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We continued our quest for a relatively child-safe home, anticipating the visit of the grands. So I ordered a “safety gate” for the stairwell, some outlet protectors, and some door closers. What I didn’t anticipate was the extremely good service I got from “Baby Stav”!
I received the order two days after I placed it, which was amazing. Opened the package, discovered that one of the items I got was wrong. Sent them an email telling them that. The next day, they sent out the correct items, and told me to keep the mistaken ones (sharp-edge protector things for table corners and the like). The next day, I got the package with the correct items. I’m very impressed with this level of service, Israeli or otherwise!
I’m quite a bit less impressed with the level of service I’m getting from a contractor my client hired to write the “front end” of our project (that’s the website bits that users see). I told them, multiple times, exactly how I wanted the code to be structured, and they’ve ignored my direction though I’m in charge of the technical aspects of the project. And to top it off, they haven’t come close to honoring deadlines. I’m mightily provoked.
I wouldn’t be so upset were it not for the fact that by ignoring my direction they’re opening up security holes which I am specifically trying to avoid, introducing extra software components in the mix which are not required or necessary or helpful except to make their work a bit easier. They’re having to remove the bits I object to, and restructure the code as I had directed.
The contractor then proceeded to lecture me — me! — on why, really, using that component isn’t a security problem, and how things are different now, and how much easier it would be to maintain the code, etc. ad naseum. I refrained from pointing out that I assiduously follow security notices, and their component is frequently on the list of compromised software.
I’ve recommended to my client he seek another contractor, but I think that fell on deaf ears. We’ll see.
Various topics of interest:
- Websites which collect your data as you type, even if you never submit the form or search request.
- Critical Zoom vulnerabilities which required no user interaction were fixed last week.
- Who could have predicted that the Israeli government shared biometric data in contravention of the law?
- Mallen Baker on the global food crisis and civil unrest to come.
- Gad Saad on the Compassionate Hero Barack Obama and his intriguingly ill-timed salute to George Floyd.
- An actually “non-binary” person comments on gender ideology. Interesting read IMO.
- Gad Saad again: this time with a very interesting interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Despite nearly bursting an artery in anger, I worked on a lot of stuff for 8th as well, primarily in the security area (really? you know about software security?). The crypto layer is now complete and better than ever, I’m well pleased with how that work has gone. And the M1 port I wrote about last week is also done, so Good Times™ are coming soon!
The weather cooled down from shabbat’s heat-wave, but slowly crept back up; so we’ll have hot (or very warm, anyway) weather this weekend.
Best guess as to the shabbat menu:
home-made ḥalla,
baked chicken,
roasted potatoes,
roasted veggies,
various salatim,
and date cake.
Until next time,
shabbat shalom!
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