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Sorry. It's an old John Belushi Saturday Night Live sketch where he wins some Olympic-type events and then the voiceover claims that "little chocolate donuts" were part of his training regimen. Last shot is a picture of some fat, stubby fingers holding a half-smoked cigarette and reaching for another donut.

:) Thanks!

Re: Smartphone cradle used to cheat “10k steps/day” health insurance discounts

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It always makes me smile when I see the hoard of people proudly step forward, and boast, “oh yes, here are examples of how I’ve cheated various systems!!” Which is fine. That’s human nature. But. No shame.

Not sure I see anything shameful here. More like clever. I’m reminded of that guy[1] who earned tons of airline miles by taking advantage of an ill-thought-out pudding promotion. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Phillips_(entrepreneur...

Clever and unethical aren’t disjoint. Lotta clever thieves and scammers.

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Gender is a state of mind in Canada and therefore Alberta. If it catches on, it will probably stop working once the statistics reveal gender-changed MtoF's to be just as high in accident rates as regular males.

Assuming that's what they reveal, yes. If accident rates are linked to testosterone levels, trans women taking hormone-replacement therapy should have statistically lower accident rates - and trans men taking hormone-replacement therapy should have statistically higher accident rates.

But HRT is not necessary for registering a legal Gender.

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I remember the AllAdvantage.com cheat as well. It became so popular to game that one that not only were novel tactics like yours employed, but automatic mouse hijacking apps for Windows made some headway for those that didn't want to sit and click ads ad nauseum. I may have made a quick buck on this back in the early 2000s.

click ads ad nauseum There is a browser extension that does this for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10611594 It was removed from Chrome's appstore, so it must be very effective... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13327228 ...and shows very clearly whose side they're on.

On site owners site? That extensions likely punishes owners of sites visited by you by suspending their ad network account for click fraud. I can see how that might be considered harmful.

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Yes, but the reduced risk of heart disease/stroke/obesity more than makes up for it. Also better lung function and less car fumes breathed in since your car cabin isn't trapping them.

I'm not sure it does; urban biking is very dangerous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling#Health_effects
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