Some companies definitely check references. I've had multiple companies contact me as a reference for an applicant and ask for a brief phone call or to write a quick blurb on some website form. Just make sure you ask before listing someone as a reference.

They also killed their Big and Tall clothing line (The Foundry) last year which was my go-to for plain shirts in tall sizes.

One day I came back from lunch to see that someone had marked an entire Perforce depot for delete. I've never scrambled so fast to try to identify this unknown user. I figured it had to be an intern and ran across the floor looking for him, only to find a poor confused intern surrounded by out of breath developers imploring him to not hit submit. Every 30s someone else ran up to try to get him to not delete the entire depot.

It was the intern's first week on the job and he thought he was just deleting some local files. The event definitely inspired some access lock-downs and automated check-in procedures going forward.

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I laughed when I saw the email but was also a little pissed because I am a former, not current customer. I hope HBO Max doesn't send out an apology email. That's the equivalent of unsubscribing from an email list only to get an email confirming the unsubscription that I also have to delete.

The two biggest issues with touch screen controls for me are windshield wipers and temperature.

You can turn on the wipers on the left hand stalk which is good for when some truck splashes your windshield and completely blinds you. The automatic wiper sensor is...not great.

I find the temperature controls hard to use without taking my eyes off the road. And the number of times I've accidentally turned on heated seats while trying to change the temperature...why on earth is that button so prominent?

Every software update breaks something. The rear view camera sometimes just blacks out, requiring a soft reboot of the car. Side cameras will just stop working in the middle of a drive. The radio sometimes doesn't work. Requires soft reboot. Speaker volume levels randomly maxing out. Phantom breaking on empty highway on a perfectly clear day. Trunk randomly opening in the middle of the night (seriously, multiple times). It's in a garage but wtf Charger door cycling non-stop with nothing connected. Fix? Soft reboot.

Every time I've had to contact Tesla for anything (buying the car/service issues/wall charger issues) the people have been friendly but unbelievably disorganized.

It's a fun car to drive but there are some serious issues.

List in your profile that you like stamps or even say the type you're interested in. You'll be amazed at some of the ones you'll get from all over the world.

Thirty minutes later they figured out how to print it (it took the whole office to work out how). Then I signed.

The handful of other people at the signing were mildly annoyed that I was being so cautious but I didn't care. It's my money. I'm normally a polite and shy person but if I had a question and everyone else was making small talk, I would just start talking.

Imagine sending a probe to another planet, land successfully, and survive the hostile environment (for a little while anyway), only to have the issues with the lens cap. Again, and again, and again, and again.

http://www.kut.org/post/apple-says-its-building-new-1-billio...

It's been awhile since I was in a hospital overnight but checking in on a (presumably) stable patient every 15 minutes is madness. You hear all sorts of crazy things during jury duty--I love it.