People commonly use this expression in everyday conversation, such as, "you could save 10 times as much if you would just shop at Costco." So I agree with OP, their comment is correct but pedantic.
I sold a product and it was paid for by gift certificate or a special promo. I want to send a $0.00 invoice for the customer to see it and enjoy the feeling (Sweet! Free jerky/flowers/socks). It's great marketing and the customer will remember you the next time they want some jerky/flowers/socks.
Pre HIPAA I never had a problem obtaining my records. The trouble is less-knowledgeable health gatekeepers are relentlessly indoctrinated into believing that privacy is paramount. A records request that doesn't follow a rigid checklist is defaulted to REJECT. And it is in the name of protecting the patient's privacy.
Patients are denied access to their own records in the name of HIPAA. During a recent medical crisis this happened to me. No amount of threatening or cajoling would get them to release my images to my designated 2nd opinion.
The API wasn't too bad, but it's woefully under-documented. The sample code is worthless. I also don't like that you have to implement it all and run it against test before you get production keys, but no biggie.
The bigger issue: I uploaded my catalog 2 weeks ago, and all products are still "under Jet review". I emailed and they said some partners have waited over a month.
Use the To: field of your request to your advantage. Send him an email along with 20 other webmaster@domains asking all of them if their domains are for sale and for how much. You can even throw in a line that you're looking for a quick deal and whoever can respond with a reasonable price, say $50 or so, will get the buy.
I start with reading, and that's sufficient most of the time. If I just don't get it, then I'll look for a video. I'll set playback to fast to reduce the time it takes to get through it. When I heard what I needed, I hit stop.
Just did this recently with the new async/await keywords in c#. I just wasn't getting it, but a few videos did the trick.
>> Hopefully they take your Amazon history into account
But of course they won't. Your experience with them clearly demonstrates that reality. No leg of that octopus knows what any of the other legs are doing.
Like for when you sever a finger in a kitchen accident and the surgeon won't agree to re-attach within the 6-hour window of feasibility unless you pay him up front in cash. (Really happened).
When I turned my sole proprietorship in NYC into an LLC, I researched this rule extensively, and came to the conclusion that you can safely ignore it. I believe the law is silent on actual consequences of publishing the notices later when you supposedly need it (for legal purposes). IANAL.
It's a bet, but a pretty safe bet. After all, opening a small business is already betting with your time and money. Just add this decision to the risk and forget about it. I'd rather bet the $1000 towards an endeavor with more potential upside.
In my last job I led a dev team made up of 8 women and 1 man (we did internal front-ends). The rest of the programmers in the company, including web, platform, DBA, IT, QA, devices etc. had plenty of excellent women working there.
I don't know why this particular company didn't suffer from gender imbalance in their computer science depts. There was no "affirmative action" directive coming from above; we hired the best human for the job.
It's possible that success breeds success. The more women worked there, the more women were comfortable there. Many programmers had migrated from the business side of the company (which needed to be pretty technical) so that may have been a factor.