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Upgrading Uber's MySQL Fleet

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234 points benocodes | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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greenie_beans ◴[14 Oct 24 13:35 UTC] No.41837396[source]▶
yall should prioritize your focus so you can do better at vetting drivers who don't almost kill me
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lenerdenator ◴[14 Oct 24 13:47 UTC] No.41837484[source]▶
Their focus is prioritized according to what returns maximum value to their shareholders.
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greenie_beans ◴[14 Oct 24 14:05 UTC] No.41837656[source]▶
beep boop i'm a capitalist robot

pretty sure safe travels is critical to maximum value to their shareholders (aka stfu or tell me how this blog post has anything to do with maximize shareholder value https://www.uber.com/en-JO/blog/upgrading-ubers-mysql-fleet/... ... shareholder value is a dumb ass thing to prioritize over human life)

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Kennnan ◴[14 Oct 24 14:21 UTC] No.41837799[source]▶
Honest question, how do you (or amyone) propose to vet drivers? They require drivers license and car insurance registration, anything like a CDL would make being a driver prohibitively expensive. Their rating system already works as a good signal the few times Ive used uber.
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1. lenerdenator ◴[15 Oct 24 11:27 UTC] No.41847395[source]▶
> They require drivers license and car insurance registration, anything like a CDL would make being a driver prohibitively expensive.

Taxi companies made it work.

They just accepted less return on their investment than the tech bros behind Uber did.