@garybasin Software engineers are very prone to writing systems for the data they derived from first principles rather than the data they actually have
@owenbroadcast The better you get at filtering for intelligence in the job market, the more fucked places depending on minimum wage labor will be (The Sort, cf patio11)
Presumably a right-skewed distribution, so median != mean even if reporting median correctly. Plus, may not be closest driver that takes ride & driver may not drive optimally.
But yes, Uber should have skin in game on estimates (partial refund if X min late?)
Standard experience booking an Uber
โ5 minutes awayโ
I order it
โFinding your driverโฆโ
โPickup in 7 minutesโ
I open my timer
9 minutes and 21 seconds later, it arrives
This is so tedious and I am tired of being deceived at the margin
@arpitrage@florianederer Business processes that generate last-minute demand aren't a core consumer group for fifa? Also airlines aren't a monopoly in the us? 3 big players.