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There's also been shown to be an inverse correlation between wearing a helmet and safety. It seems that motorists correlate "having a helmet on" with being safe, and so are more aggressive around those who are wearing.
I think s/he's saying that policy should not be determined as a knee-jerk Reaktion to current events, either way.
Airbnb does have a different feel. As a user of the service, there are ways they could make it less frustrating (especially in big cities in peak times), but I never get the impression that they do anything but support their property owners and try to make them better at what they do. When I've had problems, they've solved them and given credit for replacement services.

I haven't heard of Airbnb doing anything underhanded to beat their competition. They are winning by doing the right things, from what I can tell.

And Uber could have achieved the same. Obviously the time is ripe for the service they're offering, but they're hustling (in the negative sense) more than working and that's why it feels different.
Same here Fabian :) Shoot me an email - jonathan@alternativemedia.com.au and let's chat.
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Authentication and encryption are fundamentally separate ideas, and the problem here is that the CA system mixes them together, when an optimal solution (read: encryption everywhere) would be to tackle them separately.

Encrypted (Certified) AUTHENTICATED & ENCRYPTED
Encrypted (Self-Signed) NOT AUTHENTICATED & ENCRYPTED
Unencrypted NOT AUTHENTICATED & NOT ENCRYPTED

Doing financial work or communicating with friends/coworkers? Make sure you're connection is authenticated and encrypted.

Connecting to a blog? Encryption is a plus (and is the topic of this very HN post). But unencrypted is also okay.

The original CA system was not designed to defend against mass surveillance so it had little incentive to separate these concerns.
Uber breaks the law, everybody knows about it and yet no one goes to jail or get sued.

How does that happen? How does Uber avoids any consequences for their flagrantly illegal (according to you) behavior?

Do they have magic "get out of jail" card?

Did they manage to buy police, district attorneys, judges, the whole enchilada?

Is it time to turn to street to overthrow our government, which, at least according to you, is incapable of performing it's function of preserving law and order in the face of those blatant criminals from Uber.
The report you are quoting from yesterday seems to be more Valleywag gossip talk for pageviews most likely taken out of context (look at all the internet rage it has generated just on this site) than actual evil wrongdoing.
Lyft sounds like it's more for extraverts--to me, the idea of sitting in the front seat, fist-bumping the driver, and riding around in a car with a stupid pink mustache on it sounds horrifying in much the same way that going on a cruise ship or getting caught in a cheesy tourist trap sounds horrifying. I think it's great that there are different services for different customers though.
This is silly. Make decisions based on actual experiences rather than hearsay in media.

It is honestly appalling that you are attributing thus decisions to some sort of higher moral ground. If you are an american, that country wages war and kills at will. IPhone are made at foxconn, most products are made in China who gives a shit about our planet. I could go on. Did you quit all these already?
I just started biking to/from caltrain and in the first week, I've already had someone try to steal my bike off the train and have nearly been hit by several cars in completely un-extraordinary circumstances.

I'm sticking with it, but it doesn't paint a great picture for biking over other forms of convenient, readily available transport. Also the initial cost of biking, even when going for a super cheap bike and gear was ~$400, which will only pay for itself after ~6 months assuming I don't need to buy more gear (I already know I will, to deal with rain, and repairs).

My alternative was paying $50 for monthly parking at the caltrain station. My cost estimate includes the price of gas to get to and from the caltrain station.
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The idea of any one company owning such a large proportion of global transport infrastructure seems scary to me. And the fact that Uber's leadership seems to have a very poor ethical compass makes the path we're headed down seem pretty ominous.

I've been trying to think of better, less centralized solutions, and they're not too hard to imagine. An open transportation marketplace, populated by independent vendors, isn't so far-fetched. In fact it'd probably look quite similar to Craigslist, except with better handling of user identities and reputations, and a much better mobile-focused user experienced. Anyone could list a delivery service in one of a number of different categories, with custom price rules, and categories might include taxi/human transport services, food delivery, package delivery, etc. A review system, payment integration and mapping would come built into both the provider and user's mobile apps, but insurance etc. would be up to the individual vendors. Fees for listing services would be nominal, and almost all the revenue would go directly to the vendors themselves.

The trouble with this kind of service is that it'd end up being quite a bit less safe and quite a bit more messy than interacting with a single company like Uber. But the lower transaction costs should make services significantly cheaper, and power would be much less centralized.
Where has this been shown? Since I bike daily, I'm really curious about studies about helmet safety.
No, that actually happened. The exec and his CEO have even admitted to and apologized for it. Not one of them has denied any of the terrible quotes attributed to the Uber executive.
To be fair, there would be countless equivalent stories from the taxi side of the fence. The ability to rate drivers to encourage better service strikes me as one thing Uber gets right.

There might be bad attitudes filtering down from the top and from handlers/motivators, but that's less about regulations and more about just being nice people. Taxi drivers could often do with the same improvement.
Why haven't taxi companies done this themselves to see off the upstart competitors?
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8621913 Deoptimizing Ruby

A decent JIT should brings at anywhere from 4 - 20x speedup.

Why is it Matz was only seeing possible 3-4x difference?
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> SSH has.

IMHO no. We don't SSH to the same 46 servers everyday. But we do log into that many (or more) websites. Can you imagine the amount of homework users need to do in order for this to work?

Not to mention the amount of non-tech savvy users who just won't put up with it.
[Edit] Before starting, I just want to state: I know JavaScript has parallelism/concurrency in its supporting "system calls" (ie what would, in other languages, be blocking calls, in both the browser or Node). In fact I like this parallelism model, but I was specifically talking about parallelism built into the language (Threads, Actors, Tasks).

This is a long and complicated answer. I doubt I'll do it justice in a few paragraphs, but I'll try.

In one word: simplicity. Primarily, not having parallelism is far simpler than having it. Yes, some models of parallelism are simpler than others but at the end of the day I think we can all agree none of these models are as simple as not having parallelism. As per "net negative": yes, ofcourse, not having parallelism is a "negative". However, "net negative" is interestingly more linked to the applied domain rather than the actual concept. Simply put, the domains that JavaScript is used in don't heavily rely on parallelism (or rather, require the optimization of parallelism).

Thinking about this now, its sort of similar in nature to why people like garbage collection. There is an inherent negative to using a garbage collector, however, (I think we can both agree) in certain (most) domains it turns out to be a net positive. Why? For the same reason, simplicity.

I mean, I could go on, but I'm trying to be as concise as possible. Hopefully, that was a useful. I'm happy to elaborate if you have more specific questions about this.

* s/simplicity/developer efficiency + implicit safety guarantees/g -- Since "simplicity" is quite vague;
Sure they stated they could also hire people to dig up dirt on the reporters private lives who are trying to write gossip articles about Uber exec's private goings on, I don't really see any issue with that.
That was a fantastic article! Thanks for linking that. It certainly gave me a lot of food for thought.
Indeed.

I like the tricky one they're kicking around that would make `lens` faster. Pretty intriguing. I'm hopeful they'll be able to make it work in STG.
If (keyword if) the CEO is as much of a douchebag as the media makes him out to be, he likely won't continue to be CEO for much longer.
I really haven't kept up with this at all (I saw the articles, but didn't read), but I'm wondering why saying to journalists (and I'm happy to be corrected if I'm mistaken) "if you try dig up dirty laundry on us as an attempt to discredit us, we'll do the same to you" is unfair? Isn't this just a "reap what you sou" type scenario?
I think anyone who was on the supplier side of Intel's "Copy Exact" requirements would find this particularly ironic.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/quality/exact-copy.ht...
I recently ran into Ivy Ross. I asked her why she was not wearing glass. She said that she's prepping for a shift. I don't know what exactly she was eluding to; but I feel optimistic abut the future of glass.
They seem to be in chronological order, from oldest to newest. Obviously this is a "straw that broke the camel's back" situation, not one where each individual thing is reason enough to stop using Uber.
The font in the guides looks awful on my Windows machine, it became more readable if I reduced the size.
Azure has had quite a few outages this year. I'd say it's already lower than that 99.999 percent uptime or w/e they are advertising.
I was expecting a more analytical analysis or a personal reason on why the OP decided to quit Uber.I'm not undermining the articles in the press, but those could happen to anyone. On keeping with the quality of HN I think we need to have a more deeper understanding of how companies should function.
Regarding its CEO:
"When I tease him about his skyrocketing desirability, he deflects with a wisecrack about women on demand: “Yeah, we call that Boob-er.”"

What a big big douche.
>> significantly drop wages (primarily due to competition in cities with multiple ride-sharing services)
> Companies competing for workers drops wages?

I think that moab's point was that competition between ride-sharing companies lowers prices, and one of the places those price reductions come from is a reduction in worker's wages.
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You got downvoted by people with broken sarcasm detectors...
> why are we not advocating for people being mandated to wear them while in an automobile as well as on bicycles.

While I don't know how effective they are, cars already have a safety system: airbags. Cars are also built to rigorous safety standards.

As for why pedestrians aren't mandated to wear them, they have infrastructure in place to protect them from cars: traffic laws, sidewalk/street separation, and crossing lights. Cyclists on the other hand are usually riding directly in the streets or in poor excuses for bike lanes.
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There is no doubt that biking is more dangerous than driving. However, biking is still extremely safe.

And for the safety conscious person, especially for a beginner, I'd suggest only biking routes that you are familiar with and that include safe bike lines. For many people, especially people working in SOMA, this could probably include your daily commute. If you don't believe there are safe options, or you are unfamiliar with the route, then don't bike it and use another transportation option.

I don't want to pretend that biking is safer than it is, but there is a big difference in difficulty between biking on market st at 4:30pm on a weekday vs biking through GGP on a sunday. So I'd say instead of giving up biking entirely, just perhaps phase out a the trips that you are uncomfortable with, or try to find a different route for those.
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I was going to say that $400 is going to pay for itself in dramatically less than six months if you're paying City prices for parking. $50/mo for CalTrain is a steal -- if you're parking _in_ SF anywhere near downtown or SOMA / South Park, that's a couple of day's charges, possibly a week's worth if you're walking a few blocks.

I'd factor in a few other points on cycling in that you're getting exercise, replacing at least some of a gym or other cost. And your bike will almost certainly last more than six months. A decent bike will last a lifetime, or at least a good ten years. You'll want to factor in service and parts but if you're spending more than $100-$200/year, you're likely using it for more than just casual commuting. That's a few tanks of gasoline for a car.
Probably because taxi companies are a dime-a-dozen across various cities and states, and the capital required for an engineering investment to pull something like this off just isn't there at any given shop. It's a technology problem that the existing industry faces, and because the existing competition is essentially a coalition of independent companies, they can't band together to build something like this without a joined effort (nigh impossible).

I was recently in Pittsburgh and saw a clunky touch-screen app stuck to the back of the passenger seat that sounded just like Uber, so it's clear that someone out there is working on building Uber-like dependability for your taxi. But I also remember talking to the cab-driver on that trip, and having him tell me that their 'dispatch' is still one person sitting in an office somewhere manually dialing and dispatching cabs to received calls. The status quo in the industry is just so ancient in so many ways. Here's to hoping they can start moving and respond though.
FWIW, I am italian and while most people in my country enjoy cooking "bimby" (brand name for thermomix in IT and PT) is still relatively popular.

Of course it does have the problem of costing a shit ton of money, but on the other hand it solves a far bigger problem than pantelligent (i.e. long cooking procedurs, such has slow cooking+stir frequently for 8 hours and such).
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It's okay. Now we all have a reason to recommend others against using American products. If the Washington leaders "don't want to" make a reform, let's force them to do it.
+N. Its equally telling about the CEO as it is about Emil Michael.
> And Japan will hate its rival (industrially and historically) gaining huge resource for future advancement.

Just look at how much of an impact reunification had on the economy of Germany. And they were not inheriting millions of half-starved, ill-educated, brain-washed people in a country which has been living in autarky for decades. If the only thing which mattered to Japanese leadership was keeping Korea down, they would push for reunification at all cost.
Are you making that comparison in actual ignorance of people objecting to booth babes, or in a deliberate attempt to invoke their objections?
a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator would be nice, too.
Also Google's biking directions deserve a shout-out for generally giving directions that are 90% covered in bike lanes. It's rare that I'm able to find a better route than it suggests in SF.
The confession is admissible as evidence, it doesn't result in an automatic conviction.

Now that the defence knows about the stingray they will paint the rest of the case as fruit from the poison tree. They just need a reason to call the officer and ask about the stingray. The prosecutor can't withdraw the defences' questions.

The defence will merely reintroduce the evidence as evidence of police misconduct, this isn't going away anytime soon.
I agree: more cyclists is good. But risking my own health and safety to make SF drivers more aware of cyclists just doesn't work for me.

I think this is called a "social trap" by sociologists. I'm not sure there's an easy solution. But for my part if I stop cycling, I'll make sure to up my donations to the bicycle coalition.
This sounds related: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/5334208....
He's a great wordsmith. Disclosing upfront that he's an investor in lyft while also just saying uber is pushing 'a little too far'. He sounds totally transparent and rational right as he puts out the gouging statement 'extracting whatever they can from limo drivers'. That's enough to fuel a branding war between uber and all the other ride sharing services. Lyft can be a friendly service that empowers drivers while uber is slanted as a hegemonic power that sucks the life out of drivers and your wallet.
This is a company that pushed subprime loans on its drivers then substracts the debt from their income. That's called indentured servitude. http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-and-its-shady-partners-are-...
You're right. I definitely would have done this even if the cost didn't make too much sense. The exercise is one reason, another is that the caltrain lot fills up before about 7:45 am, so even if I'm catching an 8:15 train, I need to be there early. With a bike, I can ride for 10-15 minutes and get there on time. My bike won't last a year, or a lifetime, it's not decent, I've had to do a bunch of bolt tightening even after a few weeks, but that's OK, I didn't pay a lot.
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Is Uber the Worst Company in Silicon Valley?
As odd as it sounds, I think this game caused my Mac to run out of memory.
Sorry, but that's a total overshoot. I definitivly won't sit next to my pan, monitoring its temperature on my smartphone to find the "perfect" moment when to stir the chopped onions. I would, maybe, if I did some extremely temperature sensitive chemical experiment. But not in my kitchen.

And WFT: there are batteries in the handle? It's a joke, yes? A pan should be the perfect thing for energy harvesting, which would be at least to some extent innovative.
Where do you think the venture capital for investing and kick starting the industrial revolution came for? All the prizes and aristocracy having leisure to study science needed money. And India was the jewel in the crown for Britain.
I used to use EFF's SSL Observatory until I realized it spits out lots of extra http requests. X509 is inherently flawed/complex and adding a browser plugin to make it better feels wrong.
It's a deliberate attempt to force people into consistency. If you object to sex being used for marketing of unrelated products that should always be true. Whether that's uber with avions, car or game companies with booth babes, or the "just squeezed" juice ads with continuously flexing male glutes or voodoo stocking etc etc etc.
Of all the example you could give of Russian tech you pick their space program. Which is currently the only one capable of bringing people to the ISS. Without Russia's rockets, modular or not, the ISS would be deserted right now.
I'm sorry but I find these arguments to be a load of bull. Why are we using behavior as an argument against wearing helmets?

>making people wear helmets will make less people bike

Why not increase bike advocacy instead? Participation does not eclipse safety.

>a helmet may make people in general more reckless

Again, behavior.

> cars will pass closer to people when they are wearing a helmet than when they are unprotected

Ditto. That's why I'm glad many states have the 3 feet law. We can improve this with advocacy and legislation.

> if people need helmets, cycling is apparent a dangerous activity, attracting risk-seekers, skewing the statistics

Attracting risk takers? Seriously? Almost everything rideable on wheels has people wearing helmets. They're just as likely to be attracted to skateboarding or rollerblading by that logic.

I'll give you the last two points however, as those can be backed up with numbers, but just be aware that statistics can lie, mislead, and be misinterpreted, especially with non-controlled and non-optimal study designs.
Thanks for asking.

I basically refer to your comments in which you quite vehemently defend the companies extremely shady tactics. As for mob behavior, which apparently disturbs you so much. This may, or may not be true. personally, I don't buy it.

Let's look at your original comment to which I replied and let's try to rephrase the points you make.

1) Stuff about the CEO's personal life.

Misogynistic comments (Boob-er) to a magazine has nothing whatsoever to do with the CEOs private life. The statements where not made at a private function, but to a mass market publication.

2) CEO wants to automate business processes. Those of us in tech would never consider replacing humans with machines, right?

The point here is not that the CEO wants to automate business processes, but the disdain and disregard that he shows for his employees. Your phrasing of this point is, at best, highly disingenuous.

3) Trying to compete for workers. (Didn't we hate Apple/Google for agreeing not to do this?)

The point, as you are probably very well aware, is not competing for workers, but the methods used to do that. The tech company violation of anti trust laws, while also unethical, has pretty much nothing to do with Ubers shady tactics in this context.

5-7) A few Uber drivers are crazy (Uber is helping the cops). Note that if most of these incidents happened in a taxi, the cops would have little info unless the passenger remembered a license #.

Uber helps the cops? I'm sure they do if the cops have a warrant, since, in this case, there's not much choice anyway. for the rest we only have the word of Ubers PR Departments word on this Interestingly that's always the same standard broken record: "We're looking into it, actively support the investigation and we have deactivated the partner from the Uber platform"

The problem is that in my opinion they come over as a bunch of liars in their PR, even in the not very trustworthy field of public relations.

Hiring drivers, whom's background check must have failed, if done seriously, or smearing the victims of those incidents (again, in a partially very misogynist fashion) doesn't help much either.

8) Standard french advertising in France.

I get it you where never in France. Hiring hookers as driver is not a French standard advertising practice.

9) Standard PR.

maybe, but again with extremely shady tactics applied (and not very well executed, either)

10) Exec discusses hiring journalists to do journalism to journalists. You know, digging up stuff about their personal life, kind of like (1) on this list.

Sounds more like a Scientology black ops towards critics, than a standard journalistic tactic. What you glossed over is their abuse of private data if it suits their interest. Which, again in my opinion, is actually worse than the idea to smear a journalist and go after her family.

Put this reply of yours together with your comment history and applying Occam's razor you come over as an Uber shill and not as a person who hates mob mentality and has too much time on his had.

But that's just my opinion.