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I’m about to lose my house, and I had no idea. (cautionary tale)

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I’m about to lose my house, and I had no idea. (cautionary tale) Yeah, so I’m an idiot, and this will cost me and my wife big time. We purchased our home in late 2020. Things have been great. Nice house, great neighborhood, great schools. About a week ago, we get a certified letter in the mail from the county. We owe taxes. A LOT of taxes. Some of our tax liability has been sold. We have till October to save…

Reddit Personal Finance 945 2024-07-14

Turo: Unresolved Cautionary Tale

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Turo: Unresolved Cautionary Tale Yesterday traveling the Isle of Skye I had a flat tire. I hit a pothole going about 20 mph on a passing place on a single lane road while braking. It was that or be hit head on. Had a lovely man from Glasgow help us with a tire iron since the car didn’t have one (I had to use a screwdriver to crank the jack). No problem, got the spare on and dro…

Reddit Travel 767 2024-06-03

Cautionary Tale on Surprise Medical Bills in the U.S.

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Cautionary Tale on Surprise Medical Bills in the U.S. I had a surgery in early 2022 after getting hit by a car (whole other story!). Leading up to the procedure I did the prudent thing and made sure everything would be in-network. All checked out. Even when I was handed paperwork about a week beforehand saying the surgical assistant was actually not in-network with any health insurance plan, I was …

Reddit Personal Finance 937 2023-10-13

Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley

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Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley Christopher Nolan at a screening of Oppenheimer at the Whitby Hotel in NYC. | Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images For Universal PicturesAround the time J. Robert Oppenheimer learned that Hiroshima had been struck (alongside everyone else in the world) he began to have profound regrets about his role in the creation of that bomb. At one point when …

The Verge 213 2023-07-17