I respect your low member number but..... what the fuck does "limited income" really have to do with it? Everyone I know has limited income, meaning nobody I know has unlimited resources. Just because someone isn't retired/drawing pension/401/social security/begging in the streets doesn't mean they have unlimited potential. That said, I agree there are customers that feel the pinch more and not prorating the cost after the term commitment is up is simply padding Charter's wallets. When I was a younger lad, I had Dish Network at my prior home. When I sold the home in 1998 and moved to my current location I went back to cable. When I asked Dish for a refund, they pointed me to their terms of service and declined, keeping my $10 and some change. They think they won, but on the other hand, I would never, ever use them again on this principle alone. Are other carriers different? Probably not but they were the first to get one over on me and won't get a chance to repeat.

My client is loaded with Surface Pro 4's. As someone who uses one from time to time, they are absolute junk for anyone that has to do real work. If you are a casual, email and web browser only user they might suffice but they are otherwise underpowered.

Or switch to Geico.

Like, maybe half?

Fastmail for the win. Reasonably priced, don't think they are going anywhere and have been ultra-reliable. I've been with them about 15 years.

Not disagreeing with you at all, just saying proper governance minimizes the risk. Their governance was shit.

This is why you need all accounts backed by an HR system. The employee record changes to anything but active, all access is automatically revoked. It amazes me in this day and time that there are still rogue accounts in large enterprises. This is also a great case for single sign-on where you kill all access in one place.

Nice try. IBM continues to cut US headcount like there is no tomorrow. I spent 11 years with them, this is their mode of operation. They sign a deal like this, agree to take the headcount and then rapidly move the work to low cost countries. Think about it - if the customer expects to see 40% savings, where do you think it comes from? Mark my word, IBM will transition the acquired employees as fast as they can in order to maximize profit. Lloyds has essentially traded their "known" for freshers in low cost countries and IBM is their hatchet man so they don't look bad to their customers/employees.

I'd mod this up if I had points. This is exactly the issue. My proposal: tariff the H1B so the sponsor pays 120% of US landed resource rate and see how many H1Bs are actually required. This isn't about skill. This is about skill at the rate companies think they should have to pay for it and it artificially skews the pay rate downward. I'm all for H1B in its intended form but right now it's an easy ticket to cheap, indentured labor.

This. I am fortunate to still be in a cube with 5' walls but my coworkers and I are on the phone nearly all day and it makes concentration a wreck. I like the interaction I have with my team but it's not necessary. I did a 7 year stint working from home and as long as you have separate space where you can retreat it is doable. The new cube standard here is low walls and I think I'd have to look for another position or request for work from home if that change made its way down the hall. This is the first position in the last 18 years where I haven't had a private office either at the company or at my home office. It definitely lowers my productivity to be within earshot of all these distractions.

This. Some people undervalue their skills and our AC friend is one of those. Senior IT Delivery Managers and IT Managers in O&G here in Houston draw between $90-100/hr on contract. Do us a favor, AC, don't judge my value based on your opinion of your own.

Do not use ISP mail. Use a better free one. Or pay a little and get something with a highly configurable filter that works. I use fastmail.fm and they work beautifully.

In most ATMs it is stored in sealed, tamper-proof trays which have a security mechanism that the ATM allows to dispense. When the ATMs are stocked, the courier company simply exchanges cassettes. There are no wrapped stacks of cash visible. So essentially what happens is, the ATM is initially loaded with x amount of cash. When the level drops below a certain level, the courier is dispatched to refill the ATM. They go exchange the cassettes and the pulled cassettes are taken to a secure location where the remaining cash is counted and the totals reconciled with what the ATM says it dispensed. If the totals don't match, they WILL find out why via surveillance tapes and security seals. The secure part of the ATM where the cash is built inside a safe which is alarmed and actively monitored. That is why you see reports of ATM theft. You're less likely to get caught if you steal the entire ATM and take it to a location where you have time and privacy to force entry. Historical fact - before the ATMs moved to Windows XP, nearly all of them ran on OS/2, as recently as 2004.

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^^ This. Truer words were never spoken.