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ill13on Steam Machine launches today

Who's updating those db's when I turn my single family in to a tri-plex , then convert it to an 10 unit apartment complex?

The answer is "no one".

ill13on NTP at NIST Boulder Has Lost Power

To clear, most banks "sort" transactions from to high to low to create more NSF fees on purpose.

That purpose equates to over $12 billion in fees for 2024

https://finhealthnetwork.org/research/overdraft-nsf-fees-big...

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Is this blog poster quoting "laws" as to why "Trump can't do X"?

Is this blog poster even aware of the existence of "news" outside of Fox, CNN, NBC, NPR ?

This blogger is spouting either propaganda or uninformed nonsense.

ill13on 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place

Love the eggcorn as it works in well in context [bomb fire / bonfire]

ill13on How do we pay for parking?

I'm not sure if the term "phishing" even applies here. The scam would be straight up fraudulent credit card billing -that most users wont even notice.

During the processing part, The scammers could very well just overbill the user by saying "Do you agree to $2 for parking?" and then charge the user $50. Then say a "We will hold $50 while the transaction is approved" just like a gas station.

Your service will get all the complaints and the scammer just gets the cash.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea or anything, however there are many bored smart teenagers and many hungry people with sliding ethics.

Hell, an even better scam is to copy your QR code from each unit and then bill the user for $X more as a "convenience fee" ... then auto-submit correctly to your service.

I mean, that might not even be illegal [in the sense that the customer agreed to the fee].

ill13on How do we pay for parking?

So an enterprising individual puts a QR sticker right near or over yours and does the same thing, except theirs is a scam.

- That should take all of 4-16 hours to setup the software / web side and payment processing [processors who do cannabis / adult products].

- 1 hour to run to Staples and get some laser Av3ry pre-cut stickers.

- 1 hour to replace | supplement your 'real' stickers.

ill13on No evidence private school better, when controlling socioeconomic factors (2018)

Private schools aren't about the student's 'education'. Private schools are about the contacts and social hierarchy bump.

In simpler terms, it's all about 'who you know'.

ill13on Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyright against streaming

Invert the waveform of the copy-written music, then sync the music to the video, mix both audio streams causing the copy-written music to be effectively removed.