Random Rants 79: [Impassionating Intensifies]

[Tee Kay]

Just passing through 'cause nostalgia, we'll see how long I last in this madhouse this time

 

[cardgame]

Chrome sucks up memory badly. That is one of the reasons I stopped using it. Vivaldi is much better.

I only have 8GB but like I said it's only ever been a problem once

 

[Birdjaguar]

I only have 8GB but like I said it's only ever been a problem once

I found the problem arises when I play a memory intensive game and want 60 fps. Once i stopped using Chrome, I never found a reason to go back.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: It can be a gamble reading a longer fanfic that's rated as Explicit. Either you end up with a few short scenes that can be easily skimmed over, or what seems to be five chapters straight of...whatever that was.

 

[Cutlass]

1/4 of my coworkers decided to take the day off with no notice.

 

[Narz]

I'm probably not going to have sex with anyone on my birthday #fwp

 

[cardgame]

I spent my last birthday doing government paperwork

 

[Takhisis]

Use Chrome at work 'cause it's either that or Microsoft Edge.

What kind of hellish workplace are you in?

quick, someone grab him so that he doesn't escape again

At home I use Firefox, less because I'm concerned about privacy or anything and more because there's a fox on it.

Is it a Tanicius one?

 

[Snerk]

I spent my last birthday doing government paperwork

If that isn't getting effed I don't know what is.

 

[Takhisis]

Once something is on the open internet it's almost -I'd say effectively- impossible to delete. Once the data's been collected you'd better assume somebody's accessing it who shouldn't. You live in the US where there's still an illusion of fairness and rule of law and so on, but personalised targetted attacks are already feasible.

I don't live in the US and I already know that the more information the government has on me is usually the worse for me.

If people want to look at it I must assume that it's valuable. Why am I not being paid for giving them something of value?
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Oh yes, Facebook's creepy. Zuckerberg's co-founders and former coworkers have said that he simply wants to gain as much as he can. WhatsApp is on the way to being monetised (for its parent company, Facebook, Inc., not for its users) and on Instagram I've never even been yet, and never will.

Notice that I wrote the above before I found out that Facebook had decided to launch its own e-currency supported by Uber and PayPal and other such liberators.

 

[Kyriakos]

Notice that I wrote the above before I found out that Facebook had decided to launch its own e-currency supported by Uber and PayPal and other such liberators.

E-currencies are dangerous. Sure, they may function somewhat while there still is material currency, but if one only had e-currency they could be ruined with a few clicks.
Beneath a Steel Sky

 

[The_J]

Meh, still haven't heard back from the job, where the decision should've been made last Friday :/.

 

[rah]

Still a tad early to be overly concerned.

 

[The_J]

That might be true, but I'm annoyed ^^.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

A friend of mine flew in from Colorado and we were going to meet up tonight. Thing is he's been working overnight shifts and booked a flight at like 3 am.

He flew to San Jose on the other side of the state....

 

[Takhisis]

a flight at like 3 am.

I didn't know those were even allowed.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Red eye flights are allowed at many airports here but I worded that poorly. I meant he was phsycially awake at 3am booking flights, not that the flight arrived at 3am. He arrived at 6pm right on time - 500+ km away from where he intended.

Also, ironically, my local airport decidedly does not allow red-eye flights. They close down at 8 pm to cut noise pollution. It's a big point of contention between the neighborhoods around the airport and everyone that uses it.

 

[Takhisis]

Ohhh now I get it.

*giggles*

 

[Hygro]

How do you even make that error. "Flights to California"?

 

[Gori the Grey]

"One of those "San" cities, I think"