You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[btimbit]

Not sure about Samsung since I stopped using them years ago, but the face unlock on my Pixel 7 works really well. I turned it off because I don't like it though, which actually brings me to my next gear grinder: Phones that have a fingerprint sensor on the front instead of the back. I miss my Pixel 5

[GGG]

Anyone got a good solution to using face ID at a drive through for Apple Pay?

For apple vs android I used to be interested in new things and fiddling to optimize. Now I just want things to work and not change. So apple seems reasonably good at that.

I do think they need more standardization and communication legislation to enforce functionality between ecosystems. I appreciate the EU on charging cables but all sorts of these types of protocols need to be legislated now rather than rely on industry to cooperate.

[calgarygeologist]

I had an interview early last week and I thought it went very well. The role was pretty much the same as my current work, we chatted about the same set of struggles that we encounter and about their reporting and data environment. It would have been a really good fit and I thought we all managed to get along very well. I sent a thank you email to the HR rep, the Manager and the Director of the team later that afternoon. They ghosted me and never replied. On Wednesday I received an automated email from their career system saying that I was not successful. I sent an email to the three again that morning once again thanking them, expressing my disappointment and most importantly asking if there was any feedback they could provide so that I could learn from the experience and better understand if it was my technical skills and experience that I wasn't communicating well enough, if it was a personal issue (ie. I asked them a few pretty difficult questions about corporate structure, career development and retention) or if it was a salary expectation issue. They continue to ghost me and I'm pretty upset about that because it makes them look pretty ####ty right away and I believe that a brief reply, even stating they can not provide feedback, should be the least that they could do.

I had only starting looking for work after Christmas and this opportunity came up right away and they offered an interview quickly so I actually thought this was going to potentially be a quick move but now I have to continue with the career search which is not fun.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by opendoor

That's news to me. Anyone I know with Samsungs just uses fingerprint unlock because the face unlock is so unreliable. In good lighting and if held at the right angle, sure camera-based ones can work OK. But iPhones can unlock in the dark or if your phone is just sitting flat on a table, as long as your face is anywhere near in front of the screen.

And unlocking is only a small part of it. Is Samsung's Face Unlock secure enough to authenticate things that need high security? Using Face ID, I can log into banking apps, trading platforms, password managers, etc. and pay for things with my phone without even noticing that any authentication has taken place because it's nearly instantaneous. With my prior phones I'd have to make sure my finger was on the sensor and if I had gloves on, wet hands, etc. it was a pain. Or in the case of my Pixel, when it was mounted on my dashboard if it locked itself Id have to try to reach around it to get to the fingerprint sensor on the back.

lol, let's not forget there were a good two years there where every iPhone owner looked like an absolute tit trying to unlock their phone to pay with tap by awkwardly dragging down their mask with one hand and swinging their phone around with the other.

I think given the option of Face ID or side fingerprint under the volume rocker most people will go with the fingerprint sensor. There is zero fataing around and you're holding your phone, anyway. Gloves? I'd never handle my phone with gloves on, so it's a non-issue, but I could turn on Face ID if I wanted.

The option for both sensors (samsung) is obviously superior to Face ID only.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by GGG

Anyone got a good solution to using face ID at a drive through for Apple Pay?

Look at the device as you're reaching over to the PIN pad and double-clicking the home button? Don't wear a ski-mask to a place you aren't robbing?

I have no idea what solution to propose here because I don't understand the problem you're having, I have used Face ID with Apple Pay at drive-thru windows several times.

Originally Posted by Sliver

lol, let's not forget there were a good two years there where every iPhone owner looked like an absolute tit trying to unlock their phone to pay with tap by awkwardly dragging down their mask with one hand and swinging their phone around with the other.

No, I figured this out by training Face ID a bit more. I held a piece of paper and blocked the lower left side of my face with the corner at the tip of my nose. Once I did that, mask or no mask, Face ID worked fine.

There was supposed to be a way to enroll a masked version of your face in Face ID but that only got released in the US IIRC.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I had only starting looking for work after Christmas and this opportunity came up right away and they offered an interview quickly so I actually thought this was going to potentially be a quick move but now I have to continue with the career search which is not fun.

Sorry dude, that sucks. When stuff like that happens to me, either with a possible employer or a place I'm interested in living, I write it off as a red flag/near miss incident. I wouldn't want to have to deal with people like that anyway, if that's their style.

Quick interview is a good sign, I bet you get another one elsewhere fairly fast.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Sliver

lol, let's not forget there were a good two years there where every iPhone owner looked like an absolute tit trying to unlock their phone to pay with tap by awkwardly dragging down their mask with one hand and swinging their phone around with the other.

I think given the option of Face ID or side fingerprint under the volume rocker most people will go with the fingerprint sensor. There is zero fataing around and you're holding your phone, anyway. Gloves? I'd never handle my phone with gloves on, so it's a non-issue, but I could turn on Face ID if I wanted.

The option for both sensors (samsung) is obviously superior to Face ID only.

Face ID has been compatible with masks almost since day 1 of covid.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Look at the device as you're reaching over to the PIN pad and double-clicking the home button? Don't wear a ski-mask to a place you aren't robbing?

I have no idea what solution to propose here because I don't understand the problem you're having, I have used Face ID with Apple Pay at drive-thru windows several times.

No, I figured this out by training Face ID a bit more. I held a piece of paper and blocked the lower left side of my face with the corner at the tip of my nose. Once I did that, mask or no mask, Face ID worked fine.

There was supposed to be a way to enroll a masked version of your face in Face ID but that only got released in the US IIRC.

Thinking about it it’s that I use the Tap device to get the iPhone to open the wallet then have to re-aim my phone back at my face which causes the person with the machine to pull back because they think it’s done then put it back down at the machine. The whole thing was awkward but it didn’t click that their might be a better way because people seem to like Face ID here.

But I think j figured out a solution. It’s to double click to open wallet and Face ID rather than just puuting it to the machine first.

[Wormius]

I haven’t messed around with it, but can’t you configure it to not need biometrics to make a payment? I think on my iphone I can disable touch id if I just want to essentially use it as tap.

[PepsiFree]

I’ve never had trouble paying with the phone, even at somewhere where you scan a points card first. Just double click while you’re looking at the phone and then tap.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Guys who insist on growing long beards who don't have the genes for it, especially if they're in a service sector job. No, your beard isn't epic, nor does it make you look cool. It looks like you glued some pubes to your face and it's very distracting to look at

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Guys who insist on growing long beards who don't have the genes for it, especially if they're in a service sector job. No, your beard isn't epic, nor does it make you look cool. It looks like you glued some pubes to your face and it's very distracting to look at

Maybe you should not tip them.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Guys who insist on growing long beards who don't have the genes for it, especially if they're in a service sector job. No, your beard isn't epic, nor does it make you look cool. It looks like you glued some pubes to your face and it's very distracting to look at

Beard shaming?? This is a new low.

I thought we were all in this together!

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Locke

Beard shaming?? This is a new low.

I thought we were all in this together!

Most men who criticize the facial hair of other men have pretty significant facial hair issues of their own or some other thing they’re self-conscious about, in my experience. Usually a kind of “how dare you try when I would never” kind of thing.

I see ugly people everywhere I go, but I wouldn’t say it grinds my gears.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Most men who criticize the facial hair of other men have pretty significant facial hair issues of their own or some other thing they’re self-conscious about, in my experience. Usually a kind of “how dare you try when I would never” kind of thing.

I see ugly people everywhere I go, but I wouldn’t say it grinds my gears.

You must not live in Bonavista. Everyone there is a 10, that's why they have so many dinner parties that start well passed dinner time.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

You must not live in Bonavista. Everyone there is a 10, that's why they have so many dinner parties that start well passed dinner time.

I've just never really become accustomed to putting my car keys in a fishbowl when I arrive.

I can understand wanting to be a responsible host and making sure nobody has too much to drink and then drives home but confiscating your keys upon entry and then making you grab random keys later seems extreme.

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Ordering McD's for breakfast, which I haven't done in years. Getting an orange drink instead of orange juice... I feel violated.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Locke

I've just never really become accustomed to putting my car keys in a fishbowl when I arrive.

I can understand wanting to be a responsible host and making sure nobody has too much to drink and then drives home but confiscating your keys upon entry and then making you grab random keys later seems extreme.

Also you might think you're upgrading from your current car, maybe even score the neighbors Lamborghini, but then someone from Dover shows up with this monstrosity

[getbak]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Also you might think you're upgrading from your current car, maybe even score the neighbors Lamborghini, but then someone from Dover shows up with this monstrosity

Key parties aren't about going home with someone else's car.



EDIT: Or were you using the car as a metaphor? In that case, I assume the party host makes sure to only invite people whose "cars" are all relatively equally attractive, so everyone is happy with whichever ride they go home with at the end of the night.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by getbak

Key parties aren't about going home with someone else's car.

EDIT: Or were you using the car as a metaphor? In that case, I assume the party host makes sure to only invite people whose "cars" are all relatively equally attractive, so everyone is happy with whichever ride they go home with at the end of the night.