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  • It doesn't seem to be a super common, general thing where I live. However, there are some more prone to it than others, like places that have a bar and/or otherwise serve alcohol. Typically though it's only the nights they do live music and that's most often weekends and around specific holidays.

    Mostly I just avoid pretty much any establishment if they've got live entertainment for the night and I'm there to eat as well as talk with others. I avoid any that are particularly egregious in terms of loud music. I have been with a group where we asked if the volume could be turned down on the speakers one night at a live event where we were one of only a few tables in the entire place and it was clear that nobody was particularly interested in damaging their hearing. The manager slowly slinked over to the performers about 5 - 10 minutes after the request, and they stopped playing shortly after.

  • Understatement, I know, but I find this so annoying, and it certainly feels malicious.

    I was just commenting the other day how ridiculous it is that google search results literally serve up malware to people via paid ads. My neighbor was running into issues where her computer kept getting "infected" and a full screen scam would take control, blaring out a loud message that her computer was infected with a virus, that it was infecting microsoft's servers, and she had to call them now to fix it.

    After investigating, I found out that these types of scams are stored as blobs on Microsoft's cloud service, but the links are spread via ads in google search. When I tried searching for the exact search terms my neighbor was using on my own devices and my own network, I found out that google was serving me the exact same ads, aka sponsored links. They look like legitimate results for things that people search for, like showing what appears to be a link to Amazon when searching for a product, even the links will say "www.amazon.com".

    Obviously I told my neighbor not to use Chrome and suggested some browser alternatives. I installed uBlock on all the browsers (including chrome) just to be safe. Then I showed her how to tell when things are ads, even when they are deceiving, and to never click on ads or sponsored links under any circumstances.

    But it's definitely infuriating that they are serving up malware in their ads, don't respond to reports in a timely manner, are getting people caught in scams that they allow to advertise on their network but then somehow object to people managing those risks by blocking ads from untrustworthy sources, like google.

  • Thou shalt thank or otherwise acknowledge thine responders whomst volunteer their time to provide helpful comments and posts.

  • You believe correct. One point for Herr Vo Gel.

  • Yes. They stole everything of value in my home, which sadly was not much, and they killed the family pets while doing it. No clue who did it, cops tend not to care much when this sort of thing happens to poor people, and they never tracked down who the culprits were. Definitely did affect me and yes I care.

  • Party poopers hate us because they anus.

  • I bricked my wireless mouse the other day. Accidentally pulled the USB dongle receiver out of my computer when I thought I was pulling out my micro thumbdrive, they're about the same size and same color.

    Long story short, the mouse stopped working. Completely bricked until I realized my mistake and plugged the receiver back in.

  • Not sure if it's already covered in another comment or if you are already aware, however ... Depending on where in the world you live, there may be a semi-local official UPS drop off location at a store or business near you. I live outside of a very small rural town, yet there are UPS drop off options here. They even print, text, or email a receipt to confirm they've received it.

    Still not as convenient as an at-home pick-up, but it's something to consider if you didn't already know.

  • It's infuriating (mildly may be an understatement).

    My neighbor ended up getting "a virus" on her laptop. It wasn't actually a virus as best I could tell, but instead, it was a full screen pop-up browser window with no window controls.

    The scam had a bunch of scary messaging and loud sound playing an alarm with someone stating that the computer was infected and that it was also infecting Microsoft's servers. Further, the scam insisted that she call the number on the screen or she will face legal issues.

    For an older non-technical person, it was frightening.

    After this happened a second time, I did a little more digging to see if I could figure out what was going on. Virus scans showed no infection and I couldn't find much online with specifics about what I was seeing.

    Turns out, my neighbor was going to Google, searching for terms like "Amazon", and then she was clicking the first ad / sponsored link in the results expecting to be taken to the Amazon website. Instead, the sponsored ad on Google search was linking to a blog on Microsoft's Azure hosting services, which then triggered the full screen non-closable scam.

    I even tested it out on one of my old laptops. Went to Google search, tried the exact search term she used, and sure enough, the same exact thing happened. I reported the ad, it is clearly malicious and a scam. It's ridiculous that Google actually serves up malicious ads like this. And the ad was up there for days after I reported it. I sincerely hope nobody actually got scammed by it, but I definitely feel like Google should be responsible for any damages/losses.

    I did go ahead and install ad blockers on all her browsers, removed google search from being the default search engine, and showed her how to avoid clicking on ads and sponsored links if/when any slip through the cracks. So, hopefully it won't happen again.

  • I tried doing that for a brief stint while in college. It was awful. It didn't make me hate what I love, but it definitely put a damper in it for quite awhile.

  • I'm wondering if it's possible that the house is a bit larger than just this little bit that's shown in the photo and that there may be more space where additional food items could be placed or stored.

  • My partner is a tv on the fireplace mantel viewed from a distance kind of guy. I'm a tv at or near eye level while sitting on the couch and viewed from a responsibly close distance kind of guy.

    So we compromised, and placed the tv on the fireplace mantel all the way across the room from the couch.

    I guess I'd fit in quite well in a tvtoohigh community.

  • Accidentally? Could be years or decades. "Accidentally", it's probably already happened multiple times, let's be honest.

  • I think there's a piece of pepperoni between my bicuspids I could probably use his legs to help me dislodge.

  • Is that his skeleton?

  • As luck would have it, I’ve got a similar number of anuses.

  • Temperature-wise, it's pretty much the same forecast here where I'm at. Mentally-wise, it's pretty much the same forecast here where I'm at.

  • Except for the babies that Trump said were being aborted after they were born. Still too young to comprehend any of that.

  • Tip?

    Jump
  • Within the past year or so, I've started seeing the option to tip show up on random e-commerce sites when I go to checkout. I'm hoping it's a short lived fad and that it doesn't start becoming a super common thing because for now it's rare enough that I can abandon my cart and go shop elsewhere when it happens.