#caveatemptor — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #caveatemptor, aggregated by home.social.
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Summer is Here! Avoid the Nightmare of Buying From a Summer Host https://lowendbox.com/blog/summer-is-here-avoid-the-nightmare-of-buying-from-a-summer-host/ #Editorial&News #caveatemptor #lowendtalk #summerhost #lore
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@acemaxxanalytics 🧐 The big and dangerous issue is that political interference has made the Fed's management of monetary policy more unpredictable and, potentially, less reliable in the long run.
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Just a reminder about the associate dangers of buying cheap tat from Amazon, Ebay or a myriad of online ‘stores’ where bugger all attention is paid to certification (beyond forging a kite mark) and who will take no responsibility for the goods that they have sold.
More than half of the chargers failed electricity safety checks conducted by Which (a UK consumer protection group).
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Just a reminder about the associate dangers of buying cheap tat from Amazon, Ebay or a myriad of online ‘stores’ where bugger all attention is paid to certification (beyond forging a kite mark) and who will take no responsibility for the goods that they have sold.
More than half of the chargers failed electricity safety checks conducted by Which (a UK consumer protection group).
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HOLD UP on that SpaceX IPO Roadshow please! Sobering read on SpaceX's proposed IPO.
BUYER BEWARE! Consider these facts as presented in the PROF G MEDIA Newsletter.
According to SpaceX promoters ...
- The company’s total addressable market (TAM) is the size of the entire U.S. economy — $28 trillion. WHAT!?!?!
- That includes an estimated $22.7 trillion in revenue from enterprise applications >>> fully 30x larger than the ENTIRE EXISTING enterprise software MARKET. WHATx2!?!?!
- Assumes that EVERY SINGLE household in the world will start using Starlink for WiFi. WHATx3 - GOOD LUCK THERE!?!?!?
- SpaceX posted a loss of $4.94B on revenue of $18.7B in 2025, after posting a profit of $791M in 2024. https://www.profgmedia.com/p/spacex-ipo-why-the-2-trillion-valuation #SpaceX #IPO #ProfGMedia #Investing #BuyerBeware #Valuation #Stocks #StockMarket #StarLink #xAI #CaveatEmptor #IPORoadShow #Space
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HOLD UP on that SpaceX IPO Roadshow please! Sobering read on SpaceX's proposed IPO.
BUYER BEWARE! Consider these facts as presented in the PROF G MEDIA Newsletter.
According to SpaceX promoters ...
- The company’s total addressable market (TAM) is the size of the entire U.S. economy — $28 trillion. WHAT!?!?!
- That includes an estimated $22.7 trillion in revenue from enterprise applications >>> fully 30x larger than the ENTIRE EXISTING enterprise software MARKET. WHATx2!?!?!
- Assumes that EVERY SINGLE household in the world will start using Starlink for WiFi. WHATx3 - GOOD LUCK THERE!?!?!?
- SpaceX posted a loss of $4.94B on revenue of $18.7B in 2025, after posting a profit of $791M in 2024. https://www.profgmedia.com/p/spacex-ipo-why-the-2-trillion-valuation #SpaceX #IPO #ProfGMedia #Investing #BuyerBeware #Valuation #Stocks #StockMarket #StarLink #xAI #CaveatEmptor #IPORoadShow #Space
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So rich and/or idiots are upset that they invested venture capital *check notes* in a business run by a corrupt criminal family in hope of either sucking up or being part of the graftee circle are now upset they are getting ripped of by that aforementioned crime family who’s entire empire was built on this type of theft? #trump #crypto #caveatemptor
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So rich and/or idiots are upset that they invested venture capital *check notes* in a business run by a corrupt criminal family in hope of either sucking up or being part of the graftee circle are now upset they are getting ripped of by that aforementioned crime family who’s entire empire was built on this type of theft? #trump #crypto #caveatemptor
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The 2017 BCNDP platform said to maximize BC's current hydro infrastructure, but which didn't explicitly say to end #SiteC, which they completed. Chagrin x1000. #caveatemptor #readthefineprint
Watch the #bcgreens membership grow, starting late next week...and even bigger if an ecosocialist doesn't win the federal NDP leadership.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
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The 2017 BCNDP platform said to maximize BC's current hydro infrastructure, but which didn't explicitly say to end #SiteC, which they completed. Chagrin x1000. #caveatemptor #readthefineprint
Watch the #bcgreens membership grow, starting late next week...and even bigger if an ecosocialist doesn't win the federal NDP leadership.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
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RE: https://newsie.social/@RupertCocke/116096601080616131
A lovely primer on the how-to and yin/yang of A.I. training, and how gullible/vulnerable it is, compared to pre-AI iterations of Google etc. It's learning. On us. Probably whistling while we work...
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RE: https://newsie.social/@RupertCocke/116096601080616131
A lovely primer on the how-to and yin/yang of A.I. training, and how gullible/vulnerable it is, compared to pre-AI iterations of Google etc. It's learning. On us. Probably whistling while we work...
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#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n/x #CaveatEmptor
#ImaginaryNumbers were the downfall of any hopes I had for a career in science. Algebra was required for a major in any science. You had to not only take it, you had to pass it and my brain just couldn’t do it. Organic chemistry didn’t help either, but I’d already failed algebra twice so I didn’t really put much effort into it, as in studying. But I’ve held onto a broad interest in sciency stuff in general to this day. -
#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n/x #CaveatEmptor
#ImaginaryNumbers were the downfall of any hopes I had for a career in science. Algebra was required for a major in any science. You had to not only take it, you had to pass it and my brain just couldn’t do it. Organic chemistry didn’t help either, but I’d already failed algebra twice so I didn’t really put much effort into it, as in studying. But I’ve held onto a broad interest in sciency stuff in general to this day. -
#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n/x #CaveatEmptor
#ImaginaryNumbers were the downfall of any hopes I had for a career in science. Algebra was required for a major in any science. You had to not only take it, you had to pass it and my brain just couldn’t do it. Organic chemistry didn’t help either, but I’d already failed algebra twice so I didn’t really put much effort into it, as in studying. But I’ve held onto a broad interest in sciency stuff in general to this day. -
#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n/x #CaveatEmptor
#ImaginaryNumbers were the downfall of any hopes I had for a career in science. Algebra was required for a major in any science. You had to not only take it, you had to pass it and my brain just couldn’t do it. Organic chemistry didn’t help either, but I’d already failed algebra twice so I didn’t really put much effort into it, as in studying. But I’ve held onto a broad interest in sciency stuff in general to this day. -
#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n/x #CaveatEmptor
#ImaginaryNumbers were the downfall of any hopes I had for a career in science. Algebra was required for a major in any science. You had to not only take it, you had to pass it and my brain just couldn’t do it. Organic chemistry didn’t help either, but I’d already failed algebra twice so I didn’t really put much effort into it, as in studying. But I’ve held onto a broad interest in sciency stuff in general to this day. -
#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n of x. #CaveatEmptor. (1/9)
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#muddledMaunderings of a doddering fool. Part n of x. #CaveatEmptor. (1/9)
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Google chromecasts loosing audio is not a bug, is planned obsolescence because they want you to buy the new and more expensive device... Reposts are encouraged!
[UPDATE] They have been borked for a month and they have stated that "they are working on a solution" pshhh yeah right!
#google #chromecast #chromecastNoAudio #BuyerBeware #CaveatEmptor #PlannedObsolescence
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Google chromecasts loosing audio is kot a bug, is planned obsolescence because they want you to buy the new and more expensive device... Reposts are encouraged!
#google #chromecast #chromecastNoAudio #BuyerBeware #CaveatEmptor #PlannedObsolescence
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Who needs #consumer protection agencies when #capitalism comes with it's own built in protection, #CaveatEmptor.
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and damned expensive, too.
It had taken centuries to make, and if all the great artists of the Classical Age and the Renaissance had seen it, they’d have agreed that the fellows who designed it (for design, of course, was its secret and its glory) knew their business. Being a Philistine, I will add only: never talk to me about Art or Beauty or Good Taste or Style, because I’ve seen the bloody elephant." [3/3]
-G.M.Fraser "Flashman and the Dragon"An example of Cataphasis, affirming what can't be said? Maybe not.
Every other page in the entire series is #NSFW #TW trigger-warning-central #CaveatEmptor and for some will read funny as all hell. #Flashman
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@lilithsaintcrow *sigh* indeed! It is for this reason (among others) that I always edit novels in plain text, then smart-quotify the files later during formatting, and then visit every instance of single or double quotes to make sure they have the correct polarity (for “American English”. In other languages #YMMV and #caveatemptor of course.
MS Word is particularly bad at handling word-initial apostrophes with the correct polarity... and ’eaven ’elp you when mixing singles and doubles.
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after 5 weeks of emailing, ringing, and absolute tripe i finally have a refund for my meta ray-bans (issued, amusingly, part-wise, 5 separate partial refunds)
after my experiences i would strongly advise against buying glasses from their website. they did not fit and shipped the wrong colour. the fitting issue would have been apparent if there was anywhere near me to try them on, but there wasn't and i decided to chance it. learn from my mistake!
they do not do easy returns on optical goods - they claim it all over the website but when you pick a prescription lens all those claims vanish but no warning is given.
the people i dealt with were lovely but the system is clearly very screwed. it's clear that wearables have a LONG way to go in terms of supporting a range of head sizes.
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after 5 weeks of emailing, ringing, and absolute tripe i finally have a refund for my meta ray-bans (issued, amusingly, part-wise, 5 separate partial refunds)
after my experiences i would strongly advise against buying glasses from their website. they did not fit and shipped the wrong colour. the fitting issue would have been apparent if there was anywhere near me to try them on, but there wasn't and i decided to chance it. learn from my mistake!
they do not do easy returns on optical goods - they claim it all over the website but when you pick a prescription lens all those claims vanish but no warning is given.
the people i dealt with were lovely but the system is clearly very screwed. it's clear that wearables have a LONG way to go in terms of supporting a range of head sizes.
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222) #TrumpMedia is a dreadful business with an astonishingly high stock price for a company that is barely a business. #WarrenBuffet would shudder at the absence of investable fundamentals
What is interesting though are the gyrations of the price. The stock is a proxy for the probability of #Trump electoral success. It has not been performing well of late
#DonaldTrump #StockMarket #USPolitics #Politics #Election2024
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222) #TrumpMedia is a dreadful business with an astonishingly high stock price for a company that is barely a business. #WarrenBuffet would shudder at the absence of investable fundamentals
What is interesting though are the gyrations of the price. The stock is a proxy for the probability of #Trump electoral success. It has not been performing well of late
#DonaldTrump #StockMarket #USPolitics #Politics #Election2024
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That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/06/gibson-firebird/
#BuyerBeware #caveatEmptor #Firebird #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #Guitar #Music #retailTherapy #ThatPedalShow #YouTube
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That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/06/gibson-firebird/
#BuyerBeware #caveatEmptor #Firebird #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #Guitar #Music #retailTherapy #ThatPedalShow #YouTube
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That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/06/gibson-firebird/
#BuyerBeware #caveatEmptor #Firebird #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #Guitar #Music #retailTherapy #ThatPedalShow #YouTube
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That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/06/gibson-firebird/
#BuyerBeware #caveatEmptor #Firebird #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #Guitar #Music #retailTherapy #ThatPedalShow #YouTube
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That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/06/gibson-firebird/
#BuyerBeware #caveatEmptor #Firebird #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #Guitar #Music #retailTherapy #ThatPedalShow #YouTube
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#SCOTUS repeal of Chevron will cause(add) many more deaths than(mere) Roe repeal, yet the tide seems to be still rising against people verses profit. #Women #Abortion #Pollution #ScaliaLivesMatter #Roe #Chevron #CaveatEmptor #MoneyChangesEverything
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WTF is "mem-chanical"? The function keys are membrane?
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@nazgul Sorry, as one myself, I blame the lawyers. This was sloppy and careless and it’s good they got caught. It is as if something spit out “lorem ipsum dixit ipse,” and you let it go right straight through to the college’s President. Contrary to the averments in their affidavits, the various AIs explicitly WARN that they do this. #caveatemptor
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Wired: Scams Are Ruining Pakistan’s Digital Economy https://www.wired.com/story/pakistan-scams-digital-economy-gaming/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/TechCulture #gamingculture #CaveatEmptor #eCommerce #Business #Economy #Crime #fraud
