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Water Cooler / The one software you REFUSE to use no matter what...
« on: August 31, 2024, 04:56:47 PM »
In my new insurance career, I am told over and again that I HAVE to use Chrome to make insurance company websites work.

When they tell me "OK, are you using Chrome?" my answer to them is,"No. I don't use Chrome. I won't ever use Chrome, Chrome is a piece of crap and I won't use it."

There is usually a stunned silence after this.

What is the one software you refuse to use no matter what?


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Water Cooler / MR340 - Kayak racing
« on: April 25, 2024, 04:18:56 PM »
YOU GUYS!!  I'm so stupidly excited about this!

Did you know that there is such a thing as kayak racing? And you kayak on rivers to get to the next point? I didn't! I was lamenting that I really wanted to get back into triathlon but absolutely hate bike riding with cars and then someone told me of the MR340.

https://mr340.org/

340 miles on the Missouri River over two days. I probably should start with something a bit less, but I kinda want to do this just to finish it! Since my elbows are shot, I use a kayak that is pedal powered (Hobie Revolution 13 if you're interested.)

I'd have to train hard to make it. But what an experience!!!



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Water Cooler / Anyone traveling to see the solar eclipse on April 8th?
« on: April 02, 2024, 09:53:09 PM »
I'm getting my little camper and heading to southeast Missouri -- the north fork of the White River, to be exact. Gonna flyfish for some trout while I'm there and see the 4.5 minutes of solar eclipse as well.

I went to Grand Island, Nebraska during the last eclipse and it was only 2 minutes. It was wild to see the animals change to nocturnal behaviors. And it *felt* significantly cooler. Really interesting.

I can't wait to see what it will do this time.

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Hardware & Technology / Let's talk Ransomware
« on: February 29, 2024, 08:19:42 PM »
Reading a thing today about United HealthCare who was recently down due to Ransomware.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-pharmacy-outage-triggered-by-ransomware-unit-unitedhealth-sources-say-2024-02-26/

Someone hacks the system and shuts things down. Then, they contact the company saying "Pay us and we will give your system back?"

How often do the ransomers actually keep their promise after getting the money?
Or do the ransomers just take the money and leave?
Are they ever caught and brought through the legal system?
And is there insurance to pay the ransom?
And if they do pay the ransom, doesn't it just make ransomers ransom more?


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Web Development / What boomer is in charge of this web site?
« on: February 26, 2024, 03:35:23 PM »
I'm changing careers yet again to sell Medicare. One of the insurance companies I'm working with is United Healthcare.

So, went to the training site, found a link where it said "Click here for local trainings."

And I shit you not, the link downloaded an excel sheet. Are you fucking kidding me? In 2023? Sorry RC.

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Water Cooler / Apple Vision Pro
« on: January 26, 2024, 11:14:53 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg

I have to say this could be ground breaking for people with disabilities to be able to navigate with their eyes. But why do the goggles have to be so huge? Also...it's corded?

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Water Cooler / CORRECT Prediction of computers from the 1970s.
« on: November 15, 2023, 04:06:14 PM »
It’s kinda spooky how accurate this is. (And as for the small robot prediction, I love my automatic catbox and roomba.)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzZgsNwP4aF/?igshid=MTlrcXg0dmljeHhwbA==

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Water Cooler / Hurricane Idalia check in...You guys OK?
« on: August 31, 2023, 05:47:40 PM »
RC?  Drastic? Anyone else in the South East... You guys OK?

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Traffic / NextDoor: Anyone have experience with it?
« on: August 22, 2023, 03:09:49 PM »
I know next to nothing about it.  I'm trying to learn as much as I can for a client who wants to advertise on it.  Is it worth it?  Does it convert?  Are there ways to optimize for it?

Thanks in advance.

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Traffic / FaceBook Whistleblower on Facebook’s algorithm - 60 Minutes Overtime
« on: October 04, 2021, 12:56:26 AM »
We’ve known this for a long time, but it’s interesting to see a mainstream (and trusted) news source explaining it to the masses.  She explains it beautifully.

Angry content makes money.  There are several YouTube videos on this interview.

https://youtu.be/6Z6R2OJQlYc

The joke was if you wanted to see where the next conflict in the world was going to be, you just had to go 2 years in the past and see where FaceBook expanded to.

https://youtu.be/7yjINsQu-Wk

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Water Cooler / The wild weather has started. This summer will be crazy.
« on: May 27, 2021, 08:11:39 PM »
We had golf ball sized hail just south of here.  Lightening like I've never seen, tornado sirens went off twice yesterday. And, 30 miles away, they had softball sized hail.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=337238224453214&set=a.268765377967166

Trying to post an image of the hail, but can't...*sighs*

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Hardware & Technology / What Will Future Homes Look Like? Filmed in the 1960's - Narrated by Cronkite
« on: February 19, 2021, 04:08:00 PM »
It is rather long, but they did get quite a few things right:  giant televisions and computers being used in the home.

They missed the boat on a 30 hour workweek and a month of vacation being the norm in the US.  (And the LOUD teletype machine in the kitchen just kills me. ;D )

https://youtu.be/2ivp442RLS8

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Water Cooler / My latest project -- just for fun.
« on: January 04, 2021, 10:03:26 PM »
I dug my Great Grandmother's Singer out of the basement.  It was built in 1892 and purrs along like it was just made.  The last two years has just been grueling, and I just needed something fun to take my mind off it.

I tried to make a video that didn't suck and might even get watched to the end.  That's tough to do with a sewing video.  Be brutally honest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvNEPH9ra8

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Water Cooler / There is a hotline for people to scream and hang up
« on: December 27, 2020, 04:05:14 AM »
And, they put the screams on their website.

It’s genius. I wish I thought of it.

https://happymag.tv/hotline-for-screaming

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Water Cooler / IBM offering free classes in COBOL because unemployment mainframes are breaking
« on: April 13, 2020, 04:04:17 PM »
https://www.techspot.com/amp/news/84796-us-states-desperate-cobol-programmers-ibm-offering-free.html

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