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   Socket.js – an old-fashioned ES5 WebSocket wrapper for the un-modern web(github.com)

   6 points by uber-employee 6y ago|1 comments
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   by uber-employee 7y ago

   1). Not true. What’s surge pricing then? During NYE and Halloween, absolute peak demand time, drivers are not required to work - they’re instead made aware of higher earnings during those times and can decide for themselves. 2). How is this
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   by uber-employee 7y ago

   No, because it’ll only get better until next summer.
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   by uber-employee 7y ago

   FYI, Sidecar did this in 2013 - you could set your own price, both as a rider and driver. Then, when you request a ride, it would be more like market-making, with you getting matched with the driver whose price is closest to your requested
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   by uber-employee 8y ago

   Uber is already doing buses in LatAm and MENA. Most North American cities (except NYC really) just don’t have the density to make the unit economics work for a marketplace with buses. Also, Express POOL (shared ride with walking in order to
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   by uber-employee 8y ago

   The biggest abuse of this was definitely with the A’s stadium in Oakland. If a game doesn’t sell out, the city pays for the empty seats. Your tax dollars at work.
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   by uber-employee 8y ago

   No, it’s true. This was right after the Susan Fowler event when Uber’s Blind channel blew up in membership. They blocked it, people just laughed and turned off wifi, and then they unblocked it a few weeks later.