This. The fact that it’s part of a bank deregulation bill at all. It should’ve happened simply due to public outcry, frankly, but it doesn’t surprise me since we’re not the credit bureau’s customers. They get to log all kinds of extremely important personal info, but we have no control since we’re not the ones paying…

This is what I did, and I appreciate it since they allowed for something similar to Google’s Drive Stream long before Google did, selectively syncing files only when they’re accessed. It’s behind a paywall, but was worth it so I could access the gigs of graphics files that are sitting on a NAS remotely if necessary…

My favorite experience with overbooking was as I was flying out of New York headed back to Cleveland and I quickly made a couple phone calls to my then-girlfriend who lived near Boston, asked them if they had any flights that way and another one back to Cleveland the following day or two, and ended up getting to spend…

Because, sadly, the people paying them for the service they’re providing don’t care that their users’ information was breached. Short of everyone refusing to do business with any company that touches Equifax (which won’t happen) there’s no legal way for the people who’s information was breached to actually do anything…

Sadly, several I’ve used over the years haven’t, and smaller companies still don’t. I just wish it were more common. I’m glad it’s getting there, though.

THIS. I still don’t understand why this is such a hard thing to get passed into law as breach after breach happens. Also, some solution akin to this as a requisite for online purchases would be great as well. I’ve seen that Visa has a checkout system here and there where you can link a card and it’ll provide the store…

Considering the “if you get caught” action is to charge you the difference of the balance, it’s pretty clear that this is a high-risk and inappropriate action. Just to note.

I’d guess it works out because the Instant Pot has a lot of steam built up, that is driven out as soon as you release the pressure, plus evaporation upon opening, as well as the fact that they were cooked in cream instead of water. They don’t naturally have too awful much water in them, they just absorb a lot during…

Stopped reading at “Diablo” being the best hot sauce. It tastes like chemicals and nothing more. Their “Hot” sauce, albeit not nearly enough heat to earn that moniker, at least tastes better.

This is something I’ve never really comprehended. I often ask for split bills in these situations from the get-go since, frankly, I’M usually the one ordering a higher-priced entree and I don’t feel it’s right for someone else to pick up part of the tab. Then I tip based on my portion of the bill, and usually scope…

You don’t need a glass lid for slow cooking. You just turn the pressure valve to the “release” setting... I mean, sure, it’d make it slightly easier to check on your food, but I’m okay with lifting the lid and looking, myself.

This is how I grew up as well, though I would randomly snack on things here and there. I was also yelled at for it if I did, lol. And yes, dinner wasn’t until 8pm or later most nights depending on whether my mom got home at a decent time and when she started dinner.

My kid is 6 and is broken of this habit when he’s coming to my house. He never pesters me for food right after school because he actually eats his lunch and knows that I’ll have dinner ready around 5-5:30 for him. Often times as soon as we get home I start making dinner (not consistently, but I’ll start it and get it…

That’s a good one. As I said in another comment on here around 4 years ago (the post is going on 7 years old now):

There may be a “social obligation” in some places to eat with the people you work with, but outside of something like a company Christmas Party (which, even then, I usually try to find a way out of) I’ve never sat to eat with any of my coworkers, ever, unless they were also friends outside of work. Frankly, I don’t…

Pizza Hut, to me, is “the cheapest” option most of the time. And never without a coupon. When I’m doing $5 for a medium 3-topping pizza? Sure. And all of that is only because we don’t have a Little Caesars around here. It definitely has changed a LOT from when I was a kid. We have two places in town that do a far…

Personally, I had this happen once while my kid was laying on the couch, age 4 (so not the cute little baby-barfs) just as I was checking on him. My arm was laying by his head and on the edge of a cushion, and it all ran down and pooled on my arm and in the crook of my elbow. Therefore, my first reaction to this…

This past year, not nearly to this extreme of course, I managed to pay off a significant amount of debt simply by making better choices about eating out and spending on entertainment/monthly services. I set up a minimum payment I’d have to make every month to be cleared of the debt by mid-fall, in time to start saving…

If you’ve got a new battery, in theory, the throttle should be off already. It’s only automatically switched on for degraded batteries, replacing your battery should cause the OS to turn it off. You’ll just now have confirmation this has definitely happened. And don’t get me wrong, they should’ve been more transparent…

That makes sense. Just sort of sucks that something so life-changing isn’t even put to a general vote. I can see why that can be bad as well, of course. At the local level, our (extremely small, by comparison) city actually managed to pass a law requiring any moving forward on a specific waterfront area to be…