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Re: Random thoughts

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Tue Apr 22, 2025 5:45 pm

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsf ... -residence
Officials seal doors of Pope Francis’s personal residence
Senior cardinals have locked and sealed the doors of Pope Francis’s personal residence in the Apostolic Palace following his death on Monday.
The entire religion is based upon the belief that doing shit like that is not effective

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Wed Apr 09, 2025 4:49 pm

Ever'body going crazy cause the bank got robbed

https://www.whec.com/top-news/almost-fr ... in-sweden/

I went to school with Sheriff Baxter. Nice to see some of the Jefferson graduates did something positive. Usually they would be the criminals

Re: Random thoughts

by Jizaboz » Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:21 am

AArdvark wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:05 am Number 21: She got Uncle Fester eyes!
lol

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:09 am

I'm in the computer room, lying under the desk, rearranging some of the wires.

From the kitchen my wife calls to me, "Are you done with this?"

"Yep!" I reply.

I have no idea what she is talking about. I continue to untangle wires.

One of the priceless moments of being married 30 years.

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:05 am

Number 21: She got Uncle Fester eyes!

Re: Random thoughts

by Jizaboz » Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:58 pm

Speaking of random..

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:24 pm

The BBC posted a link to a YouTube randomizer. I quickly bookmarked it and it's soon to be one of my favorite sites. There's no algorithms, just random videos. Granted, most of them are mundane and not in English ( that poses no problem for me) but it shows a normal cross section of what YouTube really is.


Link, almost forgot...

https://walzr.com/IMG_0001

Re: Random thoughts

by Jizaboz » Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:18 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:37 am https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/437 ... tani-fraud

The thing you have to understand about Japanese culture is that it is considered extremely dishonorable to siphon millions of dollars from your employer and spend it on BetMGM.
I've been watching this story. At first knowing nothing about it I wondered what in the world he did that was so bad. This is EXTREMELY bad in Japanese culture. While they may work salarymen to death there, etc.. there is a huge responsibility with being a higher up in a company. A big example of this is when say Nintendo or Toyota loses a lot of money based on a corporate decision. Instead of them "restructuring the company", firing people to cut costs, etc.. they do perhaps a bit of that but mainly the CEO is forced to give up a large portion of his salary so the people under them keep their jobs.

To just gamble away company profits is extremely dishonorable.

Re: Random thoughts

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:37 am

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/437 ... tani-fraud

The thing you have to understand about Japanese culture is that it is considered extremely dishonorable to siphon millions of dollars from your employer and spend it on BetMGM.

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:15 pm

Since the election I've wanted to see the news headlines, only do it in a way that I don't have to constantly look at pictures of the president (usually with his mouth open) A text only browser works well for this, only don't try and use it with a search engine, I might be a bot!

Re: Random thoughts

by Casual Observer » Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:18 pm

AArdvark wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:09 am My text only browser cannot use any of the big search engines anymore. Up until last week it worked just fine on Google, Duckduck and Bing. Now they all just refuse me because I don't want to see any pictures when I browse. If I was paranoid, I would wonder why it's so important that I see pictures when I surf the web


Image
Confused, images (well, videos) are the #1 thing I consume from the internet. Don't tell me you're still a Playboy magazine guy like my dad.

Re: Random thoughts

by pinback » Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:14 am

Surfing the web without images? That's like watching a movie with the sound off!

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:09 am

My text only browser cannot use any of the big search engines anymore. Up until last week it worked just fine on Google, Duckduck and Bing. Now they all just refuse me because I don't want to see any pictures when I browse. If I was paranoid, I would wonder why it's so important that I see pictures when I surf the web


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Re: Random thoughts

by Da King » Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:35 pm

AArdvark wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:18 am I know it's a program I installed that's letting these things in, I just don't know which one for sure. The last thing I installed was Violoncello, a text-only web browser. There's only two other third party apps on my phone, a Boss tuner and Stellarium, an astronomy program. I've had both of them for years. Unless it was a recent update that's causing it
Who is your carrier?

On T-Mobile, I think the app is called AppSelector. Disabling it would prevent unauthorized installs from T-Mo. I'm sure you have something similar.

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:38 pm

Hehehehe, were you looking hard at her box?

Re: Random thoughts

by Flack » Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:20 pm

I found an old Playboy VHS tape. About halfway through the tape there's a Flashdance-like sequence where a naked woman dances on a stage with a boombox in the background. I rewound and pased the clip multiple times... trying to figure out what kind of boombox it was. I think it's a JVC but I'm not sure.

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:04 pm

You know what's worse than seeing an ambulance in the driveway of the nice old lady's house down the street?

discovering that it's really a Medical Examiner van.

Oh well... One less Christmas card next year

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:18 am

I know it's a program I installed that's letting these things in, I just don't know which one for sure. The last thing I installed was Violoncello, a text-only web browser. There's only two other third party apps on my phone, a Boss tuner and Stellarium, an astronomy program. I've had both of them for years. Unless it was a recent update that's causing it

Re: Random thoughts

by Da King » Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:30 pm

AArdvark wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:49 pm Anyone else have random games install themselves on their phones?
The fact that Android allows that shit is unfathomable.

There's an app on your phone that installs that shit. You have to figure out what that app is, and disable it. (I dont think you can uninstall it because Android).

Re: Random thoughts

by AArdvark » Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:49 pm

Anyone else have random games install themselves on their phones?

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