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[fresh_42]

Yep, she made soda bread infused with fresh rosemary. Delicious. I saved a last biscuit for dinner.

The acid makes it a perfect drink in summer: low carbs, low fat, and still taste! Far better and a lot healthier than coke. And cheaper. A lot cheaper.

 

[pinball1970]

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Yes but one does not drink orange juice by the pint as a rule (unless you require a laxative effect) and if you like to drink Guinness it is difficult to stop at just one pint.

 

[fresh_42]

if you like to drink Guinness it is difficult to stop at just one pint.

How do you know? There is no reported case!

 

[ergospherical]

"Thanks for your application to the (blah blah) internship. I have received 119 applications in total, so I hope to get back to you by the end of the fortnight..."

Well sh*t.

 

[WWGD]

The acid makes it a perfect drink in summer: low carbs, low fat, and still taste! Far better and a lot healthier than coke. And cheaper. A lot cheaper.

Do you also have flaming hot chocolate, or hot soup in Summer? I'm not criticizing, I have ice cream and iced drinks in Winter, even in specially cold days myself. Doesn't make much sense either.

 

[WWGD]

I felt great about finding out the feature " Open Link in New Tab", until I ended up with 57 open tabs.

 

[Hamiltonian]

I felt great about finding out the feature " Open Link in New Tab", until I ended up with 57 open tabs.

57? those are rookie numbers, at any given day I have just enough chrome tabs open to slow my computer down considerably but not enough to crash it. I think I even have a few tabs which have been open for more than 6months! I'll probably get to them soon...

 

[WWGD]

57? those are rookie numbers, at any given day I have just enough chrome tabs open to slow my computer down considerably but not enough to crash it. I think I even have a few tabs which have been open for more than 6months! I'll probably get to them soon...

I periodically spend time shedding ones that don't seem absolutely necessary. And shift those playing any sound to the extreme right, to avoid the annoyance of having sound come out of 3 tabs simultaneously, none of which I can identify.
Edit: But my Android opens up tabs by itself without my knowledge . Too lazy to check why and how.

 

[Mayhem]

Nothing better than when you finally get your code to work.

 

[ergospherical]

Nothing better than when you finally get your code to work.

I'll take your word for it! One of these days...

 

[WWGD]

A Network Security sent me some work, referenced in ...an unsafe site (i.e., not using Https ). Maybe I should ignore it.

 

[Oldman too]

A Network Security sent me some work, referenced in ...an unsafe site (i.e., not using Https ). Maybe I should ignore it.

What browser are you using?

 

[Astronuc]

Nickel Investors Wiped Out Again as WisdomTree Shuts Second Fund​

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nickel-investors-wiped-again-wisdomtree-211859506.html

Just two weeks after its bearish sibling was shuttered, the WisdomTree Nickel 3x Daily Leveraged exchange-traded commodity (ticker 3NIL) is being compulsorily redeemed, issuer WisdomTree Investments said in a statement dated March 21.

The London and Milan-listed product, which used swaps to treble the return of nickel futures, had at one point surged more than 600% this month before the London Metal Exchange controversially halted trading in the metal. When the market eventually reopened March 16, nickel fell by the most allowed for four days in a row -- delivering a fatal blow to 3NIL.

I follow Ni commodities for work. Ni was relatively inexpensive last year, until fairly recently as the global economy attempts recovery, and demand picks up for Ni-based materials, e.g., superalloys for aerospace and power generation systems, and batteries.

 

[WWGD]

What browser are you using?

I'm using Firefox. But the problem was the company sent me a link to an unsecured site, not due to Firefox issues.

 

[WWGD]

Just about every YouTube song has a comment where the song being played reminds the poster of their dead father/mom/brother. And gathers 100s of likes. What a coincidence. I used to listen to " I like to move it, move it" with my brother, who just died of chronic constipation. My eyes tear up each time I hear the song played...

 

[Klystron]

... I used to listen to " I like to move it, move it" with my brother, who just died of chronic constipation. My eyes tear up each time I hear the song played...

"Don't it make your blue eyes, brown..."

K: Surely you go too far!

W: I go where I can. And don't call me Shirley.

 

[Oldman too]

I'm using Firefox. But the problem was the company sent me a link to an unsecured site, not due to Firefox issues.

We agree on browsers, probably for the same reasons. Along with an an assortment of extensions, I use HTTPS Everywhere, that either forces an HTTPS connection or blocks it. I find it will usually make a secure connection even if the URL is HTTP. For some reason its common for secure sites to connect initially through HTTP, I have no idea why but I come across it often. As a fallback, I have the no-script to limit problems. It's worth noting that FF has an HTTPS only mode that you can enable in settings if you don't want to run the extension I mentioned.

I personally, with HTTPS only enabled, wouldn't hesitate to open your HTTP link especially if you trust the source.

If your not familiar with this browser test, https://xsinator.com/ you might want to give it a try, just another reason to use FF.

If you like digital Irony this is worth a read also.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...om-hackers-by-pushing-fake-malware-on-forums/

Take care, Scott

 

[WWGD]

We agree on browsers, probably for the same reasons. Along with an an assortment of extensions, I use HTTPS Everywhere, that either forces an HTTPS connection or blocks it. I find it will usually make a secure connection even if the URL is HTTP. For some reason its common for secure sites to connect initially through HTTP, I have no idea why but I come across it often. As a fallback, I have the no-script to limit problems. It's worth noting that FF has an HTTPS only mode that you can enable in settings if you don't want to run the extension I mentioned.

I personally, with HTTPS only enabled, wouldn't hesitate to open your HTTP link especially if you trust the source.

If your not familiar with this browser test, https://xsinator.com/ you might want to give it a try, just another reason to use FF.

If you like digital Irony this is worth a read also.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...om-hackers-by-pushing-fake-malware-on-forums/

Take care, Scott

I heard good things about InSSIder software to help give you an idea of the health of your connection, but haven't tried it:

 

[Oldman too]

I heard good things about InSSIder software to help give you an idea of the health of your connection, but haven't tried it:

Hey, I like that youtube link, going to look into it right after posting this. The link I posted to you is for a browser Cross site leak tester, the outfit that put it together has some other cool tools but this one will be very enlightening as, after it gives you your results, you can compare them with Edge and Chrome. I won't post links that I'm not familiar with or use myself, if I'm not okay with a site you can tell because I'll "defang" it.
Thanks for the InSSIder link, looks interesting. Scott

MetaNerd... I love it.

 

[WWGD]

Hey, I like that youtube link, going to look into it right after posting this. The link I posted to you is for a browser Cross site leak tester, the outfit that put it together has some other cool tools but this one will be very enlightening as, after it gives you your results, you can compare them with Edge and Chrome. I won't post links that I'm not familiar with or use myself, if I'm not okay with a site you can tell because I'll "defang" it.
Thanks for the InSSIder link, looks interesting. Scott

MetaNerd... I love it.

I watched the video on you tube, so I know its a legit video. I downloaded the software but not sure I'm confident on letting it through my firewall, which would allow me to use more features.

 

[Oldman too]

I watched the video on you tube, so I know its a legit video. I downloaded the software but not sure I'm confident on letting it through my firewall, which would allow me to use more features.

I'm randomly thinking that the video as well as the tool are legit. I too downloaded the software, installed it... and realized I'm on Ethernet (why did they name it that ?) with this computer, no wifi adapter.

I did, since the software was running, check it out on the process monitor and didn't see anything unusual going on, also it's pretty well known in the Norton community. Overall it looks like a nice piece of freeware, especially for someone wanting to optimize a wireless network.

In keeping with the thread title, I just wanted to mention, these are just random thoughts.
Scott

 

[Hamiltonian]

Robert Sapolsky's book on why stress is bad is stressing me out

 

[Oldman too]

Robert Sapolsky's book on why stress is bad is stressing me out

Sometimes reading a book on cruel irony can help.

 

[WWGD]

Sometimes reading a book on cruel irony can help.

I had a slightly different experience. Seeing a cop eating a donut. I shouted out : Stereotype!, Stereotype!

 

[ergospherical]

 

[WWGD]

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Uncanny Valley?

 

[WWGD]

Uncanny Valley?

Never mind, sorry for my lazyness.

 

[Klystron]

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I have read Mori a bit and Freud in translation but find 'uncanny' dated, and 'valley' somewhat incomprehensible, ignoring both unintentional and ostensible sexual imagery such as that Barbie and Ken dolls lack genitalia. Human simulacrums only to some vague limit.

What is @ergospherical 's take on Szymanski's idea in the attached tweet of some unstated prior evolutionary cause to distrust or be revolted by quasi-human figures?

Freud might refer to reproductive pressure on females to select optimally formed mates, rejecting the physically malformed. Anthropologists (White, Leaky?) might refer to early hominin species interbreeding with homo sapiens. Contemporary social writers such as William Gresham or older authors such as Victor Hugo bring human oddities and 'freaks' to mind. Quasimodo terrifies and revolts Esmeralda even while he saves her from a grisly fate in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".

 

[WWGD]

I have read Mori a bit and Freud in translation but find 'uncanny' dated, and 'valley' somewhat incomprehensible, ignoring both unintentional and ostensible sexual imagery such as that Barbie and Ken dolls lack genitalia. Human simulacrums only to some vague limit.

What is @ergospherical 's take on Szymanski's idea in the attached tweet of some unstated prior evolutionary cause to distrust or be revolted by quasi-human figures?

Freud might refer to reproductive pressure on females to select optimally formed mates. Anthropologists (White, Leaky?) might refer to early hominin species interbreeding with homo sapiens. Contemporary social writers such as William Gresham or older authors such as Victor Hugo bring human oddities and 'freaks' to mind. Quasimodo terrifies and revolts Esmeralda even while he saves her from a grisly fate in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".

I know very little about this, but would have considered gorillas and other primates.

 

[Oldman too]

I know very little about this, but would have considered gorillas and other primates.

Aha! The trick is combining uncanny valley with the magical word, "Metaphor"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-uncanny-valley-human-look-alikes-put-us-on-edge/

A possible metaphor for AI ?