The Tech Random Crap Thread
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figmentPez
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A cell phone with a built-in what?
I feel like @PatrThom and I would also enjoy this toy.I want one.
I never used WinAmp. I didn't get a PC of my own until about 2000, and by then it was already waning after AOL bought them out.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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I'm kinda glad that HDR is still somewhat niche tech, because I'm worried that once it's default on all displays that advertisements will be too bright, just like they're currently too loud.
Those are lots of fun, but honestly? I prefer using two or three regular monitors over one big one. Easier to keep things organized.
PRO MP341CQW | Professional Business Monitor 34 inch | MSI
PRO MP341C series is the best 21:9 UWQHD curved monitor for multitasking. Its ultra-wide screen size allows users to use it as dual monitors. The 1500R curved screen and eye-care technology help to take care of users health and efficiency when working.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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I had to appear for Jury Selection this morning. I was just now released.
I'm surprised it took this long to dismiss me, given that it turns out the defendant in the civil case being brought is like my 4th largest client, who has spent over half a million dollars on my projects just this summer, and I told them so at 9:15 this morning. Kind of a conflict of interests there, really.
I'm surprised it took this long to dismiss me, given that it turns out the defendant in the civil case being brought is like my 4th largest client, who has spent over half a million dollars on my projects just this summer, and I told them so at 9:15 this morning. Kind of a conflict of interests there, really.
Well, nobody cares about that. Your moving slowly towards the left is unforgivable though.
figmentPez
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Well, this is very random: What happens if you try to replace your CPU while the PC is hibernating.
figmentPez
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A while back I noticed that a bunch YouTube channels use the same stock music, and my brain gets confused every time "toy review music" suddenly shows up as "cooking montage tune".
I wondered why YouTube didn't set up a system to connect independent musicians with video creators, so everyone in the chain could benefit. Indie artists get discovered, video creators get more varied music to match their content, and YouTube makes money off of brokering the deals, while also cutting down on the number of copyright complaints. Then I realized that such a system would cut the RIAA out of the picture, and major record companies really do not want YouTube to help people discover music they don't control.
I wondered why YouTube didn't set up a system to connect independent musicians with video creators, so everyone in the chain could benefit. Indie artists get discovered, video creators get more varied music to match their content, and YouTube makes money off of brokering the deals, while also cutting down on the number of copyright complaints. Then I realized that such a system would cut the RIAA out of the picture, and major record companies really do not want YouTube to help people discover music they don't control.
Not "adopting," just "supporting."
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Apple's RCS announcement date wasn't coincidence
Yesterday’s Apple RCS u-turn came as a big surprise, as the company had previously indicated that it had no plans...
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figmentPez
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My computer mouse is now old enough to vote. I've had it for 18 years today. (Logitech G5 laser)
figmentPez
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The other day I was thinking about Spoon Theory, and one of my problems with it is that there isn't just one currency to be paid in getting things done while disabled / chronically ill. You can't always pay for an endurance task with concentration currency. Being disabled has a whole F2P economy of bullshit fake currency. It's spoons and gold spoons, and buttons, and paperclips, and.... Every task takes multiple types of currency, and you get random amounts of each currency every day, and sometimes you can earn extra currency, but you've also got to save up enough currency to buy your way into events that unlock more currency later. Also, just like F2P games you can pay to expedite tasks with real dollars, but that shit gets expensive fast.
Fork Theory: How the Anti-Spoons Affect Mental Illness
In mental illness, spoon theory refers to limited internal resources, while fork theory relates to the capacity to handle external stressors.
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So I just changed my DNS server on my phone from Google to adguard. As expected, less ads.
However, what is also very noticeable and I didn't expect - waaayyyyy less propaganda on meme sites. Seems a lot of the propaganda bots (yes, most obviously the pro Russia, Pro Trump and anti Muslim ones but it's really visible on both sides) are being blocked out too. Awesome.
However, what is also very noticeable and I didn't expect - waaayyyyy less propaganda on meme sites. Seems a lot of the propaganda bots (yes, most obviously the pro Russia, Pro Trump and anti Muslim ones but it's really visible on both sides) are being blocked out too. Awesome.
Many (most?) of the propaganda places depend on the same information the ad sites do to function. I live in an area just chock full of rednecks and Conservatives and my YouTube ads are always things like, "Don't believe your eye doctor about vision problems it's all something you can cure with two spoons and our amazing 10-step program..." There was even one ad that I just couldn't believe was allowed to air. I was going to record it but when I showed it to my wife I forgot to pause it before it ended and then it had moved on to the next one. It was one of those "Fluoride is reacting with the sunlight that hits your 'third eye' pineal gland and leaching the calcium from your teeth" kinds of ads. That's not hyperbole, by the way. That's a best-effort reconstruction from my one-time viewing of what the ad actually sounded like.
--Patrick
Is it just me, or has there recently been a major uptick in batshit crazy ads? For years on YouTube, I just got the normal products and services type ads, but lately it's been all sorts of MAGAt shit when I don't go anywhere near those types of videos. It got bad enough that I broke down and got the subscription to YouTube (hmm...maybe that was YouTube's goal...)
Same with junk mail, though. I've been getting 50+ a day and most of them are insane right wing conspiracy theories.
--Patrick
This would be neat for exactly 15 minutes, and then turned off and never used again.