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GeorgeBMac said:

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GeorgeBMac said:

lkrupp said:

You can’t trust anyone these days. The work ethic is dead and buried in this entitled culture. So this piece-of-shit driver lied through his teeth to his customer and she caught him red-handed. Still he wanted to ‘negotiate’ the delivery. I hope he didn’t rob her blind in the process.

How many people calling in sick during the pandemic were frauds who just didn’t want to work?

You won't get any disagreement from me on that.

But, as a long haul driver, it is possible he had not been home, with his girl friend, for months.  And, with the driver shortage, they would likely send him back across the country as soon as he delivered that load.

No, that doesn't excuse it.  But I suspect that there is another side to the story.

We should perhaps be blaming the booking & scheduling agency as much or more than the driver.

But here, we're only getting one side of the story.  We don't know if he was a goof-off or just trying to survive.  Sometimes that can be a fine line.

In any case, somebody screwed up and: That's a great story about AirTags!

Stay safe out there driver! It sure can be a challenging job at times. 

Long haul truck driving has never been known as an easy job.  It used to be only for the toughest of the tough (back before power steering, automatic transmissions and electric loaders).

But today, without the teamsters union, drivers can be worked to the bone for little pay*.  And, instead of professional drivers we get trade school graduates barely able to back up the truck.

It's also one of the causes of today's inflation:  they can't get enough people to move the goods -- so shortages happen and prices go up.

* But, that's relative:  as Lkrupp correctly pointed out, the work ethic has declined.  (Along with loyalty to one's company and to their trade.)

The worker shortage isn’t limited to trucking. The entire supply chain has been impacted by worker shortage. Office workers are resigning in large numbers, as well as restaurants, retail, and pretty much every industry. Yay capitalism!

I’m confused, if Basecamp has to pay (they’re an enterprise based tool, like Slack, Teams, etc). Are those companies paying a cut for every user (highly unlikely)!?

Something’s gotta give. Right now the only apps benefiting from the current 30% cut are ad-driven ones. And ad driven apps suck and has been slowly lowering the quality of apps in the App Store for years.

red oak said:

This screams anti-trust if they have any intention of making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox and PC.    Half of company’s revenue is generated on PlayStation and mobile.I don’t see the point in Microsoft buying it.

Microsoft has a horrible M&A record.  It is where company’s go to die 

Did you even READ the article!? IF this deal goes through, it would put them into THIRD place. As for exclusivity, that's how it works. Did you harp about how all the Sony exclusive content!? What about Sony limiting Spider-Man games to the Playstation only? This is how IP works.

Should the title be; "guy guesses release date for *insert_product_here*, guesses he's wrong, and is guessing on another date"?