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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by mattmaroon »

elzbardico wrote: post #172
jmull wrote: post #81

I know this is useful (for something), but I'm stuck on the plot holes in the motivating story... Why didn't they replace the battery when the app complained? How long would a thief really keep the AirTag anyway? If the thief did keep the AirTag and you tracked them down, then what? A confrontation has a fairly high chance to have a worse result than losing some equipment. You could try to get the police to do it, bu…

A lot of those thiefs are not hardened criminals, because the payoff for this kind of crime is usually a small fraction of the actual value of the things stolen. Most of time it is the average wimpy addict and the reason he resort to this kind of criminal activity is preciselly because he is not ready for the violent potential of more profitable criminal activities. If you relativelly fit, and have some experience wi…

Eh. Recognition that the state having a monopoly on violence is a better system than individuals exercising it isnt cowardice. This is one area where cops actually can and will do what you want them to, might as well let them if possible.

And yeah maybe any reasonable human can beat up most tweakers, but one could have a knife or gun. Even if that’s a 5% shot, my life is worth more than 20x my bike.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by unsnap_biceps »

crottypeter wrote: post #296
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I take ownership of the fact that I didn't change the battery when prompted. I only stated that in my experience it's a single notification vs the other folks saying they get notified multiple times.

Maybe you only get a second notification if you dismiss the first?

That's a fair point. I'll try to remember to dismiss next time and see.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by jen729w »

Etheryte wrote: post #254
throw90230932 wrote: post #253

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Yeah no, that's not how any of this works. Just because someone else is holding your bike in their hands does not make it theirs. You're within your rights to take back what's yours.

It works the other way, too.

Years ago a UK bank incorrectly deposited money in my account. My GF’s dad was a lawyer, so I asked him if I could spend it.

“It’s like if someone parks their car in your driveway”, he told me. “While that’s inconvenient, it doesn’t make it your car.”

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by stephenitis »

jerlam wrote: post #241
buescher wrote: post #86

The third time someone calls to complain that the alkaline batteries they put in this leaked, they'll wish they used a soldered-in 3V lithium primary cell. Even though that goes against a certain ethos.

They should have added $5 to the price and packaged in $4 of lithium AA batteries.

I agree, I don't want to have to buy batteries separately, bad buyer experience.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by happyopossum »

joshuahaglund wrote: post #317
neilv wrote: post #262

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This is the most useful advice: call the police non-emergency number, explain concisely, and ask them what to do. A bunch of the other suggestions, here on HN Streetwise ProTips, can get self and/or friends beaten, stabbed, and/or arrested.

IDK where you live but where I am, unless it's an actively life threatening emergency, the Police will say they're busy. I watched a drunk driver try to drive away after smashing into a parked car, ripping a wheel off the parked car. The drunk driver kept trying to start his car to get away. People called the police but they said they're busy. Fortunately his car was totaled and wouldn't start either. Over an hour la…

Sounds like you live in a crappy big city like SF, Oakland, Santa Clara, etc.

For the vast majority of people who live in reasonable cities, calling the police for something like that will get a timely response.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by happyopossum »

srockets wrote: post #287
mikeortman wrote: post #256

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Just be careful! In SOME jurisdictions, you can get in trouble for 'stealing' if you take back something that was stolen. Possession vs Ownership are 2 different things. For instance, the thief may have stolen something, sold it to someone who bought it in good-faith, and you take it back from that person, it's technically theft! File a police report, go through the right channels. If you know its yours, call the pol…

The police won’t help you. It’s not their job.

Move, or elect better local politicians. Your city is broken.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by happyopossum »

mattmaroon wrote: post #277
encoderer wrote: post #102

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There exists a small percentage of men who will go absolutely savage on somebody for stealing from them, and the existence of those people is probably a bigger crime deterrent than the police. So I say, shine on you crazy air tag tracking vigilante diamonds.

You'd think so, but America is the most armed country in the world and most of us have had something stolen. I think the overall sentiment is "I'm like 99% going to get away with this and pawn it for money" and they're right.

“and most of us have had something stolen”

I’m not sure that’s accurate. It may be true in large cities, but most people don’t live in NY or SF.

Yeah - the closest stat I can find works out to fewer than 2% of people per year are theft victims.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/191247/reported-larceny-....

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by pests »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #290
theteapot wrote: post #247

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> Worst case scenario I report it to police directly and it tells them exactly where it is. Yes, and then wait 6 months for the police to get around to picking it up ...

They will never get around to it. They don't even pursue stolen cars.

Not sure what type of mad max world you live in.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by happyopossum »

outworlder wrote: post #307
elzbardico wrote: post #172

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A lot of those thiefs are not hardened criminals, because the payoff for this kind of crime is usually a small fraction of the actual value of the things stolen. Most of time it is the average wimpy addict and the reason he resort to this kind of criminal activity is preciselly because he is not ready for the violent potential of more profitable criminal activities. If you relativelly fit, and have some experience wi…

> Really, at some time we need to stop glorifying cowardice and reclaim a little bit of dignity. And getting into a physical fight with real injury potential because of an item? If it is a cheap thing it is not worth it. If it is more expensive usually the law is on your side. Either way, there's no need for physical confrontation. > the reason he resort to this kind of criminal activity is preciselly because he is n…

> Either way, there's no need for physical confrontation.

Nahh, you just outsource your physical confrontation to a cop. You still belief in confrontation for resolving the issues, you’re just being a coward and not doing it yourself.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by 0_____0 »

dgfitz wrote: post #278
neilv wrote: post #264

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Those Persians look like fluffy dusters, but mess with a man's truck that one is guarding, and it'll flip out like a ninja angel of bloody vengeance. When you buy a new F-150, a Persian guard cat is an even more essential add-on than a bed liner.

If you live in a city, yeah maybe. I have 3 removed cats in the toolbox of my truck, which I don’t lock, and neither they nor the truck have been touched. I even loaned the truck out to a rando on Facebook marketplace when I gave a fridge away, for free. Truck and cats came back

I mean I live in a city now (denser than any city in the Bay) and I left my truck unlocked for 3 months before I sold it.

Btw, in case this is relevant: if you have a 1st gen Tacoma, never sell that thing. Still miss that truck.

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