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o999··on The Stallman Report
Puberty was considered the adulthood age for mellinia, that is suitable for marriage (and is still considered so in several places).

Why is this a very controversial topic?

o999··on PEP 760: No more bare excepts
s/except:/except Exception:/g
o999··on Telegram Removes Z-Library Posts 'Due to Copyright Infringement'
Some channels are only available on android for off-play store apps, it is server side restriction of course.
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
thanks!
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
It is a heuristic, it doesn't work 100% of times for me.

I also don't know if ithas other factors, like region, number of rides, etc..

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
The system cannot penalize the working party in the same way it penalizes the paying party, if you are an easy customer whi never complain, always seem satisfied, would ride anyway no matter how high is the current rate, we might as well assign you any driver.

If you are a difficult customer who is rarely satisfied and complain of most inconveniences, you will get the better drivers.

Because simply, the algorthm is prioritizing sales, not nice and chill riders.

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
By leaving the app before booking, I often get 10%-20% off (it claims rates went low, of course it's just a retention discount), not sure about others.

It doesn't work everytime btw.

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
Yes, rating is used for prioritization when proximity is equalish
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
I appreciate your input, thanks.
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
> If everyone has this attitude, the system can break down.

Yes, that is why "I like how people [in comments] are keen to change the world", I don't want everyone to be as lazy as I am.

> Refusing to give good reviews harms the drivers who are already barely scraping by. This is a very good example of how you can cause real world harm with by trying to game the system for yourself.

No uber rider owe feedback at all, even if there is no gain of skipping it..

I would understand your argument if I were giving negative feedback on purpose for good drivers, which I consider a false testimony and a lie, but every user have all the right to skip reviewing, owing no more than the ride fees.

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
Whoops, gotta clean my glasses.
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
>> I like how people in comments are keen to change the world, but I - more realisticly - only focus on...

> but let people have their principles.

I believe I did..?

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
Exactly
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
Negligible saving for one ride, but I rely on Uber as I have no car and riding in taxis in my city is sometimes horrible, so it adds up on the long-run.
o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
I work on freelancing platforms, I know how harmful is it for me to get a 4.9/5 star rating.

I would prefer not to harm the driver, unless he was a dick or was driving a garbage can, I would then rate it 1-star with a clear conscience.

o999··on Uber charges more if you have credits in your account
I like how people in comments are keen to change the world, but I - more realisticly - only focus on gaming the system so I can actually save myself couple bucks right away.

I set pick up and destination, exit the app, open another rides app, wait few minutes for uber to notify me that the price went down.

I only give it initials (instead of full name) and phone number, not even my gender, I rarely rate drivers positively, if it is not a negative experience, I skip reviewing, so they don't know I "like" the service.

When it takes more than a minute to find a ride, I cancel the ride and choose the "others" option, as this is the de-facto the option for "I will just take a cab", so I get inserted on the "churn risk" list.

I use a virtual card that I some time leave empty so payment fail after the ride, and on the next ride I readjust my virtual card limit on the next ride and pay the last bill so I am added on the "poor and miserable riders" list.

I am well protected

o999··on Mozilla has fired their Chief Product Officer after cancer diagnosis
Remember that this is one side of the story, and since there is a lawsuit, we might want to wait for its results before jumping into conclusions
o999··on Is Tor still safe to use?
Noone does..
o999··on Is Tor still safe to use?
Old Ricochet used onion v2, that has stopped working long ago as far as I know, or I am missing something
o999··on Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
Primary news suggests its an Israeli cyberattack
o999··on Another police raid in Germany
That sounds like a good way to run exit nodes without getting your home raided
o999··on Another police raid in Germany
Interestingly enough, there are multiple exit nodes in Russia, as far as I know, law enforcements aren't taking them down
o999··on State of S3 – Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore – a personal Rant
TIL many people share my suffering.
o999··on Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'
That level of mental gymnastics helps a lot of people sleep at night.
o999··on Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'
If you don't know who built the pyramids, it doesn't mean it is a result of random amount of random matter being randomly thrown on random times, I have never seen someone who suspected that Pyramids were randomly built, you would only think that someone who claim Pyramids were randomly arranged of randomly shaped in blocks to be in psychological denial.

And Pyramids are way more simple than human brain.

o999··on Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'
This level of complexity and sophistication somehow "randomly happened", they said
o999··on Finding a therapist who takes your insurance can be nearly impossible
Psychotherapy is easy to acquire overseas with online meeting software with a fraction of the cost.
o999··on Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice
Cool, thanks for sharing
o999··on Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn
EU is becoming more clearily authoritarian with cases we only used to hear about in Russia, China and Iran
o999··on Bypass Paywalls Add-On Takedown Notice
Gitea hosted in Russia or Iran or similar jurisductions that would SHIFT+DELETE a DMCA request.
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