Big Bowie Bonanza posted:

Would Diogenes have a problem with my huge collection of piss jugs

Woolie Wool posted:

Diogenes was an Athenian aristocrat and philosopher who gave away his property, went barefoot, and lived in a wine barrel because he hated the slavery and hypocrisy of his class and, unlike most people, actually did something about it. He would then go around haranguing other Athenian aristocrats about how evil and disgusting their lifestyles were and nobody could call him a hypocrite because he really was that hardcore.

Virigoth posted:

Things get even weirder when you don't have a credit score because you paid everything off and don't have a credit card for more than 6 months I think it is. It was like I died after I paid off my house. The next time I bought a house I had to bring in so much poo poo to prove that I am indeed worth giving a house loan that I will paid off. Also, at some point car dealerships stopped trying to take cash for a vehicle and I had to physically walk out the door before they chased me down because I wouldn't just sign up for the loan and then just pay it off.

Virigoth posted:

Things get even weirder when you don't have a credit score because you paid everything off and don't have a credit card for more than 6 months I think it is. It was like I died after I paid off my house. The next time I bought a house I had to bring in so much poo poo to prove that I am indeed worth giving a house loan that I will paid off. Also, at some point car dealerships stopped trying to take cash for a vehicle and I had to physically walk out the door before they chased me down because I wouldn't just sign up for the loan and then just pay it off.

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

Credit scores are dumb, but the thing I'd wish they'd teach people is how to game the system. Understanding that usage history, account quantity and utilization percent matters can set you up for a really good credit score by doing almost nothing.

Like Pennywise, I kinda did the same thing: I opened up a few free credit cards and just used them, and by just using them I somehow had a credit score of 800. Fast forward 8 years and I bought a house with that credit score because I did the stupid credit dance.

This is all very stupid and I don't like it, but I do wonder if 'doing the credit dance' is an indicator of credit worthiness? That'd be an interesting stat to track.

Virigoth posted:

Things get even weirder when you don't have a credit score because you paid everything off and don't have a credit card for more than 6 months I think it is. It was like I died after I paid off my house. The next time I bought a house I had to bring in so much poo poo to prove that I am indeed worth giving a house loan that I will paid off. Also, at some point car dealerships stopped trying to take cash for a vehicle and I had to physically walk out the door before they chased me down because I wouldn't just sign up for the loan and then just pay it off.

skooma512 posted:

I like how it’s about credit history but your history just poofs away when you close the account, unless they got mad at you for something, that’ll stay

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Yep! Paying off and cancelling a credit card can damage your credit!

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Yep! Paying off and cancelling a credit card can damage your credit!



quick edit: essentially paying interest to banks, etc. for your entire life increases your credit rating.

Big Bowie Bonanza posted:

Someone’s running a bitcoin miner on all the lg washing machines

deep dish peat moss posted:

My credit score is almost perfect except for two things holding it back:

1) I don't have enough credit cards (I only have one)
2) I don't have a mortgage or another form of very-large-debt

TotalLossBrain posted:

Atopian posted:

Long ago I was a weirdo for using NoScript because it made normal internet browsing significantly more annoying with its whitelisting and broken functions.

Nowadays it seems like all that would be significantly less annoying than what normal websites routinely do.

Sure, for example I have to click and select to get a video to play or a popup to pop, but equally there aren't any videos playing or popups happening *unless* I do that, including ads.

underpassapp.com posted:

Why StopTheMadness?

Many web sites deliberately disable user interface features in your browser that you normally expect to work. StopTheMadness re-enables those features for you in your browser:

• opening contextual menus
  
  
• selecting, copying, cutting, and pasting of text
  
  
• drag and drop
  
  
• AutoFill/autocomplete of passwords, emails, etc.
  
  
• 2-finger click to open a link in a new tab
  
  

StopTheMadness also protects your privacy on the web:

• Stops Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). Automatically loads the original "canonical" web site page instead of Google AMP.
  
  
• Removes tracking tags such as
  

  code:

  utm_source

  (Urchin Tracking Module),
  

  code:

  gclid

  (Google Click ID), and
  

  code:

  fbclid

  (Facebook Click ID) from the end of URLs.
  
  
• Stops clickjacking in Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo.
  
  
• Stops hyperlink auditing by removing the anchor "ping" attribute on link clicks.
  
  
• Stops tracking beacons (
  

  code:

  Navigator.sendBeacon

  ).
  
  
• Stops sites from using the Page Visibility API to know when a tab is visible on your screen.
  
  
• Stops URL shorteners. Checks the links you click in Safari for well-known link shorteners —
  

  code:

  bit.ly

  ,
  

  code:

  tinyurl.com

  ,
  

  code:

  t.co

  (used by Twitter), etc. — and loads the unshortened destination URL instead of the shortened URL. This occurs without setting any cookies or other site data, so you can't be tracked by your click.
  
  

Bonus Features:

• Stop videos from autoplaying. This works even on sites where Safari doesn't stop autoplay, such as YouTube. Also stops videos from following you down the page when you scroll on many sites.
  
  
• Automatically skip YouTube video ads.
  
  
• Stop sites in Safari from pausing your audio in a background app such as Apple Music.
  
  
• Show native video controls. Use Picture-in-Picture from Safari on sites that don't normally support it, including YouTube.
  
  
• Automatically select web video speed. Speed up videos, or slow them down.
  
  
• Automatically select video quality on YouTube.
  
  
• Hides the annoying popup banners prompting you to get the App Store app on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr. Also hides "Sign in with Google" banners on all sites.
  
  
• Font replacement. Substitute one font for another on web pages, such as Helvetica for Arial and Courier for Courier New.
  
  
• Hide Page Element. Allows easy selection of elements on web pages to hide permanently.
  
  
• Add your own site-specific CSS and JavaScript to web pages.
  
  
• Custom URL redirects. Redirect new Reddit to old Reddit, Twitter to Nitter, YouTube to Invidious, etc. You can create any redirect that you want.
  
  
• Stop keyboard page zoom. Stops the page from zooming in when you show the software keyboard.
  
  
• Enable pinch-to-zoom on sites that prevent it, such as old reddit.
  
  
• Stops "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" alerts. Close your tabs without getting stopped by the site.
  
  
• Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab. Remove
  

  code:

  target="_blank"

  from links so that they no longer automatically create a new tab.
  
  
• Force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab. This is great if you're scrolling through a list of links and want to open each one in a new tab.
  
  
• Force images to the front. Bypass the transparent overlay on sites such as Instagram that prevents you from dragging and opening the contextual menu on images.
  
  
• Warns when you paste or type beyond the maximum length in a password field or other text field. Stops you from accidentally losing characters.
  
  
• Edit Tab URL: Instead of struggling to edit a URL in the Safari address bar, edit the URL in a large editing field, with buttons to remove the URL query, copy the URL, or open the URL.
  
  
• Stop scroll to text fragment. Stops links from automatically highlighting text when the page loads.
  
  
• Stop repeating timers. Stops web pages from updating themselves while they're open.
  
  
• Protect private windows. Stops the web page from detecting that you're viewing it in a Safari private window.
  
  
• Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard
  
  
• Set custom cookies on websites
  
  
• Stop web animations
  
  

Gaben posted:

Back in June, we shared that while our goal continues to be shipping as many games as possible on Steam, we needed some time to learn about the fast-moving and legally murky space of AI technology, especially given Steam's worldwide reach.

Today, after spending the last few months learning more about this space and talking with game developers, we are making changes to how we handle games that use AI technology. This will enable us to release the vast majority of games that use it.

wash bucket posted:

Looks like Valve is opening the sludge gates for Steam: AI Content on Steam

Sounds like they're not worried about getting sued so bombs away.

anonumos posted:

You know what I think is funny about games and FTP/PTW? As much as people complain about the grind of progression, especially in number-go-up Sims, it's more achievable than succeeding in real life. Most games will let you accomplish the goal in the title. It's not a complete myth. Real life, however...

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Yep! Paying off and cancelling a credit card can damage your credit!



quick edit: essentially paying interest to banks, etc. for your entire life increases your credit rating.

redshirt posted:

Sports broadcasting in general. The NFL has been able to mostly stay on broadcast TV.
But the other 3 big sports have all siloed themselves into either their own cable channels (MLB mostly), or are part of regional cable provider packages (NBA, NHL).

Such that, unless you have those packages, you don't get to watch your local teams. And if you sign up for one of their streaming packages, odds are they will blackout your local teams (in order to protect the deal the local team/cable company has).

So for a casual fan, without cable and without signing up for a subscription service, you'll likely only have a handful of games per year you could watch on broadcast tv.

Ironically the writers/actors strike helped with this over the last year, as the broadcast channels were desperate for content, so they moved some games to the main channels. (ABC with MNF for example, NBA on ABC tonight).