In the C#/.NET world this is the standard and it works very well. It definitely increases productivity to not have to double check each and every instance of violating a lint error, as you can just have the fix applied to an entire project without having to worry to much.
> increases productivity to not have to double check each and every instance of violating a lint error,
At what cosmic speed should you be pumping out code for this to be a concern?
Also, in C#/.NET, where programmers predominantly use MSVS, which is an atrocious editor with MSBuild, which is an atrocious build system, both hampering productivity...
Also, plenty of linter errors are actual errors that need non-trivial fixing. So, I struggle to understand how that may be automatically fixed (at least in the context of Python). A trivial example: misspelled variable name -- how would the linter know if that's a typo, or that the programmer intended to declare this variable, but forgot to do that?
No, not really. It is perfectly possible to write unintentionally valid code, which would be caught by linter due to the author not following some convention.
Trivial and popular example of such code is assignment instead of comparison in the context of condition. Some languages allow for this to happen, but it's known as a possible mistake and so the conventions in such languages would discourage the use of assignment in the context of condition, even though it technically produces valid code.
It's very useful for multiple scenarios:
1. Learning new syntax. E.g. the new switch expressions are pretty neat and better than the old switch statements. Changing and learning how to write them is super easy thanks to this feature.
2. A code base with less then good practices is vastly easier to adjust to better standards than in python. I've done both and dotnet is mostly applying suggestions and then looking for more advanced problems which where not caught by automatic analysis. It's not perfect, but it reduces useless churn.
This also holds true for rider and vs with resharper.
It takes a bit of time for old stock to sell out. If you pay attention, you can see a pattern in a lot of items that retailers tend to only increase the prices when their old stick sells out and new stock come in, and then there is a dramatic rise in the price of the item.
I think I'm the complete opposite. I want to hire you if you come in to interview. Interviewing for an open position takes up so much time from so many people during the process, why would I want to spend more time than necessary. When I'm in the interview I try to do everything I can to make sure you can succeed and looking for reasons to hire you, otherwise I have to spend more time interviewing.
Is $250K or 300K really that much compared to the amount of work / time these people need to spend going through formal education? With the additional stress that any decisions they make could adversely impact someone's life?
I mean software developers doing significantly less work can easily make this money while working half as much right?
SW Dev working 8hrs a day can make this, whereas a doctor working probable 60-80 hours a week makes the same?
I don´t know in which world you live where SW devs make that... some FAANG developers maybe - 5.000 to 10.000 people total? Compare to over a million doctors in the U.S. only.
"Along the left side, we see the standard volume buttons and mute switch that continue to have the same solid feel and clean clicking action. As I discuss in the iPhone 6 Plus review, going by Consumer Reports' data it seems that there is a weak point near the bottom of the volume rocker, although it's far less likely to be an issue on the iPhone 6 due to its smaller size."
Thats true, it seems like a huge expense to for a shift:
Boston Cab charges [the undercover Globe reporter] the standard shift rate of $77, plus an $18 premium for a newer cab, as well as a city-sanctioned, 30-cent parking violation fee. Factor in the sales tax ($5.96) and optional collision damage waiver ($5), and his cost per shift is $106.26, not including gas.
But then you have to factor in that for UberX you have to own your own car, your own insurance and you have maintenance costs associated with your car. Probably still comes out cheaper / have more flexibilty with UberX, but would like to see a more in depth comparison of the costs of both.
Uber doesn't check up too carefully on its drivers' insurance situation, which helps keep costs down. From other articles, it appears that Uber drivers in general don't pay for appropriate insurance.
If a driver does 15 shifts per month (which would be a pretty lazy schedule for most full-time cabbies I've talked to), you're looking at roughly $1500 per month just to use the car. A quick google search indicates that the MSRPs for top-of-the-line Toyota Camrys and Chevy Malibus (just a couple of cars I thought might be well-suited to the task) are around $30,000, which, at 3% over 5 years, would require a monthly payment of about $540. But let's round that up to $600 to cover taxes and anything else that might be rolled into the loan.
As for insurance, I think $200/mo is probably a conservative guess. I pay way less than that as a 20-something male driving a "high risk" vehicle.
That brings us to $800/mo, leaving $700 to cover maintenance. I'm sure maintenance costs would be quite a bit above average given how much the car is driven, but I can't imagine they'd come anywhere near $700/mo, especially in the first five years (the term of the loan). After the car is paid for, you can either continue to drive it if it's cheaper to do that, or you can sell it for a few thousand bucks and start over. Plus, you don't have to buy your own car, since you've already got it, which would save you a few hundred every month.
Not exactly an in-depth look at the issue, but it seem likely that you're better off owning your own vehicle.
Unrelated, but my worry (for the drivers, anyway, both full-time and casual) is that given the low barriers to entry, a lot of people who own vehicles already will see how they can make some decent money on a casual basis with just slightly higher maintenance costs, and before long, there will be enough UberX drivers that the amount of time spent waiting to get a fare will bring the hourly wages down considerably. Maybe they'll limit the number of new drivers after a point or something, I have no idea, but I'd be concerned about that if I were a driver.
Not exactly relevant, but I was chatting with one UberX driver a few weekends ago, and she told me that the company sends each driver a monthly spreadsheet of metrics for that driver, allowing them to track their own performance. I thought that was interesting.
>As for insurance, I think $200/mo is probably a conservative guess
Conservative? I think you are severely underestimating the cost of obtaining insurance that covers the liability of injuring multiple passengers that you are transporting around as a "for hire" driver.
Much like AirBnB, people seem to overlook this cost and responsibility. That will change when an Uber driver slams into another car with 5 passengers, killing someone, or an AirBnB user, there "illegally", burns down an apartment complex. It will be the end of these businesses.
I'm not saying that these models can't work. But right now, much of the cost advantages come from working around regulations.
the ridesharing companies provide insurance on top of personal insurance. Both Uber and Lyft have $1M liability + casualty insurance while you're transporting passengers, and Lyft has $1M policy while you're not (don't know about Uber on that one).
The insurance premiums for these companies (I know Lyft partners with Met Life) probably is adjusted downwards relative to taxis, because of several factors, but the biggest one being that the drivers own their own cars and are out of it if they wreck it, so there's a good reason not to drive dangerously. A larger proportion of Uber and Lyft drivers have been driving american streets for longer periods, and also have educations, for whatever statistical benefit that confers. Finally, the taxis are, in the end, smaller companies, so the rideshares can negotiate better deals and also provide far more statistical data to the adjusters, which enables a narrower margin.
>Both Uber and Lyft have $1M liability + casualty insurance while you're transporting passenger
Well, I'm not going to claim to be an expert on such matters, but I believe $1MM is the minimum that is offered for liability insurance on a driver's policy here in Canada. I'm not sure how far that'd go if you killed multiple passengers in a vehicle accident, especially if you were found negligent.
Again, this isn't to say that these are insurmountable problems, by any means. You can insure anything for the right price. But how many people are actually sufficiently insured? And how many users are checking, or even care? I can't see this not being a problem in the future.
A quick google search indicates that the MSRPs for top-of-the-line Toyota Camrys and Chevy Malibus (just a couple of cars I thought might be well-suited to the task) are around $30,000, which, at 3% over 5 years, would require a monthly payment of about $540
The car you want to be driving for this task, if you are making a new purchase, is a used hybrid. A used honda insight goes for ~$16k, monthly payment on a five-year is $250/month with not very good credit, gets 34mpg while running, and you don't have to really worry too much about making payments in case you lose your job, your car, or both.
Do other cities have limits on the number of cab licenses, like the medallions in NYC? Those are often owned by the large cab companies, and not available to purchase since they are at the cap, so there is not even any option to go it alone.
UberX drivers are also paid as contractors, so there is no withholding on their paycheck and they must make up the difference themselves. Does anybody know if this is the case for regular cabbies?
In many places, drivers are independent contractors, and most of what the company does for them is deal with the equipment, vehicle insurance and the licensing. Pretty much everything else is the cabbie's responsibility.
That said, regulations are different everywhere, so while this is probably the most common arrangement in the US, other setups are not necessarily illegal.
This plan is still available I believe as I got this plan at the beginning of December.
All you need to do is get a new sim card from T-mobile.com which is usually close to free. And then activate the sim card online. Going through the steps you get to select your prepaid plan, and the $30 a month plan is one of the options.
I have to agree with this sentiment. I'm in nyc. I've hired several cleaners for my apartment through different services, and each cleaner I got was very different than the one before them, even through the same cleaning service.
After I found a cleaner I liked and trusted, I just contacted them directly (via text) to book a time to clean.
I don't see how you would prevent this from happening? Its cheaper for me, and the cleaner gets paid directly with no commissions taken out.
I see this as a different situation from airbnb because this is a repeat service (weekly, biweekly, monthly) and this relationship will last longer than an airbnb relationship which is usually a one time deal.
Exactly. I would not be surprised if they had some sort of dumb clause basically stating that if a cleaner tries to setup a out of homejoy transaction they are banned.
Even if they did, I'm not sure how they would enforce this. I'm sure all other cleaning services have this clause in their contracts with workers, but it probably still happens on a frequent basis as there is little chance of them finding out.
Is a table format which can be use via trino, spark, flink, java apis, pything API?