joebottherobot

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by joebottherobot 14y ago
That's not true. We take reputation extremely seriously. Unlike traditional listing sites, every review is tied to a financial transaction. Additionally, we have many other mechanisms in place to prevent astroturfing.
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by joebottherobot 14y ago
I tend to disagree about short-term renters not looking after the place. As an Airbnb host I find that most of my guests leave the place cleaner than when I left it. I imagine this is because a) they are cognizant that it is the property of
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by joebottherobot 14y ago
I've been a host since I joined Airbnb as an engineer two years ago. During my interview I had an "AHA!" moment when I saw a letter pinned on the wall. It was from someone affected by the financial crisis who had been able to avoid foreclos
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Airbnb Commits To SF By Signing A 10-Year, 169,000 Square Foot Lease(sf.curbed.com)
51 points by joebottherobot 14y ago|40 comments
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by joebottherobot 15y ago
Yes. Airbnb has a balanced and authentic review system that lets you read what previous guests had to say about a listing.
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by joebottherobot 15y ago
Staying on Airbnb is really quite different than crashing somewhere on Craigslist. Airbnb: - has a fair reputation system with real user reviews - handles all payments - withholds payment to the host until 24 hours after your stay begins -
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by joebottherobot 15y ago
I really believe that Airbnb is far safer than VRBO. With VRBO you are exchanging personal information and money directly with an unknown 3rd party. In contrast, Airbnb has a trusted reputation system and handles all payments (i.e., both
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
agreed... while I don't condone malicious attempts to throw off other teams, being able to filter through false info seems like an important component of the competition
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
there's also an R package with the book's material: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ElemStatLearn/index.h...
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
I made a similar plunge several years ago. My best advice is to look for a position in a research group that does both wet-lab experiments and computation. They may be very interested in your web background.
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
now if he could only do one for "Lost" I'd be set.
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
With Foursquare, I often find myself wanting to be the mayor of my neighborhood, since I've had up to 5 mayorships in a 1 mile radius (a small distance in Los Angeles). GraffitiGeo seems to be addressing this.
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by joebottherobot 17y ago
It was really sad to hear this. Radiohead albums tend to be greater than the sum of their individual tracks.