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sosborn

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Digital Communications Director in the education space.

Proficient in Japanese (JLPT Level 2) and lived/worked there for nearly 10 years. Hoping to move back soon.

Based in Honolulu.

Love my job, but always open to other opportunities.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-osborn-0580481/

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And if the dues doubled in just three years then you bought into a mismanaged HOA, which makes it worse.

Not necessarily true. Our HOA fees doubled precisely because of drastic insurance premium hikes. There wasn't much that could be done by them to avoid that, and in fact they worked hard to reduce some of those premiums the following year, which resulted in a lower monthly fee for everyone.

TBF - It still does "just work," The fact that it doesn't completely fit into your (and my) preferences doesn't really change that, and if that's the standard, then everything will fall short of it.

Most of what's happening in the word can be boiled down to either someone craving power, or someone in power desperately struggling to hold on to it.

At the scale these companies operate and the number of actual scammers they block because of their 0 - 100 policies, I can see how they got there. I bet all of us have had the luck (?) of out card being blocked because someone out there was able to get a hold of the credentials. Collateral damage like this, as devastating as it is to the individual, is probably a drop in the bucket for the company.

I'm not excusing this. What happened here shouldn't happen, and there should be quick resolutions and explanations available to the aggrieved parties.

Is it a bubble? 7 months ago

A great example is the DotCom bubble. Wiped out a lot of capital but it really did transform the world.

The reality is that the vast majority of the NYT's audience will not lose any information from including those diacritics, and some people will gain quite a bit.

It's addressed in the article:

The elephant in the room is real-world deliverability. With self-hosting you risk not receiving mail or someone missing your mail. I accept this for my personal projects, but you may not. Keep this in mind.