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Re:A warning about Venmo on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:36AM (#13337045)
Seems a bit kindergarten to punish sender and receiver when only one allegedly may have broken their "rules" and flaunt ignoring both: how to lose customers. I guess, post-merger, they don't care about optics.
Re:A warning about Venmo on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:30AM (#13336993)
Bullshit: no due process.
I can't see legit utility to twitter except for citizen journalism and fan engagement.
I wish there were official themes and skins support for the UI, because those traffic light window icons look 1990's.
This is root problem with feedbackless, Egyptian army general cultures... cognitive dissonance and sunk costs fallacy until bankruptcy.
There's a happy gray area between less c/overt bias/discrimination and promoting people whom aren't qualified/interested to ameliorate guilt of the former.
Re:Study finds more extreme storms ahead for California on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:36PM (#13314667)
Interesting. IIRC, not to deny climate change, but for context: there was a storm c. 1990 with sustained winds over 70 mph in Blossom Valley which nearly blew in windows through their frames and knocked over many fences.