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Oh. Just learning about this now. I haven't fired up the quest (or Go) I'm about a year. Suppose I'll probably have to side load whatever's been removed.... Once I eventually fire up the machine again
I use a double edged blade and one blade lasts six months for me with daily shaving. The blades have four edges, not two: you can flip the blade over and use the other side. Sounds weird, but it works.
Re:Why am I seeing this adorable red panda? on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:32PM (#30608853)
Glad to know I'm not the only anti-ad person who was incensed.
I have a paid premium subscription with optery. I provided them with minimal informed and have been pleased thus far.

Good customer service. Fairly quick response time.

For years, I've performed monthly searches on my name and naturally submit opt-out requests from whatever data brokers I found.

I signed up for optery using a couple discounts from stack social (or one of those sites).

They found DOZENS of listings under my name. I was surprised+ pissed, but optery has manager to remove most of them. They send a quarterly(?) PDF update containing before and after screenshots of days brokers where my info was once displayed.

I still perform my monthly searches and report any findings to optery. They've been receptive and apologetic whenever I find my info online.

That's my review. Ask questions if you want.

Isn't messenger supposed to be encrypted??
I have a rule: I do NOT communicate with anyone who threatens or implies legal action, and I immediately forward any emails to my lawyer.

Like others, I strongly recommend you immediately stop all communications with the client or their representative and you talk to an attorney.

I wish you a happy resolution.

Re:Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008) on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:32AM (#29447516)
I checked the MSDS years ago and commented on the Amazon listing for Fellows "shredder oil." It always helps to check the MSDS, for many reasons. :-)
FakeSpot has purposefully limited prior functionality from their site and only allows those features via installing their browser plugin.

They really want that browsing history. So perhaps use a private tab.

And the pricing link doesn't lead to pricing. Just list it. Don't make us jump through hoops to pay you.
Your privacy policy is a 9 page PDF, which as an immediate red flag. You also auto share registrants' info for marketing unless we opt out.

I wish it was opt-in meeting.

Re:Show HN: What's My Car Worth? on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:33AM (#28141756)
Supposedly my base level 1999 Tacoma is worth $13,295 with over 160k miles. Which is unbelievable because I paid $6,500 for it in 2006.
Re:Show HN: What's My Car Worth? on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:18AM (#28139041)
According to this site, my 1999 base grade "poverty edition" Toyota Tacoma with 160k miles is valued at $13,295.

I realize it's a seller's market, but that's just crazy. I paid $6500 for it in 2006.

Re:Fish with 'human' teeth caught in North Carolina on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:30AM (#28126760)
Common fish. They eat shellfish. They taste like crab.
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Thank you. I got about 50% down the website marketing fluff and noped out. HP needs better copy.
I wish the posts quantified their compensation.

I have spare time for side gigs, but I'm not cheap, and I don't want to put my information out there (by applying) only to get a lousy offer.

Whelp. You were right. Their first shady move is auto-opting all signups for their newsletter. Thank goodness I used a disposable email address.

Why would anything think it was a good idea to spam users?? I'm taking them for a test drive and the first thing these guys do is betray trust.

Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:05PM (#27636277)
I've heard the Comcast "retention agents" have a quota or retentions vs cancellations they must maintain, hence ask the disconnected cancellation calls.

For a time, I resorted to having an attorney cancel my Comcast service to ensure it actually happened.

But once, months after the attorney forwarded my Comcast cancellation confirmation, I received a notice from a collections agency for the exact Comcast account I had cancelled. The attorney took care of that too.

My new (and best) method for dealing with Comcast is to use a fake name and social. I've been using the cats' names for the past few years, and it works great!

I recently wanted to quit Comcast service at one of my properties, so I went online to chat. No agents available, so I just removed my credit card from the account and stopped paying. They'll figure it out eventually. And good luck of they're going to try to collect from Westley the Cat. He's unemployed.

At least the family has some proof of life. Maybe the videos can help push for his release.

Although I'm sure these aren't the reasons YouTube approved the ad(s).

Re:Full text search on 400M US court cases on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:12PM (#25157243)
Whoa. Searched my name and found my sealed court records from when I was barely a teen (25 years ago). The records even state "sealed/exempt from public" at the top.

This is pretty neat as I have never seen the records, even though I requested them (out if curiosity) 10 years ago, only to be told they had been destroyed years prior.

I look forward to testing it out.

I wonder how this will impact Sendgrid, Constant Contact, etc.

God bless you
Re:Sendgrid under siege from hacked accounts on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:35PM (#24318824)
Sendgrid user for many, many years.

I believe we disabled 2FA because it broke /prevented our client's ability to send via SMTP. No idea if they've fixed the issue (and honestly don't care). Make security easy to adopt of you want us to implement it.

Also, organization-wide, we don't use 2FA that requires a mobile phone number/SMS (because we don't trust vendors with our phone number).

*IIRC, Sendgrid initially only offered 2FA via SMS, but now you can also use an authenticator app.

But it's not quite free.
FYI, source article is from a fringe, right-leaning "news media." I belong they have a staff of 5.
It would still be a privacy issue for me. Mozilla would still have my real address tied to my account, and there's no mention of encryption of email content or the anonymous generated email addresses.

Still...It's a great step in the right direction!

I'm a Naborly user (landlord) in the USA. Naborly emailed repeatedly asking for this information (I refused).

Interestingly, they asked about my tenants' payment on April 1st, not even taking into account grace periods or such.

Also, I never signed up to receive their emails, and I've expressly asked them to stop emailing me.

PornHub didn't ask for help. Just sayin'
AdGuard for Android works fairly well. I may spring for the premium version.

Elsewhere I use LittleSnitch on my Mac, followed by Firefox (w/associates plugins like everyone else).

Re:KeyMe – Copy keys and solve lockouts on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:19PM (#7467217)
I thought about making an app like this and open sourcing it for the hell of it. It wouldn't be too difficult to limit the scanning (read: image recognition) to just 5 notch Kwikset and Schlage (standard/ residential) keys and outputting the key's code to the user.

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