FilthyAnalyst

They'll still have a problem with the bank as the check will eventually be reversed. With the know your customer laws banks are getting pretty cautious dealing with people who deposit checks that are associated with money laundering scams. My mother has an aide who has fallen for a couple similar scams and is now unable to open a bank account with the major retail banks.

They will need to send them money back or purchase something to send to the scammer. Could be a computer that needs to be configured at corporate or something purchased from them posing as a vendor. A common thing is they send an overpayment and request money be sent back immediately. It can be considered participating in money laundering and I know of 'victims' who are unable to open bank accounts. And of course the original funds will turn out to be bad.

Humans aren’t that great at it either.

We can squat. Some of us just need a little help getting up.

Could the first password change request have been malicious? The subsequent resets may not work because the email has been changed. Check your credit cards they have on file to make sure you're not getting massive AWS charges.

Yes, you will see comments from friends on posts like these. Even if they have a million comments it will come into your feed with a friends replies visible.

This type of activity has been happening since the 90s and it's not limited to namecheap. You need to purchase a domain if you check its availability.

If they existed we would see the chips by now. They sell over $3 billion in hardware a year. I'm sure by now hundreds of individuals and companies have tried to find one and be the first with the teardown.

No.

Stacker was pretty common in the early 90s.

Seveneves. By Neal Stevenson. Lots of great ideas. A bit slow at times.

One major cost with Tesla is the insurance. I was quoted $380 a month on a model 3. I pay ~$700 for 6 months on 3 cars, 2 of them are 20 year old beaters and one is a new mini convertible.

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil. Set in pre WWI Vienna. It’s a three volume unfinished novel full of brilliant writing, much of which should appeal to the crowd here.