I honestly don't buy the "rigged" argument; anyone can run these kinds of tests if they have half a brain:
The real question is, where can I pick up that specific chemical here in the States, and what’s the most budget-friendly way to strip chlorine out of water?
Laura Chavez93 said:To return to the matter at hand ☕ I headed over to the USPS today to open a checking account, without any of those tedious questions regarding state regulations, money laundering, or terrorism... I have quite a bit to say about Laura Chavez93—that absolute fool from JPMorgan Chase who seems to think it’s his job to label anyone holding an account there as a criminal 🙂 ever since they started harassing people with those Swiss franc loans, they've become incredibly arrogant; frankly, the only way to handle them is to give them a taste of their own medicine
Did you open a checking or a savings account?
Because, if I remember correctly, savings accounts are basically an open book for the IRS (and everyone else), whereas checking accounts aren't quite as transparent.
Terry Edwards6 said:Honestly, banks are starting to feel pretty pointless. I mean, if you strip away loans, what’s left? It feels like they exist just to watch my every move. With the way things work now, I just want to get my paycheck, pay my bills, and spend my cash without some corporate entity breathing down my neck or tracking my every little habit. Plus, there's always that nagging worry about those shady legal seizures or frozen accounts where suddenly all your money is locked up, leaving you scrambling to figure out how you're even going to eat.
Of course they’re interchangeable. That’s exactly why they live in constant terror of a bank run.
They basically lobbied their way into making sure all income flows through them, whereas in a place like Austria, you can pretty much tell them to get lost and just deal in cash.😁
Laura Chavez93 said:I was at JPMorgan Chase earlier today, clearing out nearly everything from my account—so if they feel the need to freeze anything, let it be the measly hundred dollars or so left sitting there... The teller had this sudden urge to update my personal information while I was mid-transaction 🤣 though I told her I'd take care of it some other time ☕ The atmosphere at the counters around me felt less like a bank and more like a police interrogation: one woman was grilling a guy about whether he held any other citizenships or what exactly he needed the account for... honestly, it was absurd 🙂
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Nathan Morris3 said:So, a buddy of mine was venting to me today. He wants to move 20,000 United States Dollars from JPMorgan Chase to an account at another American bank, and the bank tells him: "Sure, but it'll cost you 100 United States Dollars ($250)." Yeah, you read that right. The bank wants 100 United States Dollars just for a computer transaction. My friend lives abroad, so he's used to that being free, and he was livid... after about 30 minutes, he calmed down and said, fine, I'm not giving them that out of spite, I'll just withdraw the cash and hand-deliver it to the other bank. Then he calls them back, and they tell him: "Oh, hey, if you want to withdraw more than 5,000 United States Dollars, you have to give us two days' notice by noon." I don't even know who's crazier here—my friend, who thinks walking around town with all that cash is a good idea (maybe he'll get reported or robbed?), or the bank, charging that much for a digital transfer and making it such a headache just to access your own money. In the end, we'll have people in the 21st century counting bills at a teller window like it's a Western movie, hoping they don't get jumped. And the guy just wants his money: either pay 100 United States Dollars or stuff his pockets. It's gross.
Once cash disappears and everything is digital, we'll be totally at the mercy of bank fees. Actually, I guess we already are. Anyway, is a 0.5% fee for a transaction within the US (in United States Dollars) actually normal?
Wait, Addiko?? I'm looking at their website right now and they’ve got some weird Masonic triangle on there🤮 Isn't that just Hypo Bank? Just call a spade a spade.
But hold on a second, USB 2.0 drives are basically ancient history at this point. They should be working flawlessly unless you’ve actually managed to physically wreck the motherboard or the ports themselves.
Sometimes a thumb drive won't read at all, other times it works perfectly fine, and then suddenly it's running at half speed for no reason. Is it actually possible that we're looking at a hardware issue here?
1. My mouse and keyboard are working flawlessly on every single USB port 👍
2. The printer plugged into the USB port is being totally temperamental—it works sometimes, then just gives up on me ☕
3. As for my flash drive, it’s all over the place. Sometimes it runs at full speed (2.0), other times it crawls along like it's stuck in the stone age (1.0), and occasionally it won't even register. I'll hear that classic Windows connection sound, but nothing actually happens, so I end up having to unplug and replug it two or three times before it finally decides to behave 🙏
The tower is pretty old, though I'm running the latest drivers. Everything was mostly fine about a year ago when I was running Windows XP.
Let’s say the Recycle Bin is eating up about 5% of your hard drive capacity.
From what I gather, that 5% isn't just sitting there in one neat little corner of the disk. It’s scattered all over the place, causing all that fragmentation that wouldn't be an issue if we didn't have a dedicated bin for deleted files in the first place.
Honestly, rather than messing around with those endless "disk optimization" utility programs, it feels way easier to just set aside two hours once every five years or so to wipe everything and perform a fresh OS installation.
The specific data points don't really matter to me; my main priority is just making sure I don't have to deal with a massive defrag every five years before my next scheduled disk format. 😁
I’m operating under the assumption that without a recycle bin, new data just overwrites the old stuff immediately instead of jumping around the drive. In theory, that should actually help minimize fragmentation since you aren't leaving those little pockets of "deleted" data hanging around for a while.
I’ve honestly never bothered with the Recycle Bin. In my mind, it just feels like an invitation for unnecessary disk fragmentation, and if I actually need something I deleted, I can just pull it back with some recovery software anyway.
Am I totally off base here, or does that make sense?
I don't print much at all, so which of these would be the least headache when it comes to hunting down compatible toner cartridges and dealing with random software bugs? 🤔
If you're just looking to play back 720p HD content, honestly, a single-core 2.5GHz processor should cut it—maybe even less if you've got a basic dedicated graphics card thrown in there.
But, if you’re actually planning on recording video? You’ll need at least twice that kind of power.
