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by ben1040 10y ago
If you decline the car rental company's insurance and charge the rental fee to your Amex, then Amex has a free car rental insurance plan. It's essentially secondary to any other coverage you carry, so if you wreck a rental car and
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That's a cap on what they're mandated by statute to give you as compensation. If for whatever reason your one way fare cost more than $325, then they don't have to pay you 4x that, just the cap. It doesn't mean they ca
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by ben1040 10y ago
>Looks like it's hitting android devices as well as ios devices? The April Android security bulletin went out today and there were several new Broadcom wifi related vulnerabilities addressed on it too. https://source.andr
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CoreLogic claims they FCRA doesn't apply to them, because they apparently are a "wholesale" data warehouse that sells data to companies that do background checks, but a federal judge disagreed: http://www.reuters.c
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by ben1040 10y ago
Maybe it's just my area, but I've found fewer Coinstar machines around as of late (vs grocery stores, etc that have begun to run their own machines instead and cut out Coinstar as the middleman). The few that do exist seem to be i
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by ben1040 10y ago
On a family trip to Disney World we wound up in an Irish themed restaurant that claimed to have been built in Ireland and shipped over. The idea seemed weird, I had no idea one could build a whole business around prefab Irish pubs.
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by ben1040 10y ago
Most dives I've been to have two of the three, and in lieu of the bloody mary beer chaser they've got a 2 for one special on a shot of cheap whisky and a PBR.
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by ben1040 10y ago
I've noticed a bunch of these in Uber/Lyft cars in NYC, but didn't know what they were until I saw TechCrunch linked to a Mobileye press release about installing 4500 of these systems: http://www.prnewswire.com&#x2
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by ben1040 10y ago
I'm wondering this myself. I signed up about a year ago. However I only used about three bucks and change over the 90 days because I was looking at using it for a side project and never had time to get far. Can I get the remaining $296
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by ben1040 10y ago
That scour reminds me of what happened after the Taum Sauk hydroelectric reservoir in Missouri failed in 2005, which sent 20 feet of water down a small mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taum_Sauk_Hydroelectric_Pow
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by ben1040 10y ago
I have the same car, as well as a Pixel phone, and I'm really pleased with streaming radio apps on Android Auto. The voice controls work for Spotify and not just Google Music. To control music I'm generally using voice control or
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by ben1040 10y ago
I've been considering just deleting my LI account. It essentially has just been a sink for terrible recruiter mail; in 12 years of having an account I don't think I've once received any sort of actionable message through it.
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The plot twist at 8:10 had me doubled over laughing.
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> does not contain any third-party software, including without limitation, “open source,” “copy left,” “public” or other similar code or anything derived from or based on any of the foregoing (unless approved by Gigster in writing) So is
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by ben1040 10y ago
>A lot of people, me included, will never buy another Fitbit after having been burned In my case, getting burned was quite literal. I had a Fitbit Force and was one of the thousands who wound up getting a chemical burn on my wrist from w
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by ben1040 10y ago
I don't know about cabbie's contracts, but Uber offers this as an option (including in Chicago). https://www.uber.com/chicago-drivers/services/uberCAB/ As a customer, I've only done it because
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by ben1040 10y ago
Target and Whole Foods both give you a credit for each bag you bring. I didn't realize Target did this until googling; it's 5 cents at Target and 10 at Whole Foods. Incidentally, neither store gives you the discount for not using
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by ben1040 10y ago
Among other things: underpowered for the price, touch sensitive power button was too easy to accidentally trip, ports were all on the bottom so you'd have to tip it over to get at the USB/Firewire.
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>Anybody who makes more than $115,000/year qualifies, which applies to a lot of engineers. For instance I imagine Apple's automatic 401k enrollment is in part because without the participation of retail employees, their enginee
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by ben1040 10y ago
That's like saying a MacBook Pro is often used in high-end programming shops, so buy one and you'll be churning out remarkable software. The skill of the person wielding the tool matters way more than the tool.
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by ben1040 10y ago
That or customers write reviews for things like the way the product was packed, or the shipping method that brought the product to their door. Not only does it not have to do with the product, but same SKU is often sold by multiple sellers.
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by ben1040 10y ago
On the flip side I personally found the Scouts to be a safe haven for bullying that, when it happens to a child at the wrong time, will wreck their mental health for years to come.
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by ben1040 10y ago
Everywhere I've worked that deployed Macs in any large capacity also used this management suite from Jamf. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/
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Unofficial Copies of Android Support Libraries Being Distributed on JCenter(tools.android.com)
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The statute of limitations applies to whether the creditor can go to court. Since these debts we're talking about are older than that, getting a judgment is off the table. That's also why they were sold for a fraction of a penny
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Even if you don't upgrade every year, it's still a 24 month installment loan at 0% interest. Since the phone is unlocked and the financing is not tied to a carrier, you're also free to switch carriers without having to buy t
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by ben1040 11y ago
Which means it's also possible for a prospective terrorist or group of terrorists to go buy plane tickets to test how the system behaves, and rule out team members who are on the no-fly or selectee lists?
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yeah, the automatic braking is worth it. Yesterday someone abruptly cut me off; the car hit the brakes to avoid a collision more quickly than I would have reacted myself.
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by ben1040 11y ago
>I really wanted the automatic cruise control but the truth is it's a hassle in the city on the highway. Yeah, that's one thing I've noticed. Of the three options you get for following distance, even the "closest&quo
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by ben1040 11y ago
This looks like the "Sensing" feature that Honda has implemented on some of their other vehicles. I just bought a 2016 Accord that does the same thing -- there's a camera mounted on the windshield, another camera in the fron

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