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Airbnb says "The safety and privacy of our community -- both online and offline -- is our priority [1]"

[1] Contradicts the experience of the guest : "They still didn't seem to grasp the seriousness of the issue. They were treating it like a canceled booking," Nealie Barker said. Ultimately, Airbnb's trust and safety team promised to conduct an investigation, and it temporarily suspended the listing. ... After she got through to them two weeks later, the company told her that the host had been "exonerated," and the listing reinstated. It was only after she posted about the incident on Facebook and local New Zealand news stations reported her experience that the host was permanently banned, she said.

> how to type and do basic math, I did it in clojure using Repl.it

Can you share the repl or add some more detail please on how was it better than traditional methods

How about truecrypt/veracrypt with Dropbox ?

> Old smartphones are good as security cameras

They don't get updates and are not secure to be used as network connected security cameras.

What's the trick to be happy & joyous (without any strings attached) ? How does one train the mind to not be achievement driven (especially if you are on HN everyday) ?

Can anyone recommend a course or a book to achieve that ? Something that makes you happy naturally (not forced).

This is a serious issue, especially for small merchants dealing with digital products. A chargeback is too much work to fight and rarely in favor of the merchant.

> After all it's "just" software. Besides yourself, nobody really cares how you solved the problem.

More that once I've come across such crossroads, and the answer for me is:

(i) Find a niche in which you can excel, master your domain and then people will "care".

OR

(ii) Don't worry about how others perceive you as long as you are having fun along the journey. Find a way to stay happy.