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What's Elon Musk up to today…
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Tweetdeck now moved behind the paywall and rebadged as ProX. That's probably it for me. Tweetdeck is what I've been using for as long as I can remember and using the plain Twitter frontend just never worked for me.
Seriously, if he just wanted to throw money away, he could have bought @lolNorf
Seriously, if he just wanted to throw money away, he could have bought @lolNorf
Bloody *smile* hell. Just wasted 1 hour thinking my computer was stuffed with this. Couldn't see any posts.
Such is the world these days that this news seemed to pass without a blink of an eye.
Technological brain implants? Not for this duck.
www.theguardian.com
Technological brain implants? Not for this duck.
Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human
Patient recovering well with signs of ‘promising neuron spike detection’, says startup’s founder
Bad enough getting your phone or medical data hacked. Totally *smile* up world when they get the chance to hack directly into your brain. So glad I'm old n gunna miss the worst of this *smile*.Such is the world these days that this news seemed to pass without a blink of an eye.
Technological brain implants? Not for this duck.
Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human
Patient recovering well with signs of ‘promising neuron spike detection’, says startup’s founder
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This is part my own dumb fault, part the evil sneaky business model of Jeff Bezos. Thought I'd put it here for that reason. Bezos and Musk are cut from the same cloth.
Noticed a charge on my credit card bill from amazon US, 23.26 aus. ($15 US) looked previous month, there it was again. Thought WTF? I've never watched amazon.
Then I remembered, vaguely, that Id received an amazon package that had a free intro offer, OK I thought, I'll check it out, see what they've got. Went to sign in, gave my credit card, dumb move but I can make dumb moves at times. Got distracted I think, never watched anything, never signed in, that was 4 or 6 months ago.
Saw the charge and thought how dumb am I? Never received any comms from them. Though I'll just unsubscribe. Well, thats no small ask. Tried online, no dice, rang amazon Aus, they take no reponsibility for Amazon US (although I'd suspect Bezos would take a cut of Amazon Aus profits), and I cannot get through to Amazon US.
3 points:
1 I'm a goose, walked straight into it, got done.
2. Amazon suck. This charging people monthly with zero comms and making it hard to unsubscribe is a scam. I thought there had been a crackdown on that, a bit? maybe not.
3. Does anybody have any handy tips to deal with this in a prompt manner? I'd appreciate it. I will work it out, but any tips are appreciated.
worked it out, found a way to email, solved the logon glitch.
This is part my own dumb fault, part the evil sneaky business model of Jeff Bezos. Thought I'd put it here for that reason. Bezos and Musk are cut from the same cloth.
Noticed a charge on my credit card bill from amazon US, 23.26 aus. ($15 US) looked previous month, there it was again. Thought WTF? I've never watched amazon.
Then I remembered, vaguely, that Id received an amazon package that had a free intro offer, OK I thought, I'll check it out, see what they've got. Went to sign in, gave my credit card, dumb move but I can make dumb moves at times. Got distracted I think, never watched anything, never signed in, that was 4 or 6 months ago.
Saw the charge and thought how dumb am I? Never received any comms from them. Though I'll just unsubscribe. Well, thats no small ask. Tried online, no dice, rang amazon Aus, they take no reponsibility for Amazon US (although I'd suspect Bezos would take a cut of Amazon Aus profits), and I cannot get through to Amazon US.
3 points:
1 I'm a goose, walked straight into it, got done.
2. Amazon suck. This charging people monthly with zero comms and making it hard to unsubscribe is a scam. I thought there had been a crackdown on that, a bit? maybe not.
3. Does anybody have any handy tips to deal with this in a prompt manner? I'd appreciate it. I will work it out, but any tips are appreciated.
worked it out, found a way to email, solved the logon glitch.
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What specific service is it Snakey? Amazon Prime? Or something else? Should say on the invoice.
I had similar recently - I spun up a free amazon web server for an online tutorial I was doing which of course became paid after a few months, never noticed it until 6 months later. I had to login to Amazon web Services in the US, google how to unsubscribe and go through a heap of menus to close down the service.
I had similar recently - I spun up a free amazon web server for an online tutorial I was doing which of course became paid after a few months, never noticed it until 6 months later. I had to login to Amazon web Services in the US, google how to unsubscribe and go through a heap of menus to close down the service.
yes amazon prime. No invoice, just a line on my CC statement. I've been done before in similar ways, charged for 6 months by telstra after moving out of a house and disconnecting all services, or so I thought, unbeknownst to me I had a landline I'd never used. I know its a grumpy old man thing to say, but its a current day business model, sign people up, keep a low profile and charge monthly, make it cumbersome to unsubscribe. I had to unsubscribe to newsltd in the recent past, (had to subscribe for work) extremely easy to subscribe online, a snap!, but to unsubscribe its back the the 90s and by phone during business hours!
A bit of advice from a thrifty/frugal/tight ass person (me).
When I sign up to a free subscription I typically unsubscribe straight away unless that disconnects from the service. If it does then I put a reminder in my calendar a day or two before it expires.
I do same with a paid subscription. You watch what you want to watch in a month then have to chose to resubscribe (which is super easy) or you can pick a different service or watch some SBS/abc stuff. Basically your subscription lasts for the month and you can’t accidentally keep getting billed.
Typical email sequence is ‘welcome back to Disney/Netflix/Amazon etc’. Next email is ‘we are sorry to see you go’ click here if you change your mind. I’m their worst customer. Pay 2 months for a year of the content I like.
When I sign up to a free subscription I typically unsubscribe straight away unless that disconnects from the service. If it does then I put a reminder in my calendar a day or two before it expires.
I do same with a paid subscription. You watch what you want to watch in a month then have to chose to resubscribe (which is super easy) or you can pick a different service or watch some SBS/abc stuff. Basically your subscription lasts for the month and you can’t accidentally keep getting billed.
Typical email sequence is ‘welcome back to Disney/Netflix/Amazon etc’. Next email is ‘we are sorry to see you go’ click here if you change your mind. I’m their worst customer. Pay 2 months for a year of the content I like.
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Hilarious watching the daily fallout regarding Elon's Cybertruck - so far they've had panels falling off, trunk nearly amputating fingers on closure, cars bricked after being washed, a full recall after the plastic cover on the gas pedal slipping up and lodging the car in full-on death acceleration mode, panels misaligned and being impossible to clean and rusting
A lot of people with extreme buyers remorse after buying a AUD160-200k car.
A lot of people with extreme buyers remorse after buying a AUD160-200k car.
Honestly it's as if Elon is just trolling the rich. Thing looks like a complete joke.
I predicted a couple of years ago that once seasoned auto giants got into EVs Musk would struggle. That is happening, and also the big Chinese EV makers are outdoing him. If he was normal person I'd say his days as a market leader are over, but he's a fuitcake snake-oil salesman, so like Trump, I can't write him off, unfortunately.
One guy sold his without driving it a month after he got it for an US $80K profit. nuts. Its a cult of personality thing.
He's got around a million pre-orders for it and they projected a build of 250,000 units this year so far they've shipped about 3,800 
I'm expecting a whole lot of cancellations though.
Another guy had to take his back for repair and after two weeks they said "we don't know how to fix this problem, but we are writing the service manual entry for this based on your car as we go"
I'm expecting a whole lot of cancellations though.
Another guy had to take his back for repair and after two weeks they said "we don't know how to fix this problem, but we are writing the service manual entry for this based on your car as we go"
Hate seeing people fail but *smile* himHe's got around a million pre-orders for it and they projected a build of 250,000 units this year so far they've shipped about 3,800
Just on this, pretty sure Elon gets his Teslas made in a factory somewhere in China coz of all the cheap labour n power etc. Just kinda wondering how much of Elon's EV technology might have somehow got borrowed and incorporated into the new fangled market leading cheap Chinese EV industry.
Majority of the vehicle and parts manufacturing is in locations all over USA - models S, X, Y and 3 and Cybertruck.
Models 3 and Y are also made in China as well as a charger manufacturing plant.
Tesla also manufacture various parts in factories based in Canada, Germany and Netherlands.
Ta. Obviously less than I thought, but even so. If China's got even just a finger in his pie you can guarantee they'll have rummaged around n sampled all the juicy fruity bits.
