Just shut down the damn app by this point, man.

Honest question, what is this app/site you're using that appears to give updates like that?

That question aside, I was just talking to my father 2 days ago, betting on who would start WW3 and Israel was not on the candidate list

When do you guys think they (companies/rich people/shareholders(?)) will realize that growth for the sake of growth is not viable and there will be a point of stagnation? Like... What are they gonna do, keep raising prices until nobody can b uy anything anymore?

I worked at a pizza place for 3 years and couldn't last 4 months in a Ralph Lauren store.

Worse thing I remember is a guy completely out of his mind and SCREAMING at me because, his words: "how is it possible that I can't try these underwears in the fitting rooms?!!??!"

He reported me to my manager when I said he just can't due to sanitary reasons, then told me "at least you could have one pair of underwear on some sort of hanger so people can try it and it's not unsanitary because it's just one pair and nothing can spread"

Never again I will work in retail.

Isn't this ok? I'm not saying it's better... just OK?

I don't know if this is just me but why is there always a race to be the "most popular/larger platform"?

Isn't this kind of race to be the most popular the reason why a lot of platforms/companies/jobs/games/etc are suffering today? Growth for the sake of growth and forcing something to be more popular just because it needs to be more popular is just kind of sad.

It's not like "corporate fediverse/lemmy" needs more users... At least this is my opinion.

I kind of thought she was a bit distant, but not cheating, but at that time I was dealing with a terrible case of arthritis at that time, so between going to the hospital and spending days, sometimes weeks in bed without being able to move I was not really thinking about it.

That's what I said to her... Hell, it would have been a blessing for me if she was doing things with other people sometimes.

I was feeling horrible for her because I have a terrible case of arthritis and I can't do stuff like a normal person, sometimes I couldn't even move for weeks or spend time at the hospital, so sex was almost impossible. We were doing it once every 4 months, maybe more.

The first thing I told her was "Look, if you're gonna do something with someone else, at least let me know first, I can understand due to the conditions so there's no problem if you really need it, just please tell me first".

First thing she did was not tell me, and that is what messed me up, the stupid lie.

That may be true, but I think he might have a case...

The lawsuit said that Ackerman sent a pre-publication copy of the book to the Tetris Company earlier that year. He said the company refused to license its intellectual property for projects related to his book, dissuading producers who were interested in adapting it, and sent him a "strongly worded cease and desist letter."

So he made the book, presented it to Tetris, they rejected the idea, threatened him to sue if he did his own thing, rejected other producers, then I guess partnered with Apple and made it as if it was their idea.

Are there fictional elements or speculations in Ackerman's book that were translated to the Apple movie?

I think so, I think it's more a thematic kind of thing, not the history per se. But I haven't watched the movie or read the book, so this is just my point if view from what the article says.

No idea if it works like that or if he would have a case as I'm not a lawyer, or writer, or producer, so take what I said with a pinch of salt.

I don't mind the news, I absolutely hate the bots.

I said in another comment before, there's an "AITA" bot reposting everything from Reddit, but, who are we supposed to answer if it's a bot that's asking? It doesn't make any sense...

If there is no engagement (or at least something that's educational or informational), then what's the point?

If it was a "TIL" bot I'd probably have a harder time hating on it, but still.

This reminds me of when I got a new PC when I was younger and I was shocked... "WHAT?! THEY COME WITH 128MB RAM NOW??!!!??! AND THEY HAVE A DVD TRAY?!!? No more floppy disks!!!!"

Fuck, those were nice times (except for dial-up internet).

... something called the Three Fifths compromise where slave-holding states could count each slave as 3/5 of a freed man for Electoral purposes.

Jesus... That's beyond awful.

I will say, though, and this is out of topic, you seem like a nice teacher.

English is not my first language and I'm kind of stupid when it comes to politics but you managed to not only make me understand everything but also made me interested, now I'm thinking about reading more of the topic, thanks!

I used to live in the US before and payments between banks/accounts/government entities where a disaster and confusing unless you were using Zelle IF the other person had Zelle.

I live in Brasil now and I'm surprises of how much more efficient the payment processes are here.

I used to have to pay the USCIS with checks, sending about $500 a year by mail (USPS), something that gave me so much anxiety I could barely sleep because I could barely afford it and it could just... get lost.

Today I paid for my permanent Visa here in Brasil and all ot took was reading a QR code and the website auto-updated as soon as I made the payment. That same service you can use it to transfer money to people, stores, supermarkets, anything you can think of.

Maybe some people prefer the old fashioned way but my question is, wh my is the US still using mail and checks in 2023?