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Right? I've got Google Fiber in my house and it's awesome. The hardware is solid, installation was fast. It's cheap and more reliable than my last TWC service was...

Not to mention when I called to cancel my TWC service the "retention specialist" straight up told me blatant indefensible lies to try and retain me.

I'm never going to give TWC another dime.
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There are cases where the employer is obligated to make up the difference if the minimum wage isn't reached by tipping. In that case, the alternative to you tipping the waiter $5 is that the restaurant charges you $5 more for your meal and passes that on to the waiter to meet the minimum wage requirement. If the restaurant eats the loss and doesn't raise prices, then you would be right, but restaurants already have thin margins and high competition so they would have to raise prices to raise wages and stay competitive. If tipping went away, menu prices would go up. However tipping is a form of price discrimination and an incentive for good service, which are both arguably good things.

Obviously the much more common case is where the tip would not be replaced by the employer. So in that case if you don't tip the $5, the waiter is just $5 poorer. The restaurant's profit isn't affected one cent.
So essentially subsidizing the profit of the employer and subsidizing the cost of the goods that people who aren't adhering to the implied price structure are paying (non-tippers)!

I wonder how this came about? Like was this something a clever businessperson invented at some point? It sounds like the US is the only place with a tipping culture like ours.
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> Kotlin's nullable types and Option are exactly the same thing

I don't think that's accurate.

First of all, Scala's Option is a monad, no such thing with Kotlin's nullable type.

And second, Kotlin's nullability is enforced by the compiler so you can't escape it. In Scala, you are welcome to ignore nullable values whenever it pleases you (or when you forget to wrap them in an Option).

They solve a similar problem but with different approaches and different pros and cons.
You'd think so, but writing a book only impresses recruiters. Other programmers either give you a confused look, try to argue with you, or ask you to write FizzBuzz like this: http://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/
Here in Salt Lake I have never been asked for a tip.

In general though, I've found Uber experiences to vary significantly by region. In Salt Lake, I usually sit in the front seat, drivers are chatty, and the whole thing feels like "someone giving you a ride". In NYC, by contrast, I mostly sit in the back (a lot of the time the driver will block off the front passenger seat), drivers don't tend to talk, and the whole thing feels like a cab ride.

In fact, I would guess that many Uber drivers in NYC are/were taxi drivers.
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The only thing stopping me using FreeNAS was that I can't run CrashPlan on BSD. What are others doing for offsite backups?
That's my feeling too. "I drive a Tesla" won't mean anything if it costs $35k and everybody has one, even if it were a nice car. And if Honda or Mazda offered fun to drive $35k electric car with same range, I'd probably get that over Tesla.
You are probably right about there not being an 'imbalance', but I would like to add that just because there is an efficient market in place doesn't mean there can't also be structural problems in the society. The value of labor continues to fall as automation and machinery improves, which is why uber drivers are so cheap to entice to drive. For most people, the only thing they have to sell is their labor, and as we continue to find alternatives to labor through automation, that downward pressure on the cost of labor is only going to increase.

We really, really, need to address this as a society soon.
Especially for remote position when you can live wherever you can imagine.
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This topic actually came upon hacked news the other day

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13800566
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Note he claims to have made two trips in one day. So make that a place where a 85 year old man can carry 20lbs. Also make it much less than 8 hours from the road.
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I'm in Canada whre 15% is considered "normal". I did not know 20% was the normal in the U.S.
I remembered getting hustled to buy my driver McDonalds then coming home to realize I got billed $36 dollars for his time; a trip that usually costs $9. He guilt me into thinking he does not get paid the more he waits. Alcohol...
You're definitely an outlier. In San Francisco, tips are sought more than 10% of my trips.
You obviously didn't read the article. Bourdain did not reach the magical 'no-debt' world of wonder until after he got famous.

If anything it's a fake-cautionary tale. "Don't do what I did kids, even though I'm rich and did more blow and had way more fun than you'll ever have in your whole life!"

Ugh.
I recommend setting a timer that alerts you that you have been in the same position for too long and going for a walk or some other exercise. I don't think you have to buy something "new"---you already have the equipment required---your own two feet. I know from experience that it is far too easy to over-focus and concentrate and forget to move around.
OK, I didn't consider health issues.

And obviously some people have easier or harder times. I am simply more aligned with modern humanist psychology, believing environment is way more relevant than genetics.

This doesn't mean you're at fault for sometimes having a hard time keeping up, this just means that it's most likely not in your genes.
IMO, student debt the way it is structured in the US cannot be classified as an investment because it cannot be discharged and has no collateral. You cannot get a return on student debt. You can get a return on an education, but the debt is much more like a cc then an investment, especially if any of the student debt is used to pay living expenses.
Oh man, I will never forget the time my wife and I drove to Northbeach, looked about 40 minutes for a parking spot and then drove back home.
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Trying to figure out what word he wanted... prophet?
Possibly a cultural affect though? His statement could be true for the american context.

In a capitalism steeped melting pot, it does seem like things that might be more commonly 'seen'/appreciated in other cultures - pride in one's work, common standards of politeness, sense of serving/interacting with 'your community' rather than just 'anonymous strangers from other communities' - that could be non-financial motivators for good service elsewhere that are simply missing or too few & far between here.
To me it sounds like they should consider adding a feature where a driver can pick an area they want to give rides in.
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Lots of people at Theranos stood around and watched it burn, plenty stained their career by association. Forget the pay, what do you feel as a person about Uber (not just your team) but Uber the company? Feel good? stay, feel bad? listen to your gut and get out.
If you're tipping the drivers off-app, then uber sees 0% of it as a cut, versus 30% or whatever crazy percentage it's become. So it's exactly anti-welfare for Uber. Are you complaining that other passengers are changing the expectation of what the drivers should be paid (and doing so out of their own wallet?)
That's the part that gets me the most too... I can't imagine how desperate that must have been.
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Im surprised this is a serious question. I'll cut you some slack because I realize that being a current employee at Uber must mean that every other conversation in your life has to do with your company's morals.

The most important thing to realize right now is that your caught up in a news cycle (albeit, a pretty bad one), but eventually the talks will quiet down and it will be a thing of the past (not saying that there aren't serious issues at Uber, but it won't get media coverage because people will be tired of it).

I agree with brandon272. No one has ever been disqualified from a job because their former employer was unpopular in the media (unless there is a major political statement that comes along with the employer i.e. marijuana advocacy, NRA, etc).

Stay on board, keep doing the best you can, and most importantly, don't get caught up in all the negative crap. Treat everyone else with respect and support your female coworkers if they need you.
Actual data shows the average tip is 16.1%

https://qz.com/189458/the-united-states-of-tipping/
Off topic, but why did the creator of this site make the top bar move when scrolling? That makes it 100% impossible to read for people who use the top of the screen as a line to read along. Also, is their a chrome extension to cancel that functionality?
But the comment you're replying to is saying what's the point in working literally for free or at a loss? Sure, if you're not making much, that's one thing, but actually making zero is what they were talking about.
America also pioneered the term 'unions'. The collective bargaining of those people has been lost for quite some time.
it would be worse for drivers, because uber would take a 30% cut of that 18%.
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The video mentioned is here (might be graphic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2N6_jLAgA

The police report said he lunged at the officer, the video shows that wasn't the case. I hope we see increased body cam usage and availability of data as time goes forward, because the culture of covering up police crimes is a perversion of the point of civic duty. I hate that it has to be Police vs the People.
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My recent policy is to not answer my phone or texts once I've requested an Uber/Lyft. Too often I've had riders call me to ask where I'm going, and then ask me to cancel. I have had awkward phone calls where they ask me to cancel, but I politely decline and ask them to do it if they'd like.
I don't think I'm reading this negatively. I'm genuinely curious as to what sort of reaction would make you think they wanted to strip search your son. The only image that comes to my mind when I think of someone wanting to strip search someone involves a cop, a latex glove snapping on the wrist and a menacing look and that seems so the opposite of every experience in a pizza place I've ever had.
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Sorry I wasn't too clear, short in the previous post was meant as short selling and long was just buying (whether you're borrowing to do so or not).
It unintentionally might be accurate, though. ~90% of the parts in cars nowadays are manufactured by huge companies that sell to all the major automakers, worldwide. Tesla just doesn't have the volume to get the consistency of supply and quality that the other majors do.

Yes, this is a chicken-and-egg problem. But a real one nonetheless.
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Please, spare me. Uber had a pattern of malicious and immoral behavior from the start. As soon as I read about them tracking people's ride patterns at company parties for laughs, I knew exactly what kind of company Uber was. Since then, their moral shortcomings have only diversified, unsurprisingly.

Musk, by contrast, has show over and over that he cares a lot about doing what's right, starting with the very fundamental purposes of his companies: not profit, but making things better for everyone, with profit as a necessary part of the real goal. To point to a recent quote from his twitter, he had said he didn't care if his participation in Trump's panels hurt his reputation or that of his companies, because it was right and he didn't care what people said. And it seems (and many people close to him have said as much in interviews) that this is very much in line with who he is as a whole. Every time someone has made an accusation against his companies of a customer or employee being shortchanged, he's publicly investigated it and resolved it within a couple days. I recall him saying in one such case that if indeed a contractor had been injured on Tesla property, he would have seen to it that they were completely compensated in every way, even if a court did not compel them to do so, simply because it was the right thing to do.

I hate seeing a company mired in wrongdoing compared to a company like Tesla, which is the polar opposite.

Then we come to this accusation of a "ponzi scheme of ambition." Did your creeping pattern recognition notice that Tesla is being led by the same person who leads SpaceX? I don't understand how people can write this off. No matter what your criticism or doubts of Tesla are, it's simply impossible to deny SpaceX's astounding accomplishments. This is obviously not a CEO who fails to deliver despite unparalleled challenges. Do you truly believe manufacturing another car, after having already succeeded with the Model S, is harder than starting a successful space program from scratch?

Musk doesn't do Ponzi schemes. He builds Paypals and Model S's and rockets that have successfully landed when industry leaders mocked it as impossible.

Your pattern recognition needs work.
Aren't there a few different pool "aggressiveness" options you can choose from?
If you're actually calculating an NPS, the non-respondents should be considered detractors for a more accurate rating. Happy to talk more if you're interested (have done a lot of this as a user researcher).
Debt is a manifestation of risk. As general financial advice, "don't take on debt" is akin to "don't take risks."

It depends. On a lot of things.
If you have a really shady experience. You report it directly to Uber. Let them know that you think the driver may have adversely rated you, and I feel like customer service will roll it back if it's that important to you. but to be honest, an single experience will get averaged out in the wash.
I usually use Lyft and so the option to tip is there so this doesn't seem to be affecting that service yet. I honestly haven't used Uber in a while since the app never seems to work but if I got propositioned for tips with Lyft/Uber I'd definitely be hesitant to keep using that service going forward.

I really, really hope they nip this in the bud.
> your cancel reflects poorly on you in Uber's rating system

This is simply not true. I just checked: My rating is 4.73. I've probably taken a few hundred rides with Uber. I assume they adjust ratings for bad experiences, especially if you're a regular rider.

By the way: It's not that hard to get consistent 5 stars as a passenger. Be respectful of the driver and follow these steps: 1) Say something like "Hi, are you looking for Brandon? That's me. Good evening. How's it going?" 2) Suffer less than 20 seconds of smalltalk 3) Go about playing with your phone or talking with your co-passengers quietly. 4) Say "This is my stop right there by the red car on the right. Thanks a lot, you have a good night!" - If you're an extrovert, you'd do this anyway (assuming you're not an asshole) and if you're an introvert, it's a good opportunity to exercise your smalltalk with low stakes.
It's non obvious. I really enjoyed this a few years ago [1]. I'd suggest looking up color correction in movies. There are more blogs about that, and due to the nature of the media they focus on the really effective stuff first. If there are cars, make the brake lights red, and all the same red. Make taxis that iconic yellow, even if they aren't that specific yellow in the shot.

Heavy handed, but if you're doing advertising where the best you can get is a fraction of a second, those heavy techniques will serve you well.

[1] http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-ho...
One other side effect which is generally not discussed because it's contentious, is that a number of people who receive tips will underreport their tips. Especially those who receive cash tips. So the state and federal governments are partially subsidizing their wages too.
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> So it's exactly anti-welfare for Uber.

Not quite. By "welfare for Uber", they meant the burden of compensating the driver shifts from Uber to the passenger themselves, rather than on Uber to the driver a "fair cut" (whatever that may be).
Not particularly, according to the earliest cached version on the Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20160801000000*/https://www.stat...
Lyft is the only major ridesharing app allowing in-app tipping, so they get to set the industry standard here, and in-app tipping is cut-free according to Lyft

https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/213815618-Lyft-Commi...

"Lyft takes no commission from tips, which passengers can add easily through the app. That's right — drivers always keep 100% of tips, whether it's a buck or a Benjamin."
Do you believe that in Australia and Europe, restaurants and taxis are non functional because they don't have tipping?

I've eaten out hundreds of times in my life, never left a tip, and never thought I needed an incentive system directly between me and the waiter. Same with taxis.

There are only so many ways to screw up bringing food to a table. I've never once though "wow that waiter really brought my plate to me badly".

Why not apply your logic to everything? Why not change hairdressing to a tip system? Why not surgery? Why not painting and building? You'll get better service, right?
Did we read the same blog post?

Uber's inconsistent and awkward tipping scheme is a big reason I don't use them.
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I still tip the normal amount when I get takeout from a restaurant that has tables.
Thank you for your detailed and helpful response.

I wholeheartedly agree with your first point. I was honestly worried that I was approaching "slippery slope" territory. Really what I intended to show by the "historical" aspects was that Microsoft was capable of shutting down a competitive market with their own product because of their enormous market share, and that it almost seems like they're about to attempt something similar for their app store.

I'm not super proud of the article that I wrote; I think it's full of logical fallacies. I'll be doing it over again on the flight I'm on tomorrow, and I really want to be more structured and logical in my argument.

> Why are gamers particularly subject to "lock down" and "walled garden" as opposed to any other Windows user?

My goal isn't really demonstrate that Windows locks users into its platform. I'll be honest: I just really want to play Overwatch on Linux without using Wine. So by targeting PC gamers specifically I hope to draw more attention.

> Furthermore, can you better explain why a "walled garden" is bad for gamers? A lot of gamers (in fact, the long standing majority) are perfectly happy with their PlayStations, Nintendos, and Xboxes.

That's true. I'm not here to tell gamers what they want. I think that PC gamers are a different breed; we love our freedom of choice. We all build our computers differently. We can buy DRM free games, games on Steam, games on the Windows store or on Origin or physical copies. My fear is that Microsoft might be trying to limit our freedom of choice and I want people to know about it.

> Maybe it's not a massive conspiracy to endanger "PC master race gamers" but a company trying to make "I want a good console" gamers happier on Windows?

Platform lock-in usually begins a set of exclusive features. The problems arise whenever the company does something to make you not want to be a customer anymore; how can you switch whenever all of your games are on the Windows store?

I think a good demonstration of this is Apple and iCloud. iOS is a pretty locked-down platform. iCloud is a huge convenience for a normal user. Apple has done a number of things that may make a consumer unhappy, but it is a hassle for them to switch to a competitor whenever they've tightly integrated with iCloud.

> A rising tide floats all boats and it is better for everyone if there are strong gaming ecosystems on other platforms such as Linux and macOS, so instead of focusing on what you perceive to be Microsoft's problems and behaviors, can you try to focus more on Linux's benefits and be passionate about "Why gamers should love Linux" more than "Why gamers should be worried about Microsoft"?

You know what: I absolutely agree. I'll try to focus on the positive more than the negative next time around. I tried to do that with the website I made to accompany the article.

Thanks a lot for your input. I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your opinion and constructive criticism.
I don't buy this old "It works everywhere else but magically won't work in America" excuse.

I've seen you guys use this one for healthcare, too.

I assure you that Australia and Europe are also capitalism-steeped melting ppls.
Maybe I just look too grumpy, but I use Uber fairly regularly on longer rides, and sometimes on shorter ones, and I've not once been asked for a tip in SF.
It is not basic manners and nobody cares what you tip except current and former waiters that were getting ripped off by the owners.

20% extra on top for doing your job shouldn't be expected.
I don't dispute your facts at all, but I think you've strongly missed the key point of how disruption works. Not having as many trim and color options because they can't shove them out the door fast enough is a textbook example of "good enough". It is this very industry's not too distant history from which the quip "they can have it in any color they like, so long as its black" comes from.

What I mean is, you appear to be trying to apply the standard of a very broadly experienced car magazine critic, which yes, will absolutely 100% find a laundry list of grave shortcomings. And they won't matter.
You should if you think it can benefit you. I personally don't like tipping but If I'm a driver I would ask for tip too.
If 20% is the expected then they can price that into the food rather than this stupid charade where we don't know the price but are expected to know the price. 15% is perfectly fine.