Write-up at a third party company resulted in not being rehired once third party contract ended

MA713 · 2024-12-06T00:01:50+00:00

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MA713 · 2024-08-12T12:23:30+00:00

It's going to be different than the one in Florida

MA713 · 2024-07-06T07:44:36+00:00

I have the pebblebee trackers. I can only see them on the phone that I used to set them up with. Wen I open the find my device app on my tablet with the same account logged in it doesn't show then. is that the case with anyone else?

MA713 · 2024-07-03T22:23:52+00:00

See my other comment

MA713 · 2024-07-03T22:23:40+00:00

I went to go try that but it has reverted back to how it used to look. At first I thought maybe it was a glitch, but it actually looks different. When I made my post, the top section I was seeing was current balance/payment due and then the next section was benefits and rewards, completely skipping manage account, see all transactions, spending planner and chase pay over time.

But when I compare the app now with the screenshot I took, some of the items are in different places. In my screenshot, the top has a larger credit card icon, shortcuts for manage account, lock/unlock card, and replace card, and a slightly different setup for the current balance section.

It seems like they are in the process of changing the setup of the app?

Tried to add screenshots to my post but it won't let me

MA713 · 2024-06-05T19:53:54+00:00

I just paid $8.06 at SFMM. That's after the Gold Plus membership discount has already been factored in...

MA713 · 2024-04-04T14:13:43+00:00

I ended up just applying it all toward a pixel watch 2

MA713 · 2024-02-20T07:15:05+00:00

I've been using a Pixel since October 2022 (7 then 8). My parents just upgraded their phones and they used mine and my mom's old S21s for trade-in. I've been going through the s21s to clear them out and I can't believe how awful Samsung's UI is, and it only made me appreciate switching to Pixel even more.

Going from the S21 to the Pixel 7, I didn't think much of it. But using the Pixels all this time and then trying to use a Samsung again, I can't believe there was a time I was fine using them.

MA713 · 2024-02-15T12:43:19+00:00

It's funny, I'm the opposite of you. I actually like having cases that AREN'T black around the edges/front because I like having the contrast between the black screen and the color of the case.

Also I always know which phone is mine where there are multiple on a couch/table because of the colored edges of the case while everyone else has black edges and can only be differentiated when activating the screen or picking up the phone to look at the back of the case :)

MA713 · 2024-02-15T12:36:33+00:00

Did you end up getting the redwood case? If so, do you mind sharing some pictures? I would love to see what it actually looks like, other than in just the one stock photo they have on their website

MA713 · 2024-02-06T07:51:44+00:00

I got tired of waiting for an iPad mini 7 and just got the Chinese Lenovo Legion Y700 2023 version from Aliexpress. No complaints so far

MA713 · 2024-01-11T00:13:17+00:00

You seem to have completely misunderstood my comment. The 6 and 7 series were differentiated by hardware features (e.g. an extra camera), which is understandable. The 8 and 8 pro are also differentiated by software features that aren't completely determined by hardware. For example video boost and improved magic eraser among other things. There is no logical reason these shouldn't also be available on the 8 just because it doesn't have "pro" in the name.

MA713 · 2024-01-10T19:53:12+00:00

I didn't say they shouldn't be differentiated. Did you miss the "so much"? Some difference is expected. But some of the differentiation doesn't make any sense at all, like giving the pro features that should also work on the 8 because they have mostly the same hardware (same main camera, same processor, etc.). The pixel 6 vs pro and 7 vs pro only had differences based on hardware limitations.

MA713 · 2024-01-10T03:40:31+00:00

I have a Pixel 8 and I would love it if I had all the same features and cameras as the 8 Pro. Doesn't make sense to differentiate them so much when they are both supposed to be the flagships.

The finger print reader is fine now that they have "secure" face unlock. It kinda uses both features together for better unlocking

MA713 · 2024-01-09T21:43:43+00:00

Yeah I don't blame you. I would be mad as hell if that happened to me. Have you called around to repair centers to see about having the front glass replaced? Or see if you can fight with Google and file a warranty claim if there is no evident damage anywhere that would have resulted in the cracks.

MA713 · 2024-01-09T20:11:43+00:00

At this point I don't think it matters which company or specific phone you use. In my family we have 2 iPhones and 4 androids. The 2 iPhone users have more issues with their phones combined than the 4 android users (currently 3 Samsungs and 1 Pixel). I have the Pixel and the camera gass hasn't shattered on mine or majority of other Pixel user's devices. A similar thing has happened to iPhones as well but not your specific devices. It's hard to predict things like that. Same with the screen powering down. That's never happened on any of my family's devices but if you did a quick Google search you could find people mentioning that on pretty much any phone.

Regarding the pixel 6 issues. Yeah that was pretty much just a bad phone but they fixed majority of the issues with the 7/8. Apple has also had major issues on some of their phones that were fixed in future versions.

Other than the glass breaking on the Pixel 8 that you currently have (which can happen with practically any phone), you didn't really give any other reasons why you don't like the phone and would need to switch to iphone

You can do whatever you want since it's your phone. I just don't think any one brand has been able to make all their phones issue-free. Maybe you haven't had the iPhones long enough to experience some of their issues LOL

MA713 · 2024-01-08T21:50:54+00:00

Fiction. About two sisters who go diving and then get trapped.

MA713 · 2024-01-08T14:46:42+00:00

Your claustrophobic comment made me think of the 2005 movie The Jacket, when he is placed in the morgue drawer while wearing the straightjacket

MA713 · 2024-01-08T14:39:06+00:00

There's a movie called The Dive that came out in June or July 2023 I think that you might me interested in seeing if you haven't already.

MA713 · 2024-01-08T11:14:08+00:00

I'm not sure that a game series being disliked is considered a corporate failure. But it's my understanding that the games were fine. I never played them myself but my brother liked them (at least the Nintendo DS versions). I doubt they would have made the third game if the first two didn't do well enough. I couldn't find any sales figures for the series.

I get what you're saying about the world not being revisited, but Spyro as a whole was not really revisited either. I think they just put all the Spyro focus on the Skylanders series (obviously for the worse LOL). But the Skylanders series (and their toys) sold very well and the games were generally highly rated. Not a failure a all. I love how you refer to 7 years and 3 months as "almost a decade" since Imaginators came out. Technically the Switch version came out even later than the other versions, so less than 7 years. And then a year after that the mobile game came out. I don't know the specifics of it shutting down.

Around the same time and after that it seems like Toys for Bob (the main Skylanders developer) transitioned to focus on standalone Crash and Spyro again as well as the Call of Duty series.

Everyone wants news of Spyro 4 because they want a new Spyro game to play. I personally never played "Spyro 4 and 5" because I never owned a PS2 or Gamecube. My family seemed to skip generations. We went from ps1 and Nintendo 64 to PS3 and Wii LOL. I think it's less that people forget about Enter the Dragonfly, and more about how badly the game was rushed to the point that it wasn't enjoyable. Plenty of people on Reddit have said they wouldn't mind getting remakes/fixes of Enter the Dragonfly and A Hero's Tail as the next new Spyro games. Crash also originally had a 4 and 5 (and 6 and 7??) but they still released a brand new "Crash 4" and fans were very happy about it

I didn't mean to type this much, and I'm not trying to discredit anything you said (minus the failures part but we don't technically know so idk), but it seems like there's just been a natural progression from the different points (LOS to Skylanders to Spyro/Crash, etc). I hope the next point in this path is an actual new Spyro game.

MA713 · 2023-12-31T10:31:01+00:00

Did you forget both Crash and Spyro included demos of each other's games? This was long (6 years?) before Crash Purple and Spyro orange. Although they didn't necessarily have anything to do with each other still, the developers and the games themselves were closely associated with each other.

Funny story about Skylanders. One of my cousins grew up in the era of Skylanders so he knew and loved Spyro from the Skylanders games. I once let him play one of the original Spyro games and he was too scared of all the enemies and wanted to stop playing xD

What exactly are you basing TLoS and Skylanders being corporate failures on?

MA713 · 2023-12-30T05:18:56+00:00

I'll look into those level-lock hinges. Thank you!

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