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by ejain 7y ago
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/Help_article/1133 [2] https
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by ejain 7y ago
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.
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by ejain 7y ago
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 the original property is not available, contact Airbnb r
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by ejain 8y ago
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 after lunch, and both times there was a somewhat st
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by ejain 8y ago
> 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 truly non-invasive device wo
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by ejain 11y ago
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 thousand steps. Beyond that, it's a great status sym
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by ejain 11y ago
So they want to raise $100M, but the more interesting question is at what valuation?
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by ejain 12y ago
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 profit margins...
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by ejain 12y ago
You'd start buying rabbit feet because only the study that was "successful" is published.
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by ejain 12y ago
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...
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Internet of Sheep (IoT)(bbc.com)
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by ejain 12y ago
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) to harvest their fields etc.
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by ejain 12y ago
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 more they should eventually be willing t
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by ejain 12y ago
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 legislation is...
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by ejain 12y ago
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 data points (without jumps due to a poor GPS signa
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by ejain 12y ago
My main concern isn't formatting or searching, but truncation, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2011986/does-syslog-reall... .
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by ejain 12y ago
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 switching over to the json appender.
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by ejain 12y ago
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 extension that forwards log statements to Loggly.
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by ejain 12y ago
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/List_of_U.S._Wilderness_Areas .
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by ejain 12y ago
How to not buy a tank: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/paul-allen-paid-2-5m-historic-g...
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by ejain 12y ago
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.
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by ejain 12y ago
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 filter to one widget doesn't affect the o
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by ejain 12y ago
They did, but shared the document via Snapchat.
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by ejain 12y ago
I'd be more intrigued if a service like 23andMe made such a claim...
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by ejain 12y ago
> 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...
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by ejain 12y ago
Need to distinguish between legislators and administrators. Selling a solution to latter is a losing proposition, because they are usually struggling to accommodate all the spending mandated by former.
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by ejain 12y ago
I'm using Highcharts for all the charts on https://zenobase.com/ . There are a lot of open source alternatives, but none I've seen so far handle axes labels as well as Highcharts does out of the box (i.e. ensure th
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by ejain 12y ago
> The other strategy is physical and mental exhaustion Sleep deprivation may make it easy to fall asleep fast, but then you won't wake up without alarm after 15-20 minutes.
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by ejain 12y ago
Sure, an epoch timestamp can be translated to any time zone, but what was the original time zone? Consider these questions: Do I use Uber more often before or after noon? Is this a photo of a sunrise or a of a sunset? How late do I typicall
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by ejain 12y ago
Back when they had the backscatter x-ray machines at Sea-Tac, there always seemed to be one lane where the metal-detector was being used instead. Don't know if this was a coincidence (I don't fly that often), or if they hoped that

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