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__derek__ commented on Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras theverge.com/2024/3/11/24... · Posted by u/matbilodeau

usaar333 · a year ago

Cleaning fees exist to charge a fixed fee for a reservation, regardless of the number of days. There's more overhead for a reservation beyond just "cleaning".

The most consumer friendly thing would be for AirBnB to just explicitly have a fixed "stay" fee and a per-day fee.

That said, AirBnB's site shows the total cost for a stay when browsing, so I don't really see this as particularly deceptive. I don't care how the host itemizes the bill as long as I know what I'm paying when selecting a place.

__derek__ · a year ago

Airbnb sellers can charge a fixed fee directly by setting minimum stay lengths or by charging different nightly rates based on the length of stay (e.g., weekly and monthly stay discounts).

__derek__ commented on U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing nytimes.com/2024/03/09/bu... · Posted by u/carabiner

delfinom · a year ago

Only for securities related fraud and crime. Engineering work doesn't really get covered. I mean with a lot of indirection you can twist that it's lying to shareholders but the SEC wouldn't dare overextend that far without more clearer law.

__derek__ · a year ago

As Matt Levine says, everything is securities fraud. Boeing defrauded its shareholders (and its public company customers) by saying that it was building safe planes. Even beyond that, the law guarantees protection for whistleblowers within these companies.* These hypothetical engineers would have absolutely been protected.

* If you work for a public company, you've almost certainly had a training about its ethics hotline with information about your protection from retaliation.

__derek__ commented on My Clients, the Liars lesswrong.com/posts/h99tR... · Posted by u/paulpauper

account-5 · a year ago

I'm curious how a lawyer not being allowed to present as truth known falsehoods at trial is stopping an effective defense? Wouldn't the lawyer knowingly be committing perjury if they lied in court?

__derek__ · a year ago

That's not perjury. Trial attorneys are not under oath because that would conflict with their duty to advocate for their clients. Their duty not to lie to the court is a matter of professional ethics.

__derek__ commented on U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing nytimes.com/2024/03/09/bu... · Posted by u/carabiner

derwiki · a year ago

That’s an interesting question. The engineering ethics course I was required to take would unequivocally say yes, the engineers should be held accountable. If you, as an engineer, raise the concern, and management overrides you, then what? You could whistleblow and/or quit in protest. But does that leave you jobless? My engineering ethics course didn’t talk about duties to support your family financially.

__derek__ · a year ago

The US Congress empowered the SEC with strong whistleblower protections to avoid dilemmas like that.[1]

[1]: https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower/retaliation

__derek__ commented on Icelandic Approved Names – Nordic Names nordicnames.de/wiki/Icela... · Posted by u/Rant423

juujian · a year ago

I'm kind of surprised that Mohammed can't be found on either list. The most common first name in the world probably, and neither it hasn't been approved or rejected, meaning that nobody has even tried in Iceland. That's how small of a county it is I suppose.

__derek__ · a year ago

It looks like there are only 35 in Iceland.[1] It's more popular in the continental Nordic countries, though.

[1]: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Mohammed

__derek__ commented on Furious Congress plows forward with TikTok bill after user revolt axios.com/2024/03/07/tikt... · Posted by u/numlocked

xyzzy123 · a year ago

What I can't figure out is how DoS-ing congress helps them achieve their goal. This was an "inorganic" campaign and based on misinformation.

Seems like an excellent demonstration of the risks of having your citizens wired up to foreign controlled algorithmic feeds.

__derek__ · a year ago

That seems to be the committee's takeaway, too:

> “The fact that they used geo-location targeting to go after minor children to call congressional offices with misinformation about the bill caused so many members on the E&C Committee to vote in favor," [Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi] said.

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-bytedance-bill-divest-...

__derek__ commented on Furious Congress plows forward with TikTok bill after user revolt axios.com/2024/03/07/tikt... · Posted by u/numlocked

xyzzy123 · a year ago

To me, "organic" means people organising via messaging within the data plane of the platform, exercising their rights to free speech and political organisation.

Can you name a prior instance where a social platform has added custom UX to "contact your congressman" or similar? (Bonus points if it is also about something actually untrue like "the service will be shut down").

__derek__ · a year ago

The protests against SOPA and PIPA.[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA

__derek__ commented on What It's Like to Be a Sociopath nytimes.com/interactive/2... · Posted by u/mooreds

ThrowawayP · 2 years ago

> "It’s kind of a cliché that CS attracts antisocial nerds."

Say what? CS attracts asocial nerds.

antisocial = commits crimes and harms society

asocial = introverted or unsociable

__derek__ · 2 years ago

> antisocial = commits crimes and harms society

The GP conflates "tech workers" and "CS" but it's pretty clear that this is the target of the second paragraph: folks who are happy to do work that harms society without doing anything that rises to the level of mandatory treatment. That tendency has been a big part of the so-called "techlash" the last several years.

That said, I don't think this is unique to tech (cf. finance or politics).

__derek__ commented on High Interest Savings Leaderboard highinterest.io/... · Posted by u/cainxinth

nonethewiser · 2 years ago

HYSA are also FDIC insured which is no joke. Money market funds are vulnerable to "bank runs" the same way a bank is. There have been times, like in 2008, where you were not able to actually pull all your money out. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/money-mar...

I guess technically there is always a risk of 100% loss but in the case of the HYSA that would happen if the United States dissolves. With a money market all you need is a bank run.

__derek__ · 2 years ago

Post-GFC, that's not a real risk for retail MMFs. They're de facto narrow banks now.

__derek__ commented on Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35B stock deal reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/loganadams_

runamuck · 2 years ago

I live in DC and friends who work for Capitol One call it "the Google of the east" because of putative tech savvy and innovation. Can anyone verify this claim?

__derek__ · 2 years ago

Lots of ex-Amazon directors and VPs, FWIW.

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