Executive Dir for an org that size is not an easy position to fill. Not that there isn’t a qualified JD within the org, but it also take personality and passion.

I’m going to err on the side of presuming there was an internal search, for now. If I’m later proven wrong, so be it.

Good. Now someone will come up with profitable, but less predatory, products or find ways to reduce costs.

Capitalism finds a way, three digit interest is not the way.

Betteridge’s Law.

Generally proves deeply true.

Teams is bloated garbage.

I miss Slack, though circa several years back. “Just worked,” on most any platform, without the BS or “help”.

Wouldn’t like it now, I’m sure, but haven’t had a chance to use it since I started working for a co who is “all in” on MS, including foisting AI on us.

I am capable of drafting an email or message, bitches. If I am concerned about tone, etc., I’d prefer to employ an actual human I have a close relationship with to review the same.

I have zero desire to be constantly corrected, and there are certain niche scenarios where very minor errors are actually endearing, and indicate enthusiasm.

“Bob, I saw the posting for your role, can you tell me about your avg day?” is effective because it’s honest, coherent, and just excited enough that you made a minor error that slipped through.

When Bob gets 25 of those emails and they all look the same because AI, it’s much harder to make the connection.

Cnet? Yeah, no.

The whole premise of how I use virtual cards is to separate - and block, as needed - charges from a given source.

If I use a physical card, it’s because I’m physically in a store and want to choose who charges my card, and when.

This is a step towards making it easier for random things to charge cards unexpectedly, and towards making it harder to dispute charges.

“You were there, per the thumb|face print. Therefore, you must have authorised it.”

That’s a sea change in how questionable charges/questionable disclaimers are handled.

Nope. I absolutely demand that protection, and if I lose it I’m taking my cash out of your bank ASAP and using that, suffering with change be damned.

Still doesn’t fix the ill will from when they abruptly killed Apollo, in a stupid way that screwed both users and an indie dev who actually cared and had dedicated significant effort to the platform.

Also, I absolutely cannot wait for when Reddit itself becomes meme stocked. Somehow, both GameStop and AMC are still alive, but the crazies are back, and Reddit seems like an excellent candidate.