It's crazy how Airbnb, amazon and this company don't care if the card holder and the user account holder are the same.
I work in finance and this is often a total no go in many industries , even with consent of the card holder.
But going strict on this will cause friction I suppose, just like CVV codes aren't mandatory on transactions, so some companies leave them out of the payment process. It only helps a bit during a charge back defense to have CVV and 2fa enabled.
I have read about other dodgy things that Upwork has done before, nasty bunch.
Predictably, this outcry will make them "rethink" their position on this one case and they will "apologize" and most likely not update the KYC checks and carry on as usual.
Wow, now would would one go on to locate the thieves in a case like this?
Is this another "smart" contract exploit? If yes, any word of Buterin on this?
Well, stage one to silicone life could be computer chips.
Then for a transition period, the shell could be metallic followed by integration of the human mind to that almost indestructible body shell.
Something like the bad guy terminator 2.
But step one could be computer chips. Human designed and made rather than by strict definition of natural selection.
We humans have only our definition of life form. These are limited by physics and our logic.
However, we can't even see the whole universe, with no scientific break through, we never will.
We don't exactly know the full story of the big bang, we can't explain the very beginning.
We don't know what happens in black holes, our logic rules literally breaks down there.
I could well be that there are life forms which we couldn't even imagine, which are not limited by our known physics.
We know a little bit about space time and gravity and the elements.
Dark matter still unexplained, no universal formula for everything in sight, i have seen DNA mentioned, maybe some creatures do not need any DNA.
Too many factors are unresolved, we don't know whether there have been, are or will be totally different species.
Imagine, at one point in history, earth didn't even exist, before animals, there were only bacteria.
Earth lifetime is nothing on the grand scale of things. Humans are a more intelligent version of very common mammals.
With a couple more things gone wrong, like a flu or smarter predator animal in the past, humans might have never come to be.
I greatly appreciate scientists and people discovering and accumulating the knowledge, and I understand the scientific methods have to be followed accurately, else we diverge into pure speculation.
But limiting possible alien life to earth like planets might not be all there is.
More vehicle sales, less cash funds, more superchargers, looks like the explosive growth came to a halt.
Btw where are all the announced vehicles that were supposed to be released after the model 3?
I think this is important, not just tangential.
The traditional cv is still something most companies will check, one way or another. At the very least, they will use a tool to check for keywords, same thing on job platforms.
I personally never update my LinkedIn with the current role, I always think if my employer checks, they would think I am shopping around, so I leave that.
But on job platforms, I have the most current CV.
LinkedIn never gave me good results anyway, only currently held roles.
But Glassdoor is pretty ok and some other platforms(I can pm if you like) have proven good, they seem to have some kind of alert system whenever a keyword of a recruiter portfolio is triggered and on cv updates.
I do think limiting oneself to LinkedIn will definitely make you miss on some opportunities. I spend no more than an hour a month to update etc.
Most have auto apply button etc.
It is easy to send 50-100 applications within an hour.
Of course some of the contacts will be rubbish, just delegate to spam I it keeps happening, eventually unsubscribe.
I got some interviews to places where I thought they would never, ever touch me. However, sometimes such companies are desperate to hire.
I went pretty far with bitfinex, just for fun and because it's remote, despite knowing sweet little about what is needed to know .
Many stories like that.
Most people are open for new opportunities and are proactively or passively checking at all times anyway.
If a recruiter calls me and has an up to date cv, I will have a chat with them.
This might lead to something, if not, at least they have their crm updated for the next calls.
And when the need arises, you can get back at them, one of them placed me in a FAANG with full remote recently, totally unexpected.
I think many people will consider quitting one semi or on premises job for a remote, I certainly would not go back to office unless it is a head of or c level position, if I can avoid it.
It is so hard to decide whether racism or racist hints (in the UK it is more discreet, disguised as classist but all the same) should be banned because racism is not compatible with todays civilized society or if it should be allowed so the stupid racists can expose their bigoted selves.
EBay has all the rights to do this, private platform and all that. Having Such books in the product portfolio is contaminating the brand.
Somebody interestingly said that working class latinos or immigrants in general do not care much or primarily about this kind of speech or imagery. Nothing could be further from the truth, they have human feelings and perceptions as well and the economical dependency makes people pretend to not care. Of course the people are offended, often for a very long time.
Every step towards eradicating racists and bigots from society should be applauded. They have never brought anything good to society and their freedom to express themselves and edgy comments were never funny.
Will not happen in my lifetime but every little step towards that is welcome.
The author is most welcome to change the title pictures to something deemed less offensive.
You cannot expect your freedom of expression being enforced on something like eBay to promote the broadcasting and emission of your crap. It is not just the c level who do not like it, maybe some other employees do feel offended by beeing part of such a company.
I work in finance and this is often a total no go in many industries , even with consent of the card holder.
But going strict on this will cause friction I suppose, just like CVV codes aren't mandatory on transactions, so some companies leave them out of the payment process. It only helps a bit during a charge back defense to have CVV and 2fa enabled.
I have read about other dodgy things that Upwork has done before, nasty bunch.
Predictably, this outcry will make them "rethink" their position on this one case and they will "apologize" and most likely not update the KYC checks and carry on as usual.