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Actually, the above rephrasing is wrong and completely changes the meaning. The original author wasn't saying poor people have less clutter he was saying they have more, but for a …

It's too late for me to edit my original post now, but for posterity - airbnb contacted me and resolved the issue. The final customer service rep I spoke to was friendly and helpfu…

And if I weren't upset with it, someone else on the internet would be calling me stupid and telling me I deserved it when my identity was stolen or some account was compromised bec…

Your comments always make me smile Thomas, you seem like the real life embodiment of the "Lawful Neutral" alignment, always following the letter of each rule. My lease allows suble…

It's not about anonymity - they have a verified phone number and email address, they have my address and name. My payment is in the form of a check sent to the address being rented…

It's more the principle of requiring additional information after a reservation has been booked instead of being up-front about it, and sending it over unencrypted email. The bigge…

I don't have a blog where this story would be appropriate, but since I know airbnb founders/investors read HN, I figure my story might be valuable to them. This is how my first exp…

Great post. One thing that wasn't clear to me - how did your pricing changes affect existing customers? Did former "basic" accounts get automatically changed to "Freelancer" and st…

I know the title here is the same as the article, but why the heck did sophos choose "Texas college" for the something done by the University of Texas? I assumed from the title it …

I'm leaving my job soon to work fulltime on my startup. I'll need personal health insurance (for single individual, no dependents) and wondered if anyone in a similar situation had…

I was recently offered a software engineering job, but told I wouldn't be eligible for the company health plan for the first 60 days of employment. This seems like a big red flag t…

Add me to your other reality too. I have never heard of anyone being judged negatively for being laid off. Just about everyone understands that there may be great people laid off w…

Random hypothesis: Risk. In 1999 dot coms were making everyone rich and would continue to do so forever. Everyone was getting funded, going public, growing. It didn't appear workin…

You may be underestimating how many small bits of 'fake' are common. A facebook profile is much more accurately described as "how someone wants themselves to be seen" rather than h…

I'm veering slightly off topic here but something in this post fascinated me... Are you sincere in your claim that you were genuinely confused because of the its vs it's mix up in …

The results are in line with other studies though. National Instruments, Google, and Apple all rank in the Fortune 100 best places to work every year. It's not surprising that they…

A typical day for me is entirely in front of a computer screen, but has over the past year occasionally involved physical work actually putting together a robot. I can attest, some…