LPT If you were on unemployment during covid, and got denied at any point check your old login. My case might have been the exception, but thousands of dollars from an appeal have been sitting there waiting for years. I hadn’t received email or mail regarding it, wrote it off as a lost cause. Recently was logged in and noticed an action item asking me to confirm my bank account. After confirmation there was a deposit in my account the nex…

LPT Request: How to properly fact check news Everything going on in the world has me confronting my own insecurities about the news I receive. How do I know what is BS? How do I know I can trust what I’m hearing vs what is propaganda designed to manipulate my thoughts and behaviors? I tend to lean left, so in my feed I get a lot of “dumb republican official said x” or “the hypocrisy! Repu…

Check-in baggage and multiple laptops Hello. I was just curious if anyone had any experience checking-in gifts that are multiple laptops/various electronic devices. I have trip from Canada to the Philippines this December. I’m carrying on my check-in 4x Laptop Devices (no batteries), Micro Computer (MFF) PC, and 2x Bluetooth headphones, power chargers for every device as gifts to …

How to check if an Olympus compact works without putting in film? I bought an Olympus AZ-1 Zoom. I put in the battery to test it. Found out zoom didn’t work. Then I went for my parents’ old camera Olympus Superzoom 70 and that one wouldn’t let me do anything at all. When I turned it on the shutter button didn’t do anything and zoom didn’t work, couldn’t even change the flash setting. So now I’m thinking if thi…

Returned check question Is there a time limit when a bank can have a check returned? If I were to get my check from my employer, deposit it into my bank, is there a time limit on when my employers bank can decide to have that check sent back? Let’s say my employer has the funds, then I deposit my check, a week later his bank account is negative a few bucks. Can his ba…

is global entry worth it over pre-check for someone only occasionally flies internationally? my wife and i have had pre-check for the past five years and love it, but we’re up for renewal in december. however, we do have a trip planned to europe in june…i’m wondering if rather than just renewing pre-check it’s worth it for us to go global entry based on that one trip. that might be the only international trip we take in the next five …

LPT: When getting a flat tire patched/replaced check that you have your wheel lock key before AND after the appointment. It’s not uncommon for tire shops to “forget” to put the wheel key back in your car after you are done. Always double check that they key is in your car again before you leave. submitted by /u/jedipaul9

LPT: Once a month check your Car Dashcam / CCTV Footage for a fake scenario Once a month, you should create a fake scenario, or something of interest that has happened in the day/night and go through the same steps needed as if you needed that footage for a specific reason. Had a car accident? Does the timestamp, date, and GPS work properly on your fake scenario? Someone stole your letterbox? Can you see the driveway p…

Received a check for my totaled car from my insurance company… Received a check for my totaled car from my insurance company. Deposited check and said it would take a few days which changed to a week and now it says return item chargeback for the amount of the check. What could have caused this? I called the bank so it’s not on their end and I’m just wondering why they wouldn’t accept the check or the insur…

LPT: Sick of the YT adblock popups even when running uBlock origin? check out FreeTube submitted by /u/CipherSechs

I need a sanity check – keep running or shutdown my growing but unprofitable business? ($250k in sales) Hi all, I’m hoping to get a sanity check and some perspective on my situation and business. We’re a crowdfunded DTC brand that launched in 2019. We had a small launch (raised $30k) and ultimately lost money. I learned a lot of lessons in the process, especially about paying for things that were entirely unnecessary. The pandemic unfolded a few m…

Check Out This Quote From A Shady Dealer Who Doesn’t Understand What An Out-The-Door Price Means Depending on what model you are shopping for, some buyers are finding pretty solid deals. This is especially true on new and used electric vehicles, but there are also some strong discounts on gas-powered cars. An improving market often means more dealer shenanigans like a VW salesperson who doesn’t understand how… Read more…

Cashing old cashiers check I have a one year old cashiers check that neither Bank of America or verity credit union will cash. I am a customer at both. I had called the issuing bank (westamerica bank in California) to make sure it could still be cashed and they said it’s good for 3 years. There is no expiration date on the check. I also called the customer service line fo…

LPT: If you have lost a document and can’t find it, check your scanner. I always leave a document I’m scanning behind and forget where I left it, which results in hours of searching until I randomly need to use the scanner again. Hope I saved some souls out there. submitted by /u/hajduken

LPT: If you’re considering moving into a new neighborhood, go into several nearby big box stores and check the loss prevention measures Look at the kind of things they have locked up within the store, compartmentalization of certain departments and entry and exit layout. Compare against same chain stores in different parts of town. It will give you a general vibe of the area. Communities with strong police responsiveness and courts that prosecute and emphasize livability will ju…

Buying a House Sanity Check I’m looking at buying a 185k house. My take home after 401k is $3,452 a month. I have 55k saved for this house as a down payment and was going to put 37k down. I was going to leave the rest for repairs or just as an emergency fund. I think total the monthly payment will come out to around $1100 a month. I’m estimating that the rest of my bill…

Glenn Fleishman dives into Check In ↦ At TidBITS, Glenn Fleishman takes a deep dive into one of iOS 17’s best (and most carefully implemented) features, Check In. It’s a feature that could lead to enormous improvements in security for lots of people, so long as they know it exists and how to use it: Life can be dangerous but, for most people, most of the time, only in sporadic, u…

LPT – If you’re looking at a new video game and you want a good experience, check if it’s available in Belgium. If the game is not available in Belgium, it’s likely a micro transaction mess filled with loot boxes. Because of Belgium’s gambling laws, those kind of games can’t be sold there. So if it is not for sale in Belgium, that is a very bad sign that points at the game being predatory. submitted by /u/dRaidon

LPT: before parking next to another vehicle, check for chipped paint around the edges of their doors In the past 250 hours I’ve spent sitting in my parked car at the library, three individuals have hit my car with their door a total of six times, and the only time they didn’t just walk away like they did nothing wrong was when an approximately 8 year old girl flung her grandmother’s (I think) suburban door open so hard I had to get between our …

LPT: If your dishwasher doesn’t clean cups and glasses properly, check the height setting of the top rack Many dishwashers have the option of adjusting the height of the top rack (where your cups and glasses typically go). If you lower the top rack to make room for e.g. some tall glasses, you might cause some wide plates in the bottom rack to block the upper spray arm (the spinny thingy underneath the top rack which cleans your mugs and glasses fro…