SDF Chatter

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32194340

Is it a good enough solution for IMEI tracking to use an alternative device to provide a hotspot connection?

This approach appears to protect any new device that hasn't inserted a SIM card from being identified.

But I'm not sure how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot.

Is this a good solution so far? Should I try to spoof IMEI?

I worked the night in Budapest, and stayed longer. My father tried to call me thrice, twice of which did actually get to me (loss of signal), but I didn't pick it up. Apparently he also sent me a few messages, but I didn't retrieve those*.

When I got home, of course that was the first thing I heard of, along with the stupidest reason yet.
(approximate from memory) "Why don't you pick up phone or reply to messages? We were really worried about you. There's pride over there right now desbite Orbán banning it. It's full of LGBT perverts, anything could have happened to you."

And the first time I told them I'll work the night (I don't know if I can use "nightshift" when it isn't shift work ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯), they were very strong on disagreeing with that, stating that if I'll be outside at night, I could "get raped by a homosexual".

* Calls are forwarded to my current number, but that's not an option for SMS. I updated my current number where relevant, leaving out just my family, which is basically just my parents and aunts spamming me with christian stuff or telling me to tell my mom to call them (why?). Retrieving SMS thus refers to switching the SIM card for like 2 minutes (switched to eSIM for convenience).

We look at a BBS platform called Impulse. Popular with underground boards in the 90s, we try to bring it back with a modern twist.

I’m trapped with a shitty bank and won’t go into the reasons here.

This is what happened: I called to pay the bill. The idiot at the bank gave a pay-off quote that included interest charges of less than $2, even though the bill was not due yet. There should be no interest in this case. He would not listen. So I’m like, fuck it, I’ll pay what he quotes and then dispute the interest charge when it comes.

The billing system did the right thing.. did not charge interest. So of course I ended up with a tiny credit <$2. The asshole bank could not just let that small credit sit because there is a business advantage if they zero out all positive balances to increase the chances of a negative the next month. So they mailed a paper check for the credit.

It’s not worth my time and effort to cash a check so small. But I’ll also be damned if I let that be a donation to the bank. So I just sat on the check until it became stale and worthless. The check is bad, but the bank still owes me the money. So then I call the bank to say: hey, don’t bother sending another check, just credit my account with that amount, toward by current balance. The banker refused. In fact, the banker tried to say the money was gone -- that I lose it because it’s my fault the check is bad. I know that’s not how it works. The check goes bad but the debt does not. The bank still owes me the money. Customer service genuinely seemed clueless about that.

I spent 90 minutes on the phone arguing over this. Customer rep had to repeatedly check with management. In the end, the bank still refused to credit the account but they agreed to send another check. WTF. I guess I will just repeat the pattern until they learn.

Customer service is not cheap. Someone once told me what the bank pays per minute on phone support. I don’t recall what the figure was but it was shockingly high. I wonder how much this tiny check will cost the bank as it sits in limbo and causes repeat customer service calls, in a loop.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32153416

Saw this guy just chilling by my hotel when I went out for a smoke.

Hopefully video is ok here. I love these little buns with all of my heart. We have 4 generations of them living around our little forest home.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47732193

Rulepost from !aww

The context is that this bnuuy hopped over the garden fence to munch on some veggies, but couldn't jump back out. He was then chased mercilessly by The Claw 🫳 which just wanted to free him from his imprisonment