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Aug 21

New Scam: you get a text from your ‘banks fraud dept’ and they steal all your money

Always call your bank. Never take random calls from ‘your bank’ — Saw this sad story on TikTok. You get a text from your bank saying there is fraud on your account. You identify a few fraudulent charges, they send you a PIN, and then they steal all your money. It is very similar to this scam: New Scam: Banks ‘fraud dept’ calls about your card being used somewhere Don’t give out your PIN over the phonejoshdance.medium.com

Scam

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New Scam: you get a text from your ‘banks fraud dept’ and they steal all your money
New Scam: you get a text from your ‘banks fraud dept’ and they steal all your money
Scam

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Jul 18

How to download Google Maps for offline use

Sometimes your adventures take you where there is no data service. You can load the map beforehand, but if you accidentally exit the app, there is no way to get it back. Luckily Google Maps and a nifty feature that lets you download maps to use offline. …

Google Maps

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How to download Google Maps for offline use
How to download Google Maps for offline use
Google Maps

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Jul 17

Movies where AI is the ‘good guy’

I want ‘White Mirror’ and techno-optimism. — Ryan Hoover asked a fun question on Twitter: Using AI, I summarized all the replies. Movies where AI is the good guy: “Transformers” (Movie series) — AI character: Optimus Prime “Robot and Frank” (Movie) — AI character: Robot “Spielberg’s version of Stanley Kubrik’s AI” (Movie) — AI character not specifically mentioned “Iron Man” from Marvel Cinematic…

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Movies where AI is the ‘good guy’
Movies where AI is the ‘good guy’

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Jun 30

Lung T-500 (small compressed air dive tank) is dangerous

Any handheld, hand-pumped air supply is dangerous without training, don’t buy them — Instagram is showing a lot of ads for ‘hand-pumped scuba tanks’. There are a bunch of different brand names, all selling the same product. (Maybe from the same outsourced manufacturer.) These brands have names like: Scopel Scorkl Smaco Lung T MiniDive Whatever the brand name, don’t buy one, they are…

Scuba

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Lung T-500 (small compressed air dive tank) is dangerous
Lung T-500 (small compressed air dive tank) is dangerous
Scuba

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Jun 19

YouTube restored ‘sort by oldest’ option for channels.

Listening to your users is good —

YouTube

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YouTube restored ‘sort by oldest’ option for channels.
YouTube restored ‘sort by oldest’ option for channels.
YouTube

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Mar 11

How to Play Music while Recording Video on iPhone

Yes, you can do it, no apps needed. —

How To

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How to Play Music while Recording Video on iPhone
How to Play Music while Recording Video on iPhone
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Feb 13

I watched all the Super Bowl 2022 Ads so you don’t have to. Here are the top 10

Overall disappointing, no Hall of Fame entries in 2023, but there were a few good ones. — The Super Bowl is a yearly mini film festival for advertising. With 30 seconds costing 7 million dollars this year, brands try to bring their best. For the third year in a row, I spent longer watching Super Bowl commercials than I did the actual Super Bowl, just so I…

Advertising

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I watched all the Super Bowl 2022 Ads so you don’t have to. Here are the top 10
I watched all the Super Bowl 2022 Ads so you don’t have to. Here are the top 10
Advertising

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Jan 11

New Scam Alert: Real PayPal Bill pay request for a fake bill

The consumer version of a false invoice scam — Got a funny email today. Looked like a scam or phishing email. I checked and it is actually from PayPal (which is easy to spoof so still didn’t trust it). I opened a new window and logged into PayPal (NEVER click a link in a suspicious email. Always directly go…

Scams To Avoid

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New Scam Alert: Real PayPal Bill pay request for a fake bill
New Scam Alert: Real PayPal Bill pay request for a fake bill
Scams To Avoid

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Dec 12, 2022

How to run Stable Diffusion on an M1 Mac

Here are all the main ways, from easiest to hardest, to run Stable Diffusion on a Mac. Download DiffusionBee (easy) Use a web UI (medium) Run directly from the Terminal (hard) Run online (not local, can cost money) I write a free weekly newsletter about AI and how to use…

Stable Diffusion

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How to run Stable Diffusion on an M1 Mac
How to run Stable Diffusion on an M1 Mac
Stable Diffusion

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Nov 1, 2022

Best personal and portfolio websites 2023

These are the best portfolio and personal websites I’ve seen, + 1 reason why. — Bruno Simon - Creative developer Creative developer living in Paris, freelancer, former lead developer at Immersive Garden, former developer at Uzik and…bruno-simon.com Why: Incredibly creative. You drive a little truck around. His website is basically a game. Josh W Comeau As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great…www.joshwcomeau.com

Personal Website

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Best personal and portfolio websites 2023
Best personal and portfolio websites 2023
Personal Website

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Joshua Dance

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Code, design, cook. Make stuff. Cookies. @BYU grad.

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