[-] vrek@programming.dev 53 points 1 month ago

Obviously look for signs for garage sales 😜

[-] vrek@programming.dev 59 points 1 month ago

While I support people to find what ever relationship makes them happy, choosing a relationship type based on "that other group must suck" sounds like a horrible way to be.

You want to be in a poly bi relationship great, go do you. But being like "I choose this because the others must be worst." seems toxic and hurtful.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 60 points 1 month ago

I had an old roommate do this. He purchased plane tickets from American Airlines and they had the option to pay through PayPal. He choose that option. Money went through, and tickets were immediately canceled by A A. He called them and they said "that's a bug that happens sometimes. The tickets will be refunded in 5-7 business days, just place the order again and it should work."

It didn't work.

He called them again at 805 the next morning. He got told the same line. He refused to hang up until it was made right. He was on the phone with that poor agent for 11. 5 hours. Eventually she just said" look sir, you were my first call of the day and I'm now on overtime, I'm transferring you to my manager".

Manager did make it right, he got free tickets(about $800 dollars), an additional $1600 on future flight vouchers, and about a week later the transactions were reversed. He came out of it with 2400 in profit. That said 11.5 hours on the phone making small talk with customer serviceand refusing to hang up might just push me over the edge.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My favorite story similar to this was Estonia was the first country to use the internet to allow people to vote. To ensure people of the "security" they set up a Webcam pointed at the server accessible 24/7 on their web server.

This wouldn't do anything as any one trying to modify the results would like be doing it remotely over the internet but that's fine security theater is everywhere and atleast somewhat effective.

If you logged on and looked at the Webcam behind the server a whiteboard on the wall. Someone wrote the wifi password on the whiteboard....

If anyone wants a source https://estoniaevoting.org/photos/opsec-wifi/

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 8 months ago

You have to be careful if there are any 3s though... Sometimes you can't see the threes because of the fouriest....

[-] vrek@programming.dev 60 points 9 months ago

Years ago when I was a late teen and living at my mother's, she was at work as a cashier. She called my one morning and this was the conversation : Mom - do me a favor, go into my bedroom my phone should be on the nightstand. Can you grab it and bring it to me?

Me - you're at work on break right?

Mom - yeah

Me - how are you calling me?

Mom - silence

Mom - nevermind, I have it....

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 10 months ago

Funny story of the at one about 10 years ago I rented a room in a house with these two old(60+) alcoholics. We split the cable/internet bill, normally it was $270 a month ($90 per person). At the time I was about to move across the country and was doing business trips back and and forth. This month I was there for about 1 week. The cable bill came in and it was close to a grand.

They wanted me to pay $350 and I said no! I called the cable company and asked why it was so high. They said it was from like 14 porn movies being purchased all from one cable box(I never even unboxed mine) over a week end. They gave me the serial of the box and I checked all the boxes. I found out who it was, I payed my $90 dollars and told them to figure out the rest. I moved out the end of the next month, never did learn what happened to the bill(wasn't in my name thankfully).

[-] vrek@programming.dev 54 points 1 year ago

I'm a real man... I'm going to work at Hitachi making large heavy construction equipment... Like cranes and back loaders... Wait what do you mean "personal massager department"????

[-] vrek@programming.dev 57 points 2 years ago

my entire family has diarrhea it runs in our jeans....

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They gotta go fast!

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 2 years ago

Several years ago mountain dew had the following prices

20 oz - $2

1 liter - $2

2 liter - $2

1.5 liter - $1

It wasn't a sale, they had these prices on several stores for over a year.

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[-] vrek@programming.dev 59 points 2 years ago

Why does everyone jump to murder?

"what did you do on purge night?"

"I took everything from the local Walmart and now drive a fararri on weekends and a Maserati on week days."

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[-] vrek@programming.dev 48 points 2 years ago

I think a boot camp would be really useful for cobblers

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Have the same story but from two different perspectives!

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I don't know why this is a thing but if I tap the back of my pixel 6 three times in rapid succession it begins to play my audio book on audible.

From what I can tell audible has to be open but doesn't need to be the app on the screen(for example I can start and stop it while typing this post). Also the phone has to be "on" (meaning the screen is displaying but doesn't need to be unlocked.

Is this just my phone or dies it happen on other people's phone too?

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