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Why is this the internet or operating systems problem to solve?

Exactly! I don't understand how account-draining transactions make it through, yet I get the third degree when I withdrawal a few thousand in cash to buy used equipment off craigslist.

There's a reason there's no M in FAANG. Unlike those "upstarts", Microsoft is more like the Lockheed Martin or GE of tech. There is so much Microsoft software in use in the gov't (especially the DoD) that it would be precarious to prosecute/regulate them.

And fickle consumers drive Walmart. The blame for the race-to-the-bottom doesn't rest solely on corporations.

I wish I was surprised that you're getting downvoted for, quite literally, asking for open standards in new tech. I would have thought HACKER news would be more receptive when, on the first page, there are stories about having trouble getting young people to maintain open source projects and linux distros.

I can't even sum this up.

As is the intent with most serial liars, no? Twist you up so bad that it quite literally jams up your reasoning ability, making you more susceptible to the con.

Unpaywalled https://archive.is/kWxBn

It is also acceptable to shoo away the scorpions. Much less acceptable with Bonnie from HR.

"A person born in 1980s may be more used to 24/7 noise"

"1977 edition human" (born in 1977 for those who didn't grasp my turn-a-phrase. I hope that's close enough to 1980)

And I'm not used to constant noise. So, no.

That generalization certainly doesn't fit with this 1977 edition human. The loudest 24/7 thing in my house is the compressor on my fridge. Silence (and office doors) are priceless.

Just dealt with this in the US. And what did they replace it with? A "4G" meter. So, what, about 8 years worth of functionality before that tech is turned off and yet another few million pieces of e-waste are generated?

People who "cut the cord" yet signed up for the various alternatives didn't really cut anything. They just plugged their cord into a different hole.

This exists for incoming ACH transfers, and it is called a UPIC account. It is used so that a company can give out their account info to customers, but the bank will deny any third-party withdrawals. The money is directly transferred into the company's "real" bank account.

This takes me back to my BBS days. ANSI animations were all the rage. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the software I used, but in the mid 90s I created numerous ANSI animations that looked very much like the movie.

Add SIT (aka intercept tones, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_information_tone) to your voicemail greeting. Send robocalls to VM. After a few months, they've dropped to zero for me and mine. Automated systems hear them and identify them as "invalid" numbers. YMMV