Veedem

joined 1 year ago
[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think you understand how determined the buyers are once they’ve been convinced by the scammer. I used to work for a major retailer that had signs at the register AND messages that the customer had to accept on the signature pad confirming they didn’t believe they were being scammed before going through with the purchase.

Additionally, my team was instructed to call me over any time they had a customer who they felt was being scammed to try to talk to them. Sometimes, I was successful, but other times I wasn’t. There is still one guy who goes in weekly to buy $500 of various gift cards for his overseas “girlfriend” on WhatsApp. I tried talking to him multiple times and he became increasingly angry at the conversation. I just had to accept I couldn’t help him.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Thanks for looking it up. It was a few years ago, so maybe I messed up the details along the way or the local branch manager was just being a dick to prevent a lost membership.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (5 children)

About time. Retro Fitness gym wanted a notarized letter from someone I know explaining why they no longer wanted the membership. Absolute insanity.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 103 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It will never be $30,000 or less. He did the same thing with the Model 3.

You really just can’t believe anything this guy says regarding his products.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Safari. Use DDG in browser, but primarily use Perplexity for searches via its app.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

General buying advice: 70” is a size used by manufacturers on budget units that use panels from prior years.

Go with 65” or 75”. Now, to find a balance of size and performance, 65” might be the better option.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems to be a decent answer considering the source.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve seen XSearch recommended a few times but I’ve never used it myself:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xsearch-for-safari/id1579902068

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It was terribly overpriced for the feature set. It also felt uniquely unpolished software wise.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

All of this convinced me to give up on moving all my accounts to their service and just use the iCloud service I already pay for. Trying to get away from GMail and Google’s privacy policies, but it felt like these moves indicated greater change coming to a service I was sincerely optimistic about prior.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Have to be honest…

I thought you were going to fool us with the “with ending” link.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised more brands aren't simply defaulting to Threads. You still see links to their Xitter profile instead of Threads.

I prefer Mastodon, myself, but I get why major brands would prefer a centralized network.

 

Looking for some insight into what everyone is using for antivirus. I have AVG a whirl but I experienced some weird stuttering on my M2 MacBook Air, so obviously I want something that is minimally impactful on performance while still being accurate.

 
 
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