Random randomness

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:06 pm

Sudy wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:15 am I don't know, but why are three of the top seven what I can only assume are "news" stories on Yahoo about celebrities in their bikinis? I feel like I'm reading a tabloid.

so my mom has used yahoo.com for many, many years (and her email account is still hosted there) and one time when i was visiting she was actually carefully perusing alllll the top 'news' stories on the Y! homepage. i'm like 'why are you reading that garbage?' it's so weird when the parent/child dynamic flips.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:18 pm

What I love on yahoo's front page are the blatantly untrue news stories that act as clickbait. At least once a week I have to tell a coworker to look at the shocking news story she just saw and makes sure the word "ad" isn't included in the corner of the accompanying picture.

And each and every time I do remind her about this, I almost immediately hear "Goddamnit, never mind."

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:23 pm

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:18 pm What I love on yahoo's front page are the blatantly untrue news stories that act as clickbait. At least once a week I have to tell a coworker to look at the shocking news story she just saw and makes sure the word "ad" isn't included in the corner of the accompanying picture.

And each and every time I do remind her about this, I almost immediately hear "Goddamnit, never mind."

I hate that these companies are complicit in that sort of thing. You know damned well after a few decades of this, they could differentiate between ads and content on their own front pages. And this isn't just for Yahoo and WOW and AOL and such. Microsoft do it on their front page for MSN as well.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:27 pm

Last month I heard her audibly gasp and then yell across the walls that separate us that she had no idea Bob Newhart had died in the late 90s.

I can always tell when she's not actually working and she's just browsing Yahoo.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:32 pm

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:27 pm Last month I heard her audibly gasp and then yell across the walls that separate us that she had no idea Bob Newhart had died in the late 90s.

I can always tell when she's not actually working and she's just browsing Yahoo.

I had no idea he died then either. That makes his appearances on Big Bang Theory very special.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:32 pm

Pregnant Ashley Graham Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump in String Bikini: 'Got the Shoes to Match'

Ariel Winter Shows Off Her New Hair in Instagram Bikini Pics

Dr. Pimple Popper wrestled orange-sized lipomas out of a fan's thigh and neck

'She didn't age at all': Avril Lavigne heats up Instagram in sizzling bikini photos

Dr. Pimple Popper Just Squeezed Two Massive Blackheads In Her New Zoomed In Video

Kourtney Kardashian, 42, shows off abs in string bikini

Beyoncé Flashes Her Butt Modeling Denim Chaps in New Ivy Park Rodeo-Inspired Campaign — See the Pic

WTAF?

Mind you, I trimmed the other 75% of headlines. Some of them actually seemed potentially reputable.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:33 pm

LordMortis wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:32 pm
hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:27 pm Last month I heard her audibly gasp and then yell across the walls that separate us that she had no idea Bob Newhart had died in the late 90s.

I can always tell when she's not actually working and she's just browsing Yahoo.
I had no idea he died then either. That makes his appearances on Big Bang Theory very special.

Yeah well, you won't believe what he looks like now....

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:37 pm

Still rockin the string bikini?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:57 pm

She's also an anti vax nut. So her eagerness to believe ANYTHING she friggin' reads on the internet is proof that lot isn't exactly working at peak brain efficiency.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:45 pm

Was watching a review of a Alienware PC...ya it failed miserably. Junk. Same as Dell. It got me going back down the road of time to when Alienware was its own company and good. Then further and further back. I landed in the very wee early 1990s before I had a PC but was dreaming of them. I can see myself standing in my local Walmart at the electronics section looking at magazines and buying some other mags. I recall back then to me the big two were Micron and Dell. Packard Bell was a distant 3rd but not out of the picture due to price. I would read all the stuff I could and compare both Dell and Micron. I had finally decided on a Micron and set my sights to get one. I never did and a few years later in 1994 my wife got me the best pc I could imagine in a AST brand model. I still have it.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:49 pm

Alienware had been Dell's "premium" brand for a decade, IIRC. Dell used to have the basic Inspiron home line and the Vostro biz line, the semi-premium XPS line, then Alienware.

I started on custom builds... back then it was cheaper and not crap. Used to have local shops where "they help you build" but I basically bought one with the specs I wanted for a decent price. But for my latest I just bought one off Amazon from iBuyPower. My PC before that was an ANCIENT Dell XPS Laptop that wasn't even 1080p. That's how old it was. It did have 4 soDIMM slots and 2 HD drive bays. Hahaha.

Fardaza · Post by **Fardaza** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:44 am

Kasey Chang wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:49 pm Alienware had been Dell's "premium" brand for a decade, IIRC. Dell used to have the basic Inspiron home line and the Vostro biz line, the semi-premium XPS line, then Alienware.

I started on custom builds... back then it was cheaper and not crap. Used to have local shops where "they help you build" but I basically bought one with the specs I wanted for a decent price. But for my latest I just bought one off Amazon from iBuyPower. My PC before that was an ANCIENT Dell XPS Laptop that wasn't even 1080p. That's how old it was. It did have 4 soDIMM slots and 2 HD drive bays. Hahaha.

Daehawk wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:45 pm Was watching a review of a Alienware PC...ya it failed miserably. Junk. Same as Dell. It got me going back down the road of time to when Alienware was its own company and good. Then further and further back. I landed in the very wee early 1990s before I had a PC but was dreaming of them. I can see myself standing in my local Walmart at the electronics section looking at magazines and buying some other mags. I recall back then to me the big two were Micron and Dell. Packard Bell was a distant 3rd but not out of the picture due to price. I would read all the stuff I could and compare both Dell and Micron. I had finally decided on a Micron and set my sights to get one. I never did and a few years later in 1994 my wife got me the best pc I could imagine in a AST brand model. I still have it.

My last 3 or 4 computers have been iBuyPower. They've all been great machines that ran for many years. I've had my current one for about 5 years now.

Back in the day, I bought 2 desktops from Gateway. I remember the ads in all the mags had cows in them. The boxes that the computers came in were white with black spots!

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:52 pm

I wish I owned a knife nice enough that I would feel. compelled to chase down the neighborhood knife sharpening van.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:09 pm

That's amazing. There's allegedly a guy that travels around my area, but I can't imagine it's his only business. I'd watch a documentary about this person.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:11 pm

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:39 pm

See? The market exists. A mobile sharpener in NYC could be a whole series!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 4:03 pm

Used to be a guy here that went around and did that. He was old in the 90s and I think that was the last decade he came around. Got all the scissors and knives sharpened.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:21 pm

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:46 am

This is pretty cool: an art history deep-dive on a Renaissance painting.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... -neck.html

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:08 pm

Ive reached my limit of free article..bah

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:00 pm

Daehawk wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:08 pm Ive reached my limit of free article..bah

Bypass Paywalls Clean - Get this Extension for Firefox

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:03 pm

That thing requests a lot of permissions. Do you use it?

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:09 pm

Daehawk wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:03 pm That thing requests a lot of permissions. Do you use it?

I use it. It's not really a lot of *unique* permissions, it's basically listing every website/domain that it knows how to access, and then if you go to one of those websites, it would need to access your data for that specific site, so that it can show you the unblocked version.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:37 pm

gilraen wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:09 pm
Daehawk wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:03 pm That thing requests a lot of permissions. Do you use it?
I use it. It's not really a lot of *unique* permissions, it's basically listing every website/domain that it knows how to access, and then if you go to one of those websites, it would need to access your data for that specific site, so that it can show you the unblocked version.

I've been using it for years.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:41 pm

ok thanks.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:42 pm

I try to play by the rules. If their model is subscription and that is a requirement, I just don't use them as a source. I will say, I hate that they paywall news sites get themselves put to the top of a google search and then lock you out. I know there is a way to currate google from including sites, I need to learn how to do that, so I cans start, for instance, lopping the NYT out of my searches. The love to come in the top searches for everything only to tell you sign up or piss off. I'd rather piss off and *plonk* them, then try to circumnavigate their paywall.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:47 pm

I've finally become my father. I'm eating a sealed box of cereal from late 2018.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:06 pm

LordMortis wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:42 pm I try to play by the rules. If their model is subscription and that is a requirement, I just don't use them as a source. I will say, I hate that they paywall news sites get themselves put to the top of a google search and then lock you out. I know there is a way to currate google from including sites, I need to learn how to do that, so I cans start, for instance, lopping the NYT out of my searches. The love to come in the top searches for everything only to tell you sign up or piss off. I'd rather piss off and *plonk* them, then try to circumnavigate their paywall.

I feel your annoyance, but it costs money to pay actual journalists. It's a good thing that actual journalism appears first in a search.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:46 pm

I just embarrassed myself in front of the building jock. This keeps happening to me with small talk... someone will toss a rhetorical greeting my way and I'll mentally struggle deciding whether to respond genuinely. Holding the door open for him, he hit me with, "What's up, buddy?" After a couple seconds, I spat out "How d'youin'?" He probably thinks I was speaking Georgian or having a stroke.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:01 pm

Sudy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:46 pm I just embarrassed myself in front of the building jock. This keeps happening to me with small talk... someone will toss a rhetorical greeting my way and I'll mentally struggle deciding whether to respond genuinely. Holding the door open for him, he hit me with, "What's up, buddy?" After a couple seconds, I spat out "How d'youin'?" He probably thinks I was speaking Georgian or having a stroke.

Y'just gotta hone yer small-talk comebacks. Think of it like insult sword-fighting from the Monkey Island games of old. Correct response:

"It's kinda like down, only the opposite direction."

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:08 pm

Tell him the story of an ingrown toenail or a puss pocket that was really deep. He wont greet you any more.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:57 pm

Sudy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:46 pm I just embarrassed myself in front of the building jock. This keeps happening to me with small talk... someone will toss a rhetorical greeting my way and I'll mentally struggle deciding whether to respond genuinely. Holding the door open for him, he hit me with, "What's up, buddy?" After a couple seconds, I spat out "How d'youin'?" He probably thinks I was speaking Georgian or having a stroke.

This is your brain on drugs.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:29 am

https://shop.paqui.com/products/haunted-ghost-pepper

Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper corn chips - i'm pretty good with spicy stuff, and most mainstream 'spicy' snack foods are pathetic, but this doesn't mess around. i can tolerate about 10-15 chips before having to stop for a while (and going beyond that _will_ start to give me indigestion.)

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:43 am

Yeah, Paqui chips are no joke. They are the "One Chip Challenge" folks after all.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:38 pm

My cable company keeps mailing me offers. "Save money now!"...."Lower your bills. Get more!"

Somehow Im supposed to save money by sending them more money. I dont think they understand how money works.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:30 pm

Sirius is really desperate. I never use it, its an outdated business model, and they don't have any stations I really really like. its like cable, hundreds of channels of crap. but they constantly send me spam, trying to get me to subscribe.
If I wanted it, I would have subscribed when I bought the car 10 years ago. I didn't want it then, and I sure as rotten tangerines don't want it now.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:36 pm

Tried some Parm Crisps (original) as I went through Whole Foods for dinner one afternoon and man, is that salty, but I can't stop eating.

It's made of cheese, and only cheese, and it looks like a rice-cracker, basically.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:39 pm

Yeah. Those are great.
Easy to make your own too , btw.
I know you don’t cook though.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:00 pm

Jaymon wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:30 pm Sirius is really desperate. I never use it, its an outdated business model, and they don't have any stations I really really like. its like cable, hundreds of channels of crap. but they constantly send me spam, trying to get me to subscribe.
If I wanted it, I would have subscribed when I bought the car 10 years ago. I didn't want it then, and I sure as rotten tangerines don't want it now.

Not desperate enough. I used to sign up when they'd offer 5 months for $25. They'd insist I auto renew. I'd say that was a deal breaker. At that price I was OK with it. At $13 a month I had no use for it.

Cable is something for which I still need to cut the cord. Inertia is strong in me.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:22 pm

Where in stores are Parm Crisps located?