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by kbos87 4y ago
The post is short so I don’t want to read too much into the authors intentions, but it seems like their logic may be suffering from a blind spot - that patterns and systems that look like unnecessary complexity from the outside might actual
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If I had to pick a single product that I thought could upend an entrenched competitor, this was it. Congrats to everyone who benefitted, but it's a bit of a letdown to see them go this route and give up the opportunity to build a lasti
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by kbos87 4y ago
I see a bunch of outdoor related docs here, I’ll throw a couple more favorites on the pile… - “The Alpinist” - The story of Marc Andre Leclerc, a young Canadian soloist ice climber - “This Mountain Life” - a series of short stories on alpin
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by kbos87 4y ago
Interestingly, gay men are moving in the opposite direction. The stigma around showing your body in public and online has always been lower for gay men, but there’s been a marked change in the past 5 or so years. De facto gay nude beaches h
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by kbos87 4y ago
The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’l
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by kbos87 4y ago
My experience kicks in quite a bit north of where you are, but for what it’s worth, I joined a company as employee ~150 that practiced near total transparency on everything. We went public, are now north of 8,000 employees, and it’s still n
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by kbos87 4y ago
Not to pile on but I’ll second some of the other commenters who have said that not being able to charge at home isn’t that big of a deal. I live in a condo in a major US city and don’t have the option to charge at home. From a convenience p
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by kbos87 4y ago
I have a really hard time understanding how we justify spending money on debt relief for an otherwise capable population when 1 in 8 Americans is food insecure, 9% of seniors have overdue medical debt. It feels like the squeaky, social medi
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by kbos87 4y ago
This thing reminds me of the “cat claw” that is popular in construction, which is essentially a modified crowbar. I had never heard of one until I did a project with a family member who does construction. He mentioned to me he has one in ha
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by kbos87 4y ago
Since we’re talking about what the FTC could do here, prohibiting these businesses from retaining or at least sharing data on their patrons could be a start.
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I mainly have a problem with the collection and storage of my personal information in a way that could impact me in the future and that I have no insight or control over. Scanning an ID to get back a confirmation of its validity and not ret
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by kbos87 4y ago
I’ll throw out a practice that I’m really weary of - many bars, clubs, casinos, etc now scan your ID upon entry. If they have a problem with you (and they define what constitutes a “problem”) you can end up added to what is essentially a se
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by kbos87 4y ago
Why should Alaska be a weird attached island like that? It should all be Canada
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This is an unpopular opinion but speaking from experience, it’s absolutely true.
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I don’t think it’s weird and I unfortunately think public transit is in the beginning of a slow death spiral post-pandemic in the US. Reason 1: people in the US aren’t judging transit vs car ownership on the axes you mentioned. They largely
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by kbos87 4y ago
I think there’s a real risk of that. I see friends in the LGBTQ+ community who are extremely sensitive to public health messaging directed at us. Most aren’t, but some are. On the bright side, I’d say that gay men in major cities who are pr
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by kbos87 4y ago
I don’t know, social isolation also carries some pretty substantial risks - https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/social-isolation-loneliness-old... .
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by kbos87 4y ago
Do we really know that? I’m guessing it will give Airbnb the leeway to rebook people in more expensive accommodations as a replacement if needed. It’s not in their best interests for people to be left high and dry.
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by kbos87 4y ago
In situations like this Airbnb usually helps the renter find comparable accommodations as a replacement. My guess is that this will give them more leeway to find replacements that are more expensive, and offset the cost onto the cancelling
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As a host I couldn’t be any happier about this. I work hard to give my guests a great experience… hosts who do this sort of thing are hurting perception for the rest of us. This should knock some low quality inventory off the market.
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by kbos87 4y ago
You could use that argument to restrict just about any type of activity you don’t like. Who is the decider?
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I think if you rent a ski chalet that sleeps 20 you should have a reasonable set of expectations around 20 guests and the impact they will have. It’s situations where 20 guests invite another 20 people over who were previously unaccounted f
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by kbos87 4y ago
Not referring to situations like that. I’m referring to situations where controlling neighbors use vague or hypothetical problems to exercise their will over what responsible property owners are doing with, you know, their private property.
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Parties and events are a huge problem for hosts, but they are getting easier to detect and prevent with tools like exterior/doorbell cameras and decibel monitoring. I suspect that a blanket ban on them is more likely aimed at changing
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by kbos87 4y ago
Tesla does have it. My Model Y will quickly and reliably park itself in almost any type of space I pull up to.
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This is literally what drove me away from Facebook, completely. Their constant “redesigning” of notification and privacy settings was a veiled effort to force whatever notifications in front of me. There are certain notifications I want fro
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by kbos87 4y ago
Exactly. Tires, wipers, and I’m guessing alignment are the only things the average Tesla owner will ever need to worry about from what I’ve read before I took the leap. The best description of my experience switching to an EV is that it’s b
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by kbos87 4y ago
The idea that there’s money to be made not in industry X, but supporting industry X has been taken to the extreme in spaces like crypto where that’s pretty much all the space consists of. I can’t think of more than a few examples of success
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I’ve been on Xanax on two occasions for very short periods of time to handle some acute anxiety issues and I can see why they are so addictive. At least at first, they are so clearly and massively effective. My doctor very thankfully instil
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by kbos87 4y ago
100% agree with you that the fees are really substantial when you start to pay attention to them. I guess when you are invested in a particular property and already dropping $2,000, it's easy for them to tack on another $400 without a

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