@Bernard But the best option is probably to switch to delta chat! =)
@Bernard Accenture is now irish? Sadly I see no proof. I do not think it implausible, but if proof is not presented, the statement is a lot weaker.
@400_user_not_found My pet theory is that after becoming a billionaire, money does not give him the same amount of pleasure any longer. In order to increase his power, he shifted the battle field to the human mind. By owning the fears of mankind, he would become far more powerful than Elon Musk.
@raymierussell @ChrisMayLA6 If that truly is the case, the workers should all simply quit. If they are as valuable as implied, the company will increase the salaries. If not, they were never that valuable to begin with.
@toiletpaper Yes... sadly this makes a lot of sense. I'll argue a bit, on the lighter side, and then we'll see. After all, the preson on the other side is a retarded, minor employee in the finance department, and hit has never been a problem before. But it is my biggest customer, so I do need to tread lightly.
Wow, I just tested #deltachat - and I am really impressed by the experience.
This could perfectly replace WhatsApp for our family chat group.
- easy onboarding via the default account
- fast and easy for group chat and sharing photos
- easy to extend the chat by small apps (polls, lists, calendar) by simply attaching the apps via the GUI
- End-to-end encryption by default
- A Desktop app is available
https://delta.chat/de/
Wtf? _You_ are buying from _me_, and refuse to pay me because you have stupid systems?
Will be a very interesting discussion.
Right now I'm thinking about just ignoring their email and to just keep sending them invoices.
@toiletpaper Makes perfect sense. I hope I can last for about 10 more years without too much selling out. Then I should be able to retire quite happily.
Speaking of balance of power, I had a funny experience today.
I have a big customer, who buys a lot from me. They got acquired, and I get a complaint from their finance department.
They say they won't pay my invoice, unless I create an account in their invoice system, and restructure my invoices to suit them.
@toiletpaper I've successfully used the plain Android dev environment in the past. Maybe it will be easier for you to get things to run on that one?
https://developer.android.com/studio
It is a huge java monster, but at least it installed painlessly on a modern linux distribution.
@toiletpaper Might work if the banks programmers are not very security conscious. I used the same method to print boardingcars at ryanair, when they stopped offering them to people without smartphones.
There are apps though, that detect that you do not run them on a phone, and then they refuse to cooperate.
I'll keep my fingers crossed!
@toiletpaper produced the odd, fake invoice in my own business. It is not a perfect solution, and it has severe limitations, but small stuff (depending on the size of the business and benevolence of the owner) should work.
@toiletpaper Sorry to hear that, but I fully support you and hope you'll find a solution!
Maybe you could get a kind of lawyerly "client account" if you know a small town layer? That way, for a modest fee, they could help with any transactions you might need.
Or are there any credit unions around?
The last easy solution I can think of is if you know someone with a small business who could just sit on your money justifying it by having you as their customer.
I've bought stuff, and
@victoriasvan Det är sant. Jag känner massor av unga vita män som är väldigt nedbrutna av samhällets inbyggda rasism och diskriminering av vita män. Det är djupt tragiskt och en av vår tids största orättvisor.
Därför brukar jag själv alltid prioritera unga vita män när jag anställer personer.
@nice-nigger @toiletpaper Hmm... could you expand on that?
@toiletpaper People sure love to complicate their lives!