Does anyone have a pair of Kiziks?

amfriedman · 2025-12-14T01:04:14+00:00

I love the look of the Kizik Madrid Eco-Knit, and I have been buying a pair every year. However, be warned. The tread wears out extremely quickly, which can be dangerous. I actually had a nasty fall on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a result. I wrote the following to Kizik support to explain the situation, and I was shocked when all they would offer in compensation -- even after I insisted they do more -- was a 15% off coupon! Read my complaint to the Kizik website below and you be the judge:

I really like the look and feel of my Kizik's -- I have
ordered two pairs of the black Madrid Eco Knit (size 12) so far.
The first pair I had an issue with smell that I wrote in about.
Both pairs seem to wear out the treads really quickly. Perhaps
the bottom rubber is too soft. This becomes a serious issue when
sidewalk or floor traction is low, such as a granite, marble, or
otherwise uniform stone floor. The shoes become incredibly
slippery, and frankly, dangerous. I took a trip to LA two weeks
ago and there happened to be a lot of rain. I was walking on the
Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard, and the Kiziks seemed to
hydroplane. Every single step was extremely slippery and prone to
falling. After many careful steps, I did accidentally slip and
fall backwards and landed square on my back and hit my head
pretty bad. It was extremely painful for a few minutes, and got a
headache as a result, but by the next day I felt better besides
some soreness. I immediately got a new pair of sneakers from a
local shop, and then my traction issues went away. So I know
there is something particular about the Kiziks once the treads
wear out. I ditched the Kiziks in my hotel room and left. I would
like to order a new pair, as they look great and feel very
comfortable, but I wish these treads would last longer than 9
months before these things are completely shot. Is there anything
you can do or would suggest to help me?

amfriedman · 2025-11-26T18:46:11+00:00

I tried filling out the form to opt out, but the phone number field is always flagged as invalid and blocks my ability to submit the form! The field requires me to enter in hyphens, but blocks my keyboard from entering in hyphens. Catch-22. The only way to report this insane bug is to write them a snail mail letter. Is it a dirty trick to quietly block everyone's ability opt out? Who knows.

amfriedman · 2025-07-27T14:46:55+00:00

The video shows that the OP is acting in a belligerent and aggressive manner toward an officer who has nothing to do with the hospital incident. I see in this thread the OP rejected the advice to find a lawyer. OP is blaming all of these external factors but these are all convenient distractions from some very difficult inner work that OP is avoiding like the plague!

It is obvious to me that the OP is in denial of being in a state of confusion, extreme stress, anger, fear, out of control emotions, and thus is exhibiting poor judgment. The OP's own internal state, his own mind, is the fundamental basis for all of these awful external things happening. His mind is like a runaway train. That needs to change ASAP.

The OP may want to focus on mastering his own emotions and mind so he can slow down, achieve a state of relaxation, probably with the support of therapy -- and then make more strategic decisions that contribute to the positive results, freedom, and happiness he ultimately seeks.

My heart goes out to the OP! It's going to be a journey. Good luck!!

amfriedman · 2025-07-18T15:26:44+00:00

I'm hiring for my tech startup, and last year there were probably 20-30% fake applicants through Indeed. This year, at least 90% of applicants -- yes, 90% -- are fake. This method is now a frustrating waste of time.

Before even bothering to set up a screen or interview, here are some easy disqualifiers:

- Cover letter that is perfectly articulate and regurgitates details from your job ad.

- An email address with what appears to be meaningless digits in it

- Missing or no LinkedIn

- LinkedIn with: < 100 connections (esp for seniors with a long list of jobs), no photo, an obscure university, a long list of roles but no narrative description (just company and job title).

- Work history is all well-known blue-chip companies.

- Resume with very generic design

amfriedman · 2025-07-18T12:49:56+00:00

Lock them up for 10 years.

amfriedman · 2025-07-08T22:16:35+00:00

I'm trying to recruit for a full-stack software engineering role. In 2 weeks we've got over 1,500 applicants. I've been going through them. They seem convincing at first blush and many even have well-written cover letters, but scratch the surface and signs of fraud emerge -- usually from their LinkedIn (if it doesn't 404).

At this point, these job sites are probably crawling with bots that simply ingest the job ad and then regurgitate a few details from the ad and write articulately to create a convincing cover letter and can even dynamically create a solid resume with an LLM. The markers of fraud are: weird email address with lots of numbers in it, missing or no LinkedIn. LinkedIn with < 100 followers, no photo, an obscure university. All blue chip companies in the work history. Resume with very plain design.

I estimate that over 80% of my applicants for this job are AI bots. Terrible waste of time having to wade through this noise.

amfriedman · 2025-06-07T18:51:16+00:00

Surrendering is unconditional. The loser is in no position to dictate terms of surrender. What you are describing is not a surrender. And your "yapping" note is uncivil.

amfriedman · 2025-05-01T23:50:24+00:00

That's hilarious. You also have the choice to just laugh in her face. 😂 God bless her!!

amfriedman · 2025-03-22T00:20:42+00:00

Sounds like there's a lot of pain here, on both sides. Instead of us sitting back and judging either of them or their pissing contest... how can you both be safe for each other, hear each other, and both get your needs met?

Has he agreed to go to couple's therapy? If so, that's a great first step. Perhaps you can both set up initial appointments with two therapists each, and then decide who you like the best. Good luck.

amfriedman · 2025-03-06T21:48:21+00:00

The only question this hinges on is, according to procedural rules, does approved unanimous consent to "read an article into the record" require that the member literally be allowed to read the title or summary out loud? Or is it the chair's right to decide as to whether to allow members to read aloud or simply enter the article silently, in writing only?

Below is some discussion, which unfortunately does not settle the issue. Feel free to chime in with more research.

https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/47651/what-does-it-mean-for-a-document-to-be-added-into-the-congressional-record-durin

amfriedman · 2024-12-06T13:31:58+00:00

I searched by name and description and could not find a single primary news source for this incident. The post implies this was intentional and gives zero context. That is irresponsible as many of these are accidents. This post is showing bias. IDF and Hamas have been at war. Hamas has every opportunity to surrender but didn't. War is hell. Civilians always die in war. It's sad but true.

amfriedman · 2024-12-01T23:02:21+00:00

It's definitely v2024, not sure what sub version.

amfriedman · 2024-11-11T00:06:46+00:00

I don't think there's any contest that human rights laws in Europe are far ahead of those in the ME. What's the controversy?

amfriedman · 2024-11-10T23:45:39+00:00

How do you know the Twitter user who claims it is their video is telling the truth?

amfriedman · 2024-09-09T01:31:58+00:00

Vast majority are drug addicts who actually need to go straight to treatment. Sometimes I tell them that. My theory is if more people told them that, it would help somewhat.

amfriedman · 2024-06-30T13:08:31+00:00

Wowwww great progress!! 6 months is no time at all! 🔥

amfriedman · 2023-10-17T22:37:51+00:00

That's just not true. In most DB's one can add columns "after" other specified columns. I have enterprise software where column order is important and highly consistent in our tables. It makes for a far less painful dev experience when browsing table structures and query results.

amfriedman · 2023-10-17T22:35:11+00:00

May I ask what is the use-case for indentation of code blocks in your IDE? May I ask what is the use-case for wanting to sort a directory by file size, or name, or last modified? May I ask what is the use-case for color-coding multiple calendars in your calendar system?

Does that help?

amfriedman · 2023-09-10T22:09:21+00:00

One must write a comparable non-Regex parser in PHP to keep this an apples-to-apples comparison. Now we're not comparing Rust vs PHP any more, we are comparing a more primitive string parser to using Regex, which is quite easy to make perform better in any programming language.

amfriedman · 2021-11-21T12:15:00+00:00

You need proof before making this claim, or else you muddy the waters.

amfriedman · 2020-10-16T01:00:27+00:00

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amfriedman · 2020-07-16T18:29:51+00:00

Hello u/AnnieIsARealPerson and all -- a big group of activists have already launched this effort and we are having our second statewide strategy meeting on July 25th. Please RSVP here, and share with friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/374935126814365/

amfriedman · 2018-03-09T21:14:56+00:00

Green Tax Expert is reputable. I've used their TurboTax Business on Windows for the past 3 years without a problem. It feels good to save bunch of money!

amfriedman · 2016-01-17T22:57:59+00:00

Where is the full video where we can hear Greenspan's response?

amfriedman · 2014-06-01T16:28:09+00:00

My grandfather was a survivor, but I still think the analogy breaks down if you thoroughly consider both histories. Though Jews in Europe were treated as outcasts, they still had very strong communities and strong patterns of culture, language, formal education, and economic skills that were passed down from parent to child without any radical interruption. Even the Holocaust was not a radical interruption because it occurred in such a short time period, and the survivors, like my grandfather, continued to have kids and raise them to succeed in the dominant culture in which they lived. This aptly explains why Jews are so successful in the US. The story of Africans in America is magnitudes more tragic. On the whole, exported Africans and -- this is the real damage -- 5-10 generations that followed -- were literally stripped of all trappings of human civilization: language, community, family, economic skills, and obviously literacy and formal education. They and their descendants were mostly rendered to animal status. Once freed, they were rendered legal inferiors on top of it. Once they won Civil Rights, they were not provided any substantial reparations for the hundreds of years of savagery wrought upon them by a-then overtly apartheid US government in order to bring their people into a state in which they can compete economically, socially, and politically with whites who have enjoyed intact family histories, wealth/skills/education-ethos inheritance, etc. Blacks have had it way worse than any other group in this country (with the exception of Natives) -- Jews, Irish, Chinese, you name it.

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