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by awslattery 6y ago
Curious how much is attributed to the continued adoption of pay-for-delete (PFD) by these debt buyers/factoring/collection agencies. I noticed the trend start in 2018. Midland was one of the first to adopt it, then PRA a few month
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by awslattery 6y ago
In my experience, I've been able to settle for less than full balanced owed (the collection agencies buy them by the bundle for pennies on the dollar), and all negative tradelines removed (original charge off and collection account) un
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by awslattery 6y ago
And there are calculators online to tell you if it is worth it for your itinerary.
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by awslattery 6y ago
"Pay for delete" in collections reported has transitioned from a rarity, to most RMA agencies offering it directly in their initial letter and websites. None of the credit bureaus have pushed against this publicly in the last 3 ye
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by awslattery 6y ago
It's present for me as a % match to a restaurant I'm a regular at back home. Signals I have seen in this are menu item similarity, photo count by similar reviewers, and more basic metadata. It didn't really translate well to
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by awslattery 6y ago
I'm a long time Android user, but I think this is a fun exercise in imagining why changes are made the way they are from a UI standpoint.
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How the new iOS 14 UI translates directly to Apple glasses(ibuildmyideas.substack.com)
3 points by awslattery 6y ago|3 comments
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by awslattery 6y ago
Current home is pretty great (Tucson, AZ). Ideally, it'd be my home-base to afford a good amount of nomading. Low taxes, low cost of living, excellent food scene (UN City of Gastronomy), and a great craft beer/wine/whiskey sc
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by awslattery 7y ago
Based on the environment variable naming, I'd wager it's Firetext and MMG, two UK based SMS gateway providers. https://www.firetext.co.uk/ https://www.mmg.co.uk/
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by awslattery 7y ago
Mid-April. But booked well before it got crazy. Looks like I'll be SoL unless the US places full travel restrictions.
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by awslattery 7y ago
Hey Seth, thanks for taking to the comments here; sad I wouldn't be able to catch one of your talks at Next this year in-person. I'd like to share some feedback that echoes that of other commentators, from a different perspective.
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by awslattery 7y ago
Hopefully that's a bit clearer. Having been a lurker on and off again for years here, I wasn't sure how best to avoid editorializing the title.
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by awslattery 7y ago
Tldr: conference is moving to a free digital experience. Registered attendees will be refunded by March 13, 2020.
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Google Cloud Next Update - moving to digital conference due to COVID-19(cloud.withgoogle.com)
8 points by awslattery 7y ago|3 comments
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by awslattery 7y ago
Saw extensive use of these type of devices across Tokyo a few months back. Hadn't yet seen them in the market at our local QT/Circle Ks.