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Any software from a big company like Uber, Facebook, Google, etc. is far more complex than what you see. There are typically dozens of features and experiments rolled out to some u…

It does change it a bit. If one is more efficient than the others and is improving efficiency/utilization faster than others, then eventually that company will eventually be able t…

I read your comment twice. You only mention Uber and not "Waymo and car companies" unless your referring to a different comment of yours than the one I replied to here.

I think its a concern, but how is it hubris on Uber's part? It's an allegation not a proven fact based on weak circumstantial evidence. In America you can sue anyone for anything. …

I didn't say I intentionally keep things from previous employers. I return or delete everything that I know about, but that doesn't mean that I don't occasionally come across stuff…

The simplest answer is clicks and ad revenue.

Because he suggested that people be allowed to choose between privacy and cost? For some people, 20% might be a significant cost and they don't care about medical details leaking.

That's not how the law should work. Its frightening that people think this way and it's the reason the US has the largest incarcerated population in the world.

It's frightening to see users on a forum now support a bad law like the CFAA because it could be used against a company that they happen to like at the moment. A bad law is a bad l…

And if he downloaded them but never handed them over or never did anything else with them after leaving Google? I think one of the crazy things about all this is that having files …

Define hubris and provide evidence of it. That seems like an odd accusation to levy if someone is trying to be dispassionate and objective in their argument against a business mode…

I don't know about Silicon Valley, but I've had such a provision in one previous employment contract because the position was high enough up that I'd be legally liable. The clause …

It thickens more. Supposedly Larry Page talked to Levandowski before he left Google: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/uber-wa...

Schadenfreude aside, I hope others realize how evil this outcome would be. California is a great place because it doesn't enforce anti-employee provisions like non-compete agreemen…

As someone that worked on Wall Street, most HNers aren't any better than Main Street investors. In many ways I'd say they are worse. Specifically, the level of emotion some people …

No company is going to have a monopoly of self driving cars. Uber just needs to get them at the same time as everyone else to with either through build or buy. The main reason for …

Everyone is blinded by the large number like $3 billion. That's not the number that matterS. All the companies in this market are subsidizing rides (except maybe the traditional ta…

Sans self driving cars, Uber's competitors are also losing cash, and they are losing cash faster than Uber https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13772168

Given Lyft's leaked financials versus Uber's leaked financial, it looks like Lyft (and others) are going to be the ones trying to pay back investors for years: https://news.ycombin…

The longer self driving cars take to completely replace cars, the harder it is for a self-driving only company to compete. You can't run a network with only self driving cars unles…

Largest subsidies by volume or per ride? From what I've seen based on leaked financials, Lyft is outspending Uber by more than 2x in terms of subsidy dollars per ride [0]. Subsidie…

All the companies subsidize rides, including Lyft and Didi. No company would willingly do it if the others didn't do it as well, except maybe to increase market liquidity as the ma…

At this point I think they are trying the Microsoft/Oracle strategy. It looks like they are using a lawsuit and the discovery process are to get enough information to determine whi…

Fuel: not Uber's problem. Any solutions/advances benefit all market participants equally. Cars: also not Uber's problem. Any solutions/advances benefit all market participants equa…