Not when quoting a Canadian.This is like responding to someone when they ask how old your 9 year old is, and your wife says "He's 108 months old".....
At 235 grams it's time to just say "My pipe is a half pound". Don't you think?
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and those are the most normal people on reddit.
The real stalkers we should all be worrying about are not even members (though plants are possible), and they use far more sophisticated algorithms than the Follow feature to create dossiers on you.
That's why google thinks I have lung cancer.
Getting tons of ads on meds and clinics now?
straight up ads for websites about signs of lung cancer... pretty chilling. the paranoid side of me wonders if my phone hears me cough. The future is strange my friends.
Thats how we'll be diagnosed with medical conditions... through our phone. phones now check your temperature, and monitor your heartrate. It even counts your steps.
probably because you search tobaccosstraight up ads for websites about signs of lung cancer... pretty chilling. the paranoid side of me wonders if my phone hears me cough. The future is strange my friends.
Thats how we'll be diagnosed with medical conditions... through our phone. phones now check your temperature, and monitor your heartrate. It even counts your steps.
Actually, if you use crap like Siri or Alexa or Cortana or any of those AIs your device is indeed listening to you. In order to pick up and respond to commands like 'hey siri' your thingamagig must be in a perpetual listening mode. It could easily be coded to listen (but not respond) to conversations, ambient sounds, and a full plethora of et ceteras. The future looks not so dismal if it includes we chucking all these electronics and doing without.straight up ads for websites about signs of lung cancer... pretty chilling. the paranoid side of me wonders if my phone hears me cough. The future is strange my friends.
Thats how we'll be diagnosed with medical conditions... through our phone. phones now check your temperature, and monitor your heartrate. It even counts your steps.
There wont be anything like that in my house.. but sadly, most phones come pre set to listen for commands..
Yup. I have pisSiri disabled, but with every iteration of iOSux crApple has made it all the more difficult to get rid of the thing. It used to be a single setting radial button; now you have to disable the thing app by app by app. At least till version 12.x, that's where I stopped updating.
I believe similar to the "Like" feature, "follow" is a nod to those aspects of social media platforms (Twitter & Facebook). I don't put much stock in those things, but I'm a long ways beyond the demographic who finds those social media features useful, so what do I know.
I do find the "Watch" function useful for following certain sections of the forum that interest me (British Pipes for example).
I think "following" is a form of adoration, and by it that the adored's posts are highlighted so as to be front and center in the follower's attention; but just guessing.
But I wouldn't follow anyone though there are many who post well. It's easy enough to pay attention to the poster.
Thanks, dollars. We have enough for a proper hockey team. Or lacrosse or soccer with no reserves....I have no problems with followers either.
I just added jp to my followed list.
There have recently been some kind fellas and a lady who responded favorably to my jest, but I am paring back my goals to a more modest 500.
When asked about the internet Joni Mitchell said 15 years ago, "Not me, Big Brother." I thought this paranoid until I heard about the data brokers. It's big business, getting and selling your information in the open marketplace without any restriction. Perfectly legal. From what I hear they can get as much information as they want from a variety of sources. One thing leads to the next. Count on the fact that not only do they know about you, they also know everything about everyone else.
I've heard that they track you through your cell, which is always with you. Makes sense.
I ger downright irate when I'm asked for any digit from my SSN or a merchant thinks he has the right to my personal information. "Oh, you're not going to do business with me unless I give you my address? F*ck off! you scurvy bounder."
Ominous signs:
1. Offices are held by virtue of a redneck electorate.
2. NSA is privy to every communication.
3. Data brokers buy and sell personal information legally.
4. News outlets are corporately owned.
5. The 1% who have all the money and power want nothing more than increasing their wealth and power.
I've heard that they track you through your cell, which is always with you. Makes sense.
I ger downright irate when I'm asked for any digit from my SSN or a merchant thinks he has the right to my personal information. "Oh, you're not going to do business with me unless I give you my address? F*ck off! you scurvy bounder."
Ominous signs:
1. Offices are held by virtue of a redneck electorate.
2. NSA is privy to every communication.
3. Data brokers buy and sell personal information legally.
4. News outlets are corporately owned.
5. The 1% who have all the money and power want nothing more than increasing their wealth and power.