Random Thoughts II - Page 1046

Ab · 8th December 2019, 21:44

I destroyed them, a brief thread

https://twitter.com/nzgames/status/1203575755252195328

/destroyed

DrTiTus · 8th December 2019, 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

Edge Chromium is better than Chrome.

Seems better than Firefox as well if RAM usage is anything to go by.

Lightspeed · 11th December 2019, 12:50

I thought security questions were a well known security flaw these days? Personal details in the age of social media offer access, not protection.

Right?

StN · 11th December 2019, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

I thought security questions were a well known security flaw these days? Personal details in the age of social media offer access, not protection.

Right?

Have you updated/baleted all your legacy ones?

Lightspeed · 11th December 2019, 13:24

That's a good question. I think my bank account might still have them, oops.

Ab · 11th December 2019, 14:16

I just treat those security questions as one-time pads and put random words in. Like,

what's your mother's maiden name?
CORRECT HORSE BATTERY STAPLE

Of course that means I have to secure the place where I'm recording all the answers.

Lightspeed · 11th December 2019, 14:22

Yeah, I did something similar. This issue is remembering/documenting and that risk. There's always risk, it's just figuring out where to place it.

Ab · 11th December 2019, 14:56

I've been using 1Password for years, no complain of product (other than recently moving to a subscription model which irks me)

StN · 11th December 2019, 17:54

I failed the prompts a few months back for something very old - ended up with customers Service, and they reminded me that sometimes people don't leave the correct answers, but instead use a standard nonsense answer to all their questions - which made sense because even though I have a blended family, I'm pretty sure I know my eldest brothers name. And the name of the street I grew up on.

Yerp - too clever for myself that time.

On another note, I certainly hope Mr Bennett's friendly IT staff at Fairfax (Do they still own Stuff?) smote his account and killed his device with fire after writing this. I have no doubt his machine and probably Google account are now pwned.

Lightspeed · 12th December 2019, 14:22

RIP David Bellamy

He was an essential part of my childhood understanding of nature.

StN · 12th December 2019, 15:43

Old man's beard must go!

Ab · 12th December 2019, 18:07

RIP. A big part of my childhood environmental education. He'd be cancelled into oblivion if he were working today of course.

In other news, hashtag latestagecapitalism:

Quote:

The Tamborine Mountain state school has run out of water, even as water miners in the Gold Coast hinterland are sending millions of litres to commercial bottling operations.

Trucks sent by the Queensland government carrying emergency supplies to the school, including Mount Tamborine bottled water, have been passing trucks heading in the opposite direction taking local water to bottling plants for beverage giants such as Coca-Cola.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...orine-mountain

Nich · 13th December 2019, 11:32

Yep, we have that in our region too.

Basically anyone who owns private land can make a deal with Asahi, Nestle, Coca Cola, et al for them to extract ground water. And that is what has happened. A single property, lowering the water table for the area.

Lightspeed · 13th December 2019, 12:02

Fucking madness. I can't help but think there are significant, complex, long term consequences to this kind of behaviour.

Ab · 13th December 2019, 12:21

But the invisible hand! The market will provide! The environment is just an externality!

Australia is FUCKED.

In a "Quantum of Solace" "The Water Knife" disaster slowly gaining momentum, entirely predictably the state of New South Wales is claiming rights to the water of the enormously important Murray River. Which is a problem for the state of South Australia which is where the Murray flows after leaving NSW. If NSW starts diverting that water to commercial interests upstream, a lot of South Australia dies.

Lightspeed · 15th December 2019, 15:49

If my walk about town today is anything to go by, bras are out this summer.

StN · 15th December 2019, 19:26

Mental note - must get out more... (double entendre implied)

Ab · 19th December 2019, 00:46

So, Sir Ron Brierley eh?

crocos · 19th December 2019, 12:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

So, Sir Ron Brierley eh?

It's the sort of thing I never hope is true, because I never want that shit to exist. However my slightly cynical realist self just hopes the wankstain does down hard and they catch some of the other shit heads supplying him.

Lightspeed · 19th December 2019, 13:21

I was mostly puzzling why they only caught one person, the first article lacked detail. But after reading he had porn across numerous devices, I figure someone must have spotted it and reported him specifically.

I mean, I'd never heard about the guy before and I know child sex abuse is ubiquitous, so nothing else about the story was of interest to me.

StN · 19th December 2019, 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

I was mostly puzzling why they only caught one person, the first article lacked detail. But after reading he had porn across numerous devices, I figure someone must have spotted it and reported him specifically.

I mean, I'd never heard about the guy before and I know child sex abuse is ubiquitous, so nothing else about the story was of interest to me.

Oh to be so young. I wouldn't rule out an angry vengeful victim of 1987 lurking in there somewhere.

blynk · 19th December 2019, 14:59

No sorrow here. He basically bought and stripped companies to make money.
Which basically means he didn't care for workers.
He cared for money.

And this type of thing is my version of when a different ethnic/religion does something bad and everyones says the whole group is bad.

It paints a picture of business people, the ones that live at the higher level, the ones that fall into the Trump camp.

Dodgy as Fuck.

wazza · 20th December 2019, 01:59

i used to fuck pepsi for like 2 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLt...yMLP-bH7v7lG5c

wazza · 20th December 2019, 02:15

https://youtu.be/6BwNRxUSLe4

2006 helious

Ab · 20th December 2019, 03:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazza

i used to fuck pepsi for like 2 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLt...yMLP-bH7v7lG5c

TMI

DrTiTus · 20th December 2019, 05:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazza

https://youtu.be/6BwNRxUSLe4

2006 helious

haha I laughed as soon I heard Luniz

oosh "no fate but what we make"

hahahah "helious exclusive"

14 years ago, hellll.

That's right I'm up at 4:20am and what.

Ab · 20th December 2019, 07:48

Man this country is so green

blynk · 20th December 2019, 12:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazza

i used to fuck pepsi for like 2 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLt...yMLP-bH7v7lG5c

Was a little taken back when looking over comments about Sir Brierley, child images and his thai teen prostitutes, and then seeing this comment.

MadMax · 20th December 2019, 14:03

I’ve never been able to work out how to remove a typo from a google search - eg mistype a street address and next time you’re searching for similar you’ll forever be presented with the wrong entry in the chrome address bar etc

It would seem removing it by tapping the x from safari search clears it from google.

crocos · 20th December 2019, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Man this country is so green

Compared to SA?

Lightspeed · 20th December 2019, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by StN

Oh to be so young. I wouldn't rule out an angry vengeful victim of 1987 lurking in there somewhere.

There are some fuzzy memories there, now I know what the fellow is about. So it's schadenfreude then. I knew there had to be something particular about him.

Ab · 21st December 2019, 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Compared to SA?

Ae

crocos · 21st December 2019, 23:43

My first experiences of a city covered in smoke and reducing visibility to about 1km when it was previously nearly to the horizon were kinda trippy.

Of course now I know why a lot of people wear those stupid-looking surgical masks on the street...

wazza · 22nd December 2019, 03:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31btPVb_RAo

Wombat & Chillinit shell down West Enders with some BIG BOY BARSSSSS!!!!

MadMax · 3rd January 2020, 17:40

Guy mowing the neighbour’s lawns is singing in Maori ... that’s pretty awesome.

Now, although I’m not an expert in the matter I’ve heard a lot of drunk Maori singing having partaken in such events (more so as a young lad back in the day, sans the partaking part) and I reckon he’s drunk. Tis the season.

Ab · 6th January 2020, 15:31

Officer I need to report a mass murder

Ricky Gervais is straight up slaughtering Hollywood

Lightspeed · 7th January 2020, 18:42

Stolen quote:

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." ~ George Bernard Shaw

Still, sledging celebrity culture has to be the lowest of low hanging fruit.

Ab · 9th January 2020, 00:41

Some Deepfaker on YouTube Spent Seven Days Fixing the Shitty De-Aging in The Irishman
And you know what? It's objectively better.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainmen...hman-de-aging/

blynk · 9th January 2020, 00:53

Tbf, the deep fake had been done on the already altered final footage.
It would be interesting to see what it would look like on the original.

I think some of it they misjudged the age they were adjusting it too and they needed to be younger. But it does go to show that it didn't take much for it to look even better

pxpx · 9th January 2020, 08:56

Now do it to some of the marquee "look at this awesome CGI young will smith" scenes in gemini man because ughhh that was jarring.

(and then delete it because gemini man was not. good.)

11th December 2019, 17:54	#41809
StN I have detailed files	I failed the prompts a few months back for something very old - ended up with customers Service, and they reminded me that sometimes people don't leave the correct answers, but instead use a standard nonsense answer to all their questions - which made sense because even though I have a blended family, I'm pretty sure I know my eldest brothers name. And the name of the street I grew up on. Yerp - too clever for myself that time. On another note, I certainly hope Mr Bennett's friendly IT staff at Fairfax (Do they still own Stuff?) smote his account and killed his device with fire after writing this. I have no doubt his machine and probably Google account are now pwned. Last edited by StN : 11th December 2019 at 17:57.

20th December 2019, 14:03	#41829
MadMax Stuff	I’ve never been able to work out how to remove a typo from a google search - eg mistype a street address and next time you’re searching for similar you’ll forever be presented with the wrong entry in the chrome address bar etc It would seem removing it by tapping the x from safari search clears it from google. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

3rd January 2020, 17:40	#41835
MadMax Stuff	Guy mowing the neighbour’s lawns is singing in Maori ... that’s pretty awesome. Now, although I’m not an expert in the matter I’ve heard a lot of drunk Maori singing having partaken in such events (more so as a young lad back in the day, sans the partaking part) and I reckon he’s drunk. Tis the season. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

8th December 2019, 21:44	#41801
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I destroyed them, a brief thread https://twitter.com/nzgames/status/1203575755252195328 /destroyed

11th December 2019, 12:50	#41803
Lightspeed	I thought security questions were a well known security flaw these days? Personal details in the age of social media offer access, not protection. Right? __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

11th December 2019, 13:24	#41805
Lightspeed	That's a good question. I think my bank account might still have them, oops. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

11th December 2019, 14:16	#41806
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I just treat those security questions as one-time pads and put random words in. Like, what's your mother's maiden name? CORRECT HORSE BATTERY STAPLE Of course that means I have to secure the place where I'm recording all the answers.

11th December 2019, 14:22	#41807
Lightspeed	Yeah, I did something similar. This issue is remembering/documenting and that risk. There's always risk, it's just figuring out where to place it. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

11th December 2019, 14:56	#41808
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I've been using 1Password for years, no complain of product (other than recently moving to a subscription model which irks me)

12th December 2019, 14:22	#41810
Lightspeed	RIP David Bellamy He was an essential part of my childhood understanding of nature. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

12th December 2019, 15:43	#41811
StN I have detailed files	Old man's beard must go!

13th December 2019, 11:32	#41813
Nich	Yep, we have that in our region too. Basically anyone who owns private land can make a deal with Asahi, Nestle, Coca Cola, et al for them to extract ground water. And that is what has happened. A single property, lowering the water table for the area.

13th December 2019, 12:02	#41814
Lightspeed	Fucking madness. I can't help but think there are significant, complex, long term consequences to this kind of behaviour. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

13th December 2019, 12:21	#41815
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	But the invisible hand! The market will provide! The environment is just an externality! Australia is FUCKED. In a "Quantum of Solace" "The Water Knife" disaster slowly gaining momentum, entirely predictably the state of New South Wales is claiming rights to the water of the enormously important Murray River. Which is a problem for the state of South Australia which is where the Murray flows after leaving NSW. If NSW starts diverting that water to commercial interests upstream, a lot of South Australia dies.

15th December 2019, 15:49	#41816
Lightspeed	If my walk about town today is anything to go by, bras are out this summer. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

15th December 2019, 19:26	#41817
StN I have detailed files	Mental note - must get out more... (double entendre implied)

19th December 2019, 00:46	#41818
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	So, Sir Ron Brierley eh?

19th December 2019, 13:21	#41820
Lightspeed	I was mostly puzzling why they only caught one person, the first article lacked detail. But after reading he had porn across numerous devices, I figure someone must have spotted it and reported him specifically. I mean, I'd never heard about the guy before and I know child sex abuse is ubiquitous, so nothing else about the story was of interest to me. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

19th December 2019, 14:59	#41822
blynk	No sorrow here. He basically bought and stripped companies to make money. Which basically means he didn't care for workers. He cared for money. And this type of thing is my version of when a different ethnic/religion does something bad and everyones says the whole group is bad. It paints a picture of business people, the ones that live at the higher level, the ones that fall into the Trump camp. Dodgy as Fuck.

20th December 2019, 01:59	#41823
wazza flex	i used to fuck pepsi for like 2 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLt...yMLP-bH7v7lG5c

20th December 2019, 02:15	#41824
wazza flex	https://youtu.be/6BwNRxUSLe4 2006 helious

20th December 2019, 07:48	#41827
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Man this country is so green

21st December 2019, 23:43	#41833
crocos	My first experiences of a city covered in smoke and reducing visibility to about 1km when it was previously nearly to the horizon were kinda trippy. Of course now I know why a lot of people wear those stupid-looking surgical masks on the street... __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

22nd December 2019, 03:11	#41834
wazza flex	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31btPVb_RAo Wombat & Chillinit shell down West Enders with some BIG BOY BARSSSSS!!!!

6th January 2020, 15:31	#41836
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Officer I need to report a mass murder Ricky Gervais is straight up slaughtering Hollywood

7th January 2020, 18:42	#41837
Lightspeed	Stolen quote: "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." ~ George Bernard Shaw Still, sledging celebrity culture has to be the lowest of low hanging fruit. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

9th January 2020, 00:41	#41838
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Some Deepfaker on YouTube Spent Seven Days Fixing the Shitty De-Aging in The Irishman And you know what? It's objectively better. https://www.esquire.com/entertainmen...hman-de-aging/

9th January 2020, 00:53	#41839
blynk	Tbf, the deep fake had been done on the already altered final footage. It would be interesting to see what it would look like on the original. I think some of it they misjudged the age they were adjusting it too and they needed to be younger. But it does go to show that it didn't take much for it to look even better

9th January 2020, 08:56	#41840
pxpx	Now do it to some of the marquee "look at this awesome CGI young will smith" scenes in gemini man because ughhh that was jarring. (and then delete it because gemini man was not. good.)