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30 Jan 21:54
You May Have Conditioned Yourself to Sleep Poorly
by Walter Glenn
You can experience many different sleep problems, including premature waking, problems falling asleep, and generally restless sleep. It's tempting to look for causes to these problems you can eliminate. But it's possible that whatever triggered the issue no longer exists and now you're conditioned to sleeping badly.
    
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30 Jan 21:41
Ukrainian police use cellphones to track protesters, court order shows
by Dan Goodin
Demonstrators protesting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych suspected their cellphone location data was being tracked since at least last week, when people in the vicinity of a clash between riot police and protesters received a chilling text message. It read: "Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance."
The country's three cellphone companies denied they had turned over subscribers' location data or had sent the message. Instead, some suggested the "Dear subscriber" text, and others like it sent to other protestors, were the work of hackers using rogue base stations that mimicked those belonging to the carriers. Now, the protesters and civil liberties advocates around the world have cited official confirmation of the cellphone monitoring—a ruling made public on Wednesday formally ordering a telephone company to hand over such data.
From The New York Times:
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28 Jan 19:57
The $9.84 Credit Card Scam
by Alex Santoso
Image: Hugo Felix/Shutterstock
If you've got a suspicious charge of $9.84 on your credit card, be wary: it's probably a scam.
In this consumer forum post, dozens of Amazon customers are reporting fraudulent charges of $9.84 from a EETsac.com, which has been linked to various online education websites. The incident, however, doesn't seem to be limited to Amazon as there's a report from another source describing the same charges being made elsewhere.
The Better Business Bureau reported that scammers are charging small amounts of money on stolen credit cards, believing that many cardholders probably won't scrutinize their bill and notice such a small charge:
The source listed on your bill is an unfamiliar website. You check out the web address, and it's not the business website. It's a generic landing page that claims to offer "Customer Support." The text promises to "refund 100% of your last payment" and provides a phone number and email address.
Victims that called the number reported that they received verbal confirmation that their credit card charges would be reversed. But affected cardholders are advised to report the charges to their banks and cancel the card. "It's likely the scammers will be back for more," the BBB warned (and it's likely that they'll change the charge from $9.84 to some other small amount).
In his blog Krebs on Security, Brian Krebs tracked down the companies associated with the $9.84 credit card scam to various entities registered in the United Kingdom, India, and Cyprus.
The scam doesn't appear to be related to the recent hacking incident that hit retail giant Target. Krebs wrote:
If I had to hazard a charitable guess about what is going on here, I would say some ambitious “affiliates” associated with these moneymaking schemes were abusing the system and pushing through charges on stolen credit cards. But it is difficult to escape the conclusion that this is little more than an elaborate (and probably successful) scam set up to steal little bits of money from lots and lots of people.
By the way, this is not a new type of fraud, nor is this particular fraud a recent occurrence — although the bogus $9.84 charges do appear to have spiked around the holidays. Most of the domains involved in this scheme were registered a year ago or more, and a quick search on the amount $9.84 shows that the fraudsters responsible for this scheme have been at it since at least the first half of 2013.
Moral of the story: read your credit card statement carefully.
27 Jan 20:30
KrisVM says FML
by KrisVM
Today, while driving home, my 3-year-old complained of having to pee. I told her to hold it and that we'd be home in a few minutes. Seconds later I heard, "Mommy, I'm holding it but it's spilling everywhere!" Apparently she took "hold it" a bit too literally and peed in her cupped hands. FML
23 Jan 18:46
Why Whole Milk Isn't As Bad As You Were Told as a Kid
by Alan Henry
Years ago, when the primary nutrition philosophy was that high-fat foods made you fat and low-fat diets made you thin, whole milk got a bit of a bad rap. Instead, we were told to drink 2% or skim instead. As with most things, the truth is more complicated, and high-fat milk likely deserves a place in your fridge.
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22 Jan 00:03
Six Types of Board Gamers You've Probably Had To Deal With
by Patricia Hernandez
Just like video games have types of gamers we're likely to come across, board games totally have certain archetypes and characters we all encounter while playing. Some of these folks are pleasant and harmless to play with. And some of these people are kind of terrifying to play with.
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21 Jan 18:23
Shredder scissors
by mark
What’s handy when you need to shred credit card receipts, or yet another unsolicited credit card offer? A pair of multi-bladed scissors. These scissors have five blades on each side and will neatly crosscut a page to prevent identity theft. They use no electricity and fit in a drawer, which is more than you can say for an electric shredder.
-- Amy Porges
Multi Blade Shredding Scissor
$17
Available from Amazon
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17 Jan 21:20
Keep Stuffed Animals Clean and Smelling Good with Baking Soda
by Walter Glenn
Your kids' stuffed animals get dragged through all manner of lovely adventures, some a little dirtier and smellier than others. You can machine wash some stuffed animals but for others, you need a more creative solution.
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16 Jan 17:43