9th May, 2026.
Right … I’m worried … !
That I’m starting to look like a chunky version of Raymond Reddington: the James Spader character in The Blacklist.
I wouldn’t mind: except I’ve never actually watched it: just the clips YouTube keeps throwing at me!
Whether I do or I don’t … ?
The show does look interesting …
~≈📋≈~
Algorithms … algorithms, though …
Algorithms are all over the place: and are usually serving up adverts.
Or, their serving me adverts.
One repeated ad?
Was for an unnamed brand of external flash drive, a 16 terabyte drive, for “the price of a chocolate bar”.
Around a pound, in other words: even though the advert didn’t give a price anymore specific than that.
I was both sceptical: and laughing my head off.
Because?
Some six years ago, I got conned by a third-party seller on Ebay — calling itself fashionjiacl* — a seller that was selling two terabyte USB stick for a very attractive price.
Sticks that turned out hold no more than thirty-two gigabytes.
I got my money back from them: and swore to be more careful.
And — when I saw this question on Quora — was happy to share my experience.
So, seeing these ads for incredibly cheap, sixteen terabyte sticks?
Ads that tell me that people are still falling for this scam?
Leaves me laughing, leaves me sceptical, leaves me saddened …
And leaves me wanting to mention the scam when I can …
~≈💻≈~
