Back in 2012, Paul Carr first raised serious concerns about the company’s view that both riders and drivers are disposable commodities in an all-out Randian battle to maximize profits. He uninstalled the app when he wrote that piece, and he started a drumbeat of press around these concerns.
Then, in 2014, Carmel DeAmicis exposed that an Uber driver accused of assault had a criminal record that should have been uncovered by the background checks Uber claimed to do. She further documented a “blame the passenger” culture at the company when such complaints came up.
It started to snowball: An investigation at The Verge exposed cut throat competitive tactics that the company has taken against its primary competitor Lyft.
Then, a few weeks ago, I wrote a story about the outrageous sexism woven deeply into the culture of the company. We’ve seen it in the company’s PR team discrediting female passengers who accuse drivers of attacking them by whispering that they were “drunk” or “dressed provocatively.”
We’ve seen it in CEO Travis Kalanick’s comments that he calls the company “boober” because of all the tail he gets since running it.
Well, except for the fact that I was relying on it, and those services weren't fully developed when they did drop them, yeah it was an easy replacement.
The entire point is that 100% of the calories in are counted, but 0% of the calories out via waste are counted; only calories by energy expenditure are counted. I'm not sure we really even know what range % of calories via waste might be in. If it's ~5%, no big deal. If it's ~25%, big deal. Does it depend on what you eat, in what order, whether you drink while eating, etc?
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Late is not allowed. Managers don't get bonuses.
Instead, features get 'minimized'. And work very poorly. ie edit xml config file instead of GUI with controls. For a customer of a GUI product.
Yeah, my company does that.
75 features to be implemented by the end of the quarter.
2 weeks in, cut it down to 50
1 month in, cut it down to 20.
Actually deliver 12 features.
Planning & prioritization are all over the place for the first month. And code freeze is 2 weeks into the second month.
Every single quarter. Why don't the people expecting 75 features every quarter get fired?
I'm just glad I'm not a developer here.
Outside of our national borders, we shouldn't be doing anything with our military. That's the non-arbitrary subset.
Fund the red cross, food banks etc. if we want to help.
But why the military?
You're willing to sit on the sidelines while ISIS engages in a campaign of genocide and ethnic/religious cleansing?
Why were we fine with doing this when the warlords of Africa were doing it? Or Bosnia?
Or anyplace else on this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
In the US, they'll know where the voters & rabble rousers are.
Yeah, no. Not even close.
Thanks jackass.
He said the 'press said it's bad' ie he believes those incidents didn't happen, they made stuff up.
It's called smearing. Look that up.
Was the dialogue guided to this point by the reporter?
Considering the executive apologized to her personally, fuck yes it was.
Making all your bullshit logical shortcircuits laid bare.
So, you're saying those incidents didn't happen? Because the press is questionable?
WTF kind of logic is that?
So the "blame the rape victim" mentality is ok with you?
No wonder you posted anonymously.
And what I'm saying is that it IS a bad company. And the press pointing that out doesn't make them bad.
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You might want to go read this:
http://pando.com/2014/11/17/th...
Back in 2012, Paul Carr first raised serious concerns about the company’s view that both riders and drivers are disposable commodities in an all-out Randian battle to maximize profits. He uninstalled the app when he wrote that piece, and he started a drumbeat of press around these concerns.
Then, in 2014, Carmel DeAmicis exposed that an Uber driver accused of assault had a criminal record that should have been uncovered by the background checks Uber claimed to do. She further documented a “blame the passenger” culture at the company when such complaints came up.
It started to snowball: An investigation at The Verge exposed cut throat competitive tactics that the company has taken against its primary competitor Lyft.
Then, a few weeks ago, I wrote a story about the outrageous sexism woven deeply into the culture of the company. We’ve seen it in the company’s PR team discrediting female passengers who accuse drivers of attacking them by whispering that they were “drunk” or “dressed provocatively.”
We’ve seen it in CEO Travis Kalanick’s comments that he calls the company “boober” because of all the tail he gets since running it.
Well, except for the fact that I was relying on it, and those services weren't fully developed when they did drop them, yeah it was an easy replacement.
Business changes are never 'easy'.
Which would be 'a terminal, but on a computer'.
Ditto for my wife's business.
Square & FreshBooks saved her bacon. Happy to pay ~$50 + $30 per month for reliable products.
They have to be smart enough to jailbreak, point to an alternative app store, and install a corrupted app.
Or be dumb enough to hand it to a smart friend who can do this.
He probably didn't care. He probably got paid well.
Not just the knowing, but how important it is for productivity.
Send this to your HR person.
The complaint is literally "they got cheaper gas" probably because they were big customers & looking for a place to live long term.
It's exactly like typical business negotiations.
Oh, and the cheaper gas was roughly 1% of this deal.
In other words, Consumer Watchdog is a whiny fucking bitch.
So if I burn 1000 calories via each method of exercise, you're saying I'll get more calories burned out of one over the other? Or 1000>1000?
Because that's what you just said.
1000 calories burned is 1000 calories burned, whether you're sprinting or sleeping.
The entire point is that 100% of the calories in are counted, but 0% of the calories out via waste are counted; only calories by energy expenditure are counted. I'm not sure we really even know what range % of calories via waste might be in. If it's ~5%, no big deal. If it's ~25%, big deal. Does it depend on what you eat, in what order, whether you drink while eating, etc?
water has zero calories so doesn't enter into weight mgmt calculations.
Not in the calculations used in current weight mgmt.
Which is my exact point.