About Firefox, I'm pretty sure this is just me but whenever I first open it when turning on my computer it shuts itself off. Does that happen to anyone else? Should I call a guy?
GasBandit
Staff member
There's this addon called memoryfox that I've found really helps with that. But yeah, there's plainly a memory leak and the addon can only do so much.
Looks like an issue that has plagued many, many Firefox users throughout the course of its lifetime. We'd need to know more about your computer setup, browser version, any error messages, crash handler logs, etc. before we could really be of help. (because all of those details help refine Google search strings).
Oh yeaaaaaah, Google! That's a thing still! Why do I forget about it so much?
figmentPez
Staff member
At least Firefox will let go of memory when you close a tab now. It used to be I'd have to restart Firefox after reading a few hundred articles in Google Reader because the memory use would skyrocket. Now I just have to close the tab.
On a good night, I can go THREE hours of sleep! The "How much sleep didn't you get game!" The game where no matter who wins, we all lose.
figmentPez
Staff member
Yeah, but it's memory usage in the task manager can drop by an entire GB if I've been browsing Google Reader long enough. It may be able to re-open that tab, but it doesn't keep everything it was caching in RAM.
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Anonymous
Anonymous
I'm feeling super low lately, and (with one exception) my friends are nowhere to be seen. It makes me feel isolated and more alone, and it makes me wonder how many of them even give a shit.
So tend to go the holidays, unfortunately.
On the one side are the people who are too active to hang out with other people. On the other side are the ones who are expecting extra attention because Holiday, but instead they get passed over because too busy, not in town, etc. People say the holidays are what bring people together, but sometimes I wonder.
--Patrick
Cajungal
Staff member
Anonymous' post made me feel guilty about what a terrible friend I am. I don't really expect anything of anyone that I'm friends with. I never really feel like hanging out; they're always the ones to call me. I can't help it; being around most people is exhausting for me these days... not sure why. Still makes me feel guilty, though. Good thing they have other, way more fun friends.
I hope you can see your friends soon. *HUGS*
I hope you can see your friends soon. *HUGS*
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Anonymous
Anonymous
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make anyone feel bad. The problem isn't that they don't initiate calls often enough. I'm just tired of being the one to put forth all the effort with most of my friends. I often feel like I care more about them than they care about me. I'm the one who shows up when someone is moving and needs help with their heavy furniture up two flights of stairs. I'm the one who will drop everything and meet up for coffee if they're upset about something and want to talk. I'm the one who invites people to come along to a concert or event when I have an extra ticket. I'm the one who travels to them when they want to make dinner plans, even if it means a 30-60 minute drive, every time. The situation now, when I'm calling/texting them and they can't be bothered to respond, is just the last straw.
I make a serious effort to be loyal, considerate, and reliable with my friends and family. And no one ever returns the favor amongst my friends.
I make a serious effort to be loyal, considerate, and reliable with my friends and family. And no one ever returns the favor amongst my friends.
This is basically every friendship I've ever had.
When the hell are they fixin' the damn dam-bridge? People wanna walk on that thing you know? To converse with the other Lakes people! Just ridiculous. And don't you dare say "hurricane" because we hardly got any damage from it!
Cajungal
Staff member
I'm sorry you're getting taken for granted like that. It happens to a lot of good people, unfortunately.
I don't know whether this counts as ranting or whining, but I feel writing about it any way. I saw a car just hanging around my house, doing that emergency blinky ligtht ing that cars do. Now they were standing there for a few minutes and I was a little curious, so I went up to the car seeing if they needed directions or something .When I went up, they stared at me, locked their the doors and just drove away. I get it I got a scary beard, but I still feel weird about it all especially since I could clearly be seen walking out of my house. Hell, what if they spread word that I'm some sort of pervert or murderer or something who goes up to people's cars? I was just checkin' why their damn car was outside my house flashing their lights, is that such a crime?
Took my college entrance exams. Aced everything except math, so the only classes I'll need to take to catch up are Introduction into College Math and such. Still a pain in the ass...
Well, along that line I've been having thoughts about leaving China in a year or two and going into Medical school. Since it's been a few years, I've been going over High school Math and Chemistry to catch up through online lectures. Man, do I have a ways to go.
...because they know you'll understand. If you can take it, that's great. Few people are built like you. Otherwise, they may need a little time away from you to realize. Taper, but don't abandon, and you'll probably find out whether they were just saturated or whether things are truly going in a new direction.
--Patrick
How big a rock? I AM INTRIGUED!
I think you answered your question.
Went to the eye doctor for the first time since I was 12. I know I have poorer version in my right eye, and this was confirmed, so I'll start using reading glasses once they come in to hopefully correct this. What I didn't know was the extent of the problem. Apparently because my right eye is poor, my brain shifts vision detection to my left eye, so I'm pretty much just using one eye aside from peripheral vision. My right eye gets worse, my left eye gets strained, and to top it all off, I apparently don't have proper depth perception because my eyes aren't working together, which explains plenty of other problems in my life. My good reflexes are pretty much my brain compensating, like a blind person, and now I know why I can move around in the dark without hitting things.
So I guess I'll be starting vision therapy next month if my insurance will cover it.
I'm not sure what to make of this, except that the more my wife and I talk about it, the more things keep clicking as to "oh, that makes since because of --insert thing I do--". It's just weird. I didn't think I saw things differently than other people. I won't mind wearing glasses; it'll be nice to not have letters look fuzzy on a page, but the depth perception thing is getting to me and I don't know why.
So I guess I'll be starting vision therapy next month if my insurance will cover it.
I'm not sure what to make of this, except that the more my wife and I talk about it, the more things keep clicking as to "oh, that makes since because of --insert thing I do--". It's just weird. I didn't think I saw things differently than other people. I won't mind wearing glasses; it'll be nice to not have letters look fuzzy on a page, but the depth perception thing is getting to me and I don't know why.
Not sure if this counts as a rant, but I feel like complaining about it so why not. DO NOT BUY GLASSES AT THE EYE DOCTORS! They over-charge like a mother-fucker. Buy them at a store, like Foreyes or maybe a lesser known store, whatevs baby.
Depends on your eye doctor Yosh. We can get glasses and contacts cheaper there than at many of chain stores, and usually cheaper than 1800contacts. (depends on which family member is shopping, my wife's contacts are usually cheaper on 1800, mine at eye doctor)
My brother bought a rip saw from harbor freight for me, when I needed to cut loose a shock absorber from my car. We had to go back 5 times to get one that worked out of the box. The main issue was that the part that holds the blade all had stuck screws, so it was just a $20 vibrator.
But can we get cheap, knock-off Lasik?