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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Yes, the whole situation is quite sad. There have been whistleblowers from his office who have shared how bad he has gotten, and there have been multiple police incidents now from his dangerous driving. I think he finally alienated everyone who genuinely cared about him or believed in him before the stroke, the only people left around him are the ones exploiting his diminished capacity for their own ends. I expect him to kill himself in a car crash honestly, he is notorious for driving like a total maniac since the stroke. I guess he enjoys driving but now that he has poor impulse control and other issues from the brain damage he is a very dangerous driver yet refuses to stop even though he could be driven anywhere he wants.









  • ultranauttoAsk LemmyHow does this scam work?
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    27 days ago

    Scamming old people has grown into a massive and well organized industry that brings in billions in profits per year. It is a huge problem that has continued to get worse. As others have said, this is 100% a scam. They will inevitably use any number of techniques to extract money from him. It is very possible they already have and he just hasn’t told you yet, it is not uncommon for the victims to be secretive about what the scammers are getting them to do.




  • I think that $600 is a subsidized price and not really useful for comparison. I would expect the Frame to be at least $1000. The hardware likely is more expensive overall since it also includes displays. They aren’t high end screens but they still add significant cost. It is probably more expensive to assemble each Frame compared to the Steam Machine also. I wouldn’t be surprised if the low end model is $1500+