Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[hunt4570]

I wound up buying a Delta at Lowe痴. I have not unboxed it yet.

I think you will like it, nice piece of equipment! Enjoy!

Heres a couple pics of mine in use.

 

[Travelover]

They've told me for a couple years now, that if I don't give them my phone number I won't receive their mailers. I respond with "Promise?" every time. I can get any coupons online or in email, so I really don't need the paper copies.

You don't need to give them a real phone number, they just want an easy way to look you up in their data base and phone numbers are unique, whereas they are more than a few John Smiths.

 

[3Ts]

You don't need to give them a real phone number, they just want an easy way to look you up in their data base and phone numbers are unique, whereas they are more than a few John Smiths.

Once upon a time, when I was much younger, there was an effort to prevent the social security number from being used as a national identifier. There was a concern about freedoms and having to travel with papers like the communists at the time. So here we are today, and the phone number has become that national identifier.

 

[California]

Once upon a time, when I was much younger, there was an effort to prevent the social security number from being used as a national identifier. There was a concern about freedoms and having to travel with papers like the communists at the time. So here we are today, and the phone number has become that national identifier.

Funny, isn't it. There was concern about the government being able to track an individual. Now today, my name is matched to my face in other relatives' Facebook posts (that don't mention me). I've never had a Facebook account. This is active facial recognition without my consent. I would have to join Facebook to object to this tracking.

Similarly, Google Maps can show every place someone has gone, as default. I turned that off but this just means I can't see it, the history is still live in their dbs. Ever wonder how Google Traffic can show present traffic congestion? Real-time uploads from every phone moving on that route. Google knows ...

 

[hunt4570]

Funny, isn't it. There was concern about the government being able to track an individual. Now today, my name is matched to my face in other relatives' Facebook posts (that don't mention me). I've never had a Facebook account. This is active facial recognition without my consent. I would have to join Facebook to object to this tracking.

Similarly, Google Maps can show every place someone has gone, as default. I turned that off but this just means I can't see it, the history is still live in their dbs. Ever wonder how Google Traffic can show present traffic congestion? Real-time uploads from every phone moving on that route. Google knows ...

I turned off tracking on my phone long ago!!

 

[Grumpycat]

They've told me for a couple years now, that if I don't give them my phone number I won't receive their mailers. I respond with "Promise?" every time. I can get any coupons online or in email, so I really don't need the paper copies.

Long time ago I moved landline to Ooma. Costs about $5/month and provides a legit disposable phone number to give to those demanding a number but I don't really want to hear from.

For a while one could do the same for free with Google Voice. Maybe still.

 

[California]

Google sued for $5 Billion over data collection practices.

Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit in U.S. for 'tracking users in incognito mode' | Daily Mail Online

'Through its pervasive data tracking business, Google knows who your friends are, what your hobbies are, what you like to eat, what movies you watch, where and when you like to shop, what your favorite vacation destinations are ... notwithstanding consumers best efforts, Google has made itself an unaccountable trove of information so detailed and expansive that George Orwell could never have dreamed it.'

"... parent company, Alphabet, is worth $950 billion - from its 'unparalleled tracking and collection of consumer personal information and selling and brokering of that information"

Google knows ...

 

[buck12]

I think you will like it, nice piece of equipment! Enjoy!

Heres a couple pics of mine in use.

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I preferred the extendable arms on the Hercules stand but I liked the wheel width and the way the Delta folded. A 12” sliding compound miter saw is a beast to move and the easy of movement won out over the design of the extendable arms.

 

[hunt4570]

I preferred the extendable arms on the Hercules stand but I liked the wheel width and the way the Delta folded. A 12” sliding compound miter saw is a beast to move and the easy of movement won out over the design of the extendable arms.

The delta has extendable arms on both sides, about 4 1/2 feet on either side of the saw!

 

[3Ts]

I turned off tracking on my phone long ago!!

Do you carry your cell phone with you in-case someone needs to get ahold of you? If so, how do you think "they" know where to send the call? Your cell phone has to talk to the nearest tower so they know where to send the call. I haven't figured out what this "do not track" really means, I think it's just a "feel good" button, or maybe it doesn't share your location with advertisers.