Shame that there seem to be increasingly more problems renting through AirBnb. I must have stayed in 3 dozen AirBnbs over the course of a year of traveling, and the absolute worst experiences we had were nothing more than two stays with weird homeowners.

The idea that you can “de-identify” your DNA is laughable. There is literally no part of you that is more uniquely identifiable than your DNA, and as technology advances, DNA analysis will only become more specific and detailed. (edit: I know you talk about this in the article, I just think it’s worth reiterating)

I get it, but again, I don’t feel like I’m obligated to use a service just because someone gets paid to provide it.

Between work travel, and extensive personal travel, I have stayed in countless hotel rooms.

I’m sorry, but I can’t take on the obligation to raise everyone’s salary to a living wage.

I leave the DND sign up because I prefer they stay out. It’s not that I am hiding anything, I would just prefer they not come in, and I don’t need the service. I realize it’s not a legally binding contract. In all the many, many hotels I have stayed at, I have never come back to find my room clean when I left the DND…

I understand the sarcasm, I am objecting to that. I don’t see this as a stupid design at all; if you want a front-facing camera, at some point there needs to be space dedicated for it.

How would bezels make this better?

Understanding vesting is important, but predicting the tax rates a decade or more out from retirement is an exercise in futility. Especially since your 401k income may vary from year to year as your expense vary.

The link about urine reflecting the contents of what your body is trying to get rid of is not relevant to this article. That link was about actually measuring sodium content in the urine, which is not what people use to benchmark hydration.

Dear Lifehacker,

I’d guess it’s because you can have n-number of expanded USB connections, whereas the headers in the case are typically limited.

LastPass is basically my default recommendation. For the vast majority of people, it’s the best option.

I recommend that anyone using a password manager (well, first, I recommend everyone use a password manager) store this stuff in their password manager, and have 2-factor authentication for their password manager.

I’ve stayed in dozens of AirBnbs all around the world.

Until you destroy the lithium battery and start a fire...

However (and this is the dealbreaker), they won’t let me send them an external HDD with my data to “seed” the backup.

As a dog owner, this is maddening.

Irony:

Oh God. The irony of this comment. It’s... spectacular. Simply spectacular.