24 Tips and Tricks That Are Ethically Questionable
Some things we're not supposed to know
Published 5 months ago in Ftw
We all have access to the sum total of human knowledge via our phones. And most of that knowledge is no big deal. Some knowledge is secret, though. So secret, it feels practically illegal to know it! And here are just a few of our favorite illicit secrets.
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In Canada, you can record any conversation with someone without their knowledge, unless it is in furtherance of an offense.I had to do this with an auto restoration shop in order to do a Visa chargeback when they did nothing to my car but steal parts for almost a year (Curtis Customs in Nova Scotia - I don’t mind mentioning them because there are already news stories about their scams)
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I don't know if it's still a thing, but if you listen to Pandora radio, the songs download into your temp folder under your browser. Just add the. Mp4 after it and you can play it.I spent lots of college listening to Pandora, and if I liked a song I'd save it. If you paused the song in time, then the most recent song was the top one in the temp folder.
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Creating Nitrogen triiodide. When in liquid form it is stable but once it dries so much as a fly landing on it creates a purple smoke explosion. It's so unstable that alpha radiation can be used to detonate the stuff.It's actually easy to get the materials and create the stuff. Filled my high school hallway stairs with purple smoke on the last day of school.
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Read a personal finance book that recommended calling your providers once a year (credit card companies, TV/internet providers, cell phone companies, etc) and demand a lower rate or price. I’ve been following that advice for two years and have not been denied once.Last week I saw a commercial for my internet provider offering a super low introductory rate so I called to demand that I get that rate. They said no problem and now I save an extra $700 a year because of a 5-minute call. I am a very passive introvert so it’s not the easiest or comfortable thing but the money I save is worth it. They may so no initially but if you ask a few times or ask to speak to their supervisor they very usually give in.
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In regards to military-grade bombs and missiles, it takes actual effort to make one go off on the ground. Like, you literally have to go out of your way to arm the fuse, then sit around for a timer to detonate said bomb.It's not like in the movies, where a soft breeze or some nutjob with a hammer, will make a bomb just explode for no reason.
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When a satellite television service updates your programming, the "change" signal is only sent for a day or two. Satellite bandwidth is finite and expensive.So if you were to upgrade your service to get all the channels, disconnect your hardware after they all showed up, then called to downgrade and waited a few days, your system will miss the "downgrade" signal and it could be years before any changes get made that would correct your lineup.
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When you have a debt with a collection agency you can pay the debt and then call back a few weeks later and say, “I was told when I called and paid that you’d remove this from my credit score.” And then you ask for documentation saying they’re gonna do it. Apparently, collection agencies don’t keep super good records on stuff like that; they just want your money. It worked for me, and I hope it can work for you if you need it in the future.
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