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Uber is not being banned just because of this rape incident. Uber did not following Indian laws & Delhi transport regulations, and operated illegally under the radar. Before this incident, Delhi Government was not aware about how Uber operated. This incident prompted Indian authorities to investigate the operations of Uber.

Uber's stance is that we are not a taxi company, we are an app company; so we do not need to follow transportation laws.

Uber is so secretive in India that the only way users can contact Uber is through Twitter. They don't provide any phone number, email or address. Moreover, Delhi police had to struggle to get in touch with Uber. They called an Uber cab using the App, and asked the driver to take them to Uber's office. When they reached office, it was almost empty. There was nobody who had any information about what is going on.

Uber claims they have a driver screening process, but it seems they skip through the due diligence process in India to save few bucks.

https://www.uber.com/safety

"Uber is committed to connecting you to the safest ride on the road"

Driver Screening:

http://blog.uber.com/driverscreening

which includes:

Criteria for drivers to pass through Uber’s screening, going back seven years:

- No DUI or other drug related driving violations or severe infractions*

- No Hit and Runs

- No fatal accidents

- No history of reckless driving

- No violent crimes

- No sexual offenses

- No gun related violations

- No resisting/evading arrest

- No driving without insurance or suspended license charge in the past 3 years

Unfortunately, Uber does not perform this due diligence while recruiting drivers in India. The alleged driver had previously served 7 months in prison for rape charges, that didn't stop Uber from recruiting him.
Is it true that some humans are r-selected, which means they’re promiscuous and want to have lots of children, and some humans are k-selected, which means they invest in a few children?

This is not what I'm saying. If you look at any human's ancestry, you're going to find both influences. The last thing I intend to say is that there are meaningful differences between humans (either at an individual or group level) on this front. My point is that both sex drives exist, because both are a part of our evolutionary story.

Humans as a species are absurdly k-selected. How many species can you think of that have young that are totally helpless for their first decade of life? r/k selection theory would argue that we wouldn’t have casual sex, because humans are not remotely r-selected on any conceivable level!

My argument is that all humans are both, each to some degree, although the K-drive is more socially acceptable, civilized, and progressive... and probably the stronger one in most of us.

Being r-selective is actually very adaptive during times of ecological stress, such as after a population crash. K-selection is more fruitful when population is at saturation and the only available growth is civilization's progress. I don't intend to moralize on this. We needed both drives to get us where we are. You're right that, as applies to any specific animal, the r/K selection theory is a bit simplistic because almost all advanced organisms exhibit traits derived from both evolutionary imperatives (quality and quantity). For example, trees are K-selective in terms of being durable and large, but r-selective in terms of having many seeds.

As for "we wouldn't have casual sex", I'm not so sure that there's an either/or. Humans are an advanced animal and, given both our cognitive capability (and flexibility) and our numbers, it's quite reasonable to assume that human behavior includes the full spectrum of strategies. It's not unreasonable to suppose that humans are predisposed to r-selective behavior when young (15-25) and K-driven behavior when older (25+).
ray kurzweil how to create a mind (it helped me to change my point of view to my behaviors for example I stopped to watch reality show started to take a design session for 1 hour everyday etc)
Online food delivery has worked for years and I believe is profitable, at least in the UK.
Have had success in the past using Flightfox (http://www.flightfox.com) where you get a 'pro' to find you a cheap flight (for a fee). Have used it twice and both times they found a cheaper flight than I could with the difference being greater than the fee.

Most recently I travelled Melbourne to NYC and they found if I booked an unrelated flight between Manchester and London, the overall cost of the routes I was travelling was much lower, even when paying for an extra ticket I wasn't going to use (though I'm still not entirely sure why)

I also read recently about Skiplagged (https://skiplagged.com/) which finds flights from A - B - C which are cheaper than those simply A - B. If you are only travelling A - B this will be cheaper and you just don't hop on the flight from B - C. They're getting sued by United so obviously someone doesn't like what they're doing.

As for specifically deals, I use OzBargain (http://www.ozbargain.com.au) though this is obviously Australian focused.
It is amazing how many in this community are able to just dismiss this "Oh yeh, boot2docker performance is still awful." If Docker was a product by Google or Microsoft, we'd have pitch forks out by this point. Yet somehow Docker is still able to skate by on having incredibly subpar Mac OS X performance.

"How Docker Got The Apple Community To Love It, Despite Horrible Performance" <- will someone please write that post, since that's what I really want to know.
So what then, an Uber customer would have to just say "yeah ok rapes happen so let me keep taking Uber"?

The point is, Uber is claiming to be better than cabbies in that they screen drivers, etc. Clearly they aren't doing anything of the sort. So they are as unsafe as taking any other cab.
I'd say I use `this` outside of lexical context at least as much as I do within, and I rely on this's behaviour a lot when developing a DSL.

It enables some rather elegant patterns, actually.
I think, like most things, it's a question of execution. Frankly, a lot of the infrastructure and societal mindset just wasn't there in 1999. I was playing online games every day since 1998, but it wasn't until 2003 that I was making even one or two purchases online each year, and not until 2007 or so that they felt commonplace to me.

Then again, that doesn't mean it wasn't a bubble- the irrationality is in how viable the businesses themselves are, not the ideas, as many more ideas have a kernel of value than what we think, but it's a question of execution, timing, and luck. We might still be heading into another bubble now. Or maybe we've just gotten very, very good at closing the convenience gap.
Even among what you might call "consumer-targeted games", investing seems quite different among different budgets and audiences as well. For example IndieFund has been quite successful as an investor by picking a specific niche that the people running it understand well enough to pick promising games, and provide relevant advice to the companies they fund. But this list of games is hardly a random subset of games in general: http://indie-fund.com/games/

Other investors I've run into also seem quite specialized. A bunch focus on mobile games. One that I've had second-hand contact with invests only in simulation games sold in boxed copies in Germany (this is a surprisingly large market). And then the console market is a whole other kettle of fish, because the console makers themselves have a pitch and funding process, which changes the dynamics a bit.
It's hard and takes time to fix root emotional problems. Attempting to suppress your mind with drugs is easier and cheaper.

Consequently, when someone is found to be on (illegal) drugs, locking them up in prison for a few decades is also easier than fixing the problem.

In fact, according to the prisons themselves, banning books is thought to help apparently. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8704401
Uber hired drivers in India who does not even have a valid Delhi Transport commercial driver license required for all cab drivers in Delhi.

Edit:

> and the amount of rape happening in india is crazy, the government needs to do something about that, something more than blaming uber.

Do you know that more women are raped every year in UK & US than in India? You hear a lot more about rapes in India because Indians are more outraged towards rape than Americans & British.

Rate per 100,000 population:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Rape_statist...

United Kingdom (England and Wales): 28.8

United States of America	: 27.3

According to some surveys, 20% to 25% girls on American colleges campuses suffer sexual assault.
What? I did not say that Jobs was not a smart businessman, that's not what I'm contending. His quotes in this article are probably very valid and prescient, none of this is what I take issue with. I'm just saying he was a bad person who frequently did illegal and immoral things, and thus he shouldn't be the person we should look up to. Wozniak is a better role model figure for us all.
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I don't buy the explanation that "stressors" are somehow the cause. Here in India marriage is sky high, yet stressors of any sort are vastly higher.

I was making an argument that holds within one culture. My point was that there isn't really a difference in values between different social classes in the U.S. but a difference in behavior. I was trying to refute the (classist and often racist) claim often made in the US that the poor have a lack of "family values".

Change the social background and you change the values and the behavior, and all bets are off.
What if we could just *draw* the code?
> if the free alternatives protect you equally fine, yes.

Well, that's a Catch-22 and a half if there ever was one. Absence of detection doesn't mean absence of malware, it just means you haven't found out how badly you've been infected. The paid-for guys are halfways in the pockets of people who've paid more and the free guys are lagging behind.
Yes - they're talking their book. Which would survive a VC funding round better: Two startups with a similar very far fetched idea - one asks for $10mm to continue in the valley, the other $5mm in Morocco?
I think a lifestyle location could be a cool underdog hiring strategy, at elates if you accept that you all your hire will be relocation hires. IE, if you are wiling to pay big city salaries in a small town location, that could be attractive to some people. Not everyone and obviously if you have Google/Facebook hiring requirements it's not an option. But, if you need to hire 5-10 a year it might work. Not everyone will want it. But, the minority that do want it want it a lot.

IE, imagine a couple with small kids from London comings for an interview to a nice location in Crete. Instead of a tiny London 2 bedroom, they can move into a nice cottage. They can save hours a day in commutes and get more cash into savings. That will appeal to some employees (or their wives/husbands). You can't say Crete is objectively better or worse than the London buzz. But, it is different in a way that will inevitably appeal to some.

The problem is that it's hard not to adjust your salary expectations (as an employer) to local salaries and that just isn't compatible with relocation hiring. People don't relocate for a lower salary, even if cost of living is lower. I think the EU has a lot of these possibilities that are still under appreciated.

If you think your main win/lose parameter is the quality of people you can hire, you should think creatively about how to win here. It's hard to win competing head-to-head.
It's Uber's fault because they claim to screen their drivers' backgrounds for criminal activity, including sexual assault. This driver raped a woman in a taxi he was driving in 2011, which Uber either didn't know or didn't care about.

Pretty reasonable to expect Uber to detect and prevent people like that from driving cars for them, I think.
Some people consider small fishing villages to be nice places.
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Tech itself wasnt a bubble. Bubble is caused by investors. If investors that have little knowledge of technology, will pour ridiculous money to young and/or not established companies - this is the bubble.

Bubble actually helped to some extent promote tech and created jobs. Many companies after bubble survived providing jobs and offering safe harbour for employees, startups and investors.
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The Caine will parse the CONTRIBUTING.md file and get all required info out of it. It will ask the authors of the issues to fill the form to help it tag the issue, and will tag it and assign to one of the maintainers after the proper reply.

We are currently using it for: https://github.com/iojs/io.js . Which should (ideally) let us unsubscribe from unfiltered github notifications, and get emails only for the issues that we was assigned to.
I didn't have any life changers, but I throughly enjoyed The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Horowitz. I've been turned off by the soft and cuddly management book industry because it only focuses on the bright side. Real work is hard and dirty, and Horowitz captured it.
Just compiled a list of VAT rates and territory exceptions. All is available at: https://github.com/kdeldycke/vat-rates
I read a lot of different stuff, but Jared Diamond's work helps on early civilization, and so does Simon Baron Cohen's work on gender. Robert Sapolsky's work on baboons and other primate research also gives us a lot of insight into what we were before we became human.

If you want to learn about modern "Game"/PUA-land (which is a pre-monogamous culture-- and, thankfully, a non-reproductive one-- that has erupted in 21st-century North America) there's a lot of research on that, but it's depressing and probably not worth your time unless you're a sociopath.
Unless I'm mistaken, Ocado is still not profitable even if it's been at it for 13 years.
You're taking his quote out of context. He was talking about competition between Microsoft and Apple in the mid-nineties, not about smartphones (which did not even exist back then). The industry was dead in the sense that no one was innovating in the field of desktop operating systems at the time, according to Jobs.
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The way I understand it Indian market is regulated, but Uber failed to comply with the regulations.
No sexual offenses

From the article: "Uber, which had employed the driver even though he had been arrested on allegations of sexual assault three years ago"

THe implication there is that he had not been convicted of any offense - which means no sexual offense was [in the eyes of the law...] committed.

I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand yeah, he was arrested for it and convicted or not, that's probably a risk Uber shouldn't be taking.

The other side of that an accusation or suspicion isn't a reasonable basis on which to ruin someone's employability.
That salary is way too low for a senior developer in SF. I would take a look at hired.com & see what offers you get, but I'm betting they would be a lot hire than $120k.
I wanted to do something with JS range and selection API's, but was having trouble figuring out how they worked or what browser support they actually have.

Excited to look at the source code for squire as an example!

hooray open source.
It's also the timing of ideas. Many of these ideas flopped because execution just wasn't feasible at the time. Today, it's much cheaper to execute on ideas (people are moderately more expensive, technology infrastructure is several orders of magnitude less) so ideas that didn't pass muster previously now might.
Look, you're under no real obligation to stop being an inconsiderate asshole. I'm just pointing out that there are practical consequences.

You don't have to be offended by the image. You don't even have to understand why people are offended, that's fine. But if you don't take other people's feelings into consideration, that's the inconsiderate part.

Other people are going to have different opinions than you do. Telling other people they're not allowed to be offended is why you're an asshole.
Not supported in ES3, IIRC.
That statement makes no sense. You know it is possible to have violence without guns, right?
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Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright. A great historical look at Jesus and 1st Century Judaism.

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller. Made me stop and think a lot about how I interact with family and friends that have gone through struggles.

Coders at Work by Peter Seibel. I enjoy learning from the experienced, and Coders At Work is a fantastic walk through the recent history of computing, as told by those who walked through it. I wish there were a true coding focused sequel.
"Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien. Tried to read it for years, but always got distracted by other books (e.g. "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes - found in a HN). Lo! This year, after I purchased a e-book version I finally concluded the quest and cast the ... I mean I read it.
I don't quite understand the wording on the website. The article said the driver was acquitted; would a proper screening still have disqualified him, given his acquittal?

Quick disclaimer: clearly, given what you said, Uber needs to dramatically change how it operates in India, and thorough background checks are hugely important for a commercial transport service. I'm just wondering if it would have been enough to prevent this particular crime from happening.
It is being made obsolete. Just look at the last 10 years. Cable subscriptions are way down. Youtube views are way up.

But people don't want indie content

Absolutely not true.
I read this book a little while ago, and it prompted me to make several important changes in my life: start saving for retirement, get life and disability insurance, set up college funds for the kids. I keep it close as it's a great reference, in addition to giving a fantastic overview of what is available for you to do with your money. I recommend it to anyone who asks.
Facebook has official representation in Tor since october
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Is this the new model of urban decay? There is a large trend towards urbanism, but not every city is a winner.
Was he the greatest hacker or not? Nikola Tesla's autobiography
Cycling in the rain in the city your tyres can slip on oil - unpleasant results even at starting speed. The oily puddles also stain clothes, which probably aren't cycling gear on a short 15 minute ride. My last job was a Chiswick to Tower Hill ride, gear up and get dirty, but the worst part was the state of the toilets we had to change in.
Ah, Peapod. My last memory of Peapod is getting my final grocery delivery for free because it got lost in the shuffle of them backing out of the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
http://www.amazon.com/Longing-Know-Esther-Lightcap-Meek/dp/1...
Longing To Know - Esther Lightcap Meek

For years I've been stuck with questions like "What does it mean to know?", "What is truth?", "How can I hold an opinion?" and "How can I say what I think is as valid as what somebody else thinks?".

This book does a great job of untangling what it means to know, the limitations of knowing, and doesn't duck the difficult questions.
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Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry,
by Albert Bernstein

Book #1 (Recommended by someone here on HN!)
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth
by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

Book #2
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Launching a DDoS attack requires no imagination and no skill at all. Why do we keep giving these script-kiddies any mention? They live on attention. Stop giving it to them.
> A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine

I read this, and have nothing bad to say about it per se. I think Stoicism in the classic sense is very under-appreciated these days, and it's good to have a book to serve as an introduction. But I personally found it to be very repetitive. The historical context part is worth reading in my opinion, but apart from that you'd be better off reading something like Marcus Aurelius' Meditations instead, or some of the other classics.

Edit: Or if you're interested in a contemporary overview, I found AC Grayling's What is Good? to be much more insightful. Its central theme is also a search for some form of "philosophy of life", like Irvine's book, but it doesn't cover just Stoicism. Instead it covers many more philosophies, and I think it's a much richer book because of it since it gives you a much broader context, even if you end up adopting a Stoic outlook.
Shipping 50lb bags of dog food at pets.com for free is still a bad idea.
I too live in a fishing town, yes, it's nice being a small town without any traffic or people on the street (except in Summer when we get tourists) but honestly I can't wait to move out.

I can't get fast internet, power/internet goes down when it gets a bit windy or starts raining; and it rains quite a lot, making you really unproductive. Let's not talk about 3G/4G, we are lucky to have 3G on a good day.

If I wanted to go to some conference or meetup I'd have to drive at least 4-5 hours since there's nothing here, and we don't have train or anything.

Talking about leisure time, I like surfing, but that's only viable during the Summer, there's not much else to do here other than hanging out with other people; we are lucky to have a cinema, but some movies don't even make it here (I'm still waiting to watch Interstellar).

This would be the perfect place for a lonely writer working on a novel, but definitely not for people like us, who need to be always connected and making the best use of technology possible.

Disclaimer: I've never lived in a city, maybe I'll end up hating it, who knows?
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I'd recommend The Happiness Advantage. Really changed my outlook on life for the positive.

Author also did a TED talk on the subject called "The Happy Secret To Better Work".

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_bet...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Happiness-Advantage-Principles-Per...
Ask HN: What are must-have features you look for in a web-app?
I have been hacking away on my personal task management / kanban project (https://www.taskfort.com) and have been trying to think of things that would be useful to the end-user.

What are some features that you can't live without in the web-apps you use / pay for?
They say Afghanistan is where empires go to die. Well perhaps same day delivery of food is where bubbles go when they're ready to pop.

more seriously though, time is as much a part of good ideas as any other component. Google glass is probably a good idea, but also ahead of its time. Even if every other part of the execution is perfect, people need to be ready to accept it.
"Some of the groups that oppose Title II designation, like the Urban League and the League of United Latin American Citizens, have received contributions from organizations affiliated with Internet service providers, like the Comcast Foundation, the charitable organization endowed by Comcast"

"But those organizations say that the donations or sponsorships do not influence their positions."

Yeah, OK.
It would be great if more websites would follow this example. It is as good as HTTPS (peer-to-peer encryption) plus protection for both "last mile" and "first mile". Noone except the user know that she's checking the website, noone except the website knows that something was requested
The Beach - Alex Garland ...I'm 42 now, but read this in my late twenties. If you are 18-32 this book will save your life.