Let’s be realistic about some automated systems though, like phone answering systems, sometimes the customer really just doesn’t need to talk to a real person. The answering system is there so that calls can be routed without taking up a line, and so that some simple and very frequent issues can be addressed - you…
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There are fewer better poster children for shitty automation than self-checkout. I have literally never, as in not one single time, successfully completed a checkout at a self-service station in a grocery store without having to call a human employee over. And it’s not because I’m an idiot. Or not entirely, anyway.…
Counter-point: Self-checkout (when properly configured and working) is the best.
$0 because you’re not going to win.
How often do you want a book editted after you buy it? Can you decline these updates? This seems like a great avenue for historical revisionists.
It’s not hard to strip the DRM out of Amazon books. Get Calibre (free, open source) then find Apprentice Alf’s Tools.
I wouldn’t say “reigns supreme”, but it certainly gives a reason for it.
I personally buy a lot of digital content, but I would have no moral issue getting a pirated version of something I previously paid for.
I usually push back on posts like this, and I have been actively subscribing to available services for years in an effort to legitimize all of my content usage. I’m subscribed to Spotify, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and Audible. The only one that has effectively and reliably given me the content I want when I want it…
I think the first infamous case was with Amazon and 1984 ironically enough. It’s always a good reminder though.
Things like this need a reminder every year or two.
This is why piracy reigns supreme.
New report: Everything may or may not kill you.
I take those photos and then transmit them to my brother in case my phone gets lost, strayed or stolen. Insurance policies generally have some kind of category for personal possessions and photos give proof of your having had a TV where that blank space now exists. I saw pictures of an apartment that had been…
Why? I still need to provide receipts and proof of ownership. Even if I’d dressed the house with expensive stuff, I’d still have to prove it was mine. Plus I can show you pictures of the house every time I’ve gone on holiday for 20 years. Which bit is suspiscious?
“...you place your order and pay at a counter and then they bring you your slices.”
*beep
+1 meep.
We know the artist