Jason's Notes About Stuff

My original title for this post was "Why Trump Will Win." Since then, nearly every major media outlet in the world says that a Trump win is a statistical impossibility . October 17th prediction from fivethirtyeight.com We'll see. I've toned down my prediction for the moment. Keep in mind that these polls have changed drastically over time: There's still another debate, and several weeks before the actual day. As far back as July 2015, I mused on Facebook: "Wow, Trump really knows how to play the social media game. I feel like he might win based on that alone." I think it's easy for upper-middle class, college-educated folks to dismiss the idea of a Trump win, but bear in mind: Clinton is the status quo. A lot of people do not want the status quo. A lot of people are pissed off at the status quo. Nearly every recent election has been won on the promise of significant change .   For better or worse, Trump promises change ...

Here's a quick e-commerce lesson for you: Don't validate credit card transactions based on IP address location. I left the internet fax provider I've had since 2003 because they wouldn't let me pay them . I wasted an embarrassingly long time trying to find a cheap/free way mask my IP address. I eventually gave up trying to give them money. I Googled, read a few quick reviews, and found a new, better provider in 5 minutes . Lots of customers travel or live outside of their home country . Don't make it difficult (or impossible ) for them to pay you.

UPDATE #2 (2014-04-29) -- CTV News is reporting that GSSK has gone bankrupt and many people have lost their money and must now retrieve their belongings from storage. :-( UPDATE (2013-12-20) -- Continuing to display the utmost in professionalism, GSSK has responded to this review with the following email: "Either remove the complaint or I will make up stuff about you and post to the internet you can sue me in court. I will give you 7 days to remove the slanderous remarks or I will have my lawyers deal with it in due course. Many thanks and best regards, GIUSEPPE  B" My reply: "Dear Giuseppe, Slander is "the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation". If you have found any factual inaccuracies in my review of GSSK Movers, please let me know and I'd be happy to review and correct them. Best regards, Jason." GSSK International Movers Review We hired GSSK International Movers in July 2013. I had...