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Hardware & Technology / Privacy Badger repair CAUTION
« on: October 20, 2018, 02:43:56 PM »
I noticed PB icon wasn't showing in my Chrome extensions. When I checked, it was marked "Corrupted" and showed a "Repair" button. When I repaired it, it simply re-installed PB and overwrote my much-modified cookie database. I had exported a copy a few weeks ago and could upload it, but would have lost a few hours work otherwise. In this instance, "Repair" was misleading.
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Water Cooler / Job growth is no cure for a community's poverty, study finds
« on: October 19, 2018, 12:25:41 AM »4
Water Cooler / Komatsu Unveils Self-Driving Construction Vehicles
« on: October 18, 2018, 03:04:33 PM »5
Water Cooler / Humans Just Can't Stop Rear-Ending Self-Driving Cars
« on: October 18, 2018, 02:49:07 PM »6
Economics & Investing / US announces intent to withdraw from international postal rate system
« on: October 17, 2018, 11:09:09 PM »
You electronics junkies that buy off ship-from-China merchants, THIS is gonna cost you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/411828-us-announces-intent-to-withdraw-from-international-postal-rate-system
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/411828-us-announces-intent-to-withdraw-from-international-postal-rate-system
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Marketing / GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car advertising blitz
« on: October 17, 2018, 08:29:26 PM »8
Water Cooler / ... half of them are stupider than that
« on: October 17, 2018, 07:38:33 PM »
--G. Carlin
Doctors 'flabbergasted' that half of parents think flu shot causes the flu
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/10/17/doctors-flabbergasted-that-half-of-parents-think-flu-shot-causes-the-flu-its-impossible/23563742/
Doctors 'flabbergasted' that half of parents think flu shot causes the flu
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/10/17/doctors-flabbergasted-that-half-of-parents-think-flu-shot-causes-the-flu-its-impossible/23563742/
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Hardware & Technology / I need a W10 crapbook
« on: October 17, 2018, 04:22:05 PM »
The latest w10 update reportedly requires 10gb of space!! On top of that, the new G Chrome update has apparently increased the cpu hawg factor. Louise rarely opens her cheap travel laptop and the update stack bricked it. I'll assign one of my old ones to travel duty, but will need to eventually replace it for convenience. I have others lying about, so there's no rush.
Given that 16g ram is the new reliability threshold, this limits the cheapest choices pretty quickly. Lenovo, Dell, and HP seem to be the only brands that are coming up on Amz.
Added: It's GOT to run Tampermonkey.
Given that 16g ram is the new reliability threshold, this limits the cheapest choices pretty quickly. Lenovo, Dell, and HP seem to be the only brands that are coming up on Amz.
Added: It's GOT to run Tampermonkey.
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Marketing / Advertisers allege Facebook hid the fact that no one watches video ads
« on: October 17, 2018, 12:35:18 PM »11
Marketing / Google puts privacy over business incentives with new developer restrictions
« on: October 16, 2018, 12:10:23 PM »12
Water Cooler / Nate Silver on media hype and twisted numbers
« on: October 16, 2018, 12:07:21 PM »15
Water Cooler / Federal flood insurance has a cap
« on: October 11, 2018, 02:13:09 AM »
NFIP was mentioned in the hurricane thread. The media often misrepresents it as subsidized full coverage. It has a limit of $250k on residential and $500k commercial. Soooo, those million-dollar beach cottages that are swept away? The owner takes a big hit unless he's bought wildly expensive Excess Flood Insurance from Lloyd's or somesuch.