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1_1xdev··on What's up with Airbnb cleaning fees?
> But Airbnb's advertised nightly rate on the site includes the cleaning fee, so this does not seem to be an effort to compete on base price.

I wonder where the author lives. I am in the US. I picked an airbnb listing at random from the home page:

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/52569310?adults=1&category_tag=...

> $230 night

> $230 x 5 nights $1,148

> Cleaning fee $390

> Service fee $217

> Total before taxes $1,755

The cleaning fee is expressly NOT part of the advertised rate.

Also kind of hilarious the example I landed on has a $390 cleaning fee.

1_1xdev··on Tell HN: Reddit started asking logged-in users to use the app
Thanks, reddit team, for fixing this. Both the new OPEN button anchored to the top, and the new bottom sheet work as desired now.

My comment above was about a previous version of the "open in app" bottom sheet from a previous version of the mobile website.

Both mobile safari on iOS.

1_1xdev··on Ask HN: Is Bumble (also) as scam site?
I have no evidence of this but here’s an alternative take based on what you describe.

Perhaps there’s a bug in Bumble’s API or app that is preventing the successful captcha from advancing you through the flow

I think it’s a bit too uncharitable to assume malice here. After all, what’s the incentive for bumble to actively keep a bunch of users who aren’t “legit”? Obviously that degrades the user experience and I assume lead to lower revenue.

But also, who made you the arbiter of what a user can put on their profile?

1_1xdev··on NoSQL or SQL – how you make the choice?
Use a relational db unless you know it won't work for your app and you can articulate why it won't work.
1_1xdev··on [dead]
This is the NYPost. A huge chunk of their articles sow division in some way.

A few 20 year olds who don't understand how to communicate with people older than them just need to spend a few weeks in the workforce and get educated. They aren't "cancelling" an emoji. This isn't a real story.

1_1xdev··on Ask HN: Advice for Principal Engineer looking to take a step back?
You have the golden handcuffs on. Do you feel trapped into staying in that position? Is that also weighing on you?

While my dollar amounts were lower, I have been in a similar situation. I wasn't ready for the leadership role I was in, but they were paying me too well to leave. But this actually led to a lot of my anxiety about it. Once I realized I didn't need the extra money, things became clearer.

0. Talk to a therapist/psych. You may be depressed.

1. Assess your financial situation. How much do you NEED to achieve your goals?

2. Take leave. If the psych diagnoses you with depression, medical leave may be an option. If not, well, you can always just try to take regular unpaid leave at the risk that your job may not be there when you get back (what's your relationship with your employer/boss?). Seriously, take 3 months or more.

3. Start to look for a new job that you think you'll be HAPPY doing. If you're not happy working as a principle or a staff eng now, what makes you think your next job should be that role? You sound like you'd be happier at senior. That's fine! Maybe with more experience as a senior someplace else, you'll find that you're more prepared for the staff/principle level responsibility later on. You think you want to do senior-level work -- so go find someplace you can do senior level work, where you're happy!

Job titles are so different depending on company/industry, it may not look that weird on paper anyway. But you've already proven to yourself and others that you can get promoted and can handle more responsibility (even if at cost to your mental health). You can get there again.

1_1xdev··on Tell HN: Reddit started asking logged-in users to use the app
Even if you have the app installed, the link to open in app just opens the app store. What a dumpster fire of a mobile web experience.
1_1xdev··on Lowest “Who is hiring?” Post Count in 30 Months
I’m not sure it’s representative. It has a higher proportion of startups and a lower proportion of established non-tech companies who still often make tech hires
1_1xdev··on Tell HN: My Hacker News app (HACK) is sort of broken this afternoon
Your idea to fetch the x path/selector from your api is a good one.

If the logic needs to change more substantially yeah you’re gonna have to ship an app change.

1_1xdev··on Ask HN: Have You Upgraded to iOS 16?
The revoke mail feature has been a feature in gmail for 10+ years (though it probably was a “labs” feature at first). “Undo send”. And there, yeah, it’s just a configurable delay - I use 15s. I’ve used it (and been thankful for it) many times
1_1xdev··on Ask HN: Am I a bad stupid engineer? I feel like everything I do is so simple
Perhaps you are a grug brain. Not such a bad thing.

https://grugbrain.dev/

The fact that you write testable (and tested) code, and that your CI needs are met by simple scripts is a good thing. I personally try to ensure that all CI can be done locally, and that basically forces you to just use shell scripts (or make, or similar — but to keep it simple)

1_1xdev··on Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs
Not who you replied to, but one example is Megadeth — most of their albums from the 80s and 90s are only available remastered. I wouldn’t call them unlistenable but they are different. They do have one album, “Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying”, available with TWO DIFFERENT remasters but no original.
1_1xdev··on The fight against drought in California has a new tool: The restrictor
Half measures still do _something_

They did reduce plastic pollution, as you admit.

Was it the most effective regulation to pass to reduce plastic pollution by the greatest possible amount? Not at all

1_1xdev··on Ask HN: How Is Plaid Legal?
Plaid definitely did not start this way, but I suspect they have been at least trying to move in that direction
1_1xdev··on It's now illegal for anyone under 21 to buy canned whipped cream in New York
They’re definitely sold. Does this new legislation change things? Idk

Weed is openly sold in bodegas and smoke shops in the village too, but none of them are licensed

1_1xdev··on It's now illegal for anyone under 21 to buy canned whipped cream in New York
It is ridiculous on the surface, I guess.

But those same progressive governments still make it illegal to sell those drugs which can are used in the safe injection sites.

So, this seems consistent to me, even if ridiculous on the surface, because those more dangerous substances are treated the same.

No one’s getting arrested for inhaling no2, just like people are not getting arrested for smoking weed or for shooting up in the safe sites

Edit for clarity: the only thing that’s actually ridiculous about it IMO is that, obviously, there’s a huge proportion of people, under 21, buying whipped cream that aren’t doing it to get high