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		syshum on Jan 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to Cal... How is "Take me from Point a to Point B" not a well defined piece of work or how do it last an arbitrary amount of time? Each Trip is a "Piece of Work", is a contract, is a Freelance Job.

pishpash on Jan 11, 2020 [–]

Not specifying what A and B are is a problem. Can I ask you to write some program A that I tell you later?

harshalizee on Jan 12, 2020 | [–]

Except you already know the rules of the contract, i.e. you get A but not B until you accept the contract. If you don't like the rule, you can opt out of the contract (in this case decline the ride).

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