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throwaway48375on I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed

Most people are still happy to shop with Amazon despite it's failings. I'm sure Amazon has analyzed the data and are coming out ahead.

throwaway48375on I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed

Can't you just use VLAN tagging and firewall rules?

throwaway48375on The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

I agree with you Amazon is not the best place to get pharmaceutical products and "abuse-resistant" formulations are effectively murder targeted at the most vulnerable. They are practically eugenicist in nature.

When I was much younger I had a bit of an adventurous spirit and never had problems finding pure DXM on the shelf. The issue I ran into most often was it was a frequent target for shoplifters so the name brand gel caps would often be out of stock. Usually you could find the generic store brand version though. Delsym was almost always available. The extended release may or may not be desirable depending on how long you want to trip, but IIRC you could just mix it with something acidic like orange juice to dissolve it and make it instant release. Just anecdotal I know, but that was my experience.

throwaway48375on The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

Back then I'm pretty sure robitussin had codeine not DXM.

throwaway48375on The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E74U3W/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LKLNKZ7/

throwaway48375on Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apartment

As for the first statement it is my experience with my current landlord. Their negligence resulted in the death of an infant and they still refuse to change their policies.

As for the second statement see this image from the article.

https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20220328-Final...

The fifth box says "No Landlord Tenant Court records in the last 7 years".

throwaway48375on Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apartment

My experience with corporate landlords is the complete opposite of yours. You call the office and they tell you to call the manager. You call the manager and they tell you to call the office. You call the office back and the call gets disconnected. You drive down to the office and they are "in a meeting". Letters and emails are ignored. The only way to get them to do anything is to sue them. Apparently this tanks your "shadow credit score" though.

The individual landlords I have rented from were always much more flexible and accommodating. When I call them they are responsive. They treat you like another person instead of a number on a spreadsheet. They actually cared about their property and would do even preventative maintenance.

throwaway48375on Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apartment

When I was first building my credit I did a bunch of research and found a credit union that would let me take out a 12 month secured loan and then used the proceeds from the loan to open a secured credit card. I immediately paid off all but one payment on the loan pushing out my due date to the 12th month and scheduled an autopay for the final payment (this way I only had to pay a trivial amount of interest). This particular credit union has their secured cards "graduate" to unsecured cards after 1 year of on-time payments. Right before the card "graduated" I dumped all the savings I had into the card. They returned my security when the card "graduated" and I was left with a 12 month on time installment history and a significant unsecured credit line. After that I didn't have any problems getting approved for other cards with limits sometimes even eclipsing my annual income. I figured all this out just by reading web forums.

throwaway48375on Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apartment

The janitor at my old job sued his previous employer for racial discrimination. It was extremely egregious and well documented. He couldn't get hired anywhere else in his previous field because when you googled his name the court documents were the first thing that popped up.

throwaway48375on Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apartment

Have you ever rented a property from a corporation? They are the worst.

throwaway48375on FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing campaign

>though I won't shell out for state e-filing when I can print and mail.

This is pretty much the only reason I own stamps.

throwaway48375on Debian decides to allow secret votes

American here and I have had to wait >2 hours to vote multiple times. In the worst instance someone tried to illegally close the polling place even though people were still lined up outside. This is in clear violation of state law. So long as you are lined up to vote before the polling place closes they have to take your vote. To the sheriff's department credit (they are generally terrible) the deputy who responded refused to make people leave and told the worker they had to stay open. When I lived in a more rural area of the same county I would just walk in and vote within a couple minutes. I'm sure it isn't broken by design though.

throwaway48375on Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle when Drive Pilot is active

>It is basically only good for stop and go highway traffic

I mean if you commute regularly in a major metropolitan area that could easily be 90% of your driving.

throwaway48375on Why America can’t build quickly anymore

I agree USPS is by far the best carrier.

throwaway48375on Why America can’t build quickly anymore

My girlfriend's parents have been trying to build a house on undeveloped land in LA county for over five years now. It wasn't until one of their kids got a job that made them connection in county government that they started getting things approved. It is absolutely ridiculous here.

throwaway48375on Gas pumps happen to be about as insecure as your typical router

You could just print them on stickers and put them on random items.

throwaway48375on Each Firefox download has a unique identifier

I'm seriously considering switching from Firefox. I put a lot of effort into avoiding advertisements on all my devices and then Firefox goes and hijacks my system to show me an advertisement for some Disney+ movie and now this.

I was able to disable the ads with an about:config modification and I always get my installers from ftp.mozilla.org so this didn't even personally effect me, but still I feel betrayed.

throwaway48375on US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Is there a law that mandates you wake up at the same time every day?

throwaway48375on US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

You don't have to change the clock to change when you wake up.

throwaway48375on US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Changing the clocks doesn't change how much daylight there is. Just go outside earlier.

throwaway48375on High prices will outlast the war

There is definitely something wrong with CPI. I'm not sure what it is because on paper it seems like a reasonable measure, but anecdotally my expenses are up more like 17% vs CPI's 7%. My "personal inflation" regularly beats out CPI (although usually not by such a high margin. Housing, fuel, and food have been the biggest increases for me. I wonder if all the consumer goods are somehow over represented.

throwaway48375on Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final

They look stuff up all the time. There are dedicated apps for it e.g. epocraties.

throwaway48375on Moderna will develop mRNA vaccines for some of the world’s worst diseases

It would have taken many years to get the new technology approved, but we skipped a lot of that due to the pandemic. Now that we have lots of safety data it is easier for them to get new vaccines approved.

throwaway48375on The Drunk Men I Drive Around Every Night (2020)

Even if you are under the legal limit if you get in an accident (regardless of fault) you can be charged with a DUI.

throwaway48375on Toll signs on 101 report your transponder setting

It's just a fix-it ticket. Just pay a cop and get it signed off.

throwaway48375on Elementary OS is imploding

Cloud access sounds like an anti-feature to me.

throwaway48375on Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe's largest

Don't forget Norway.

throwaway48375on Ask HN: Why don't many video hosting companies adopt PeerTube or P2P?

You should look into enabling fq_codel/cake or similar algorithms on your router if you have bufferbloat issues. You can also rent a cheap seedbox with a symmetrical connection if you are having issues seeding. Also in my experience most of the best trackers have a bonus point system that rewards long term seeding over ratio. BTN for example is completely ratioless.

throwaway48375on 43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005)

What antenna?

throwaway48375on Degoogled phones running privacy oriented OS

>mad that google photos doesn't know his exact location

i don't even