Random randomness

[Blackhawk]

My kids still had boards (whiteboards, not black), but no books, and backpacks were not allowed.

[Fardaza]

My daughter and I were talking this morning about teachers slacking off before the holidays. And I said, "I bet some of them just roll a TV into the classroom and show a movie, right?"

She starts laughing hysterically and says, "Daddy, they don't "roll" TVs into the classroom, they just turn on the screen. That old-timey thing you used to call a "chalkboard" is a smart screen."

I wasn't feeling like I was turning 50 until that moment.

I retired as an elementary teacher 4 years ago. I was one of the first at my school to have a "smartboard" in my classroom. They are great! I could show a Youtube video, put a workbook under the doc camera and write on it, connect to any website, etc. The kids could then see whatever I wanted them to from anywhere in the room. The workbook and doc camera were a Godsend to me as a teacher. I could show the page we were doing as a class, write on the page so they could see it, and even walk over to the smartboard and circle or underline things as well. All while writing on the whiteboard next to the screen.

As for "slacking off before the holidays", I'm not sure that accurately describes it. It probably does for some teachers. The fact is that any tests, worksheets, essays, etc. that a teacher gives the week before a holiday have to be graded during the supposed vacation time. This can greatly affect a teacher's mindset and attitude when they're trying to enjoy a few days off just like the kids.

[LordMortis]

When sweet potatoes go in sale for $.25 a pound around turkey day I need to remind myself to buy more than 4 at a time with those new fangled digital coupons. I find that I eat one every day and then on day 5, I'm always like "I could have had another sweet potato today." They don't make a meal, but as far as snacks goes, you can't beat $.25. I'm guessing I spend more on energy to cook it than I do on the actual tuber.

That is all.

[Daehawk]

I sit at my computer in front of a double window. It has a wood divider going down the middle of the windows.

I need a light here at the PC sometimes. I want one where I could screw it flush against that wood divider there and have it shine down on the pc area.

Here lemme see if I can take a pic of the area...

Spoiler:

Is there such a thing as that? Its too big for a clamp on lamp. And I dont have room for a lamp wit ha base to sit it on there in that mess. So I was thinking of simply screwing one to the wood frame there above it all.

Unless theres a simpler / better idea Im not seeing.

Barring all else I could get a clamp lamp and attach it to the bottom of the raised window frame on the right side...that might work best after all.

Maybe something from this page might work and be cheap.

EDIT: I think Ive settled on THIS as being about what I need.

[Kraken]

My daughter and I were talking this morning about teachers slacking off before the holidays. And I said, "I bet some of them just roll a TV into the classroom and show a movie, right?"

She starts laughing hysterically and says, "Daddy, they don't "roll" TVs into the classroom, they just turn on the screen. That old-timey thing you used to call a "chalkboard" is a smart screen."

I wasn't feeling like I was turning 50 until that moment.

Haha

I have no kids so I would definitely show my disconnect with how classrooms are now. I would end up asking, "So no more AV clubs?"... and be laughed out of the room. Man, I remember being in the AV room with many boxes of bulbs to replace in film strips, overhead projectors, movie projectors, waiting for the signal to "roll" down a movie projector to a classroom. The smell of those dusty bulbs when they heat up and were as hot as the surface of the sun.

I was in the Film Club, and we got to use the video camera and tape machine (reel-to-reel, baby, newfangled cassettes were still in the future...and the camera was a huge thing on a wheeled tripod). The price of access was having to record sporting matches for the coaches to review, but for enduring that we got to experiment with the technology however we wished in our off time.

[hepcat]

I sit at my computer in front of a double window. It has a wood divider going down the middle of the windows.

I need a light here at the PC sometimes. I want one where I could screw it flush against that wood divider there and have it shine down on the pc area.

Here lemme see if I can take a pic of the area...

Spoiler:

Is that a window to the right of your monitor? If so, can you take a look out that window and see if that evil alien baby in a powder blue jumper is still there?

Spoiler:

[Punisher]

My daughter and I were talking this morning about teachers slacking off before the holidays. And I said, "I bet some of them just roll a TV into the classroom and show a movie, right?"

She starts laughing hysterically and says, "Daddy, they don't "roll" TVs into the classroom, they just turn on the screen. That old-timey thing you used to call a "chalkboard" is a smart screen."

I wasn't feeling like I was turning 50 until that moment.

Haha

I have no kids so I would definitely show my disconnect with how classrooms are now. I would end up asking, "So no more AV clubs?"... and be laughed out of the room. Man, I remember being in the AV room with many boxes of bulbs to replace in film strips, overhead projectors, movie projectors, waiting for the signal to "roll" down a movie projector to a classroom. The smell of those dusty bulbs when they heat up and were as hot as the surface of the sun.

I was in the Film Club, and we got to use the video camera and tape machine (reel-to-reel, baby, newfangled cassettes were still in the future...and the camera was a huge thing on a wheeled tripod). The price of access was having to record sporting matches for the coaches to review, but for enduring that we got to experiment with the technology however we wished in our off time.

My school didn't have film or AV club really. We had a full blown TV Production elective class. We produced a show on local cable.
I loved that class and almost went into TV or film Production as a career.

[GreenGoo]

Let's say that I wanted to stalk *cough* find out the address of someone without them being aware. i.e. I don't want to just ask them. How would you go about doing that?

I do not have their real name, only their handles on various platforms and their state, possibly city if I can remember it.

Any internet sleuths on OO? I would consider myself a half-way decent sleuth but I'm not quite sure where to start here, except follow the data trail until I get lucky.

[Unagi]

If you don't have their actual name, I would think you are really swimming against the current.

I imagine your real question starts with "how do I find out the name of someone without them being aware".


-and sorry, no clue.

[wonderpug]

Let's say that I wanted to stalk *cough* find out the address of someone without them being aware. i.e. I don't want to just ask them. How would you go about doing that?

I do not have their real name, only their handles on various platforms and their state, possibly city if I can remember it.

Any internet sleuths on OO? I would consider myself a half-way decent sleuth but I'm not quite sure where to start here, except follow the data trail until I get lucky.

Even if someone here has a good method, I don’t know that we want OO to host instructions on how to track down home addresses of people you find on the internet.

[GreenGoo]

shrug. PM me if you have info and are willing to share.

I'm asking here because this is my social media site and discussing things here is social for a lot of people.

I could just ask google but if everyone did that about information they are looking for, OO would be even more of a desert, populated solely by hair jokes that don't land.

It's not that I don't get your point, I just don't think it matters one way or another.

[GreenGoo]

If you don't have their actual name, I would think you are really swimming against the current.

I imagine your real question starts with "how do I find out the name of someone without them being aware".


-and sorry, no clue.

Yeah, name would speed things up definitely. I may even have it already, somewhere. There's always brute force, which is following the publicly available data. It's a bit tedious and time consuming. In the end if I didn't want it to be a nice surprise at xmas, I would just ask them directly. I may still do that, but it feels like gift giving defeat.

[Max Peck]

Wait, we have bad hair jokes here? By which I mean bad jokes about hair, not jokes about bad hair. That would just be cruel.

[Madmarcus]

The easiest way is finding someone else on the Internet who knows their real name. Around here that might even be easy with the Chicago gang, the various people who are related and so forth. No other sites that might be more difficult.

[raydude]

I was in Japan a few weeks ago for work. Stayed in the Yokohama area and got to experience morning rush hour on the trains getting to work and getting home. It was a blast, but one thing I do wish they had is a dividing wall between the men's urinals. Even though most of them had about 4' high urinals and I tried really hard not to look, I'd see movement out of the corner of my eye. Bashful bladder syndrome made it take a few minutes longer for me to go

[Holman]

I retired as an elementary teacher 4 years ago. I was one of the first at my school to have a "smartboard" in my classroom. They are great! I could show a Youtube video, put a workbook under the doc camera and write on it, connect to any website, etc. The kids could then see whatever I wanted them to from anywhere in the room. The workbook and doc camera were a Godsend to me as a teacher. I could show the page we were doing as a class, write on the page so they could see it, and even walk over to the smartboard and circle or underline things as well. All while writing on the whiteboard next to the screen.

My very first teaching jobs were as a grad student at Michigan, where the classroom buildings still had chalk boards. I quickly learned to start carrying a handkerchief for wiping chalk off my hands.

Later I taught at a prep school that did transition to smartboards. Eventually I taught at a university where, rather than smartboards, they used ceiling mounted projectors linked to a nearby PC. You lose a little functionality compared to a smartboard, but I didn't feel it too keenly. I assume it's also the less expensive option.

I still carry a handkerchief, though. Turns out they're useful in lots of ways.

[GreenGoo]

The easiest way is finding someone else on the Internet who knows their real name. Around here that might even be easy with the Chicago gang, the various people who are related and so forth. No other sites that might be more difficult.

Agreed. I have a couple of people I can ask. I guess that's probably the easiest route. It's nothing nefarious. I like surprising people with nice things that they might like. The hard part, I find, is the surprise part, which is why I try not to let anyone in on it.

That said, it's not important. I don't even know what I expected when I asked the original question. Magic, I guess.

[Punisher]

You just need to hire a l€€t H@x0r.

[GreenGoo]

I was in Japan a few weeks ago for work. Stayed in the Yokohama area and got to experience morning rush hour on the trains getting to work and getting home. It was a blast, but one thing I do wish they had is a dividing wall between the men's urinals. Even though most of them had about 4' high urinals and I tried really hard not to look, I'd see movement out of the corner of my eye. Bashful bladder syndrome made it take a few minutes longer for me to go

No judgment. The mind is a weird thing, and it has the keys to the castle.

This was a bigger problem for me when I was younger, but I find closing my eyes and meditating on something relaxing helped speed things up. Now that I'm older I'm starting to not give a fuck. That helps me daily in all sorts of ways.

[GreenGoo]

Looking for a mobile app to keep notes in. I don't want a full blown calendar, but something I can keep a grocery list in, or a short to do list, something like that.

I'm sure there are a million of them, but I was curious about opinions.

Right now I send myself a text, and that works well enough, but I'm looking for something a tiny bit more organized. Just a little.

[Holman]

Looking for a mobile app to keep notes in. I don't want a full blown calendar, but something I can keep a grocery list in, or a short to do list, something like that.

I'm sure there are a million of them, but I was curious about opinions.

Right now I send myself a text, and that works well enough, but I'm looking for something a tiny bit more organized. Just a little.

iPhones come with a Notes app. It's nothing fancy, but it lets you keep up different pages with different titles for organization purposes.

If list-making is more your thing, AnyList is a free app that lets you share e.g. grocery and shopping lists among several people.

[GreenGoo]

Yeah, you're right, chances are my Android has a default note app as well. I was just making conversation

Ok, not really, but I did wonder if anyone had a favourite that stood out to them.

[disarm]

Looking for a mobile app to keep notes in. I don't want a full blown calendar, but something I can keep a grocery list in, or a short to do list, something like that.

I'm sure there are a million of them, but I was curious about opinions.

Right now I send myself a text, and that works well enough, but I'm looking for something a tiny bit more organized. Just a little.

I use Google Keep...simple to use, accessible anywhere through your Google account, and has some useful integration with Google Calendar. You just said you're on Android, so it's probably already installed on your phone.

[Punisher]

Looking for a mobile app to keep notes in. I don't want a full blown calendar, but something I can keep a grocery list in, or a short to do list, something like that.

I'm sure there are a million of them, but I was curious about opinions.

Right now I send myself a text, and that works well enough, but I'm looking for something a tiny bit more organized. Just a little.

I use ColorNote exclusively.
It's fits my needs and you can link it to your android account so it saves to the cloud if yoy want.

[Max Peck]

I use Google Docs.

[gilraen]

I use this Notepad - it's free (with one unobtrusive ad banner) and very simple, but I also only use it for very simple notes.

[Anonymous Bosch]

Looking for a mobile app to keep notes in. I don't want a full blown calendar, but something I can keep a grocery list in, or a short to do list, something like that.

I'm sure there are a million of them, but I was curious about opinions.

Right now I send myself a text, and that works well enough, but I'm looking for something a tiny bit more organized. Just a little.

Notesnook:

About Notesnook
Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open source note taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge principles, Notesnook encrypts everything on your device using XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2.
Notesnook is our proof that privacy does not (always) have to come at the cost of convenience. Our goal is to provide users peace of mind & 100% confidence that their notes are safe and secure. The decision to go fully open source is one of the most crucial steps towards that.

Open Source License
Notesnook would not be here today without the efforts of the open source community; starting from the lowest layer (Linux) to the highest (React). For this very reason, we have decided to go with an (A)GPLv3 license. Freedom is a part of open source & we do not want to restrict you in any way.

Independent & self funded
Notesnook was born in 2019 in a small town in Khushab, Pakistan. We released the first version in April of 2021 which included our subscription based Pro plan. Ever since Notesnook has only been funded through the subscription fees paid by our wonderful subscribers. This has allowed us to make independent decisions & keep our users as the first priority.
Frankly speaking, we don't have the resources or the know how to start a funding round nor do we have any intention to do so. VC backed start ups are great & all but they lose their freedom & independence in order to stay relevant and profitable.

What makes Notesnook different from other privacy-friendly note taking apps?
Notesnook is a user focused note taking tool meant to offer a fully end-to-end encrypted note taking experience for everyone. This includes the majority of our less tech savy users who just want to take notes without all the hassle.
In short, Notesnook aims to offer a complete replacement for other insecure note taking tools like Evernote & Notion. Because let's be honest, these tools offer great productivity but at the cost to your privacy.

Where are Notesnook servers located?
TLDR; Your data is stored in Germany.
From April 2021 to August 2022 we stored all the user data in Singapore on Upcloud. Since August 2022 we have migrated all user data to servers in Germany on Hetzner.
Since August 2024, we have migrated to iDrive e2 (from Wasabi S3) for attachments storage (all attachments are still stored in Germany). We are also now using Cloudflare CDN when serving attachments to users for faster download speeds all over the world.
At all times in the past, present, and future, we have not, do not, and will not store user data unencrypted.
— May privacy reign

[Holman]

Sounds perfect!

[Isgrimnur]

I use Google Docs.

Marketing tried to get around data protection policies on handling member data and got Google Docs banned by our IT department.

[Isgrimnur]

Ringo Star is 80.

Barry Keoghan To Play Ringo Starr In Sam Mendes’ Beatles Movies, Drummer Says

We were first to report on plans for the quartet of Beatles films back in February, and casting rumors have swirled ever since. While unconfirmed, it’s believed Paul Mescal is circling the role of Paul McCartney, with Harris Dickinson to play John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn to portray George Harrison. No cast deals for the film are currently in place, we’re told.

[Max Peck]

Meh, if any of the text I have entered into Google Docs was sensitive, it wouldn't be on my phone in the first place.

[Isgrimnur]

They were emailing PII to vendors.

[Blackhawk]

I've used OneNote for exactly that. The best part is that it syncs all of my mobile devices and PCs instantly, meaning that I can use it anywhere.

[LordMortis]

Multiple people in different directions setting off fireworks. Windchill is in the 10s. I don't get people. At least they aren't doing it on a weeknight after 10:00. Well not yet anyway...

[Max Peck]

I used to read Famous Monsters of Filmland religiously as a kid, so I was very happy when I stumbled across a collection of scanned issues in the Internet Archive this afternoon. I even found the one particular issue whose cover has been living rent-free in my head for the last 45 years. The Incredible Melting Man may have put me off strawberry ice cream for a little while, way back when.

[GreenGoo]

Neat!

[Daehawk]

Uber is a fickle thing. I have a doggy appt this morning at 9:30. If I want to go ahead and set that pickup time with uber at 9:10am then I only have two choices...both XL and both $45 and %50.

If I wait to set it up and dont set it ahead of time and choose pickup now its $12...WitFH?

[Daehawk]

I called spectrum to see about a deal on my internet. Im paying $67.99 for 500/20.. I saw on their site they have 1 gig so 1000/whatever for $60. So I called them. Turns out thats only for new customers..not me.

And to top it off I ended up signing up for their mobile service. They have hounded me for years through mail and email to sign up with their mobile stuff. I had resisted as I had a free phone through safelink and trackphone. But this old phone is small and cheap..a NXT I think...and its developed a bad charger port. I have to fiddle and angle and fuss with it to get it to charge. I got it in 2019 I think after my wife passed as the phone she was using wasn't cutting it and tech was moving past me and I was forced to get rid of the old flip phone and move into the touch screen smart phone age.

I dont mind..I like these phones. But like I said, mine is old and on its last legs so it was the perfect time to switch.

They asked if I wanted to go the apple way or the Samsung galaxy way and I jumped on the galaxy...I f'n HATE Apple lol. Prefer Android. I get to keep my old current number. Its attached to me and all my contacts and banks and whatever.

Also I only paid $25 right now to get the phone out to me in a couple days and it will be like $5 a month for 12 months. After that its like $30 month. Big diff in that and my current free. But its a lot better phone and theres no contract. I can quit if I dont like it . They also said I can call them for discounts at the time the year is up......same as their internet ways.

Wish I could remember what exact model phone it was they are sending me but I cant. I was just happy its nice and new and a brand I know lol. He said I could always switch it out for something else if Im not happy.

Seems these cable places are really into cell phones now and trying to get you to sign up.

[Kasey Chang]

You should have bluffed them about quitting Spectrum, and be forwarded to their retention department. They may give you the upgrade free.

[Kraken]

You should have bluffed them about quitting Spectrum, and be forwarded to their retention department. They may give you the upgrade free.

Yeah, I accidentally got a rate of $37/mo by canceling and then re-upping. My Galaxy S10 is about 5 years old now and still perking right along, but I'm thinking about replacing it before the threatened tariffs potentially drive prices up by 20%. But that's a Verizon thing for me.