Windows secretly keeps a thumbnail of every photo you've ever deleted.
It lives in a file called thumbcache_256.db.
Forensic examiners pull it routinely.
There are 15 more hidden stores just like it.
Here's exactly where they are — and how to wipe them:
Netflix has 260 million subscribers. Netflix is betting that 250 million of them never open the settings menu.
One guy did. He worked Netflix customer support for 3 years. Handled 15,000 complaints. He told me something that should change the way you watch tonight:
"Every single complaint I got for 3 years was caused by the same 10 settings. Not bugs. Not content. Settings."
"'Why is my picture blurry?' Because Netflix set your streaming quality to Auto which doesn't mean best quality. It means lowest quality Netflix can get away with before you notice."
"'Why are my recommendations terrible?' Because 3 people are watching on your profile and the algorithm thinks you're one person who loves true crime, kids cartoons, and Korean dramas at the same time."
"'Why does every movie look like a soap opera?' Because a motion smoothing setting you've never seen is turned on making a $200 million film look like it was shot on a phone."
"'Why do I scroll for 45 minutes and give up?' Because autoplay previews are feeding the algorithm false data every single time you pause on a thumbnail. Netflix thinks you're interested. You were just reading the description. Now your homepage is full of content you'd never watch because you accidentally trained the algorithm to recommend it."
"'Why can't I find anything good?' Because your content maturity rating is set to a default that hides 40% of the library. Shows and movies that exist on your account right now that you're paying for right now are invisible to you because of one setting you've never checked."
"I spent 3 years answering the same 10 complaints. Every single time the fix was the same: 'Let me walk you through your settings.' Every single time the customer said the same thing: 'Why didn't Netflix tell me this?'"
"Because Netflix makes more money when you scroll. Not when you find something."
Here are 10 Netflix settings that are ruining your experience right now and exactly how to fix each one in under 5 minutes:
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Just watched the 2nd part of Buried, brilliant 2 part documentary. Hopefully despite what was said in the end credits something will come from this. The environmental journalists will not let this go. I know you'll keep on top of this too.
@michaelsheen
Contacted your online chat to enquire on the cost of booking a 9 night holiday, cost for a week would be £1892 and the cost for the additional 2 nights was going to be £3539. How you can charge an additional £1647 for 2 nights is obscene
@cottagescom
A woman paid for Amazon Prime for 5 years before she realized she was using it wrong.
She'd ordered hundreds of packages. Watched a few shows on Prime Video. Never once looked past the "Buy Now" button.
Her cousin — who worked Amazon customer service for 3 years — was staying over for the holidays and watched her order a phone charger at full price.
She finally said: "Wait — can I see your account for a second? You're missing 9 things that come with the Prime you're already paying for. Amazon doesn't advertise most of these. They'd rather you not use them."
She changed 9 things in 10 minutes.
She saved $340 that month. Got a package a day early. Found $1,200 worth of stuff she already owned buried in a benefit she'd never opened.
Here's everything her cousin showed her:
Amazon is quietly hoping you never open the "Prime Benefits" tab.
I opened it.
You're paying $139/year for what looks like a shipping subscription.
But there's a second membership hiding inside it — one most people never touch.
Here's everything they don't put on the checkout page 🧵👇
@TheRealBerghaus just received email with your new season range.
Do you have anything that people that go hill walking or mountain climbing will actually want to wear