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by wjamesg 14y ago
FYI (everyone): US Post Office offers a money order verification system to avoid bogus transactions like these. I've gone so far as to choose a meeting location around the corner from a post office location and insist on a money order from
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by wjamesg 14y ago
My bank (Charles Schwab Bank, U.S.) has had this for a while now. Also other cool stuff like two-factor authentication.
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by wjamesg 14y ago
In my experience, one can not always buy his/her own modem. I was required to rent one for a Comcast Business Class internet account, specifically informed that I could not provide my own modem.
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by wjamesg 14y ago
Same experience with Insight here (KY, USA). Since Time Warner recently bought out Insight, I wonder how that is affecting things like fees. I've been experiencing some connectivity issues lately as well, like they are imposing changes on t
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by wjamesg 14y ago
Agreed, keeping it simple. It'd be cool if more services resorted to well-crafted text-only emails. Never going to happen, heh.
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by wjamesg 14y ago
Sadly, I have found this to be standard procedure these days.
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by wjamesg 14y ago
I feel strongly about this. As a relatively recent college graduate who has has applied to dozens of jobs over many months, I can confirm that non-response has definitely been the status quo in my experience. Until I got numb to rejection a
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by wjamesg 14y ago
Same here; for me, comments tend to be a good indicator of article quality. Lower quality articles (linkbait, non-original content, etc.) need not get all the pageviews.
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by wjamesg 14y ago
A new toll road in NC (USA) has successfully implemented an all bill-by-mail approach...I wonder if/when other existing tolls will catch on. An EZ-Pass-like device offers slightly lower rates for regular commuters. http://en.wikipedia.org/
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Rumor: Hulu will soon require viewers to have a cable subscription(techcrunch.com)
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by wjamesg 15y ago
I've had several similar experiences: (1) iPhone replacement for uneven LCD edge lighting, (2) iPhone replacement for quirky physical button problem, (3) Replacement of white Macbook due to malfunctioning iSight camera (even got away with n
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by wjamesg 15y ago
Saw this on Reddit weeks ago (maybe a month+?). Glad to see the matter has finally been addressed.