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Agreed. Google Cloud started charging me for services I clearly didn't use, and I was very scared of doing a chargeback. It was only after weeks of back and forth and getting expli…

Just like we're the only form of life that we've observed in the universe. The chances that the first result is also any sort of outlier are very slim. That's why with the decades …

This is actually brilliant in the sense that the key to resisting temptation might be to put as many potential obstacles in the way as possible. If you can't resist purchasing junk…

> How can people become good at math and/or programming, where they have to learn to become very precise and truthful, if they are surrounded by (also "white") lies all the time. I…

These are spot on - having fallen victim to all three. I'll add that, for the tech minded, building is easy in comparison to validating. Just fire up the IDE, write code, and debug…

Reading on my laptop introduces far too many distractions, so I'm looking into a tablet/e-reader device. What is your preferred device?

Hi all, updated with the same question. ORIGINAL: I recently found a charge from Google Cloud on my credit card statement (small charge ~$20) that I didn't recognize. Asked friends…

I recently found a charge from Google Cloud on my credit card statement (small charge ~$20) that I didn't recognize. Asked friends + family, no one has used my card. Checked GCP an…

None of us can say. Check your contract.

Yeah, I get that. But I mean the plural version should be exclusive to cryptocurrencies since I've never seen the plural form of cryptography in use. It seems it's fairly unambiguo…

Why? "cryptos" only refers to cryptocurrencies since nobody says cryptographies.

So I'm a software consultant, and having worked with a few large clients now, something has become very obvious: the less profitable the company, the more miserable it is to work t…

In the U.S. After a health scare, I personally called every clinic I've ever been to and asked to be faxed my records. I remember they charged a small fee (maybe 25 cents per page …

That's not an order of a magnitude. Even then, so, Venezuela produces 1/5th per capita the oil of Norway. Why doesn't there exist a fund with $37k/person in Venezuela?