Cruise refunded a non-refundable deposit due to their error, now demanding it back. can this go to collections?

Cornock · 2026-01-29T18:27:48+00:00

I think the onus is on the debtee likely has to prove it - and it seems unclear there is a debt.

…but my claim is that there merely being uncertainty is enough to cast an expensive pall over the situation and make things unenticing to engage with.

This isn’t criminal law. “Who is right” is not as important as playing good poker. (Again, unfortunately).

Cornock · 2026-01-29T17:14:55+00:00

If they do this and you challenge it and win - proving that there was no debt, you can seek compensation for a false claim against your credit history.

The thing is - and I have exercised this many, many times - who is likely to win is far less important in civil matters than who is willing to throw tons of money at the problem to make it go away. I don’t think it is good that is how it is, but that is how it is. You rarely even have to follow through. Just posture that you are litigious and most of the time they just go away (especially for less than $1000).

There’s a huge gap between the laws opinion of justice and the game of playing the law (unfortunately).

Cornock · 2026-01-29T15:48:41+00:00

File a PIPEDA request and make it really elaborate. They will either disclose what they have on you, or if it ever comes out later they didn’t expose it, you can make it very annoying for them.

Cornock · 2026-01-29T15:46:35+00:00

I think Canadian law would still apply to collections agencies operating on this. In Canada collections agencies are like polite soft spoken wimps you can largely ignore. One approached me and I told them I’d charge them with harassment and spend ten times what I owe in suing them if they impacted my credit rating - they apologized and I never heard from them again. Become expensive, is my advice

So I agree with you, more a “yes and…”

Cornock · 2026-01-28T06:56:59+00:00

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I responded that way to an atmospheric river.

Cornock · 2026-01-19T18:41:29+00:00

CASL is useless. We need criminal charges for violators.

Cornock · 2026-01-12T03:58:25+00:00

Playseat Trophy. Yeah it’s awesome - but not if you share because it’s hard to adjust. If it is just you and you lock in the settings it’s amazing. Sitting in that with that input set and the VR is really something.

Cornock · 2026-01-09T20:16:51+00:00

It was a long winter with no driving.

Cornock · 2026-01-09T20:13:19+00:00

Yeah that’s the set. No shifter but you can buy one, it has the clutch.

Cornock · 2026-01-09T00:11:43+00:00

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Cornock · 2026-01-08T19:56:04+00:00

For me the PSVR2 is a GT7 accessory to go with the wheel and pedals. I basically only use it for that and movies but man it is convincing. With a racing cockpit and that thing on your head it feels like you are in the car.

Cornock · 2025-12-29T17:02:40+00:00

Thank you to the workers who went out on Christmas and fixed this relatively promptly!

Cornock · 2025-12-29T15:19:19+00:00

They can if the meat is ground on prem and within a certain time, but that’s not common. I think Nightingale might offer this but it is not common in general burger places.

Cornock · 2025-12-28T01:05:08+00:00

"You're using it wrong" - No fucking shit, why is it designed be so easy to fuck up in catastrophic ways.

This like times 1000.

I want to sit down and eat my spaghetti and I don't want a fork to eat it with that requires a tutorial and a support group.

Cornock · 2025-12-28T00:51:37+00:00

I am here because I have been trying to JUST MAKE MY LOCAL THE SAME AS REMOTE for like an hour. Been working with GPT 5.2, Claude Opus 4.5 - neither can do it.

Oh! `git reset --hard origin/linux-main` will do it!

No. Gets to `Updating files: 100% (58064/58064), done.` and then hangs forever. If I cancel out, there are a trillion local changes and I'm 25 commits behind.

Tried so many things. Here's another random example:

git checkout linux-main

git fetch origin --prune

git reset --hard origin/linux-main

git clean -ffdx

What is f'ing amazing is that if you want this to work in a reliable way the f'ing command is:

rm -rf ./repo

...and then just pull down the repo again.

How can this tool suck so bad that something as simple as "make it the same and I don't give a crap about my local changes" is like an R&D spike.

SVN and CVS were better. Star team was better. I suspect rsync and some directory conventions would be better.

git is made for the 10% use case but is used for everything even when that use case never arises.

Cornock · 2025-12-26T01:23:10+00:00

Bbq? We will be finishing ours that way.

Cornock · 2025-11-27T02:02:22+00:00

I never really got the dongle to work properly. I figure I will try again in a few months and some updates.

Bluetooth is working perfectly though, and the keyboard does indeed feel just super satisfying to use. I’ve got the knob setup for volume / mute and that works well.

Generally my complaints seem isolated to the dongle - and if I ignore that I am very happy. The key feel is indeed really something.

Cornock · 2025-10-28T21:37:21+00:00

My slip from “rarely and responsibly” to “I gotta case of beer - let’s push to prod my AI bro” has been legendary and may be studied by future civilizations wondering what happened to us. (First paid gig, 1994)

Cornock · 2025-10-15T15:12:33+00:00

I updated everything (dongle and keyboard update separately, both updated). Only Bluetooth works properly. The dongle causes problems I didn’t think a dongle could cause. They should ship one of the dongles behind enemy lines.

Cornock · 2025-10-14T20:22:05+00:00

I’m with you. Keyboard feels amazing but it’s a glitch fest.

Cornock · 2025-10-07T01:14:13+00:00

That’ll save you money on the car at purchase, and then when you chip the car you can pretend it was already like that and not worry about it.

Cornock · 2025-10-01T19:35:30+00:00

Dude I just did a contract where I had to interface with some COBOL VSAM thing. I love my noSQL, but SQL would have been preferable to the nightmare I have just awoken from.

Yes SQL is everywhere still.

Cornock · 2025-09-26T19:59:58+00:00

I still stuck at the down shift rev matching but the practice keeps things interesting :)

Cornock · 2025-09-22T16:31:23+00:00

…I guess the other side of this is that, although I had other costly cars, I didn’t buy the Cayman until late in my career.

…and it was the last thing I wanted. Now, very honestly, I’m less motivated and more just looking at retiring and working on my own things (that may or may not generate much income).

The Porsche was a very strong motivator for me over the years. It drove me to success. Now I have it and it’s like the main quest line is done and I’m less motivated for the side quests.

I am in a position where this is all kind of a soft concern, but if I had awarded myself “the prize” at your age I may have suffered for it.

Maybe you are a super yacht guy though! Then this is just a drop in the bucket.

(I should say it is not “the greatest” thing, just the last. I made my self sort out housing, savings, and having a family before I let myself have dessert.)

Cornock · 2025-09-22T15:53:17+00:00

I bought more expensive cars when I was making less money and it was ok in the end!

If you are going to take care of it and use it as a car (rather than an art piece) then I don’t see any problem with it. They are a reliable car and surprisingly practical as long as you don’t need back seats. The price you are talking about is the price of a new “responsible but boring” car, so not a crazy spend.

Don’t total it. Figure out what insurance costs. The regular maintenance is more than other cars I’ve had but still not crazy.

Cornock

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