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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by jimmaswell on Monday June 25, 2018 @08:24PM (#17397009)
"The company says it takes 20 to 25 percent of the fare. [...]Uber says drivers make around $19 per hour in the top 20 U.S. markets."

Do you want inflated taxi fares of old, or do you want supply and demand? You can't have both.

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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by s73v3r_ on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:18AM (#17398032)
"Uber says drivers make around $19 per hour in the top 20 U.S. markets."

Before or after paying the costs of driving?

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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by quadrangle on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:00PM (#17402247)
> or do you want supply and demand? You can't have both

There's tons of examples where supply-and-demand gets balanced with other considerations. It doesn't have to be all-or-nothing.

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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by workinthehead on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:44AM (#17400502)
Apparently for all the economic-related punditry, HN still doesn't understand economics. Jim, you do realize that "inflated" (relative term of course, since Uber is more expensive than taxis in some markets) is still part of the supply-demand curve, no? You absolutely have both. Go read a textbook before you chime in next time, k?
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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by dang on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:43AM (#17406204)
We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the site guidelines. Not cool.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Restaurants are figuring out how to do without servers by workinthehead on Monday June 25, 2018 @10:33PM (#17397479)
Uh, wrong.
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