I'm not a big fan of Uber, but this seems like a case of "confirmation bias." The author formed an opinion, then searched for anything that confirmed it and accepted that as proof, even if it was completely unrelated or just due to chance.
It's called "dynamic pricing" for a reason. Like stock market prices, it fluctuates rapidly based on hundreds of factors.
You don't need credits to see different prices—just compare with a friend's phone. Sometimes, their fare will be higher than yours, and other times, it will be lower.
Dynamic pricing is supposed to be based on the overall demand of the service at that instant. In this case, it is “price discrimination” based on the user, rather than the overall demand.
> Like stock market prices, it fluctuates rapidly based on hundreds of factors.
I don’t think many brokers offer different prices to their clients based on attributes. How is this even a remotely valid comparison when you’re saying:
> Sometimes, their fare will be higher than yours, and other times, it will be lower.
I advise you to add a disclaimer at the bottom that says "this is for educational purposes only, try it at your own risk and don't rely on it for serious/dangerous measurements". And also change the name to "Ammeter for Apple Watch", as some "special" people might think that this was made by Apple.
(My learnings from almost getting sued for a simple hobby project like this)
The README more or less describes the "what" but there's no "why".
Why is this needed, who is this for (target audience), why did you build it, which gap is it closing, which problems does it solve in a homelab, or startup, or enterprise, i.e. "what's in it for me", how is it different than alternatives?
Privacy must belong to no one, or everyone, but no where in between; i.e. privacy must not be owned by a certain class or group.
If I can read anyone's messages, I'm absolutely fine with everyone else reading mine.
If governments want access to our data, they should open up their data for us to see as well.
Honestly I'd love to live in a world where everything is out in the open, no secrets, no agendas, nothing to hide, no passwords. Everyone knows everyone's intentions, perhaps even thoughts one day via Neurolink.
I think after the initial chaos in the first couple of decades, humanity will leap forward beyond imagination.
This is a beautiful thought, but also a very ugly one at the same time. When only "approved thoughts" can be given voice, even if those thoughts are weighed by a super-majority, is the organism of humanity truly healthy? Monocultures are dangerous to themselves. The only way to have heterogeneity is by allowing for the existence of secrets.
I don't know if you'd need to only have approved thoughts. I think the world would need to accept that people have different values and people don't completely align with their own values. Someone would do, say, or think something wrong and the response would be "meh" (depending on the consequences of course).
There is still an imbalance of power here. The average person doesn't have the means to parse through the mountains of data produced by the entire world, but states and corporations do.
And even if they did, the average person have even less power to do anything about it.
1st half of thought was amazing, but I’m personally still an individualist and no, we should not all live out in the open unless we all unanimously choose to. That of course is impossible.
> live in a world where everything is out in the open
the only outcome would be mass panic.
en plein air decision making has already been tried several times throughout history, it never worked as intended.
social networks are an experiment in that sense and have been weaponized against the people using them in a very short time.
secondly: that would not stop propaganda, which is the real problem, we would only know what people say they think, not what they really think.
also I am not really fine with everyone reading my messages, some things need to stay private to live peacefully and/or not harm other people's feelings.
It's called "dynamic pricing" for a reason. Like stock market prices, it fluctuates rapidly based on hundreds of factors.
You don't need credits to see different prices—just compare with a friend's phone. Sometimes, their fare will be higher than yours, and other times, it will be lower.