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FairShake mentions (9)

• Cash app took my money

  No help decided to contact an attorney, we used the website fairshake.com and they help us find consumer advocacy firm. Source: over 3 years ago

• Ask HN: What to do when PayPal disables your account for no reason?

  I've fought with PayPal for a very long time for these same reasons, and I finally won last year, and received a settlement payout (basically the money that was in my account, worth $6k). The condition was to never use their products / services again, but totally worth it. I used a service called FairShake - https://fairshake.com/ which is an arbitration service, and you can use this to get their attention. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Guest said that the house smelled like bleach and AirBNB refunded them 2k

  I was thinking about about going after the guest first but I got some advice that AirBnB might consider that harassment since it was their decision (despite the fact that she made false claims). I was thinking of sending her and her husband a demand letter first threatening to take them to small claims. I'm definitely going to file for arbitration with Airbnb. Do most people file in CA where AirBnB is or in the... Source: over 3 years ago

• I cancelled a ride because I didn’t feel safe getting in the car since the license plate didn’t match the one in the app. Lyft support says too bad. How is it my fault the driver is sketchy??

  Trigger a chargeback, or file an arbitration proceeding through https://fairshake.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• How to Get Back your Money After 180 Days (US PayPal accounts)

  If you are in the US and can't afford hiring a lawyer you can use a mediation service like 🤝 fairshake.com that may help you reach a settlement with PayPal but usually less than 50% of your money, you may get more according to your negotiation skills. Source: over 4 years ago

Medium mentions (3117)

• Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles

  Good move. There's an interesting old article on the door handles here: > https://medium.com/@arunchidambaram/is-teslas-door-handle-an-over-kill-21e42756f58e In aerodynamic terms, door handles are nbd compared to side mirrors. Mirrors account for 6% of a car's aerodynamic drag. Door handles: roughly 0.2%. Basically they make no difference -- their effect is a rounding error -- and they were implemented for... - Source: Hacker News / about 8 hours ago

• Ask HN: Guess what makes SSH multiplexing physically impossible

  Guess what makes SSH multiplexing physically impossible: https://medium.com/@rviragh/chatgpt-sol-5-6-pro-still-exhibits-model-confusion-given-recursive-role-and-rulesets-70124a36951f Curious about your guessses. - Source: Hacker News / about 23 hours ago

• MiniageOS: "Dumbphone" Version of LineageOS

  First of all, did you disable the calculator? This app is an amazing feat of intellect, and should be retained due to its fundamental worth of ingenuity. https://medium.com/@jnebos/the-humble-android-calculator-4f139e8b1699 Second, the kernel itself presents attack surfaces. It is important to accept updates, when they are offered. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• Felony Bench

  >so is it a white matriarchal system oppressing men and minorities No, obviously it isn't a matriarchal system. Patriarchy can and does oppress men as well as women. If you're actually interested in something other than trying to dunk on feminism, here are some sources you can follow. You can search to find more if you want.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Superpowers, Not Superintelligence

  I wrote this in 2018: AI and privacy are incompatible https://medium.com/@andrewkemendo/artificial-intelligence-and-privacy-are-incompatible-5375035f15c0 Highlight towards the end “I will make a prediction of my own: more deeply intertwined AI based services will increase the decision making capabilities for users over the next several decades to such an extent, that it will be considered irresponsible not to use... - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago