OFF TOPIC -- warning of fraudulent credit card charges for subscribers to "First Principles" substack of Dr Reid Sheftall. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE. His identity was stolen many months ago, and he informed us of that before his Substack account was taken over by the criminal. Despite Substack being notified of that (including my complaint to them last month), Substack has not shut down the account. Not only have fraudulent email appeals for "donations" been sent out last month to subscribers, but also now in the last week subscribers are subject to fraudulent credit card charges. I had to cancel my card this morning when my bank notified me of a suspicious $250 charge to Dr Sheftall's substack, which charge was fraudulent. Perhaps Substack refuses to do anything about this because they receive a cut of all charges?
This is his new Twitter/X account. I don't have an account, so perhaps some "good Samaritan" could ask him to again contact Substack to again try to close his account so that no more fraud is perpetrated -- https://xcancel.com/GReid27295/with_replies
When I enrolled in a 2 year electronics program at voc-tech school in 1970, we were right away required and taught to become proficient with a slide rule. The various and somewhat complex calculations we routinely did demanded proficiency with slide rule use. Calculators were available to buy back then, but prohibited by the school because of the unfair advantage they could provide for the students whose parents were able to afford them. Basic 4 functions calculators were in the $100 range then. My Grok slide rule says that would be approximately $325 dollars today adjusted for 3% inflation. How about more like $1325 adjusted for real inflation.
OFF TOPIC -- warning of fraudulent credit card charges for subscribers to "First Principles" substack of Dr Reid Sheftall. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE. His identity was stolen many months ago, and he informed us of that before his Substack account was taken over by the criminal. Despite Substack being notified of that (including my complaint to them last month), Substack has not shut down the account. Not only have fraudulent email appeals for "donations" been sent out last month to subscribers, but also now in the last week subscribers are subject to fraudulent credit card charges. I had to cancel my card this morning when my bank notified me of a suspicious $250 charge to Dr Sheftall's substack, which charge was fraudulent. Perhaps Substack refuses to do anything about this because they receive a cut of all charges?
https://drreidsheftall.substack.com/p/i-somehow-lost-part-five-of-the-series/comment/129944222
This is when Dr Sheftall first notified us of the identity theft: https://drreidsheftall.substack.com/p/i-have-been-through-hell
This is his new Twitter/X account. I don't have an account, so perhaps some "good Samaritan" could ask him to again contact Substack to again try to close his account so that no more fraud is perpetrated -- https://xcancel.com/GReid27295/with_replies
When I enrolled in a 2 year electronics program at voc-tech school in 1970, we were right away required and taught to become proficient with a slide rule. The various and somewhat complex calculations we routinely did demanded proficiency with slide rule use. Calculators were available to buy back then, but prohibited by the school because of the unfair advantage they could provide for the students whose parents were able to afford them. Basic 4 functions calculators were in the $100 range then. My Grok slide rule says that would be approximately $325 dollars today adjusted for 3% inflation. How about more like $1325 adjusted for real inflation.