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Simple static server + ngrok

You claim that some journalists do not do adequate research, but have not provided any examples or evidence in support...

The illustrations and structure added a lot as well!

I don't see the distinction. It's fine to market your product, but there is such a thing as distortion and as a scam. Providing a fair representation of your product factors into e…

You're talking about a situation in which significant damage is done to the building AND the host doesn't report this to Airbnb with photos and evidence. There are bound to be horr…

Your landlord was running a hotel. I've stayed with people who had a few properties that they rented on Airbnb. Renting 1-5 seems okay. More or less, you're running a B&B. When it …

I agree. It's clear that (1) hotels aren't worth the cost; (2) people would rather 'live like locals'; and (3) distributing hotel management & maintenance is more effective that co…

Airbnb has sought to bake in accountability both at a large and small scale. 1) Airbnb has a crazy insurance policy [1] 2) Both the host & guest get reviewed. A single bad review c…

View/controller separation, view models and query abstraction are framework-level features. The author of this language is seeking to take the qualities of PHP that make it a 'hype…

It's totally responsive. Good grid system too.

6 times slower? This is bullshit.

Well that was fast.

Source on fiction selling better than non-fiction? I can't think of any explanation for a book written by an early female employee at Facebook receiving little attention other than…

Did you read her book? Her point is not that Eggers plagiarized her wholesale, rather that the themes, characters, and plot are uncannily similar to those of her book. But his work…

Like https://github.com/kenpratt/wikipedia-client ?

I think you mean "dichotomy", not "dilemma."

It doesn't seem to matter what the app does or how its built. The story goes something like (a) people (yahoo) want mobile apps (b) the kid got investors to give him cash (c) peopl…

It's definitely an interesting story. The author was offering a personal experience that was enjoyable for both the guest and the host. As he said, his guests and he often establis…

agreed