And you've got to fix those warnings, no matter who caused them. Leaving them hanging around is a recipe for things getting worse and worse, no matter what language or platform.
Ordering by phone app and automated dispatch by computer algorithm isn't going to go away. Like every industry, cabs are going to be increasingly automated. It might not end up as Uber that runs it, but the technology is here to stay.
An estimate of the price before you start the journey, which you ALWAYS get with Uber is better than "a transparently set rate per mile and minute" when you don't know what the distance or time is going to be.
Uber will also be a considerably lower price than a taxi in all cases that there's not a surge on. And in nearly all cases compared with other PHVs too.
Uber can take you places without a postcode. You place your destination pin on the map, and you have the usual search functions for addresses and well known places. If you can find where you want to go in Google Maps, you can find it in Uber.
Private hire CAN give you a price in advance, but usually doesn't. The standard operation is that they make up a fare when you arrive, and you take the risk it won't be too unreasonable.
It'll typically take you 3 years or more to pass the Knowledge. And who knows if it'll be worth anying in 3-5 years time. GPS navigation for taxis/PHVs is not going to go away.
I feel sorry for people learning The Knowledge now. They may well have wasted their time and money.
The drivers could have colluded to try and create a surge. A process that's bound to be more hopeful than reliable. However what it was not was an Uber driver deciding to charge $205, and telling him that in advance. It simply does not work like that. It's bullshit.
Yes it's an estimate. And a more accurate one than you'll get with any other taxi/private hire car. Because it's estimate from the actual route planning on the map, not off the top of a driver or dispatcher's head.
And not only is any surge clearly displayed before you hit the button to call an Uber, if there's a surge on, there's an additional confirmation dialogue to double-check you are OK paying the surge rate.
You know when the car will arrive and when it does arrive because the app tells you. Gives you both a countdown, and a display on the map where the uber is.
Drivers have no information on where the ride pick up is when they accept the ride. Only how many minutes it should take them to get to it. And they don't know the destination either.
But the app should choose the driver that has the shortest time to get to you. Which ought to take into account of one way streets etc, being on the right side of the road etc. Of course it won't be perfect, what GPS routing is.
You paint the hailing of a cab as easy. But in practice it can take a long time or be impossible unless you happen to be on a street where a lot of cabs cruise.
This is bullshit. A driver never gets to decide the price. The price is handled by the app. No cash changes hands in the app, nor does the driver get to charge the passenger's card himself.
Nope. According the UK law, Uber is a Private Hire Company. There's no such category as a Ride-Hail company in the UK.
Only Taxis are allowed to accept flag downs on the street, and Ubers are not classed as Taxis. They operate on the Private Hire arrangement where cars must be booked in advance. Traditionally by ringing the dispatcher. But Uber has extended that to using the app instead of ringing.
Uber hasn't failed at that. Drivers need to have badges, and they need to get licensed car plates for the car from TfL. Otherwise you can't operate as a driver.
I think you are assuming that Uber's actions in other countries have also been the case in the UK. But they haven't.
They probably weren't selling many of the lowest spec Model S. You don't buy the lowest spec unless you are reaching to afford the car at all. And most of those people that were reaching to afford a Model S have probably put themselves on the waiting list for a Model 3 instead.
No, it was only the 60 that was a software limited version of the 75. All the other models do have the actual physical sized batteries the model number implies.
Yes, you can pay $2000 to upgrade. Originally it was more than that.
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Good luck tying to keep up with a modern programmer, whilst doing all your coding in C.
Can you give an example of an Apple API that has simply changed the order of the parameters?
The word is deprecated, not depreciated.
And you've got to fix those warnings, no matter who caused them. Leaving them hanging around is a recipe for things getting worse and worse, no matter what language or platform.
XCode always offers auto migration for new Swift versions. Deals with the easy stuff. In most cases will deal with everything.
Ordering by phone app and automated dispatch by computer algorithm isn't going to go away. Like every industry, cabs are going to be increasingly automated. It might not end up as Uber that runs it, but the technology is here to stay.
And no private hire car I've ever taken has been, except when I've specifically asked.
An estimate of the price before you start the journey, which you ALWAYS get with Uber is better than "a transparently set rate per mile and minute" when you don't know what the distance or time is going to be.
Uber will also be a considerably lower price than a taxi in all cases that there's not a surge on. And in nearly all cases compared with other PHVs too.
Uber can take you places without a postcode. You place your destination pin on the map, and you have the usual search functions for addresses and well known places. If you can find where you want to go in Google Maps, you can find it in Uber.
Private hire CAN give you a price in advance, but usually doesn't. The standard operation is that they make up a fare when you arrive, and you take the risk it won't be too unreasonable.
It'll typically take you 3 years or more to pass the Knowledge. And who knows if it'll be worth anying in 3-5 years time. GPS navigation for taxis/PHVs is not going to go away.
I feel sorry for people learning The Knowledge now. They may well have wasted their time and money.
The drivers could have colluded to try and create a surge. A process that's bound to be more hopeful than reliable. However what it was not was an Uber driver deciding to charge $205, and telling him that in advance. It simply does not work like that. It's bullshit.
If you feel sorry for the driver that the fare is too low, leave a tip, either cash or in the app.
Yes it's an estimate. And a more accurate one than you'll get with any other taxi/private hire car. Because it's estimate from the actual route planning on the map, not off the top of a driver or dispatcher's head.
And not only is any surge clearly displayed before you hit the button to call an Uber, if there's a surge on, there's an additional confirmation dialogue to double-check you are OK paying the surge rate.
You know when the car will arrive and when it does arrive because the app tells you. Gives you both a countdown, and a display on the map where the uber is.
Drivers have no information on where the ride pick up is when they accept the ride. Only how many minutes it should take them to get to it. And they don't know the destination either.
But the app should choose the driver that has the shortest time to get to you. Which ought to take into account of one way streets etc, being on the right side of the road etc. Of course it won't be perfect, what GPS routing is.
You paint the hailing of a cab as easy. But in practice it can take a long time or be impossible unless you happen to be on a street where a lot of cabs cruise.
Which is not the story the previous guy was telling.
No, it's private hire in the rest of the UK too.
There's no such thing as "ride-hail company" in UK law.
This is bullshit. A driver never gets to decide the price. The price is handled by the app. No cash changes hands in the app, nor does the driver get to charge the passenger's card himself.
There is a special license in the UK, both for the company and each driver. It's called a private hire license (or badge for the driver).
That's what Transport for London have refused to renew today.
Nope. According the UK law, Uber is a Private Hire Company. There's no such category as a Ride-Hail company in the UK.
Only Taxis are allowed to accept flag downs on the street, and Ubers are not classed as Taxis. They operate on the Private Hire arrangement where cars must be booked in advance. Traditionally by ringing the dispatcher. But Uber has extended that to using the app instead of ringing.
Uber hasn't failed at that. Drivers need to have badges, and they need to get licensed car plates for the car from TfL. Otherwise you can't operate as a driver.
I think you are assuming that Uber's actions in other countries have also been the case in the UK. But they haven't.
UK Uber drivers certainly do have private hire badges.
And Uber has a private hire company license in each UK city it operates in. That's what they have not been allowed to renew in London today.
They probably weren't selling many of the lowest spec Model S. You don't buy the lowest spec unless you are reaching to afford the car at all. And most of those people that were reaching to afford a Model S have probably put themselves on the waiting list for a Model 3 instead.
No, it was only the 60 that was a software limited version of the 75. All the other models do have the actual physical sized batteries the model number implies.
Yes, you can pay $2000 to upgrade. Originally it was more than that.
Drones only make sense for delivering drugs.
Quadcopter drones fall out of the sky when they fail.
I'd rather have a an out of control car drive into me, than an out of control car fall onto me.