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As a currently remote, housebound software engineer in the U.S., I’ve grown increasingly restless amidst the current COVID-19 panic and I would like to help in any way I can.

My day-to-day work no longer satiates me as a fellow human to all those suffering as a result of COVID-19 or to those fighting it on the front lines.

I do not have any active online projects for which I can grant free access, and would rather not make a one-time donation to non-profits at this point. I’d prefer to participate in COVID-19 mitigation & recovery efforts if possible.

Are there any avenues/channels out there connecting those in need of a software solution for the COVID-19 situation to those willing to create said solutions? Are there other ways to contribute as a software engineer? I’m open to pretty much anything. Thank you!

I bought a touch-bar MBP sight-unseen when they were announced, being the early adopter and fanboy that I was at the time. That unit was spec'd to be about $4,500 USD but ultimately was replaced with a unit one year newer after it had received 5 repairs.

This new unit has been repaired 3 times already. I can tell it's pretty much the same laptop and the issues will continue. I've requested a refund in efforts to get my hands on a 16", being that they fixed the poor keyboard and hopefully other issues as well (my unit's display flickers, its ports eject devices at random, and of course the keyboard fails every 3-6 mos).

I've apparently chatted with Tim Cook's right-hand woman but she says no refund is possible at this time - despite the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - and I was free to find a lawyer. This rubs a long-time customer the wrong way very strongly.

Ignoring the previous statement, has anyone had luck getting a refund for these faulty 15" Macbook Pro's (with touch bar) outside Apple's normal return window for new purchases..?

As the title says, I submitted a "bug" in Invision to BugCrowd that I thought was pretty important to fix. It "leaked" part of the user's billing info along with a bunch of other data on nearly every page you visited. So, if someone is/was sniffing your traffic, they can get your payment method info in plain english.

Long story short, after submitting, we went back and forth and BugCrowd refused to acknowledge that this was an actual vulnerability and did not pay out, despite me not even submitting the bug in hopes for a payout. I just wanted Invision's users to be safer online while using their service.

How do we - as a technology community, or even furthermore, developer community - deal with situations like this?

Note: I am disclosing this publicly as it has now nearly been one year since my original submission, and the bug remains.

10 business days after opt-out, I am still receiving calls and emails. The CAN SPAM act states that a business must remove you from their call/email list within 10 business days following your request.

They are currently breaking this law as they continue to call me.

Not only is this occurring in my personal situation, but they straight up admit to breaking the law on their opt-out page: [https://ibb.co/9ycYwN8]

What can we do about companies that behave like this? I'm personally not doing business with them but there are many others that deal with this obnoxious (and illegal) behavior.

I'm happy to discuss this with someone that can bring this behavior in front of more eyeballs.