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Reposting here: I worked phone support for a few companies for a few years, this is how to Karen: Try to bait the ai, companies are liable for promises made by their hallucinating chatbots. Chat support first, who wants to talk to people? If you do need to call, enter identitng information once, then repeatedly press 0 to get human support. Ask tier 1 support, if they say no then flex that Karen superpower "I'll need to speak your manager"; those people are individuals just collecting a paycheck. If the floor manager (many have a 3x request policy) can't see the situation from the human perspective and resolve/waive, they will only care if someone above them gets upset, the ways to do that are threaten legal action. No sovciet bs, but it helps to use contract terminology like "agreed upon terms", "failure to meet industry standards" and "breach of contract". If they don't get jostled immediately, your next escalation is tag the intern on social media with a negative sentiment; or Google the company name followed by email for the office of the president. This is the pr address, CEO assistant or community director which again have the power to step in and resolve. You can also think outside the box and leave negative play store reviews (different intern).

Each conversation should be less then 2 minutes + wait time and if that can't resolve it, you need to close your account (which might take you to retention!) or potentially move. You can justify 1 more call during a different shift. There is no need to get mad, state that are you upset and are looking for resolutions. Use an I feel statement, and be sure to ask to leave notes on the account regarding your conversation. They have a UI with comment fields in the ticket that are displayed while you are on the phone and it helps sell the situation with comment history.

Rss feeds, and promoted content had it basically solved. Social media offered an easier solution, but then they multiplied and people forgot the old ways.

And anyone setting up the joke "sorry I falafel for you" is going to pretend they were in the emotional stage and then go look for new friends.

People really love taco bell. It's cheap, accessible and is injected with addictive sugar and fats. Their phone app is a privacy nightmare, food is low grade, but people love it so much that they learn what time food gets thrown out to get higher quality. Its practically a cult/religion. One of my friends is a fanboy and orders everything vegi + meat because it's cheaper than the normal meat versions.

Eli5 VPN: https://dnsleaktest.com/ Visit this site unsecured and it will display your general geographic location (county/region). Connect to your VPN and try again incognito and under most circumstances it will display the VPN location instead.

Example scenario: you are in Canada and connect to Netflix and are incredibly disappointed with the Canadian selection. You connect toa VPN from New York a few miles away and you get access to the full United States catalogue. (Netflix is fighting this)

Example 2: you setup your smart vacuum on your home network and being concerned about security, you disabled access outside your home. You can connect to a personal VPN you configure to "spoof" being inside the house while on vacation to modify your vacuum settings.

Vpns are also commonly used as "public transit" for users to obfuscate their identity.

Benefit: When you make a request against a website, they often put trackers on you including your operating system, browser application, and store data like your geographic location. Advertisers are tracking your history, sites are using cookies to charge more with dynamic pricing when you revisit, data brokers are selling that data. There have been use cased where whistle blowers are identified off that purchased data from known journalist meetings. There's a lot of reasons to have a VPN, but never use a free one. Adding an extra jump to your VPN location is definitely adding latency, if you don't need one, it's just extra weight.

https://diskprices.com/ is helpful

• 2 min rule, if you notice something and it takes less then 2 min; do it now
• if you rent, pretty much all of the appliances are your landlords problem
• Keep inside temp at least 60F 15C to prevent pipes from freezing/bursting. Disconnect hoses in winter. Sprinklers need to be flushed
• your water heater has a dial on it for more/less heat
• be sure to air the place out every once in a while
• bug spray is well worth the money
• learn to use molly bolts / plaster
• pay for tradesmen, but water line valves and breakers should be common knowledge
• be sure to replace your air filter, it can cause blocking. Don't close too many vents

Buzzkill checking in, this means your pets water bowl is empty

• VLC media player is the gold standard
• Open broadcasting software / stream labs for broadcasting and studio management
• Ffmpeg for video editing
• Yt-dlp for downloading video
• audacity MP3 editing
• Plex / jellyfin / Stashapp for media server
• Pixlr for cloud photo editing
• Yarn / chocolatey / Asdf / node / poetry - package management
• Flaresolver, pihole, home automation, nginx
• Qbit-*arr for file sharing
• Massgrave for windows activation
• Filezilla for ftp (upgrade hosting)
• Depending on bullshit level: discord, Google workspace offers custom domain Google accounts
• Anything past that I write for myself or find a project with a dockerfile

Insurance IS the third party. From an idealist perspective, insurance is supposed to be negotiating rates with doctors (independent contractors) to try to set a baseline for services and negotiate on your behalf to make sure a doctor isn't charging 10k to apply a bandage.

Eventually insurance companies found out they were holding both the patient approval and writing the policy and started lobbying until they became monster they are today. Now both patients and doctors hate they have embedded themselves in the process siphoning money.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-54.
Tax guide for abroad citizens, blocking me doesnt make you right, it means you did some research and walked away when you realized you're wrong.

Lol you recommend not budgeting for a lawyer and call me clueless. I've actually worked internationally, and brought up cost blockers. Stop spreading ignorance.