The article mentions that Best Buy specifically does have a script for catching scams on customers.

Some (if not all) of the errors seem to be links that Kinja ate.

Smoke alarms are not required, or designed for use, in garages.

This is true and it’s also the reason that every Hyundai since model year 2021 has this technology installed. Should they have done it sooner? Yes. Are people with immobilizers still being denied coverage? Also yes. 

They hit a peak of about 750k daily active users.  If one percent of those bought in, that’s 7500 and I think the buy-in was higher than that.

The Stadia controller is completely wireless.  Before this tool, there was no way to use it outside of Stadia.

Exactly, THIS is the definition of grooming. 

I’m glad that they're making the Bluetooth on the controllers accessible. Creating e-waste isn't ok. 

Embedded systems like this aren’t the problem.  The 11% in the article is from Win 7 systems seen connecting to websites on the internet.  Without security updates, that’s a problem for the rest of us.

The reason that people let their pets into their beds now is because we have very good flea treatments now. That’s only been the case since the 90s so, unlike many claimed issues, this is a millennial/gen-z thing.

I have investment licenses in a couple of states and I’ve always wondered something about this. What if you use the knowledge of your upcoming automatic transaction to schedule when you announce something? That reversed insider trading wasn’t anywhere on our exams. I think I’ll ask it as a “what-if” after new years…

He bought that land over 20 years ago. It’s certainly worth far more than that now.

I’ve compiled these instructions into a .reg file located here.

I’ve heard this from a number of fellow technical people.  You do so well that you get promoted into management and no longer touch the tech and have to deal with people all day.  I wouldn’t last long in that position.

That mistake was probably made because the list itself is sorted by reading scores in which The Philippines (a nation in Asia) is last.

I have an out for people who may ask me to share my system password. “I have company data on my computer and both the company and the SEC will be angry if I share that password with anyone. Will you pay the fines if they find out?” Also, my passphrase is ~20 characters long. It’s usually faster for me to enter it than…

How many people are exactly as smart as the average person? If that answer is more than one then you’re right. If not then John may be right. This also depends on how much smarter or dumber people are than the average since a few geniuses would skew the average by more than a larger number of people just below average…

I wonder if some people decided to do this after seeing it in one of the Jackass movies where someone pooped in a display toilet. 

Did you not notice the “here in Australia” bit?

I sell life insurance* and the number of people who want me to skip straight to how much the coverage is and how much they owe is frightening. I get some sales by pointing out limitations that they didn’t know about in their current policies. (At least those clients are more likely to read the new one.)