You are posting this on a technology forum. Do you honestly think you can identify my router or the five access points? Short of cutting off the home's wiring connection to the grid someone with half of a mind doing something like this "to protect their property" would certainly not have this connected through the visible connection.
There is no new sharing economy. It always existed before and after. Hotels grew out of this. regulations were established to protect the consumer. Here comes the Internet and technology that facilitates. It facilitates the ease of finding and it also facilitates scams. AirBnB doesn't want to assume any responsibility but are being forced kicking and screaming.
AirBnB is such an irresponsible company that it refuses to post reviews where people have been scammed. Properties listed were filthy, bug infested, completely not as advertised or simply nonexistent. You only learn about this once you get burned and AirBnB will fight you all the way. They can burn in hell for all I care.
This post tells me more about greed than about piracy. If a family subscribes to a plan that allows 5 members then it's not piracy. Is it then considered theft that my wife purchased her pain ticket with my Visa? Is it theft that my family uses my wife's Amazon account instead of each our individual accounts? Or could it be considered shoplifting when a family goes out and shops together and one person pays the invoice?
I've been on the internet since the early 1990's. My email address is on a few websites. I pass out my business cards regularly. I never give this address for marketing/subscription purposes, I use an alias for that. I also had a Yahoo address set up for this purpose. I may receive 10 SPAMS a week.
I've seen people give their email address to stores to get their receipt online and then complain that they can't handle the volume. It's yours to control. You can setup a Gmail or Yahoo account for the junk or better yet register a domain and create aliases that you can abandon when they get abused.
My phone number, on the other hand, is starting to get multiple SPAM calls a day from robocallers as well as unsolicited texts advertising such and such. This is starting to affect my business because it's getting harder to ignore even when I block the numbers. It's even harder to trace.
Very accurate comments on the limitations of MS Office. You are complaining that your GM parts don't fir on your Ford. You chose a proprietary format and are complaining that that it doesn't work well with others.
If you would have started with an unencumbered file format you would not have an issue going from system to system but too many people like to lock their work into Microsoft proprietary format and have to upgrade to keep files relevant when in fact nothing has changed.
I for the last 30 years have not had this problems in the organizations where archiving documents was important. I don't have this problem in my personal life eithr. I learned my lesson since Wordstar and Lotus 123.
MS Office was not designed to share documents. It was designed to lock you in.
Open source alternatives suck big time - from the interface to speed to everything else one can imagine.
This statement is one of the most clueless statements that I have seen on/. that has ever been up-voted informative. It should have been labeled troll.
Not sure where everyone gets reduced pollution from public transit based on buses. Typically they have no, if any, environmental controls. Take up to 4 times longer to reach the destination. Stop and go constantly which is more polluting than just keeping a constant speed. They are typically filled to capacity only 3 to 4 hours a day with the remainder of the time mostly empty. Often sit idling for 15 minutes to 60 minutes while the driver is on a break. These should have been the first vehicles to be converted to electric. At the very least we could change our social behavior to reduce the 9 to 5 mindset. Just my.02$ based on all the literature and studies on the subject
Credit or cash you still need to check for employee theft no matter what. You're an idiot if you don't. It will catch you soon enough.
You need to train your managers to issue credits, pull reports, balance shifts.
Cashing out takes the same amount of time with cards or cash to prevent fraud.
You have to pay managers to research charge backs and waste time dealing with a CC company ensuring payment. Complete loss if the card was stolen.
Yes you need a safe procedure no matter what the form of payment is. The potential for credit card fraud and identity theft is very real.
Where do you think the payments for credit cards are deposited? You can have one bank account and you can deposit at any branch, credit card or cash. Same amount of work.
If your employees can't count then you are an idiot for hiring them. Giving change is a simple matter of training. Needed no matter what you do.
You have more charge backs than insurance fees.
There is no savings here. If the case was to save money then the cheapest solution would be accepting checks and you can see how many stores do that.
Never had cash as a charge back nor do I have to pay a service fee to issue a credit. Your accounting system is terrible if cash is any different than credit. Cash also works when the power is out.
Show the math. What would you consider adequate for UBI? The example was a simple equation to demonstrate that it is not workable. Your answer also demonstrates that it is unworkable even at $10K.
What is impressive of software that doesn't let you do what you want? Seriously. I can't even record my calls. Simple feature that should be easily enabled on my phone. But no. It is disabled by Google software on their hardware. Can we stop giving credit to companies who cant't get the basics right. The software prevents me from using MY phone legally. Google even went out of their way to disable the feature. How can this even be considered great.
The other day I was just talking and Google assistant jumped in telling me it can't help with my request. There was none made. I'm not impressed I'm bored. I have real tasks to handle on a regular basis where Google software gets in the way.
If my doctors calls I would much prefer to automatically record the conversation in case I misinterpret his instructions not have a stupid assistant possibly give them the wrong message.
Not to mention the hardware/software integration is over rated and flaky especially that stupid dongle. I think/. is looking for stories on a slow day.
I don't understand where people get this. It's great as simple spreadsheet as well as many other software and then it falls apart when people try to use it as anything else. I used to spend so much time trying to fix errors in peoples spreadsheets where they thought that their budgets worked but when entering the numbers in a true accounting system the numbers didn't work. Seldom were they balanced.
Then you have the issue of interoperability. It doesn't play well with other software. There is no standard. Not even between versions of itself.
The last thing that I find frustrating is that it's part of a bigger problem. Document retention. The life of the document keeps getting shorter and shorter with the constant need to upgrade the format even when there is no requirement to do so. The more advanced Excel features you use the less likely the document will be accessible or functional.
Quite often in my life I've had an endless stream of question from people who don't bother to look at the problem or are just ignoring the work because it requires an effort or are just not competent enough to see a solution. "No thanks" doesn't solve the problem. They continue in their ways. I'm not saying that in every instance that is the case but a constant "excuse me can I have a minute of your time?" can be as offensive as "Fuck off, I'm busy".
What is a jerk? Does it not work both ways? Someone who just likes to hear themselves constantly could be considered a jerk as much as someone who doesn't interact socially. I consider many people who consider themselves social who pretend to care about you by asking how you are but in fact aren't even listening. They just like to waste as much time as possible talking about nothing and complaining about everything.
Nice what does this even mean. What I consider nice may not be what another considers nice. Leaving me alone to get my work done is nice. Constantly interrupting isn't. I'm not nice because I was put to work in an open space and don't acknowledge every single person when I'm trying to concentrate? Some tasks require little concentration others don't. Being polite when it's just one individual doesn't take much time but being polite when it's an endless stream of people walking by your desk can reflect on your performance. The person you consider is being a dick may in fact be trying to get work done and the dicks are the ones who constantly interrupt with trivial social BS that they consider important.
There is no need for an ISP if there is no content (Internet). Just trying to use plain English for you. The ISP is providing nothing to Netflix. They are providing Internet to me because that is what I pay for. Netflix just happens to be on the Internet. I may wish to visit CNN, FOX, or some obscure site. My ISP offers no help whatsoever finding what I need. Then they complain that I use a free service to find what I need. A service that makes their service sell-able. It sounds to me as if these sites offer services that my ISP needs to pay for not charge for. This BS that you are spewing is just that BS.
Never had to install a special package to log into my bank. Never needed a special package to track a package. As Equifax and the US government confirmed for me, I will never use an online service to file my taxes.
Your examples are about situations where your data resides on someones system. It doesn't reside on yours except for the income tax software. Nothing has changed for me. All my original data resides on my systems. All my pictures, financials, letters, emails, etc.... I can't afford to put it online and pay a monthly fee to use it at the fraction of the local speed. The time may come when speed, security and cost reach a price point that it would make sense but it hasn't happened yet.
Data on my laptop on the other hand hasn't been compromised pretty much ever. That you know about.
You are always one bad URL click, one malicious email, one zero day vulnerability to a compromise. Even if you are using OS X, Linux, even Open BSD.
I have mod points but I can't let this comment go. This is a comment that I expect from a Twitter, Facebook user. When you have control of your operating system you can take precautions that allow you to navigate to the most hostile environments without a worry that it can compromise your data. This isn't Voodoo or magic. It's called education.
The problems you are listing are Windows problems and not Linux problems. It's like you are complaining that your Ford parts don't fit on your new GM.
The MS Office argument is B/S. Very few need MS Office because very few need Macros but keep telling yourself that.
Printer/Scanner/fax is faster on Linux than Mac or Windows but I guess it's what you buy or how long you keep your stuff. I have a scanner that is 20 years old and still works on Linux but there is no support on Windows.
What I see is people making choices and then complaining why their choices suck but don't want to even try a different solution. Windows sucks because of the items you listed. On Mac, Linux *BSD's or even Windows you don't have these issues if you choose OSS. It's the decisions you make. 30 years I've had no issues running business and personal stuff without being dependent on MS or Apple.
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You are posting this on a technology forum. Do you honestly think you can identify my router or the five access points? Short of cutting off the home's wiring connection to the grid someone with half of a mind doing something like this "to protect their property" would certainly not have this connected through the visible connection.
"sharing economy"
There is no new sharing economy. It always existed before and after. Hotels grew out of this. regulations were established to protect the consumer. Here comes the Internet and technology that facilitates. It facilitates the ease of finding and it also facilitates scams. AirBnB doesn't want to assume any responsibility but are being forced kicking and screaming.
AirBnB is such an irresponsible company that it refuses to post reviews where people have been scammed. Properties listed were filthy, bug infested, completely not as advertised or simply nonexistent. You only learn about this once you get burned and AirBnB will fight you all the way. They can burn in hell for all I care.
This post tells me more about greed than about piracy. If a family subscribes to a plan that allows 5 members then it's not piracy. Is it then considered theft that my wife purchased her pain ticket with my Visa? Is it theft that my family uses my wife's Amazon account instead of each our individual accounts? Or could it be considered shoplifting when a family goes out and shops together and one person pays the invoice?
I've been on the internet since the early 1990's. My email address is on a few websites. I pass out my business cards regularly. I never give this address for marketing/subscription purposes, I use an alias for that. I also had a Yahoo address set up for this purpose. I may receive 10 SPAMS a week.
I've seen people give their email address to stores to get their receipt online and then complain that they can't handle the volume. It's yours to control. You can setup a Gmail or Yahoo account for the junk or better yet register a domain and create aliases that you can abandon when they get abused.
My phone number, on the other hand, is starting to get multiple SPAM calls a day from robocallers as well as unsolicited texts advertising such and such. This is starting to affect my business because it's getting harder to ignore even when I block the numbers. It's even harder to trace.
Not sure why you had to use HTML. I've been on FreeBSD and Linux since at least 1995. I've never had any problems with text processing.
Very accurate comments on the limitations of MS Office. You are complaining that your GM parts don't fir on your Ford. You chose a proprietary format and are complaining that that it doesn't work well with others.
If you would have started with an unencumbered file format you would not have an issue going from system to system but too many people like to lock their work into Microsoft proprietary format and have to upgrade to keep files relevant when in fact nothing has changed.
I for the last 30 years have not had this problems in the organizations where archiving documents was important. I don't have this problem in my personal life eithr. I learned my lesson since Wordstar and Lotus 123.
MS Office was not designed to share documents. It was designed to lock you in.
Open source alternatives suck big time - from the interface to speed to everything else one can imagine.
This statement is one of the most clueless statements that I have seen on /. that has ever been up-voted informative. It should have been labeled troll.
Not sure where everyone gets reduced pollution from public transit based on buses. Typically they have no, if any, environmental controls. Take up to 4 times longer to reach the destination. Stop and go constantly which is more polluting than just keeping a constant speed. They are typically filled to capacity only 3 to 4 hours a day with the remainder of the time mostly empty. Often sit idling for 15 minutes to 60 minutes while the driver is on a break. .02$ based on all the literature and studies on the subject
These should have been the first vehicles to be converted to electric.
At the very least we could change our social behavior to reduce the 9 to 5 mindset.
Just my
You are only addressing the part that protects the store. What about the part that protects the consumer or the government?
Credit or cash you still need to check for employee theft no matter what. You're an idiot if you don't. It will catch you soon enough.
You need to train your managers to issue credits, pull reports, balance shifts.
Cashing out takes the same amount of time with cards or cash to prevent fraud.
You have to pay managers to research charge backs and waste time dealing with a CC company ensuring payment. Complete loss if the card was stolen.
Yes you need a safe procedure no matter what the form of payment is. The potential for credit card fraud and identity theft is very real.
Where do you think the payments for credit cards are deposited? You can have one bank account and you can deposit at any branch, credit card or cash. Same amount of work.
If your employees can't count then you are an idiot for hiring them. Giving change is a simple matter of training. Needed no matter what you do.
You have more charge backs than insurance fees.
There is no savings here. If the case was to save money then the cheapest solution would be accepting checks and you can see how many stores do that.
Everything is a private transaction dispute.
Never had cash as a charge back nor do I have to pay a service fee to issue a credit. Your accounting system is terrible if cash is any different than credit. Cash also works when the power is out.
Show the math. What would you consider adequate for UBI? The example was a simple equation to demonstrate that it is not workable. Your answer also demonstrates that it is unworkable even at $10K.
What is impressive of software that doesn't let you do what you want? Seriously. I can't even record my calls. Simple feature that should be easily enabled on my phone. But no. It is disabled by Google software on their hardware. Can we stop giving credit to companies who cant't get the basics right. The software prevents me from using MY phone legally. Google even went out of their way to disable the feature. How can this even be considered great.
The other day I was just talking and Google assistant jumped in telling me it can't help with my request. There was none made. I'm not impressed I'm bored. I have real tasks to handle on a regular basis where Google software gets in the way.
If my doctors calls I would much prefer to automatically record the conversation in case I misinterpret his instructions not have a stupid assistant possibly give them the wrong message.
Not to mention the hardware/software integration is over rated and flaky especially that stupid dongle. I think /. is looking for stories on a slow day.
I don't understand where people get this. It's great as simple spreadsheet as well as many other software and then it falls apart when people try to use it as anything else. I used to spend so much time trying to fix errors in peoples spreadsheets where they thought that their budgets worked but when entering the numbers in a true accounting system the numbers didn't work. Seldom were they balanced.
Then you have the issue of interoperability. It doesn't play well with other software. There is no standard. Not even between versions of itself.
The last thing that I find frustrating is that it's part of a bigger problem. Document retention. The life of the document keeps getting shorter and shorter with the constant need to upgrade the format even when there is no requirement to do so. The more advanced Excel features you use the less likely the document will be accessible or functional.
The problem is city design as well as the concept of a work day is 9 to 5.
We cluster so much similar types of work in a concentrated location and dictate that it all starts and ends at the same hour.
Convince your employer to start an hour later or earlier and you will see a major difference.
There is no UBI program in Alaska.
What you are advocating is apathy. It always solves the problems.
Quite often in my life I've had an endless stream of question from people who don't bother to look at the problem or are just ignoring the work because it requires an effort or are just not competent enough to see a solution. "No thanks" doesn't solve the problem. They continue in their ways. I'm not saying that in every instance that is the case but a constant "excuse me can I have a minute of your time?" can be as offensive as "Fuck off, I'm busy".
What is a jerk? Does it not work both ways? Someone who just likes to hear themselves constantly could be considered a jerk as much as someone who doesn't interact socially. I consider many people who consider themselves social who pretend to care about you by asking how you are but in fact aren't even listening. They just like to waste as much time as possible talking about nothing and complaining about everything.
Nice what does this even mean. What I consider nice may not be what another considers nice. Leaving me alone to get my work done is nice. Constantly interrupting isn't. I'm not nice because I was put to work in an open space and don't acknowledge every single person when I'm trying to concentrate? Some tasks require little concentration others don't. Being polite when it's just one individual doesn't take much time but being polite when it's an endless stream of people walking by your desk can reflect on your performance. The person you consider is being a dick may in fact be trying to get work done and the dicks are the ones who constantly interrupt with trivial social BS that they consider important.
Just saying.
There is no need for an ISP if there is no content (Internet). Just trying to use plain English for you. The ISP is providing nothing to Netflix. They are providing Internet to me because that is what I pay for. Netflix just happens to be on the Internet. I may wish to visit CNN, FOX, or some obscure site. My ISP offers no help whatsoever finding what I need. Then they complain that I use a free service to find what I need. A service that makes their service sell-able. It sounds to me as if these sites offer services that my ISP needs to pay for not charge for. This BS that you are spewing is just that BS.
Never had to install a special package to log into my bank. Never needed a special package to track a package. As Equifax and the US government confirmed for me, I will never use an online service to file my taxes.
Your examples are about situations where your data resides on someones system. It doesn't reside on yours except for the income tax software. Nothing has changed for me. All my original data resides on my systems. All my pictures, financials, letters, emails, etc.... I can't afford to put it online and pay a monthly fee to use it at the fraction of the local speed. The time may come when speed, security and cost reach a price point that it would make sense but it hasn't happened yet.
Apart from business who locked themselves in with macros, the answer is nobody. It's never been a problem. Why is this even insightful.
I've seen more issues with MS Office compatibility with itself than anything else.
Data on my laptop on the other hand hasn't been compromised pretty much ever. That you know about.
You are always one bad URL click, one malicious email, one zero day vulnerability to a compromise. Even if you are using OS X, Linux, even Open BSD.
I have mod points but I can't let this comment go. This is a comment that I expect from a Twitter, Facebook user. When you have control of your operating system you can take precautions that allow you to navigate to the most hostile environments without a worry that it can compromise your data. This isn't Voodoo or magic. It's called education.
The problems you are listing are Windows problems and not Linux problems. It's like you are complaining that your Ford parts don't fit on your new GM.
The MS Office argument is B/S. Very few need MS Office because very few need Macros but keep telling yourself that.
Printer/Scanner/fax is faster on Linux than Mac or Windows but I guess it's what you buy or how long you keep your stuff. I have a scanner that is 20 years old and still works on Linux but there is no support on Windows.
What I see is people making choices and then complaining why their choices suck but don't want to even try a different solution. Windows sucks because of the items you listed. On Mac, Linux *BSD's or even Windows you don't have these issues if you choose OSS. It's the decisions you make. 30 years I've had no issues running business and personal stuff without being dependent on MS or Apple.