tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post4484803979342206683..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Freddie and Fiona and UberJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-39284667187319708562017-09-25T13:01:21.961+01:002017-09-25T13:01:21.961+01:00Wikipedia has a long list of cognitive biases, and...Wikipedia has a long list of cognitive biases, and perhaps I missed the one that describes some Uber defenders. I'll describe the bias instead.<br /><br />TfL identified problems with the licence for Uber to act as a private hire car agency, provided four months for the company to address the problems, and announced that the licence would end after the problems weren't fixed.<br /><br />That is how contracts and licences operate. If you don't deliver, you don't get the deal.<br /><br />"It works for me!" is an expression shouted by IT people when someone reports a problem. Smart IT people use it as an expletive when somebody else has identified a problem that testing failed to uncover. It is a way of letting off steam before going off to fix the problem. <br /><br />Less intelligent IT people interpret it as a solution. "It works for me!" doesn't mean that it always works for everyone. Phil Beesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442987962398498812noreply@blogger.com