meowster

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Comment · 1 year ago
Decent. It took a while until it got difficult (400, on a touch-enabled smart phone), I imagine it would be harder with a mouse.

Maybe smaller items for three points such as toppings like pepperoni, but with inverse scoring for the occasional anchovy (-3 if you click/tap it, 0 or +3 (or +1) if you let it hit the ground).

(560 is where I miss as many as I tap and my score balances out - the tapping area is too small / moves to quickly to tap accurately.)

Comment · 1 year ago
One of the emails had a phone number for the intended recipient, so I called. It was an old person who was definitely confused.

I can easily imagine there are a bunch of older people who do not have email addresses, yet just about everything requires an email address, even if it's not necessary for whatever service, so people have to either make up an address, or incorrectly remember what the address was that their children or grandchildren set up for them.

Either way, that doesn't excuse the companies that spam innocent people.

Comment · 1 year ago
At least 6 with my not-that-common (maybe somewhere in the middle) first and last name combination.

Maybe more, but at least six of the emails meant for others that I've received, implied they live at those six unique locations.

I know one of them likes to get the vegetarian meal option when traveling internationally by plane.

(Companies should really validate email address OWNERSHIP before spamming innocent people.)

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't know why the parent comment was flagged dead, but I was typing this reply when it happened:

I'm willing to pay, but I rarely use it, so the price I'm willing to pay has to reflect that, and Adobe is not going to come down that low.

So I will continue to keep an old Windows laptop around with the sole purpose to run Adobe CS6 the maybe 8 times a year when I need it.

Comment · 1 year ago
TIL I'm a grandma.
Comment · 1 year ago
> The address isn't tied to you, so how would anyone figure it out?

Or

> there is a pretty small set of people who can access the information.

Which one is it?

Comment · 1 year ago
They most likely see displays like that on microwaves.
Comment · 1 year ago
That has to be some kind of fallacy. Just because something grew large, doesn't mean that it always does good things.

Along the lines of your comment: Apple sent private security that impersonated the police into a personal man's home, but Apple is so large, that means that was okay, right?

Comment · 1 year ago
> industry-standard security measures

The industry-standard is to get hacked and have your info leaked online.

"Industry-standard" is like saying "military-grade"

Comment · 1 year ago
Very cool, but I tried a plus ("+"), and it didn't show up in the list, even when I clicked "show more" several times.
Comment · 1 year ago
I hope that person is continuing their job search, because from what I can tell, car dealerships aren't doing too hot right now.
Comment · 1 year ago
Stop making "disposable" stuff that should be durable and reusable.

Stop making appliances out of plastic that break in 5 years, or with cheap components that the average person doesn't know how or have the ability to fix necessitating a electronic board replacement that costs 90% of a brand new unit.

Comment · 1 year ago
You're right: a physical security key is a lesser convenience with more hassle than a personal password manager in my case.

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