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Credit cards do the same, no? You can initiate a chargeback.

Being to blame is different than being actively trying to sabotage you. Many companies will be re-evaluating their relationship after this problem happened, but doing that while yo…

Changing vendors and choosing one that's more reliable is a perfectly sensible outcome of this situation once your system are back up and you're no longer hemorrhaging money. Durin…

It’s the same with canadian and asian airlines. Is it not the case in the US? I just assumed all airlines did it.

Most companies don't pay that, step 1 is identifying the companies that do and focusing your efforts on them exclusively. This will depend on where you live, or on your remote oppo…

Hindbærsnitter? It's a danish dessert with raspberry filling and icing on top. It's very much a better pop tarts.

It's actually more than that. Last I checked the US government spends much more per capita on health care than any other country on earth. And by a large margin, not quite twice th…

They issued for over $1B worth of shares in 2021: https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details... According to Google their market cap is currently 7.78B but I don'…

A public company can absolutely issue new shares, it's not the typical way companies raise money but it happens all the time. GameStop itself did it during the craze to capitalize …

Comparing the permanent loss of a limb to a possible fine to a corporation for mishandling data is a bit out of touch.

Put it in cold water in the fridge, it goes pretty fast that way. It has saved my bacon a few times (both literally and figuratively).

Historically sitting on cash is a terrible decision a majority of the time, it's not even close. Without knowing you, your chance of correctly timing the peak and the bottom of the…

The difference between null and undefined in JavaScript is something I wished had never been implemented. Other languages refer to null as their billion dollar mistake, but somehow…

Balance is extremely important, and can usually only be appreciated with hindsight which makes it hard to judge when you're in the moment. I'm in the same boat as the author as far…

It's a business arrangement, not an emotional relationship. They backed her because they thought they'd make a profit, and they did. They owe each other absolutely nothing else. Mo…

You can disable remote login in the settings. It's the first thing I did when I got mine. So it's impossible to login to my router using my Ubiquiti account. Can't comment on issue…

They can run on github's infra, but you can host your own agent as well. https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/host...

They had support for Bitcoin a few years back, merchants could accept Bitcoin in addition to whatever currency they already supported. The feature was killed because they didn't fi…

I'm using the Reeder app on iOS, it syncs with a bunch of services. Before I was using Fiery Feeds, but they switched to a subscription model and the app I had paid for wasn't supp…

It's difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. This is why we have laws. Clearly no companies are interested in changin…

I agree with you on the lottery, the world would be better off without it. The problem in this case is that it's also entertainment, and people will pursue it whether it's legal or…

You're assuming your hypothetical project is gonna work and be successful, and that dependencies breaking will be the end of it. In reality, most projects never go get that far, th…

Experiments should not involve other people’s money. Both companies and individuals do it all the time, but involving « investors » (mind the quotes lol) for something that’s expec…