KnightontheSun
@KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
- Comment on PayPal implements default data sharing with third parties: users must manually opt out 1 month ago:
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?
- Comment on Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots 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. 🤷♂️
- Comment on Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots 2 months ago:
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.
- Comment on Smoking PSA 2 months ago:
Yes. Especially the monkey. It looked so cool I use that one as an avatar in some games.
- Comment on Smoking PSA 2 months ago:
Reminds me of the anti-smoking campaign using animals. They did look cooler.
- Comment on 2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed 3 months ago:
Hi Steve. Have you heard from Tom? Been a while.
- Comment on 2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed 3 months ago:
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.
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
T’was a joke. I haven’t shaved with a razor for a few years. Just knock em down with an electric trimmer. I then keep buzzing all around my head. I don’t have time for hair anymore. 😬
I do think I own the five-blade versions from Costco. They’ve lasted for a long time since I hate using a razor in the first place. My father used the single edge safety razor. Wish I’d thought to ask for it when he passed. I would try using it.
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
Ill-tempered?
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
I don’t know…the commercial with the cartoon showing sixteen blades are needed for that baby smooth face seemed pretty convincing.
- Comment on Phone calls still assume the people on the receiving end are attached to a desk. 4 months ago:
Squirrel!!!
- Comment on Just Plain Terrifying 4 months ago:
By OSHA, you mean Lemmy right?
Then yes, OSHA was contacted.
- Comment on Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants 6 months ago:
Agree. Let’s start with Tesla!
- Comment on When you do it yourself and it looks like you did it yourself lol 6 months ago:
My family finds my skills as an electrician quite shocking.
- Comment on Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? 6 months ago:
I’ve turned off the predictive typing, but still have the basic old style spelling correction enabled. So much nicer. Yes, it’s like moving back ten years, but I am no longer excessively frustrated from typing on my phone. And it was excessive.
- Comment on Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? 6 months ago:
I’ve finally had to disabled it. Been a few weeks and while typing is more of an effort on my part, it is also much less frustrating.
The predictive text was far and away the most annoying part.
- Comment on Progress! 7 months ago:
We just saw the episode where the wraith took over Kinko’s body and threatened to kill her if O’Brien didn’t reconfigure the comm relays. I thought, “Here’s your way out, Miles!”
- Comment on Progress! 7 months ago:
I am in S05 of DS9 (first watch) and saw this one recently in S04. We really enjoyed it.
Do they ever bring up that O’Brien isn’t the original O’Brien they knew, but rather the future O’Brien that swapped places? … I didn’t think so.
- Comment on Rough days 7 months ago:
I was indeed wondering, so thank you!
- Comment on Rough days 7 months ago:
It also could’ve been a lesson for her in being overly flippant with people who do sometimes have genuine problems they are mired in.
- Comment on Rough days 7 months ago:
I have an overabundance of “staircase wit”.
- Comment on I feel so old. 7 months ago:
I am on apple. The other day two people from a group of friends were texting me and sent videos. The apple user sent a nice vid. The next was from a potato back 20 years in time. Or it could have been the latest android flagship. I don’t really know, but it feels annoying and unnecessary.
- Comment on Even the $44 billion didn't help. 8 months ago:
I think you look like Riker with a trombone. Runnin with that.
- Comment on Even the $44 billion didn't help. 8 months ago:
Honestly, even I would very much not want to review some of my style choices as a young person.
- Comment on How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) 8 months ago:
Yes. Telemetry boxes. Most cars have had them for almost twenty years. The cell connection is more modern.
Telemetric insurance is a thing now.
- Comment on Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch 8 months ago:
Fuck you! I’m eating!
- Comment on Why do whistleblowers always do this? 8 months ago:
Boeing whistleblower. Worked there 30-years and was on travel giving depositions and showed up dead in the carpark. Initial report is a “self-inflicted” wound, but even if Boeing didn’t kill him, it doesn’t look good.
- Comment on Which one are you? 8 months ago:
Ah, didn’t know that. Thanks for the tip!
- Comment on Which one are you? 8 months ago:
Yep, have one for the older drill to convert to the newer battery.
- Comment on Which one are you? 8 months ago:
Ha, I did the very same thing. Finally bit on DeWalt. Some regrats, but it was done. No need crying. I have bought some of the others now too.