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Upper middle class first world problems huh? It's probably a lot easier than a lot of other living situations.

unglaublich 3y ago
What are you doing here? Discussing things like tech, employment, life? It's all first world problems anyway. There are kids starving! /s
- EdwardDiego 3y ago
  True, but when one of your issues is "I like a clear space in an apartment I'm renting for a month, and I had to spend a day decluttering!" that's a problem that's a privilege to have. Especially when you're having it in an apartment that is no longer available for locals to rent because your American money goes a lot further than their money. AirBnB privileges the landlords and subjectively wealthy travellers over the locals. This is well established. (I admit that my snark got fired up when I read their complaint in an article linked from this about an apartment in Ukraine that only had two comfortable chairs out of four, because their two dogs that they're travelling with would hog the comfy chairs. Firstly, travelling with pets is expensive, aa privilege to be able to afford on top of the usual cost of travel. Secondly... ...tell your dogs to get off the human chairs.)
  - golergka 3y ago
    You're technically correct, but how is this relevant? Most of HN audience works in tech and is pretty affluent, so it is a perfectly good place to discuss problems of privileged people.
    - EdwardDiego 3y ago
      I guess I want people to at least acknowledge how privileged we are. When you don't like your apartment in Ukraine because it only has two comfy seats and your dogs you brought from the USA have claimed them, at least acknowledge how lucky you are.
- intelVISA 3y ago
  Why are you worried about tests failing on master? There are literally homeless people (your master's SaaS took their job!) outside your window!
stonogo 3y ago
Western society spent the past hundred years figuring out how to regulate hotels and apartments. Venture capital hit the reset button and now people are content farming the shitty results. Amazing.
- Tubru3dhb22 3y ago
  Until we have a legal framework that makes it easier to remove ineffective laws than to add new bureaucracy with a ratchet effect, then yes, hitting reset occasionally is an excellent idea.
  - NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
    I never found anything about US hotel laws to be ineffective. I have been aware of the horrors that can meet with travelers in unregulated housing, and whether I visit a Motel 6, Best Western, or Hilton, I can be assured that the unit will be safe, secure, and sanitary to some minimum standard, and that all charges and fees will be above board. I am a person who still rides taxis because I believe that these "disruptive" app-based services are a blight and a curse for the consumer market. I wouldn't dare risk life and limb to stay in an AirBNB across town, much less on another continent. I am grateful for the extensive regulation of these industries, and I invite regulators to bring the startups toward equity in all aspects.
    - aksss 3y ago
      > I am a person who still rides taxis [out of principle]… I wouldn’t dare risk life and limb in an Airbnb across town You seem very risk adverse and pro-establishment. Your perspective is a bit of an edge case, as demonstrated by the enormous value people find in Uber and AirBnB. I’m old enough to have lived with the taxi system for a couple decades when it was the only game in town(s) - it was awful. The few times I’ve had to ride a taxi lately, they’ve been noticeably better than they were back in the day — and that is entirely a consequence of competitive pressure. The taxi business was a textbook case of oligopolies protected from any free market pressure and the inevitable shitty quality that results from such. Cry all you want about Uber’s downsides, but the taxis are now better because of Uber. Any proposal to go back to a taxi system exclusive of ride-sharing should, I think, find a way to avoid the market protection and rent-seeking racket from local governments. Even Uber hasn’t been wholly immune from this (e.g. the early airport allowances). AirBnB is kind of a different thing than Uber, but it’s nice to have systems that enable options from the institutions/corporations, and that enable private parties to conduct commercial transactions with other private parties. In principal I’m for more of that resource leverage.

What are you doing here? Discussing things like tech, employment, life? It's all first world problems anyway. There are kids starving! /s

EdwardDiego 3y ago
True, but when one of your issues is "I like a clear space in an apartment I'm renting for a month, and I had to spend a day decluttering!" that's a problem that's a privilege to have. Especially when you're having it in an apartment that is no longer available for locals to rent because your American money goes a lot further than their money. AirBnB privileges the landlords and subjectively wealthy travellers over the locals. This is well established. (I admit that my snark got fired up when I read their complaint in an article linked from this about an apartment in Ukraine that only had two comfortable chairs out of four, because their two dogs that they're travelling with would hog the comfy chairs. Firstly, travelling with pets is expensive, aa privilege to be able to afford on top of the usual cost of travel. Secondly... ...tell your dogs to get off the human chairs.)
- golergka 3y ago
  You're technically correct, but how is this relevant? Most of HN audience works in tech and is pretty affluent, so it is a perfectly good place to discuss problems of privileged people.
  - EdwardDiego 3y ago
    I guess I want people to at least acknowledge how privileged we are. When you don't like your apartment in Ukraine because it only has two comfy seats and your dogs you brought from the USA have claimed them, at least acknowledge how lucky you are.
intelVISA 3y ago
Why are you worried about tests failing on master? There are literally homeless people (your master's SaaS took their job!) outside your window!

stonogo 3y ago

Western society spent the past hundred years figuring out how to regulate hotels and apartments. Venture capital hit the reset button and now people are content farming the shitty results. Amazing.

Tubru3dhb22 3y ago
Until we have a legal framework that makes it easier to remove ineffective laws than to add new bureaucracy with a ratchet effect, then yes, hitting reset occasionally is an excellent idea.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  I never found anything about US hotel laws to be ineffective. I have been aware of the horrors that can meet with travelers in unregulated housing, and whether I visit a Motel 6, Best Western, or Hilton, I can be assured that the unit will be safe, secure, and sanitary to some minimum standard, and that all charges and fees will be above board. I am a person who still rides taxis because I believe that these "disruptive" app-based services are a blight and a curse for the consumer market. I wouldn't dare risk life and limb to stay in an AirBNB across town, much less on another continent. I am grateful for the extensive regulation of these industries, and I invite regulators to bring the startups toward equity in all aspects.
  - aksss 3y ago
    > I am a person who still rides taxis [out of principle]… I wouldn’t dare risk life and limb in an Airbnb across town You seem very risk adverse and pro-establishment. Your perspective is a bit of an edge case, as demonstrated by the enormous value people find in Uber and AirBnB. I’m old enough to have lived with the taxi system for a couple decades when it was the only game in town(s) - it was awful. The few times I’ve had to ride a taxi lately, they’ve been noticeably better than they were back in the day — and that is entirely a consequence of competitive pressure. The taxi business was a textbook case of oligopolies protected from any free market pressure and the inevitable shitty quality that results from such. Cry all you want about Uber’s downsides, but the taxis are now better because of Uber. Any proposal to go back to a taxi system exclusive of ride-sharing should, I think, find a way to avoid the market protection and rent-seeking racket from local governments. Even Uber hasn’t been wholly immune from this (e.g. the early airport allowances). AirBnB is kind of a different thing than Uber, but it’s nice to have systems that enable options from the institutions/corporations, and that enable private parties to conduct commercial transactions with other private parties. In principal I’m for more of that resource leverage.