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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 right away, and they will give you a full refund and help you find a place to stay (Airbnb or otherwise).

Fortunately, I've never had to put any of this to the test...

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 stressful/non-routine situation (an interview, and riding a scooter across town).

> 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 would be a marginal improvement for me.

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 symbol, or at least it was, until the Apple Watch came out :-)

Also, the data can be interesting, both for researchers, and for yourself--if you're the kind of person who wonders e.g. if getting a lot of steps late in the evening rather than in the morning affects your sleep...

So they want to raise $100M, but the more interesting question is at what valuation?

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...

You'd start buying rabbit feet because only the study that was "successful" is published.

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.

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 to pay him to switch sides again, right?

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...

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 signal etc).