Author Topic: Interesting "stuff" (Read 2,070,568 times)

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1925 on:** February 22, 2019, 01:36 AM »

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Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words

Interactive periodic table with uses of each element. Downloadable pdfs and pngs also.

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micro drive pendant

Geek jewelry.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1926 on:** March 03, 2019, 04:59 AM »

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Confused by USB names? Get used to it as USB 3.1 becomes 3.2

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Canada’s Magical Polka-Dotted Lake is an Otherworldly Sight to See

Shades · « **Reply #1927 on:** March 03, 2019, 05:09 PM »

Quote from: Arizona Hot on March 03, 2019, 04:59 AM

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Canada’s Magical Polka-Dotted Lake is an Otherworldly Sight to See

It is also crap to play 'Twister' on.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1928 on:** March 07, 2019, 01:47 AM »

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Update Google Chrome Right Now

I have the update. Do you?

Shades · « **Reply #1929 on:** March 07, 2019, 02:47 AM »

While having the most up-to-date software on your computer is usually an excellent idea, the LifeHacker article doesn't say anything about the reason why. Just that you should do this, because they say so. Call me a rebellious fool or whatever, but when I read such garbage, I am inclined to do just the opposite.

Then again, I don't use Chrome on my PC's...where 99.9% of my internet surfing takes place anyway. My systems are really a 'No Chrome'-zone. As I have Android with Google Play, Chrome comes with that like the unwanted stepchild and gets treated as such, because I am not allowed to remove it from my phone.

wraith808 · « **Reply #1930 on:** March 07, 2019, 03:17 AM »

Quote from: Shades on March 07, 2019, 02:47 AM

While having the most up-to-date software on your computer is usually an excellent idea, the LifeHacker article doesn't say anything about the reason why. Just that you should do this, because they say so. Call me a rebellious fool or whatever, but when I read such garbage, I am inclined to do just the opposite.

Then again, I don't use Chrome on my PC's...where 99.9% of my internet surfing takes place anyway. My systems are really a 'No Chrome'-zone. As I have Android with Google Play, Chrome comes with that like the unwanted stepchild and gets treated as such, because I am not allowed to remove it from my phone.

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1931 on:** March 11, 2019, 07:07 PM »

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How Kids Are Using Google Docs to Bully Each Other

wraith808 · « **Reply #1932 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:41 PM »

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How Kids Are Using Google Docs to Bully Each Other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mMY2Kl3GY

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1933 on:** March 13, 2019, 04:01 PM »

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Solar Super-Storm Hit Earth 2,610 Years Ago

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Girls my age can walk in heels without trouble. I wear converse and still manage to trip over things that aren't there.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1934 on:** March 13, 2019, 04:05 PM »

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Google’s new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if you have a Pixel)

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I once saw someone skipping rocks and eating a sandwich on the beach. He tossed his sandwich in the water and bit the rock and I froze and I just watched him die a little inside

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1935 on:** March 15, 2019, 10:22 PM »

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The Balding Man On A Chair And His Cat Look In The Different Mirrors At Home

A Unicorn In A Unitard On A Unicycle

I found a wide variety of pictures searching on Google Images. Get the archive below to see them all. Source links are in the Properties menu(or it's Details tab).

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1936 on:** March 19, 2019, 06:10 AM »

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In-screen fingerprint sensors are bad and need to go away

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Two thirds of Android antivirus apps don't work properly

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1937 on:** March 19, 2019, 06:15 AM »

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Google, Microsoft work together for a year to figure out new type of Windows flaw

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Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber, claim scientists using DNA from scene

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1938 on:** March 19, 2019, 06:22 AM »

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This smartphone maker put a selfie camera where no other phone maker has put one before

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Foldable screen, triple camera and a FART sensor – the weirdest tech Apple’s iPhone 11 could feature

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1939 on:** March 20, 2019, 12:17 AM »

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Simbad malware affects 150 million google play store users – see full list of affected apps

See first comment for more details.

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UC Berkeley gene therapy helps blind mice gain sight, could be used to cure blindness

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1940 on:** March 21, 2019, 10:19 PM »

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The figure in Edvard Munch's iconic 'The Scream,' which inspired an emoji, is not actually screaming, according to the British Museum

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The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won't Die

ProCook Glass Ovenware Set of 3 Rectangular Dishes

Pyrex Bowl Set, 0.5L-1.0L -2.0L, 3 Piece

TaoPhoenix · « **Reply #1941 on:** March 22, 2019, 05:42 AM »

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UC Berkeley gene therapy helps blind mice gain sight, could be used to cure blindness

21st Century Children's Tunes!
"3 Blind Mice. 3 Blind Mice. Now repaired with gene therapy!"

TaoPhoenix · « **Reply #1942 on:** March 22, 2019, 07:03 AM »

Quote from: Shades on March 07, 2019, 02:47 AM

While having the most up-to-date software on your computer is usually an excellent idea, the LifeHacker article doesn't say anything about the reason why. Just that you should do this, because they say so. Call me a rebellious fool or whatever, but when I read such garbage, I am inclined to do just the opposite.

Then again, I don't use Chrome on my PC's...where 99.9% of my internet surfing takes place anyway. My systems are really a 'No Chrome'-zone. As I have Android with Google Play, Chrome comes with that like the unwanted stepchild and gets treated as such, because I am not allowed to remove it from my phone.

What's your opinion on Vivaldi?
(I think) it's a Chromium back end, with a power-user type front end made by a chunk of Ex-Opera employees who got grumpy when Opera abandoned Presto and decided to just be a "shell wrapper" on top of Chrome-something.

So Vivaldi is nice because it allows (me) to use most of the Chrome plugins, and a reasonable amount of peace of mind they aren't really using much more data than they have to (compared to many of our Google Knows Too Much concerns.)

So I am a bit shocked at "how much I missed" not keeping up with tech news! I have to "medium soon" go do a password overhaul on some of my email, and I just installed the "password checker" (so even if you don't want that very precise plugin, it's my larger point about Vivaldi in general is one of my pair of Go-to browsers.)