may be a way of allocating resources when there aren't enough of them to go around, but when automation replaces labor altogether and there's lots of everything, do we still need it?" Assuming a post-scarcity system of distribution evolves to peacefully and fairly share the fruits of robot-driven post-scarcity production, jobs as we know them might not just become unnecessary—they might stop making sense altogether. Read the full article here. https://www.wired.com/2014/08/when-robots-take-all-the-work-whatll-be-left-for-us-to-do/
  3. What is your point. Auto makers, mining operations, logging operations, virtually all industries and services will cut people when technology can replace them. Eventually there will be very little work for humans to do. Companies that once employed 30k people now employ k people and have higher production numbers. Those same companies would have no employees if they or someone else could some how figure out a way to do it, and eventually they will. There will be factories that have machines building the product and machines fixing machines, and machines loading self driving trucks that are unloaded by machines and a machine to deliver the end product to the consumer whom has a machine to open it for them. When this all comes to be, and it will, money will be distributed to all without any work having to be done. The basic min income that is being tested in many economies right now is a precursor to the a future in which the majority will be on that system and a small minority of the brightest will develop technologies.
  4. Municipality may prescribe different rate of speed (2) The council of a municipality may by by-law prescribe, (a) a lower rate of speed for motorized snow vehicles upon any highway or part thereof under its jurisdiction; and (b) a higher or lower rate of speed for motorized snow vehicles upon a trail, public park or exhibition ground under its jurisdiction, than is prescribed in subsection (1). R.S.O. 1990, c. M.44, s. 14 (2). Minister may prescribe different rate of speed (3) The Minister may by regulation prescribe a higher or lower rate of speed upon any trail or any part thereof, public park or exhibition ground not under the jurisdiction of a municipality, than is prescribed in subsection (1). R.S.O. 1990, c. M.44, s. 14 (3).
  5. Muskoka Rider

    Helmets

    Do you not find the wind pulls hard on your head when riding fast with the visor attached to the helmet. I pulled mine off. Then again I ride a sled, I am not in a fashion show.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euQ18pLCiU4
  7. Actually Tims just raised prices this summer and the line ups are still the same. The places where the most employees are minimum wage such as retail and food service will have to adjust pricing. But so what, I would rather pay an extra 2 bucks on my grocery bill and know that the people making it possible for me to shop are being paid enough to have a life too. i find the greed and hatred being posted by some to be repulsive. Any job is worth at least 15 bucks an hour, hell I would not get off the couch for under 30.
  8. Muskoka Rider

    Helmets

    For anyone that likes to ride faster than 100kmh those visors on mx helmets suck big time. I removed mine as they serve no purpose on a trail sled. They are there for the roost so ya, if you are a sno cross racer it is needed, a trail rider not so much, it just pulls on your neck.
  9. I am getting excited. With more snow coming over the next two weeks and continued below freezing temps we should see many trails open for the holiday season. i think this will be the best start in the past ten seasons. The January forecast looks great as well, we may have a solid season across much of the province and give many the enjoyment of not having to trailer to snow.
  10. They will come under their collective bargaining agreement. Normally a collective agreement is followed and takes the place of the ESA. Hope this helps.
  11. I did not miss that, and clearly acknowledged it earlier. I guess you just read what you want, and then respond to what in your own deluded head, thought you had read. If you want to debate me then you are going to have have another person read my replies, one that can comprehend the English language, as it is abundantly clear you cannot do so. the five days is for the 17 day leave when domestic abuse has been the reason for the absence. Obviously you have no compassion for a women and child trying to escape an abusive home. Five days of pay while they struggle to relocate, with perhaps no money at all might make a massive difference in their lives. The small amount of money to an employer is negligible. How often do you think this happens in the work place? I have never personally witnessed a women I was working with have to go through it, have you?
  12. Well if she does not have contract then she most certainly could. Simply adjust rates accordingly. Like all other businesses will do, get ready to pay a dime more for your morning coffee, oh the horror.
  13. Related persons urgent matter. You are asserting an employer could demand a doctors note for an urgent matter that did not involve a doctor? Are you obtuse? Go to your doctor and ask for a note because you missed work for the reason of having to drive 4 hours to pick up your stranded son, see how long he laughs before he tells you to beat it. Not to mention the lunacy of demanding a person go to the doctor when the doctor can do nothing and going would make it worse, such as a migraine sufferer that finds relief in a quiet dark space, not driving to a doctors office or walk in and waiting 4 hours. I clearly stated the only change was in that 2 of the ten days will now be paid. BTW they also now have to notify you 48 hours if they add a shift, instead of calling you at 8 in the morning demanding you attend work at ten. You can now refuse, whereas prior they could punish you if you refused. Good. You have very weak arguments, most of which that are simple fabrications and not even valid.
  14. How many man on man porns do you watch daily. You seem to be well versed in the methods used, and the terminology. While that is no big deal, I think I speak for everyone when I ask that you please stop projecting your fetishes onto the board members here. There are plenty of sites out there that will satisfy your desire to discuss this type of sexual behaviour with like minded people. Use google and I am sure you can find one.
  15. change that to the five stages of the morons that voted hillary and you may be on to something.
  16. When ISPs are going broke because person A streams ten hours a day and person B looks at emails and facebook for 1 hour per day, let me know. We all know that now person A will pay more, and person B will pay the same now that the ISPs are free to charge more. Netflix will have to pay ISPs to allow their content to flow fast, subscribers will get billed for that. So what you say, well just look at the bottom line of the providers now and you will see why they do not need to pad it any further.
  17. here is the link for the toronto star. Sorry I was mistaken, the number was 25 million, not 250. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/16/liberals-give-25-million-to-controversial-palestinian-aid-agency.html
  18. Always has been ten days protected leave, only change is 2 paid. Employees have never had to have a doctors not, the law was family emergency, only change is it now clarifies this because many employers did not understand the law. Ya, the 17 weeks off being written into law is causing a business to close before it experiences that situation, get a grip. Most employers already give three weeks after five years of service. Not to mention it is deserved. Previous law was employee must be paid a min of three hours, not at least they are not seeing shifts cancelled after commuting. Another change that has nothing to do with a small business closing. It is clear that you hate the working poor and have no connection to the struggles they face trying to survive and have a life that is close to decent. None of these changes will kill any business that is run well and would not be on its way to a slow death prior.
  19. You are white, might I suggest you start the ball rolling and off yourself. Set a good example. I am sure many will follow along. Maybe if they promise u 72 virgins...
  20. You are a very strange old man. Have you considered seeing a therapist?
  21. idiots arguing for the giant ISPs. I think I have seen it all. As if they want this to make it better for you.
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