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Im with you, i sold a number of things without problems, but I did it assuming that if I follow the rules of Paypals Seller Protection, i would be covered. This is not the case here. I now know that Seller Protection means nothing to the fraudster in the know

Credit cards and Paypals both take a piece of a transaction fee and creating an illusion of a safety net is cost of doing business to them. Paypal has a much better chance of having direct contacts with fraud departments of other institutions than individuals do, so they should take it upon themselves to sort it out.

Of course Im not being objective here, but their Seller Protection wording could be a lot more forthcoming in communicating the lack of protection for this case.

No he was not. He went straight to his credit card and they took his side.

I had no chance of appealing because Paypal would not disclose the Credit Card issuer contact info to me so that I could contact them directly

OP here. Interestingly enough, my conversations with Paypal became more and more surreal and I felt more and more powerless with every one in the end. I had a trail of information and there was evidence of multiple fraud, but I never felt as powerless as I did after my phone calls with Paypal.

I am in contact with the police captain in the small town where the item was shipped, but I have very little faith in their ability to recover it.

I will file a local police report as well and try to appeal with paypal.

Meanwhile i want everyone to be aware that the so-called Seller Protection is totally worthless, since thats how Paypal chooses to pursue a legit fraud case.

I felt that it was a silly and a sarcastic reply and I sure hope its not hell-ban worthy of tptacek or anyone for that matter. Especially on Friday. Everyone just needs to take it a bit easier (c)

I wouldnt say its a lame product, but it definitely does not cover all remote access use cases. I expressed one in here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4701033

A quick google search revealed a number of remotely configurable keypad door locks in approximately the same price range as the retail price of Lockitron. For instance:

http://nexiahome.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?model=04315...

As somebody whose enjoyed a keyless lock in a condo in Hawaii fairly recently I have few things to say.

* Keyless locks are great

* Depending on a phone is a very limiting requirement.

From my experience, it was a huge relief not to have to carry any valuables(such as a smartphone or keys) to the beach, because the door had a 4-digit-code lock device. If i had to carry a phone around with me, i would rather carry a set of keys.

Furthermore, if youre planning to use it for AirBnB and youre expecting that your tenants will have cell service, youre excluding international travellers who have just arrived in your town and may not have cell coverage with their international phones.

What I would like is a code-based lock that would allow me to reset the code remotely, to add multiple levels of codes, time-limited codes, etc. I would pay lockitron prices for it.

This is pretty amazing. Im dealing with this very issue on my app with devise and omniauth.

One thingI havent seen asked and answered is what do you do if the OAUTH provider does not supply email(which you mentioned is used to determined if the user has already signed in via a different provider).

For example. A user signs in via Facebook and is authenticated(his email and provider uid is stored). He then goes to a different machine/browser and signs in via Twitter which does not provide an email address neccessary to associated with a previous Facebook sign in. What then?

nitpick: "The values are almost inconsequential since THEIR just numbers" should be either THEY ARE or THEY'RE

except of course now you have an account that can be easily identified by dropbox as "referal abuse" https://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=58068#post-436831

I cant help but feel that this qu33riousity guys is coocoo. While I think that what he was subjected to is unacceptable, his rhetoric reminds me of conspiracy nutcases that said that US government played a role in the WTC tragedy:

"And it’s not a matter of generalizing white people, rather it’s being real about the culture San Francisco creates. Other people of color, including some black people are in on it too, but the thing to remember is that there have always been people of color down with white supremacy. Matters of colonization run deep throughout the years and beneath our flesh, behind our eyes."

completely off topic, but isnt renting out what is essentially a leased apartment against most lease agreements?

Do you think that a "legacy" Node(or Sinatra for that matter) app will be easier to understand than a "legacy" Rails app? Legacy is where conventions actually shine!

Or RABL if you want both XML and JSON output

Their PreQL demo during the Disrupt was pretty amazing. Im looking forward to using their API for several ML experiments.

Its 2 people sharing an apartment(Im assuming from them being engaged), so that is easier). Also rental insurance is fraction of what you mentioned, especially if its part of your auto insurance coverage.

Shoutcast pretty please :)

Ill just have to work my way to $200k minimum salary necessary to be able to invest :)

Ive noticed at a couple hackathons that Ive been to(including Disrupt and AngelHack) that a number of teams came with projects that were either already prepared and they just added a feature on top of them or they were already half-done and were completed at the hackathon.

Furthermore ive seen people communicate with remote teams at Hackathon.

Both of these I see as sort of cheating, not unlike doping in sports, since idea of the Hackathon is to show what can be done in 10-20 hours of hacking.

This is nice, but i hope FREE lasts....

Its kinda scary, but they are supposedly financed by "advertising" which means they are selling your financial data or derivatives of your financial data to potential advertisers.... Not that much different from Mint i suppose, but something to think about.

http://waveaccounting.com/features/un-pricing/

We'll see what the outcome of ObamaCare in regards to pre-existing conditions, but the way things are right now, if you go with an individual insurance(i.e. not part of a larger company's group plan), should you develop a medical condition, you will eventually be priced out of cheaper "risk categories", i.e. your insurance costs will be increasing year after year and you wont be able to change plans into other competitive healthcare plans because they will deny you due to these pre-existing conditions. Many states, including california, provide special plans for those who are denied coverage elsewhere, but they are ridiculously expensive(think over a $1k per month per person). If you have a family and your spouse doesnt have insurance, healthcare could be an expensive gamble...

If you were from US, Id recommend you get a zipcar/getaround account or rent a car for those few times you will need to drive down to Palo Alto/Mountain View etc.

However since you are foreigners, I have no idea how the insurance aspect would play out. If you go the rental route, try to see if you can get a credit card in Denmark that would cover car rental insurance overseas, otherwise you would have to pay daily car collision insurance which sometimes costs as much as the car rental itself.

If they plan to conduct business, arrange meetings, they need to be able to communicate everywhere. Cell phones are a must

Like other commenters said, DO NOT get tmobile prepaid if you want to use it with iDevices.

Instead get StraightTalks unlimited voice/data/text "Bring Your Own Device" plan for $45(Select AT&T compatible and microsim)

http://www.straighttalksim.com/shop.php

Lets put this all to rest:

@spolsky says that 24% of SO visitors are women

https://twitter.com/spolsky/status/215906113470742528

It seems that there are 3 types of people answering question on StackOverflow:

1) People genuinely wishing to share their knowledge

2) People that are chasing gamified elements of the reputation system

3) People that belong somewhere between #1 & #2

I dont see anything that prevents any demographic from participating as long as fall into one of these 3 categories. And i dont see how being of a particular gender or race or ethnicity precludes one from sharing their knowledge on StackOverflow

define online plz

There are plenty of venues where this is true, i just dont believe SO is one.

douchebags can profess their douchebaggery across the gender lines. Furthermore, douchebags can be of either gender. The only way to fight douchebags is to call them on their douchebaggery and to down-vote them into oblivion. Lets not fight evil with fake, Lets fight evil with real.

exactly. In fact based on the screenshots, the authors answers were greatly appreciated by people that asked the questions. More often than not when asking or answering questions on SO I pay attention to persons reputation and answer accept rate. I dont even look at their name. The article mentioned some anecdotal complaints from women on some engineering forum which make no sense to me whatsoever. Id love to hear from a female SO user whether they did in fact turn away from SO because of lack of women on it?