KnightontheSun

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

How is Jenny and does Tommy know?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That and ME is a huge dip in that curve.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm on board with your Vista-->7 thoughts, but I do take issue with ME. It never was a decent OS and it very much was a steaming shitpile. It was far too much new code stupidly rushed for the holiday season. I remembering installing it being a roll of the dice even with the same hardware. It would work, then it wouldn't, then it might work with some odd issues, then it deffo would not at all. Hours wasted trying.

I really did try, but never had a good experience with WinME and I know of no one else who did. Even first Vista was better (though saying that makes me shudder).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had someone hijack my account last year, Like a dummy, I had failed to setup 2FA. I caught it in the morning after they worked it most of the wee hours. Phone and email had been changed. I contacted PP and to my surprise they were effective in righting everything. By the end of the day, it was corrected. I was absolutely shocked they were so helpful, but I guess it can happen. So, maybe try again?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not sure how all that can be separated out meaningfully as it is the platform being used and advertisers have expectations based on whatever agreement has been struck between them. Maybe I misunderstood. Perhaps the difference in your example is a user acting versus a bot? Intent probably comes up somewhere as well, but I am not a lawologist. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My understanding is that the contractual agreement with advertisers is that they pay to reach ears. The ads did not reach any ears as promised which could be equated to fraud.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

We’ve all been forced into this situation and the genie will never be back in the bottle. Freeze your credit. That’s the best thing you can do at the moment. Then hopefully others aren’t able to take advantage of your data.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hi Steve. Have you heard from Tom? Been a while.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just freeze your credit. It is the simplest and easiest solution. It sucks, but it seems to be the best utensil to eat the shit sandwich we’ve been fed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have heard they (South Korea) plan on building skyscrapers with screens covering the buildings, so that they can project the background skyline via the screens. The effect would be to render the building almost invisible. Seems like a lofty goal, so I am not sure if they are still pursuing that project or not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For insurance to cover it the data tells them whether you are using it or not. If you don’t meet the minimum usage they won’t pay for the machine. Buying it yourself negates that, but they can get spendy.

Do not buy Philips.

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