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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars?
on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @03:07PM (#38464569)
This has been common in the US for at least a decade now.
Re:Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors wer...
on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @12:55PM (#36229556)
All of my grocery shopping is done on my supermarkets website and sorting by unit price brings up the price per pound or ounce or whatever that products unit of measure is. For paper towels it returns $ per square foot, so even if the product size is different the price per unit of measure stays the same and makes it easier to comparison shop.
Re:Choosing a Name for Your Computer
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:09AM (#36056894)
we name devices based on the inventory asset tag we affix as a prefix + the acronym of the department the device is assigned to as the suffix. clean and consistent across thousands of devices.
Re:Lawsuit accuses DoorDash of charging iPhone users more than others
on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:08PM (#36036063)
This happened back in 2019 with a restaurant I have a stake in. We did not enter into an agreement with Door Dash. Door Dash would call and place a pick-up order. The driver would come in and attempt to pay for the order with a debit card. The card got declined. Another (exactly the same order) gets called in, a different driver shows up - card got declined.
Staff thought it was a scam. They noticed the same type of debit card was used for both orders. Finally a driver informed us it was a door dash order. They scraped an old menu online with outdated prices, and loaded the debit card with the amount they calculated from the outdated menu.
Staff called back the phone number that placed the orders, explained the issue, and let Door Dash know there were 2 orders (sitting for over an hour, no longer saleable) that they owed [amount] for before we would take any additional orders from them, and that they needed to pay in advance over the phone before we would make any more food for them. Horrible experience, would never do business with them.
Re:Ask HN: How do I keep my elderly father safe on the internet?
on Sunday April 02, 2023 @12:49PM (#35412504)
My father (85) similar scenario falling for scam emails and phone calls. Walked in on him installing rdp software as the "Microsoft support tech" instructed him to do when he called the number in the email that told him he had a virus.
Changed his desktop pc so his account is no longer admim (can't install software). Additionally, the websites he can visit are now allow-list only with everything else blocked.
Re:California bill would require high schools to hand out free condoms
on Thursday March 23, 2023 @12:19PM (#35277118)
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/condom.pag...
>>Free products are distributed at local businesses, community-based organizations and health care facilities. The Health Department's NYC Condom Availability Program gives away more than 30 million free safer sex products every year to over 3,500 locations throughout the five boroughs. These free products include male NYC Condoms, internal condoms (FC2) and lubricant.
Re:Andy Jassey Calls for Amazon to Return to Office
on Friday February 17, 2023 @07:23PM (#34842489)
this has been my experience as well.
Re:US stalkerware developer fined $410k, ordered to modify apps to rev...
on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:48PM (#34688887)
> some apps didn't even need to be installed on an iOS device; instead they could exfiltrate data from the iCloud account linked to the device. But to get such information as social media logs, the app buyer would need to "jailbreak" iOS devices or "root" Android systems, essentially getting around built-in protections...
US stalkerware developer fined $410k, ordered to modify apps to reveal spying
Re:A Single Line of Code Brought Down a Half-Billion Euro Rocket Launch
on Friday February 03, 2023 @08:28PM (#34650344)
Smart ovens do dumb stuff to check for Wi-Fi
NASA overspent $15M on Oracle software bc it was afraid an audit could cost more
Re:Microsoft clarifies that game activity is shared with third parties...
on Sunday July 03, 2022 @03:54PM (#31970486)
> ESTIMATED READING TIME: 55 Minutes; 14268 words
Re:Stop using app icons for political activism
on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:01PM (#31813453)
I've always set custom icons using a consistent theme in my android phone's app launcher for years.
Re:I only care about the helpful notifications, not the promotional ones
on Sunday June 05, 2022 @12:33PM (#31632467)
Grubhub does this as well, so all of their notifications are disabled by me.
Re:How to stop junk mail
on Saturday June 04, 2022 @10:28PM (#31627372)
I read a story about Brave's (the browser company) use of EDDM here on HN today:
Re:How to stop junk mail
on Saturday June 04, 2022 @08:20PM (#31626600)
Years ago I completed the permanent opt-out for everyone in my household (needing to mail in a paper form is shameful). However, very few unsolicited junk mails since. For any that get through I call that company's support line and request removal. Works ~90% of the time.
One cool free feature the USPS does offer is Informed Delivery [0]: Every morning around 7am I get an email from the postal service with scanned images of all the mail (face of the envelope) I'm receiving that day.
[0] https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.acti...
Re:The last Howard Johnson's restaurant closes in Lake George, N.Y.
on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:00PM (#31615737)
In high school teachers would take me to their house on my lunch break to fix their home computer then buy me a steak and cheese on the way back to school. Definitely some red flags there.
Re:New York state passes right to repair bill
on Friday June 03, 2022 @04:45PM (#31613391)
>> Notably, the bill doesn't pertain to medical devices, home appliances, agricultural and off-road equipment, or public safety communications equipment. However, right-to-repair advocates have their eye on those areas as well. The bill also doesn't cover motor vehicles.
New York state passes right to repair bill
Re:Ask HN: What to get for my brother's 50th birthday?
on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:58AM (#31594953)
I would not have known better to even consider this. Useful to know!
Re:Ask HN: What to get for my brother's 50th birthday?
on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:08AM (#31594366)
I once found a 2 hour introductory flight lesson on groupon that I gifted as a birthday present. They had a great experience.
Fed Report Shows Who's Using Crypto and How
Re:Show HN: I built a cyberdeck just for fun
on Monday May 30, 2022 @10:14AM (#31559183)
Neuromancer vibes. I like it.
Re:Show HN: Top Links from Hacker News, Reddit, Techmeme, PH on a Sing...
on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:13AM (#31558617)
I would subscribe via RSS if a feed was available.
Re:Joseph Stiglitz: 'We should shut down the cryptocurrencies'
on Friday May 27, 2022 @08:50AM (#31528985)
2019
Re:Vintage computer ads
on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:47AM (#31458362)
I recall alot of advertisements in computer magazines from the late 80s featuring bikini girls and sexual innuendo.
Re:Walmart Anticipates a Store Manager Shortage Despite $200k-a-Year Pay
on Monday May 16, 2022 @06:39PM (#31403957)
Agreed. I was considering attendance, but completion would be a much different (and meaningful) metric.
Re:Walmart Anticipates a Store Manager Shortage Despite $200k-a-Year Pay
on Monday May 16, 2022 @04:48PM (#31402966)
from the article > Walmart last year dropped the dollar-per-day fee employees paid to participate in the company’s subsidized university degree program, a move that boosted participation by 44%
Apparently it had a significant difference.