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br-gon Tell HN: I just received my Equifax breach settlement check

Interesting - yeah I just happened to log in to my account and see it there, I basically only use PP for receiving settlement checks at this point :)

br-gon Tell HN: I just received my Equifax breach settlement check

I also received my payout via PayPal but did not receive a notification so it sat in my account for several weeks. Was this intentional? I typically always receive notification when money hits my PP account...

br-gon Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in Laos

I’m curious to know what 95% identical means in this context. How similar is Covid to HIV, for example?

Chimp DNA is 99% identical to human, for reference.

br-gon Airbnb guests accuse it of deleting negative reviews and boosting bad hosts

Posting because I recently had this happen to me with a rental we booked through Airbnb. Our negative review was scrubbed after two weeks and the entire reservation history has been removed from our account.

br-gon Larry Page Deposition in Uber vs. Waymo

"beginning 12:06 a.m., and commencing at 4:54 p.m."

Wow..

br-gon Our Director of Engineering on the new Wired.com

Nope:

http://wired.com/wp-admin