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You can download your data [1] and delete your account [2]. These are two things I always check for before trusting anyone with my data. [1] https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/…

I don't know anyone at Airbnb, but simply contacted them via https://www.airbnb.com/help/contact-us/channel , and had someone respond right away. YMMV.

Just talked to someone at Airbnb. Two takeaways: 1. If the property does not match the description, take pictures (they won't just take your word for it). 2. If you are told that t…

I don't even know how I'd go about measuring stress levels, but I did notice that there were two instances where my blood sugar staid elevated for much longer than it should have a…

> perhaps 'less-invasive' would be a more accurate description I prefer "minimally invasive"... You can't just remove the device and stick it back on, but it's good enough that a t…

It is a "psychological trick", especially when combined with other incentives like badges, leaderboards or rewards. Keep in mind that many people struggle to get even a few thousan…

So they want to raise $100M, but the more interesting question is at what valuation?

a.k.a "regulatory recovery fees". On the other hand, if an ISP felt they could charge more, why aren't they doing so already? It's not like this is a competitive market with low pr…

You'd start buying rabbit feet because only the study that was "successful" is published.

Don't know what you mean by "strong", but the US has the highest per-capita military spending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_e...

I was under the impression that farms increasingly rely on the "Tractor as a Service" business model, i.e. they pay someone who has a fleet of the latest tractors (incl operators) …

I don't know Wheeler, but don't understand why having been a lobbyist (or aspiring to be one again) would make him more "friendly" to that industry: The tougher he is on them, the …

Congress is "pro-fundraising". Leaving this matter to the FCC, or issuing clear legislation for or against Net Neutrality isn't as conducive to future fundraising as muddled legisl…

Yes, there is com.google.distance.delta, the "distance covered since the last reading" (in meters). The platform also has a built-in stream of consolidated and cleaned up distance …

My main concern isn't formatting or searching, but truncation, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2011986/does-syslog-reall... .

Does the syslog appender handle large, multi-line log messages (i.e. messages containing stack traces)? I recall having some trouble with that when using syslog with Loggly, before…

What are some alternatives to Loggly? I really like being able to aggregate my logs with minimal setup (and cost). I'm logging with Logback (Java), and there is a convenient extens…

US National Forests also include 400+ out of the 700+ designated wilderness areas in the US. These areas have no ranchers or loggers or miners, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…

How to not buy a tank: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/paul-allen-paid-2-5m-historic-g...

Even if you don't have a problem with the guy, you should have a problem with AT&T giving a random employee access to such data.

My main gripe is with "static" dashboards, i.e. dashboards that don't let you drill down (e.g. to investigate an interesting spike), and has disconnected widgets (i.e. applying a f…

They did, but shared the document via Snapchat.

I'd be more intrigued if a service like 23andMe made such a claim...

> we hire part timers who are at other companies while they're working there That seems problematic, even in states like California that don't enforce non-compete clauses...