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by lolname 16y ago
Check the prices on ubercab versus regulated taxis. 2 mile: $7.15 v $17.80 5 mile: $13.90 v $32.50 10 mile: $25.15 v $57.00 idling: $0.45 v $1.25 The expensive ones are the less regulated cars of ubercab. And for what it's worth, in New Yor
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by lolname 16y ago
Look at their website and blog: "The cab stand in your hand". Tags of "taxi", "cab" and "taxi stand". A name that includes the word "cab". They're clearly positioning themselves as a taxi company, then saying "oh, but we are not a taxi co
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by lolname 16y ago
Why would an employer want to do that? A github account just makes it slightly more likely that the candidate's experience involves more open source, and less proprietary code. Personally, I'd rather filter candidates based on factors that
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by lolname 16y ago
Although, if your opinion is correct, it doesn't mean anything that I can't look you up online. That's on purpose. I establish new HN accounts from time to time because I despise the fact that many people will upvote old users more readi
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by lolname 16y ago
FWIW, if you look at any of the senior people who work for me, they'll have little to no activity during their tenure. Here's why: 1) One individual has final responsibility for our platform. We run a modified version of FreeBSD, which in
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by lolname 16y ago
Yes. I'm sure. (I just googled a couple of the most prominent names.) They work around it, or more often they realize that somebody else has found the same bug and just track that. Or they'll feel generous and submit a fix via some bug t
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by lolname 16y ago
Do you refrain from hiring anybody without a github account?
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by lolname 16y ago
I've worked with a lot of truly top-notch Unix folks, and VERY few of them have a meaningful mailing list presence.
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by lolname 16y ago
They could make a deal with taxi companies, to pass the < 1hr fares to them instead. Problem solved.
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by lolname 16y ago
The page claims that the sedan services are cheaper... let's verify that claim on a few rides: 2 mile luxor cab: $7.15 5 mile luxor cab: $13.90 10 mile luxor cab: $25.15 1 minute idling luxor cab: $0.45 2 mile yellow cab: $7.15 5 mile yello
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by lolname 16y ago
Ubercab is not a taxi service It's hard to read that and think of you as anything other than a liar (or perhaps an obnoxious pedant). That's truly meant as constructive feedback. edit: seriously. I figured it'd be better somebody tell hi