@voltronic @Render I cannot actually do a Sean Connery impression, but it might be impossible to not hear his voice when reading than line.

@killagator By brother's next door neighbor put those in their outside fixtures. They've had the fire department show up twice over the summer to check on the property because of someone calling in. The FD folks were not amused although my brother got quite a kick out of it both times.
😂 🚒

Thanks for all the quick feedback. Boy do I like this place just as much as ever. If I can work on the top shadow of the black background I just might keep them side by side. The black background one is visually heavier to me but I have a place in mind where the two will work as a pair.

You all are awesome.

@voltronic I thought about that top shadow as well. I might try to do that but will have to wait for the morning. That a natural light original.

I’m not sure how to do a poll with pictures. So……. Black background or white background?

oh...and I didn't mean to say I was sorry to hear you had a good experience at Apple. That was worded very poorly. 😉

@mcfate And I apologize. I won't be able to do that. It's totally fair for you to want more details. I would too. I should not have started down that road.

@mcfate Without getting too deep I can only say that I think they are two creatures cut from the same cloth in the dealings I had with them both. Our partnerships with both continue to thrive nonetheless.
Sounds like you had a pretty good experience working at Apple, and that G! showed itself to have serious shortcomings. Sorry to hear that.

@gshevlin 😂 😂 😂
Oh that will be awesome.
They gonna read a hex dump into the official court record?

@mcfate I'm afraid they're just better at keeping it quiet. Their NDA's and very strict enforcement of siloed product development means things happen internally and externally that are hard to tie together.

@mcfate In no way would I try to argue with you about that. I've seen it myself as well. But I've also been in meetings with the fruit guys. They are ruthless too.

@Thumprhare Thanks. My lovely bride is the last Android holdout of our family of 6. She chokes at the cost. But now high-end devices from both major companies are about the same. She struggles to know if the kids actually get her messages so I see her not too far behind me in making the move.
I tried to explain the wonderful benefits of Apple deciding to break their promises and creating encryption back doors but she didn't seem to appreciate that. 😂

@Beerdini So true. I've already started to feel that challenge as well.

@mcfate We'll see. I know a ton about Android devices. I helped launch the first GooglePay in 2014 when ApplePay was still in dev. My team split when ApplePay came around because of the Chinese Firewalls required by Apple. As you might imagine, those walls have holes, but for the most part I concentrated on Google Pay and then Samsung Pay. (and the plethra iterations of GooglePay that have since followed). I'm not on that team any more so it's not necessary to be able to use what I build.

Adventure of the week...
Tried to replace a dying Samsung Galaxy S9 with a new S21. I'm a buy-it-outright phone user so was buying it unlocked from Samsung. After the ship date moved to mid September, then again to early October I, gulp, decided to go to the dark side and get an iPhone 12 Pro. Got that sucker the next day.
I'm not completely unfamiliar with iOS but *is* different.
Next couple of days will be interesting as I try to get back into a groove.
All my kids are happy for me. 😉

Guess who started telling the truth about something? 📏 😂

Well hell... A local high school band director is facing felony child abuse charges.

Could include endangering the life of a child; depriving them of necessities; placing the child in a situation that could lead to sexual exploitation; or forcing the child to engage in prostitution, indecency, pornography, or another situation allowing for sexual abuse.

Yikes.

Take a deep breath and be honest with yourself: Did you assume the person charged was a male (as did I)? That would be incorrect.

@0x56 1000% yes.

@Beanc If I ever start a band I will absolutely be calling it Llamas in Fog. 😂