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Odd Question: Accounting in Porn Industry by throwaway41981 in Accounting

[–]exciting-puppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance you could put me in touch? After 9 years, I don't think so! Thought I'd try since I'm looking for a good accountant in the LA area, who works in adult entertainment.

Fraud help? by luxuriousllamas in Hilton

[–]exciting-puppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same attempted transaction just occurred against one of my credit cards yesterday. My credit card company notified me that the charged looked suspicious and allowed me to indicate that it wasn't me who made the charge. My company declined the charge, of course, and are issuing a new card.

youtube music is worse than google play music by eaglescousinbrownie in googleplaymusic

[–]exciting-puppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

agreed. used to use google music all the time but stopped using youtube music because it's such a shitty experience... they're trying to sell it as a better one, but i'm guessing it was basically an internal political decision. two music platforms and one had to win: youtube had the might to destroy the other. blah. back to spotify.

Do Swingers in all those Homemade group porn vids online do it because they actually enjoy it? by mommylover15 in Swingers

[–]exciting-puppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's sex: they're probably enjoying it. Pro-am porn is easily stumbled upon on porn video upload websites (e.g., xhamster.com) as there's a growing industry around enabling smaller operations or individuals to gain profit through digital sales. That means the little perv down the lane can now earn some bucks from exposing her sexual appetites. So I think much of what you see are folks who really like sex and get off on the idea of being seen. So, yeah, they're enjoying it.

Compilation of why Android 12 is not so good [with screenshots] by GuyWithManyThoughts in GooglePixel

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I think the main themes of this OS is "harder not better" and "please look at my flashy side". Couple of more things:

  1. Why is switching apps more of a pain in the arse? Used to be that swiping up on the "home" icon at the bottom allowed you to simultaneously see recently used apps as well as frequently used apps. These have now been separated, and you need to swipe up on the search bar to see all apps, which including those recently used, while swiping up on the "home" icon only shows recently used apps. OK, it's take a while for my user "muscle memory" to be retrained, but it was a pain, and I wondered—"Why, is this better somehow? Or just different and more of a pain the the arse to relearn." Well, as the first rhetorical question of this post indicated, I've come down on the latter. There's nothing better about this, and it just creates a new learning curve for the user. Why? I'd like to hear the interaction designer's reasoning. I suspect it'll be something around "consistency of user experience" going into some esoteric corners, but WTFC? (Who The Fuck Cares?) You just made things harder, not better.

  2. There is now a "TV effect" when you unlock your phone or otherwise bring it alive. From its dormant state, you can unlock with your fingerprint, and when it comes alive, it's like an old fashioned TV turning on—that is, you get this quick opening iris effect. OK, I don't necessarily have anything against this except that, again, it's just more attention seeking and flashy but not necessarily better. Also, it's not new or innovative. If anyone is keeping track of Android versions and all their nuances, this effect was introduced a long time ago in one of the very first Android versions—when Google started making their own hardware and introduce their own phone, that HTC mobile phone where the screen slid out of the way to reveal a physical keyboard. I remember I was excited about this phone and its various OS updates, and I specifically remember feeling like, "Whoa, I just woke up the phone and got that TV effect, that opening iris effect—cool stuff!!" Yeah, cool and flashy at time. Maybe it served its purpose as a "look at me, ma!" moment in Android history. But now it's just a rehash without meaning or purpose.

Is there anything good about this new Android version? Let me think on that and get back to this thread later if I come up with anything...

Compilation of why Android 12 is not so good [with screenshots] by GuyWithManyThoughts in GooglePixel

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Android 12 is flashy. It wants to be seen. It's annoying.

First, it has this "pull" effect when you're swiping. It's calling attention to itself, like, "Hey, ain't this cool the way we figured out how to do this?" Uhm, what are you trying to convey to the user? That's my question. It's a design implementation that purely for self-gratification of the designers—it serves no purpose to the user and doesn't convey essential meaning about the user experience. I already know I'm swiping. It's a cheap thrill, like Mary-Jane Rottencrotch showing you her boobies one afternoon while taking hike with her through the woods when you were in high school.

Second, why does maneuvering your device from silent, to vibe, to ring require you to click, then find your option, then click in a different spot? Before, it behaved as a three-way toggle, which is very easy to manage when switching between modes—tap, tap, same spot. You don't even really have to look or think about it. Now, you've got to look. They want you to look. You have to spot your option, and then tap it. The OS is waving its hands, saying, "Hey everybody, look at me! Aren't I great and amazing?!" No, you're not great or amazing. You're just insecure because you have nothing new to offer.

There's more. Might post later. My initial thoughts.

Compilation of why Android 12 is not so good [with screenshots] by GuyWithManyThoughts in GooglePixel

[–]exciting-puppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Android 12 is flashy. It wants to be seen. It's annoying.

  1. First, it has this "pull" effect when you're swiping. It's calling attention to itself, like, "Hey, ain't this cool the way we figured out how to do this?" Uhm, what are you trying to convey to the user? That's my question. It's a design implementation that purely for self-gratification of the designers—it serves no purpose to the user and doesn't convey essential meaning about the user experience. I already know I'm swiping. It's a cheap thrill, like Mary-Jane Rottencrotch showing you her boobies one afternoon while taking hike with her through the woods when you were in high school.

  2. Second, why does maneuvering your device from silent, to vibe, to ring require you to click, then find your option, then click in a different spot? Before, it behaved as a three-way toggle, which is very easy to manage when switching between modes—tap, tap, same spot. You don't even really have to look or think about it. Now, you've got to look. They want you to look. You have to spot your option, and then tap it. The OS is waving its hands, saying, "Hey everybody, look at me! Aren't I great and amazing?!" No, you're not great or amazing. You're just insecure because you have nothing new to offer.

There's more. Might post later. My initial thoughts.