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Cake day: July 4th, 2023
  • iamanurd@midwest.socialtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you guys think this is a scam?English
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    2 months ago

    I get a few of these every week. I used to just report and block, but lately I’ve been sending them messages that the delivery is important and that I’ll pay to have it expedited if they request money from me at <insert link to shock websites like meatspin or goatse>.

    Their messages are probably automated without anyone monitoring it, and I haven’t gotten a response yet, but I’d like to think that a few of them have been tricked into staring at a photo of some dude’s giant asshole.

  • iamanurd@midwest.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60 million per year to run his 3rd-party appEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m waiting for the price on used i5s to drop a bit before I trade my car in for one. Since they’re only a year old, they’re still super pricy. i4 is a bit small for me if I have people in the back.

    The 530e is pretty perfect for me in the meantime. Only 20 mile range on full electric, but that works pretty perfectly for me since I can charge at home and at work. On longer trips I can still burn dinosaurs, but I only fill the tank up a few times per year. I think I’ve put gas in it 6 times this year, and that includes a couple ~3 hour trips.

    I’ve thought about Tesla, but there’s so much I don’t like about them.

  • iamanurd@midwest.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60 million per year to run his 3rd-party appEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I think they are very mistaken about the options requiring a subscription and their price. Most of the options you could get a subscription for also are available as a one time purchase… the same way they were in the past. Heating and air conditioning aren’t among those options, they come standard in every car.

    BMW did drop the subscription for heated seats after backlash. That one was stupid. The other options I’m a little torn on. There are costs associated with developing the software used for most of the options like driving assistance. I have no problem paying for that development, and the subscription lets me try it for a month to see if it’s worth it. As long as there is the ability to outright buy the option instead of locking into a perpetual subscription I’m chill with it. I also hope that once unlocked, the option is still available when resold. This part I’m not so sure about, but mine seemed to maintain the options purchased by the original owner.

    It’s not a super recent article, but a list of options and pricing is available at the bottom of this page: https://www.kbb.com/car-news/bmw-quietly-launches-in-car-subscriptions-in-u-s/

  • iamanurd@midwest.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Intel class action lawsuit investigation begins for the company's CPU crashing and instability issuesEnglish
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    6 months ago

    They replaced my 13900k after about a week of back and forth with their support department, after getting transferred between like 5 agents for some reason. It took a lot of patience to get through that process. RMA took 3 weeks. I bought a $150 i5 so I could still use my PC. I’m not sure how much faith I have that the new one won’t fail as well.

    That said, the amount of troubleshooting and wasted time that it took to figure out that the CPU was responsible for months of random crashes while gaming was frustrating, to say the least. Even a complete refund would barely dent the cost of my wasted time. My next PC will be rocking AMD.