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I live in a legal state, so the other day I enjoyed the luxury of buying a THC cartridge from my local dispensary, and began using it as one does. Things were A-OK for a couple days, but suddenly the cartridge stopped working. I did some troubleshooting, and the best I could tell was that it was just faulty, and that as luck would have it, that fault wouldn't appear until I had already used about a quarter of the product.

However, the dispensary has an excellent return policy on cartridges, and will refund it within 30 days if it stops working. They've told me about this policy dozens of times as I've bought cartridges from them in the past, but this would be the first time I would put that policy to the test.

I had kinda low expectations that they'd accept it for a full refund, since I already used about a quarter of it before it stopped working. I thought maybe they'd give me 3/4 of my money back, at best. And I'd have considered that to be a totally fair exchange, honestly. But instead, the guy behind the counter was super apologetic and went to the cabinet to get a brand new cartridge for me.

There was a slight price difference, since it was a different strain, so he said he'd have to ring it up to issue me a refund for the difference. I told him I didn't think that was necessary since, again, I had already used a considerable amount of the original cartridge. But he insisted on refunding me the difference, so I let him ring it up.

"Oh, and since today's Saturday, all our carts are 20% off, so that'll actually be even more of a refund," he says as he scans the barcode. I'm kind of blown away at this point because, and I don't think I can stress this point enough, I had already used a significant portion of the first cartridge to begin with.

He asked me if I had a rewards account with them, which I don't. He says they'd prefer to issue the refund as a store credit, but that's also totally fine that I don't have an account, anyway. The lengths this man is going to is astounding. Then he says "so our cash refund process is actually kind of annoying and I don't like doing it, would you be cool if instead of the $12 difference in cash, I just hook you up with a $15 battery or maybe 3 of the $5 pre-rolls or something?"

I tell him "my guy, I would've been happy with half of what you've offered me already, but uh... I'll take a battery, I guess!" So he gives me a brand new battery that I get to keep as a spare, a full and fresh cartridge of a strain that I'm honestly enjoying better than the first one, and I basically got my high for the last few days completely for free. I almost feel like I robbed the place, a little bit.

That's been about the "coolest" thing that's happened to me in quite a while, so I feel this is sufficiently dull. I hope the rest of your day is adequate.

So, my friend has a fully-remote job, but his employer only allows him to work within the state the company is based in. He is planning to move outside of that state, but isn't prepared to quit his job yet.

To evade detection from IT, this friend wants to set up some sort of VPN tunnel to leave with a relative within the original state, to route the traffic from his work laptop (which is locked down via JAMF software) through. The family he's leaving this setup with isn't tech savvy, and wouldn't be able to troubleshoot anything beyond powercycling a device or plugging in an ethernet cable.

What would he need to do to set up such a tunnel, ideally with remote access to adjust settings/troubleshoot, and how does he ensure that his work laptop never exposes an out-of-state IP to his employer?

Apologies, mods, if this post falls under Rule 3 for "professional" help.

This popped up randomly in my feed today, and I found it to be pretty interesting and informative.

tl;dw: All USB-C cables have a microchip inside them which runs a small bit of software that tells the devices its plugged into exactly what they're capable of, such as their power rating and transfer speeds. When you plug the cable into your device, it reads the data from this chip, which then dictates how much data/power it is allowed to transmit along the cable.

The problem is that when you use a USB-C extension cable, the device you're plugging into can only see the chip data from the first cable; the cables beyond that first one are completely invisible to your device. And if your first cable is rated for 200 watts, and your extension is only rated for 100 watts, your device will still send 200 watts down the line, without ever realizing that it's overloading the extension cable and creating a possible fire hazard.

Such as counterintuitive fixes to a problem, or where a mistake unexpectedly results in an even better outcome than originally hoped for.

HOUSTON — A Houston man is suing Whataburger for nearly $1 million after he says his burger had onions on it.

Turns out he had asked for a no-onions order.

On July 24, 2024, Demery Ardell Wilson had an allergic reaction after eating a burger that had onions on it at Whataburger, court documents say. He alleges that he requested the fast-food chain to take them off before serving him the burger.

I just picked up a couple of "flamed titanium" pocket clips, and I love the look of them. I've always been attracted to the blue-on-black color combo for most things I own, and I love the way the color pops on my Vision FG!

I've noticed, however, that even the slightest touch from my fingers will dull the shine and really mutes the color. It comes right back with a simple wipe on the clip with any dry cloth, but it's a little annoying just how well this finish attracts skin oils.

I was thinking about picking up some flamed ti scales to go with this, but after seeing how quickly the color fades after being touched, I'm not sure how I'd feel about an entire handle with that finish.

And I thought they were supposed to be shying away from fossil fuels.

I often make late-night walks down the street to the convenience store. Due to my work/sleep schedule, I can pretty much only do this late at night.

Unfortunately, this seems to be the same time that the local skunks begin prowling around the undeveloped lot between my home and the convenience store. Luckily, they've not yet gotten close enough to be a threat, but I always worry that one night I won't be so lucky, and I'll accidentally sneak up on one and spook it into spraying me.

I've looked online, and most of the articles I can find on the subject are about how to keep skunks from occupying your property in the first place. Which is great, but I don't own the property they're hanging out in, so I can't do much about that. I couldn't find many articles about skunk encounters that offer much advise beyond "stay away, dummy". Which I obviously plan to do, but life doesn't always go according to plan.

I live in the city, so it's actually kinda weird that there are skunks this close to a populated area. The city life has prevented me from having a lot of experiences with skunks, and honestly I want to keep it that way. But does anybody have any advice on how to help ensure that skunks stay away while walking?

Why YSK: Some car manufacturers, such as Tesla, will lie about the capabilities of their autonomous vehicles. Misplaced trust in self-driving technology leads drivers into making unsafe decisions while on the road, endangering the lives of themselves and drivers around them. Understanding what your car is capable of, in comparison to what the salesman told you it was capable of, is important to keep in mind when purchasing or operating such a product.

Currently, no Tesla product - including the inappropriately-named "Full Self Driving" mode - has surpassed Level 2 autonomy, falling behind competitors such as Waymo, NAVYA, and Volvo, who all have Level 4 cars in production.

Elon’s not invincible, and now we have proof.

Sorry that it's a YT Short; this format seems to work well for Steve, so many of his uploads are Shorts.