Robert Flach

Husband, Father, Poet. Full Stack Software Architect, Development Manager, and Hands-on Coder.

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Looked like @libib was going to win for best personal library app: great web & mobile UX, solid metadata & scanning capability, but then they blew it. Bulk upload stupidly requires a valid isbn even though manual entry doesn't require it. #badvalidation #badux

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Guess I'll never get to experience the awesomeness of #chatgpt4 cause #OpenAI doesn't accept Google Voice phone numbers and I don't give out my non-google-voice number. Not looking so intelligent now OpenAI. #voipcanreceivetexts #endbadvalidationrules

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@TheBloggess Well, I already have a signed hardcover pre-ordered from @NowhereBookshop and a 2nd hardcover I bought the day it came out cause I forgot the other (and also couldn't wait)....but yeah, no ebook yet and I need that for reading in line at a checkout/other 30 second pauses. Sold!

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@Chilis cedar hill, tx: 45 minutes from when you said "someone will be out with your order shortly" until finally it gets brought out. Every single thing stone cold. #iwantmymoneyback

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@jonrog1 Umm... Carlin was never NOT a cranky old man once he found his groove, so he couldn't very well descend into it. It was his schtick!

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So I go back and get "documents required" again. Check status: documents verified. you can check in" go back: documents required. No useful phone number anywhere to be found. #britishairways #customersupportfail

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@British_Airways Worst online experience I've ever had. Trying to check in for my flight from heathrow to Dallas, it says I need covid-19 documents. Click to check status of covid-19 documents and it says "Your COVID-19 travel documents are now verified. You can check in" ugh

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@paulandstorm Now this is I might watch!

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@Gwenda @ShawnSpeakman But first you've gotta get that post I front of my eyeballs. Getting @ShawnSpeakman to retweet the link works pretty well.

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@Gwenda @ShawnSpeakman If you can write an interesting story/ blog post that hints at some interesting aspect of the story, incorporates a personal anecdote that draws me into a connection with you, the author, and if it references cute [kids/pets/writer friends], you'll easily get my preorder.

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Apparently @TMobile doesn't care anything at all about its customers privacy and is now explicitly blocking usage of their site in Private Browsing mode on #firefox #privacy

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@TheBloggess Jolabokaflöd Christmas Eve-one present (a book) plus chocolate. Unwrapped "Santa" present and stocking plus 1 wrapped gift on the first day of Christmas. Christmas cracker plus acts of charity on St. Stephen's day. Small gift or Christmas cracker each day until Epiphany.

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@TheBloggess Depends on what tune you are singing it to.

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Avoid @progressive / ASI for home insurance. Nightmare! Verbally promised reimbursement for 20K of housing displacement costs but no money has been forthcoming. Now adjuster won't return our calls or emails.

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@TextNow @TextNowHelp If you're too shady to provide public plans and pricing, you're too shady for me to use.

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@TextNow @textnowhelp If I port my google voice number to textnow how tight is integration with android? Can I use like voice where I use the default dialing app but it still comes from textnow #? Can I use an existing sms app but send from the textnow number?

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If your unsubscribe link says "It may take up to 14 days..." I'm marking all your emails as spam (looking at you @Tripadvisor ). There's no reason that unsubscribing isn't instantaneous, except that you hope I'll forget I unsubscribed when you keep sending messages.

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@TextNow @TextNowHelp Is there any place where textnow actually provides a publicly accessible consolidated pricing list for all offered services and packages? Free with ads!=free, but I'm willing to pay if the price is right.

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Does textnow offer voicemail transcription and/or voicemail->text?

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@TextNow @TextNowHelp Can I set textnow as the default dialing app? Can I set textnow as the default sms app? Will it work with other phone automation such as calling intents so that things like Auto mode and google assistant voice control are able to work seamlessly?