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I'm sorry that you have had to use Hipchat so much that you know this and use it outside of it. A human can truly get used to anything.
I don't think that syntax is Hipchat-specific
While I do agree that the culture at Uber was toxic and ultimately Travis was to blame for that, on a human level I do feel for the guy. At the end of the day, he just lost his mother and now also his life's work for the foreseeable future. And damn that must suck.
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So the probability of a competitor inventing such a claim was literally zero?
> So the probability of a competitor inventing such a claim was literally zero? Enlighten us, which competitor made such a claim?
Uber does have a strong competitor in India, a local company called Ola Cabs.
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> So the probability of a competitor inventing such a claim was literally zero? Enlighten us, which competitor made such a claim?
Are you being willfully obtuse? They never said that a competitor did make such a claim. They said that it is not impossible that a competitor could have made a claim, so it's not unreasonable for someone to be, a priori, slightly skeptical of it. Uber does have a strong competitor in India, a local company called Ola Cabs.
Plus, it's not the orchestrator of the rape who is in question anyway. It's Kalanick's response, involving the alleged acquisition of the woman's medical records without her consent. And if true, that speaks to some despicable moral compass within Uber. Which isn't news anyway.
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So the probability of a competitor inventing such a claim was literally zero?
> So the probability of a competitor inventing such a claim was literally zero? Enlighten us, which competitor made such a claim?
Uber may have been paranoid, perhaps because they know how easily they'd do such things? Or due to their general attitude?
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Are you being willfully obtuse? They never said that a competitor did make such a claim. They said that it is not impossible that a competitor could have made a claim, so it's not unreasonable for someone to be, a priori, slightly skeptical of it. Uber does have a strong competitor in India, a local company called Ola Cabs.
That is an extraordinary claim to make, especially when offered without citations. And especially when taking into account how India is effectively Rape Central. And yet you think he is being will fully obtuse? Plus, it's not the orchestrator of the rape who is in question anyway. It's Kalanick's response, involving the alleged acquisition of the woman's medical records without her consent. And if true, that speaks t…
" Uber executives discussed the possibility that the rape could be tied to one of its competitors in India — such as a taxi company or Ola, the largest Indian ride-hailing company — as part of a plan to sabotage Uber’s momentum in the region. One day after the rape was made public, Uber was banned by officials in New Delhi. "
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/technology/uber-india-...
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Well, he still has his billions and is on the board.
Is there any way to know how much he's taken off the table? The way Uber is going, I'd be shocked if he's worth billions in 5 years.
A commenter in another thread put it very well: you can have as many voting shares as you like, but you aren't in control of your company until you're profitable.
Kalanick is less CEO and more like a comic book caricature of one before they fall into pure evil. The fact that the board stood by him as long as they did is just mind bending.