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agedclock
1y ago
Your comment is a great example of "If you assume, it makes an ass out of u and me ". Everything about this reply is completely incorrect . > Your case is a great example of why credit scores are not reliable indicators.
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agedclock
1y ago
> I have also had a problem before with a transaction being inaccurately flagged as fraudulent. This could either be because an anti-fraud algorithm isn’t perfect 100% of the time, or it could be the result of a vast government conspirac
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agedclock
1y ago
No having a high credit score has nothing do with your wealth or social class. I have worked in this industry briefly. It looks at your ability to manage credit, and whether you have any flags. e.g. I had a 995 credit score on Experian back
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agedclock
1y ago
> Sky is a really right wing partisan channel though, ofc they are going to say negative things about the incumbent government or basically anything it does You are pretending as if Sky is like Fox News in the UK. It is more like a sligh
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agedclock
1y ago
Legally they have to provide "Due Impartiality" on the TV network. So they normally invite several people so they can claim they have provided balance. I actually don't like that they are legally required they do this as of
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agedclock
1y ago
> Watch any home VHS video from the 80s. Half the people the person holding the camera points it at say "stop filming me" I suspect a lot of that is more to do with them being worried about their how they look on the film than
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agedclock
1y ago
Not at all. It is simply a score based on your ability to manage credit, it is scored differently based on the company making the assessment. In reality that means "have you paid off what you owe in the manner that was agreed" and
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agedclock
1y ago
> Well that entirely depends on the country - in the UK it is true, but it wouldn't be true in Switzerland or Germany, where you do have the right to privacy even in public spaces. Obviously the law is different in different places.
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agedclock
1y ago
If you are going to mock conspiracy theorists can you at least articulate the conspiracy theory correctly. People are worried that it would be made difficult for you to travel outside 15 minute city via a combination of mandated digital pay
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agedclock
1y ago
It is not a generational thing at all. There were plenty of TV shows centred around candid camera / security camera / home video footage back in the 1980s/1990s well before digital cameras or the internet was ubiquitous.
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agedclock
1y ago
I found this frustrating to read. First the other airsoft participates he seems to seem to be okay with people filming. There is clearly no expectation of privacy. > I occasionally see people saying “well, if you don’t want to be in pho