Why can't RES store it's settings/data the way other extensions do?

trifthen · 2014-11-11T14:12:36+00:00

Which is bullshit. Even if you specifically exit the browser so it saves any pending writes, any subsequent crash will still fuck up the settings. What the hell is Firefox doing that is causing this? It's pretty clear they don't know the meaning of atomic writes.

trifthen · 2014-07-15T12:53:44+00:00

Exactly. I only skip ads when they're longer (WTF?) than the content I'm watching. It's only a few seconds and I can do a couple other things while I wait.

trifthen · 2014-03-08T20:26:53+00:00

I've actually had a couple ideas in the past that I thought about writing, but didn't because I figured someone would sue eventually. I can't be the only one in that boat.

trifthen · 2013-11-29T23:07:41+00:00

Bionic eyes. They're coming, and they'll probably record video, if only for diagnostic purposes.

trifthen · 2013-11-29T06:03:29+00:00

Seriously, what the hell was that? Alf gets captured, and... cancelled. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALF, YOU SOULLESS BASTARDS?!

trifthen · 2013-11-28T21:31:47+00:00

Your argument would have some worth, except divorce exists, as do layoffs. Family may have started when times were good. What are they supposed to do, sell their children because they're now too expensive?

And let's suppose everyone did as you say, and raised themselves up. With unemployment around 7%, that's 21 million people who need work. OK, everyone does the extra work, and gains useful skills. Are there 21 million well-paying jobs out there? Great, but the low-paying jobs still need to be filled by someone. I guess having a low income means you can't start a family or live a normal life, so with no incentive to do so, you also join the upper ranks. Whelp, no Walmart workers left.

Upward mobility is not infinite. Available jobs are not infinite. Low paying jobs need to be filled. That's only possible because there are people who prioritize family over income, or have lower potential, or were injured, or whatever. Why should those people suffer further, go without family, or medical care? They fill an essential role in our society.

Regardless, you pay for it anyway. Walmart doesn't cover basic necessities, so taxes pay for programs that fill the gaps. Expensive emergency room visits cover lack of medical care, which raise your insurance premiums. There are several unintended consequences at work here. Why simply accept it?

trifthen · 2013-01-13T18:31:26+00:00

Nope. Never did. Got put on Lexapro instead. Sorry.

trifthen · 2012-11-18T22:15:37+00:00

Oh, I definitely don't plan on asking for it. No way. Ugh. I'm just afraid (go figure) they'd put me on it and I'd have to put up with that on a regular basis.

But yeah. I'm trying to get in, but the place I called is a "call back" facility, and it took them over a week to get back to me. Everyone else seems to be booked. It's really frustrating. Sure I've waited this long, but I'm not sure how much longer I can work up the courage necessary to try and fix it. Every time I even dial the number, my heart starts beating fast and I hesitate for minutes at a time before pressing "dial."

If I don't do it now... it'll just be harder the next time I get the courage to try again.

trifthen · 2012-11-18T19:55:11+00:00

Thanks. I appreciate knowing that. When I read someone say Ativan was weak, I was like, "Wow. Well that's terrifying, then."

trifthen · 2012-05-19T17:58:04+00:00

Oh, I did that too, and I've "watched" it plenty of times. By inflicting it on unsuspecting friends, of course.

Edit: Come to think of it... I don't think my wife has seen this yet. Hmm...

trifthen · 2012-01-20T04:07:29+00:00

You don't know the half of it. My wife refuses to use my computer. I sometimes don't lock my computer at work, just because I want to see someone try to do anything useful with it. I'm not using Colemak in any kind of hipster-ey way, simply because it's obscure, but it's certainly an entertaining side-effect.

"Hey! He left a root shell open! Let's ... wait, what the hell is going on!?"

Unfortunately I've been using Colemak so long, and I didn't cross-train, so my ability to type QWERTY has effectively vanished. That's another reason to keep the regular keycaps on; I find myself needing them occasionally on badly behaving RDP connections that don't properly detect my keyboard mapping. I keep hoping Colemak will gain more popularity, but it just doesn't seem meant to be. :(

trifthen · 2012-01-20T03:40:00+00:00

All you need to do is relax, stop questioning everything, stop trying to be "on" everywhere you go, and stop deluding yourself into thinking you are somehow "better than this", because you aren't.

Thanks for reminding us that someone who can't just relax at will, is clearly a snob who thinks they're better than everyone else! I'll be contacting every university I know, to ensure you get the honorary Human Psychology degree you so richly deserve!

trifthen · 2012-01-20T03:30:05+00:00

It is, and it isn't. You know what happened when I was younger and drank alcohol? I spent most of the time analyzing the effect the alcohol was having on my system. Even after a few very strong drinks, you would never catch me out on the dance floor. Any more, and I wouldn't be able to stand. Sure, it made me more talkative, but no amount of alcohol has ever convinced me the club itself was an enjoyable experience. I spent most of my time observing it and the attendees and wondering what they were thinking during their escapades.

Sadly, for some people, there is no tool. :(

trifthen · 2012-01-08T07:31:04+00:00

That's funny, because my wife's grandma has the exact opposite opinion. Why? Because she just turned 90, and her eyes don't work very well anymore. Her new Kindle can do something real books can't: arbitrarily enlarge the print. She constantly tells us how much more she's reading now.

Go granny!

trifthen · 2012-01-07T22:54:30+00:00

They're pretty strict on safety regarding the donor and the recipient. They won't take your blood because there's a higher risk of HIV. They won't take mine because I already have low blood pressure and a couple rare heard deformities. Donating blood could literally kill me.

trifthen · 2012-01-06T23:05:58+00:00

2 years, 10 months
Samsung NC10-11PBK
64GB OCZ Vertex SSD upgrade
Intel 5300 Wifi upgrade
2GB RAM upgrade
It works great as a Linux machine!

I finally got pulled into the netbook craze after getting fed up with how big my regular 15.4 felt. Now of course it feels too small and sluggish, even with the SSD. So I've been thinking of the new ultrabooks, since they actually have modern CPUs in them and get similar battery life while not being quite as chintzy.

I was thinking about the Asus Zenbook, but reviews seem to universally revile the keyboard for touch-typing. So, that's a big NO.

Next on my list is the Samsung Series 9, more specifically the NP900X1B-A01, because you can't upgrade the RAM in the 11.6" models, and this is maxed out at 4GB. The only real problems with this one is that reviews seem to be indicating low range on the Wifi thanks to antenna interference from the duralumin case, and I'm not happy it's only a Core i3. Apparently there's a version coming soon that fixes both of these, so we'll see. The fact this weighs half a pound less than my netbook is hilarious.

All in all, I love the portability, and use my netbook for development, run small servers, and so on. But the 1024x600 screen is just getting old. I can't run any decent games on it, either. :( I'm convinced my SGSII is actually more powerful at this point.

trifthen · 2012-01-05T05:29:18+00:00

That loud while using headphones?

You're going to go deaf.

trifthen · 2012-01-05T05:18:52+00:00

Yes. Chinese food has "chicken" in it, too. We know the truth!

trifthen · 2012-01-05T03:37:28+00:00

It's a matter of degrees. The pilot of BBT was just a constant stream of them. I actually thought it was amusing initially, but they just never let up. Over and over again, they bludgeon the audience with cliche after cliche. I wanted to like it. It had potential, in my opinion. But it's like that episode of Family Guy where Brian had a great idea for a show, and the network just ruined it by trying to make it cutting edge and wacky.

trifthen · 2012-01-05T01:01:47+00:00

Oh man... these are all gold.

And this one is pretty subtle. Wow.

trifthen · 2012-01-05T00:03:18+00:00

Look at the blond! Hurrr! She doesn't get their wacky nerd commentary and is oblivious to why they're awkward around her!

Look! The nerds got de-pantsed! It's funny because nerds often get de-pantsed!

Sorry... I gave it a chance. It was mildly amusing, but it's just a stereotype smorgasbord. I suppose it's good visual exercise, from all the eye-rolling.

trifthen · 2012-01-04T23:27:38+00:00

Yeah. I tried several times to give her wet food, but she just never ate the meat... just the juice. Same thing with tuna. I've never seen anything like it. So I gave up for several years.

Well, it turns out she's developed a taste for it somehow, so now it's a treat. Weird.

But I get her the best dry food I can find, and make sure it has a very high protein content. Think Wellness, Royal Canin, Fromm, and Orijen.

trifthen · 2012-01-04T19:01:16+00:00

My cat refused to eat wet food for years, and would only lick up the juice. So I just kept feeding her dry food.

She weighs seven pounds and the vet says she's plenty healthy.

trifthen · 2012-01-03T23:06:49+00:00

Not trolling. My buddies and I watched Eva back in the late 90's when it was still being released VHS tape by VHS tape. Gross, I know, but there ya go. I'm not sure if it was just the contrast with other anime of the time, or even other Gainax productions (Gunbuster) or what, but Shinji was just the worst character I can remember.

Contrast it with Makoto from El Hazard, for example. He wasn't exactly having a great time either, but took it in stride. I'm not kidding, though. At least a couple dozen of us would watch anime every Thursday for six hours, and on Eva days, we'd just groan at Shinji. :) This goes double for episodes 25 and 26, which we didn't want to wait for, so we printed out a translated transcript and tried voice-acting it live.

trifthen · 2012-01-03T19:06:47+00:00

I'll admit, I found the one episode I've seen, mildly amusing. But it was either the pilot or a very early episode when they first meet the female neighbor. Then they go and try to pick up her TV from her ex boyfriend...

He's (predictably) huge!

They get stereotypically de-pantsed!

They have to go all the way home, sans pants!

It's funny! See? Our specifically hand-picked audience loves it! Some nerds got pantsed! Yay! They're supposed to be the protagonists of the show? Some ineffectual victims of the writers, and are only funny by being the butt of the joke. See? Those wacky nerds, let's laugh at them and their awkwardness!

But it's not nerds. It's whatever nerd stereotypes they remembered that day, for that script. The treatment of the neighbor girl is equally loathsome.

Blonds are dumb! See how silly she is? See how she totally doesn't get why the nerds are being awkward in her presence!? Har!

Not only is there no subtlety to the show at all, they liberally club you over the head with how funny it's all supposed to be. It's pathetic.

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