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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by brianwawok on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:35PM (#10388866)
Can they see your name or profile picture when you hail? Or just your rating? I fear that racism tends to overcome technology ;(
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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by andrewpi on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:52PM (#10388974)
No, they don't see that until they accept the hail.
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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by brianwawok on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:57PM (#10389002)
Awesome. And they can cancel after accepting, but only so many times I think? So that helps a bit!
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