Right?

Even if the company has access to credit card numbers, why do call center employees have access to them? I can't think of a reason for them to be able to see the entire number. Maybe the last four digits in order to verify someone over the phone.

Most of that interaction is done via a website though, where it doesn't really matter if there are people awake on the other end. Sure, if you have to call for support, it may matter, but most of my days are spent concerned with local time (outside of programming, but I don't think we should change how the world works to make code easier!)

The app was caught secretly accessing the user's clipboard on iOS. There may be other issues as well, but I don't know what they are. https://www.forbes.com/sites/z... That article states "Given other security concerns raised about the app," but does not mention what they are.

This query seems to work a little better https://www.amazon.com/s?k=10t... I think the sort order was making smaller drives appear first in the results. It's still a pretty bad experience though!

This thread is really about society in 2014-2018, when being 'inclusive' or 'diverse' was more important than being 'good'.

Personally, I did not buy Battlefield V exactly because of this reason. I really don't need another bit of media trying to push their agenda down my throat. As people say, "If you don't like it, don't buy it." Or if you do buy it, and 10 years from now all games are like this, we'd be thinking, "Wow, we shouldn't have supported that."

Have 20 black characters. Put in 15 women. Have no white guys. You know what? I probably wouldn't even notice, and I probably wouldn't even care. As a white guy, I don't have a requirement that the characters look like me.

But you come out and say, "If you don't like this, then you are probably a racist/sexist jerk."

Ummm...no. That's not cool. What I am is a gamer, looking for fun games. I don't need politics, especially identity politics shoved in my face once again, as I am just trying to relax and escape that crap for a while.

Diversity or inclusiveness is great. Do it. But if that is a selling point? Then I'm guessing you don't have much else to sell.

If it is important to do you...do it. But again, don't shove it in my face.

** Source- gamer who plays almost exclusively as female characters (when available) because of my own deep seeded issues that make me want to dress like a woman or do freaky stuff with men. But, when someone tells me I should feel bad about not wanting forced diversity...then they can suck it. I have no interest in people telling me to feel bad because of who I am.

Other way around... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I had a friend. (Okay, not a friend, I couldn't stand her, but she was an acquaintance)

She was going to build 'passiv haus' (we're American, but she liked the German spelling) communities to save energy, etc. etc.

She drove from California to New York at least a dozen times to support this plan. I'm pretty sure she used more fuel on her roadtrips than she would have saved had the plan actually worked. The plan didn't work, and she ended up finding out that Upstate New York is really cold, and she didn't want to live in an unheated house in that environment.

But she still talks about how dedicated she was...she does NOT like to hear about the wasted fuel.

Her marriage went really bad because she ignored her spouse while being a road-tripping ecowarrior. And absolutely none of this is her fault- the system is against her.

But damn...she can feel high and mighty knowing that she was THINKING about this stuff while you were watching TV.

YES!

I was going to call you out for that ridiculous estimate on the price of the pen.

DAAAAMMMMNNNN...they really are $99.

That's ridiculous.

Okay, maybe they are super and special in some way. I don't know, and I don't care. But you were right...I almost apologize for my initial disbelief.

Hey! #MeToo!

For me it was about 4.5 years ago, when the wave of sexual harassment complaints was just taking off.

I was the subject of a complaint. Kinda sucked because it was a lot of half-truths. Basically I was messing around with someone at work (at least 50% driven by her) and eventually I think her husband found out. So in order to save face, she made a sexual harassment claim against me.

Well, there was a big investigation, blah blah blah, and what they found was that I didn't harass anyone, but I was involved in an 'inappropriate relationship' that was mutual.

But guess what...the 'findings' of these things don't matter. The only thing that mattered was that there was some poor young lady who felt 'threatened' by me and that is how it was judged.

Bitch- stop inviting me to come to your house when your husband is gone if you're feeling threatened. Don't book us adjoining hotel rooms with a pass through door if you feel threatened. And goddammit, stop flashing me your panties if you want me to ignore you. (A pair of yellow panties was my favorite...)

Oh well- new job pays much better and there are only 10% of the headaches.

But fewer chicks with big boobs and sweet asses at my new job, so that's a bummer. But probably better for me in the long run.

That's a pretty bad exaggeration.

All of the 'ads' I have seen are related to games, movies, etc. that are available in the Store. Of course the Store is one big ad essentially, so once you are there, it doesn't count. But telling me that I can get a game for 75% off on a small part of the screen is fine.

Possibly 25% of the screen is taken by 'ads' at most. The most recent ad/notification I remember seeing was for 'State of Decay' (I think that is it) which is a game that I can download for free as part of my current Game Pass subscription. I don't even think of it as an ad..more of a notification.

Also, they will tell you about the other free games you can get from Games with Gold. Again, I've already paid for them. Telling me they are available is a service- not an ad.

Once you are off the home screen, anything else is completely related to what you are looking at- again, notifications not ads.

I can't provide a screenshot of my dashboard, but just do an image search for 'Xbox One Dashboard'. See that really big part of the screen that refers to a game? That's typically the game you played most recently. For instance, my Xbox has 'Sunset Overdrive' all over it, because that is the game I am currently playing. I thank them for providing that info.

Beneath that, is a big old section showing me info about the friends I have played with most recently. Not ads...other people.

People talk about ads there...but they aren't being honest.

I've owned businesses. Landscaping and printing.

I tried to hire homeless people. I've gone to the guys holding the signs and said"hey...I have work for you...help me mow lawns for the day $12/hr. And I'll buy you breakfast and lunch."

I did this a LOT. I did not care about appearance, criminal record, etc. They didn't need to plan ahead or meet me later. I offered immediate food, etc. Etc.

Over the course of a year I had ONE person take me up on it. He was a good guy, worked with me for like 2 weeks before he disappeared.

Whenever people talk about all of the hurdles for these people to get jobs, I know that when I took away every single hurdle...they said "no".

In my experience these people are on the street because they prefer it to the other options. Not because they don't have other options.

I use Visual Studio Code, with Git embedded.

I like it.

Just did a quick Wikipedia read...evidently it is the most popular IDE...

I'm somewhat of a photographer myself (kinda, really).

When I am doing a shoot of some sort, and everyone gets together for a photo, I just let them go nuts with their phones. I don't even bother taking the picture.

First- the quality of their photos will be good...fine...potentially even better than my own because I am doing something totally different.

Second- I hate those shots. They are not going to be great no matter what you do- unless you are Vanity Fair.

I agree that phones are good/great for this. And the last thing I want is to have people say, "Oh Donna, you should be our photographer, your pictures were better than the person we hired!"

Let Donna take the group pics with her iPhone X- they will be fantastic. I'll use my DSLR for things the phones can't do.