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Comment by blazespin | Hacker News Reader

You know, I really wouldn't put it past Uber to game HackerNews. If they're willing to dig up dirt on journalists, can you imagine that they'd have a problem with 'employee advocacy' on HN?

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Either you didn't read the article, or I am totally misunderstanding it, because it appeared to me to be a criticism of Uber.

I believe you are misunderstanding it. It appears to be satire in the "A Modest Proposal" vein.

Yep, you're totally right, I skimmed the middle section when the author was really laying it on thick.

This comment may have been mistaken, but it's so much more decent than the usual "Did you even read the article" swipe that I'd say some corrective upvotes are called for. Thanks for keeping your temper, even when wrong!

Is Blake Ross an employee of Uber? Even if so, I have my doubts he would trade his integrity for any company...

Not an Uber employee, not an Uber investor. Just had a terrible cab experience in Vegas last month and it finally spilled out on a plane ride yesterday.

Blake that was one of the funniest articles I have read in a long time. The content wasn't particularly interesting to me but coffee blew out of my nose at "Bankery Robberson" and I had to read to the end. Your high school English teacher would be proud.

Hilarious article, made a great start to my day. Thanks for writing.

Surely Uber is not the right solution here. Just extend the monorail out to the airport. How long could that possibly take?

At gov't speed, 12 years/mile.

That is not a speed.

That's very much a speed. It's a really slow speed, which is what was indicated with the sarcastic remark.

12 years/mile. So, I see rate (1 mile) and time (12 years). If you want to REwrite this, you can say (1/12)mile/year.

And that's also a speed.

Really? If that's the case then presumably you didn't take the photos in your article, so you should be attributing them to their owners. If you did take the photos then either you're doing more than just recounting a bad experience, or you take the weirdest holiday snaps ever.

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