What You've Done Today...or yesterday...or what you are doing RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!!

[Sarex]

7 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

I was looking into Firefox user scripts. I'd always used tampermonkey, but people said to use greasemonkey, then I saw someone say "no, violentmonkey is open source and actively developed", but another person said "actually, firemonkey is like a better version of violentmonkey, and doesn't have the same privacy concerns", and then I saw someone "I like dancemonkey the best out of everything".

Guys. That's too many monkeys, even if the last one was a joke.

I use tampermonkey, are there actually issues with it?

edit: from what I see tampermonkey is the only extension out of those that is monitored by Mozilla.

Edited February 28 by Sarex

[Malcador]

Getting a bonus in 2 weeks, woo. Maybe I will finally build a new PC

[Sarex]

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

Getting a bonus in 2 weeks, woo. Maybe I will finally build a new PC

Congrats!

[Lexx]

/Edit: woops wrong thread. Please tell me 5 bullet points of what you did today.

Edited March 2 by Lexx

[Malcador]

3 hours ago, Lexx said:

/Edit: woops wrong thread. Please tell me 5 bullet points of what you did today.

"Your mom", for all 5.

 

Edit : Reminds me I've gotta get up a 7 AM and essentially do that, reporting what I did to people that don't care  

Edited March 3 by Malcador

[majestic]

One of those days where one realizes that the vast majority of people working in IT are basically naught but trained monkeys.

[Sarex]

35 minutes ago, majestic said:

One of those days where one realizes that the vast majority of people working in IT are basically naught but trained monkeys.

I take offense to that sir, I have not been trained!

[Malcador]

Fun part of work is when people say "Hi" on Teams, and then nothing else. Nothing like trying to force async to be sync  

[Also gorgon]

I put chat TGP to work writing dirty limerics.

So far they are all terrible.

 

[ShadySands]

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

Fun part of work is when people say "Hi" on Teams, and then nothing else. Nothing like trying to force async to be sync  

Wife and I were just complaining to each other about this.

I make a point to wander off between reponses.

[Sarex]

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

Fun part of work is when people say "Hi" on Teams, and then nothing else. Nothing like trying to force async to be sync  

I like to keep my team on their toes. I send a "hi" and they wonder "What does he want from me", "Do I answer", "Is it going to be a big task". Even more annoying is the surprise huddle that starts ringing on slack especially if it's near quitting time, because they know it's nothing good and it's usually overtime.

But I got even an even worse one for you guys. Typing animation that, I **** you not, goes on for half an hour and after that you get 2 sentences at most. This is coming from native English speakers. My boss hated this, so much so that he made people write things out in a notepad before they send him a message, so they could just copy paste. Now because of that I send rapid fire messages, so typically 10 messages from me could be sent in a nice 1 to 2 sentence message and the sad thing is I was never a slow typer...

[Malcador]

A doctor telling you "We all check out, only thing that matters is how you want to go out" is inspiring.

[Sarex]

41 minutes ago, Malcador said:

A doctor telling you "We all check out, only thing that matters is how you want to go out" is inspiring.

Everything good man?

[Malcador]

14 minutes ago, Sarex said:

Everything good man?

Oh yah, was just her trying to convince my mom to quit smoking as that won't kill you instantly, etc.   To be honest she doesn't smoke so much as just burn cigs, I should tell her to just burn $20 bills.  Was just something I'd never expect to hear from a doctor.

Guess she saw The Kingdom.  But is true I guess.

Pro-tip for social interactions though, don't ask people if they ever wonder how they'll die  

Edited March 14 by Malcador

[Sarex]

4 minutes ago, Malcador said:

Oh yah, was just her trying to convince my mom to quit smoking as that won't kill you instantly, etc.   To be honest she doesn't smoke so much as just burn cigs, I should tell her to just burn $20 bills.  Was just something I'd never expect to hear from a doctor.

Guess she saw The Kingdom.  But is true I guess.

Pro-tip for social interactions though, don't ask people if they ever wonder how they'll die  

Doctors are strange man. They get numb to it and kind of get emotionless and that I feel is the best case scenario, the worst is when they get bitter and burned out. Doubly so for nurses, so infuriating that in your biggest moment of weakness people can be so ****ty and the only thing that works against that seem to be causing fear...

[Bartimaeus]

Today, I was cornered by an old homeless woman who had an Irish accent talking about anything and everything that popped into her brain for an hour and a half. She was perfectly nice, but she would not let me leave. I really need to learn the art of being rude. Strange that it happened on my very least favorite holiday, too.

[majestic]

2 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

I really need to learn the art of being rude.

I found that the best way to avoid such experiences is to simply mimic their behaviour. Just breathe through your mouth and mutter to yourself while walking around in public and people will avoid you. 

[Bartimaeus]

2 minutes ago, majestic said:

I found that the best way to avoid such experiences is to simply mimic their behaviour. Just breathe through your mouth and mutter to yourself while walking around in public and people will avoid you. 

If there's one saving grace for the situation, it's that it happened while I was working, so I technically got paid for it. Now whether I should get paid for it is another question, but it's not one I'm going to ever raise with my superiors.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

59 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

Today, I was cornered by an old homeless woman who had an Irish accent talking about anything and everything that popped into her brain for an hour and a half. She was perfectly nice, but she would not let me leave. I really need to learn the art of being rude. Strange that it happened on my very least favorite holiday, too.

I usually just do an Alex Jones imitation and start talking about either Evangelion or Twin Peaks. Works often enough to keep doing it.

[Bartimaeus]

8 minutes ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

I usually just do an Alex Jones imitation and start talking about either Evangelion or Twin Peaks. Works often enough to keep doing it.

I think I said about a total of twenty intelligible words for the actual literal hour and a half that we were having a "conversation". I could not speak, I could not move, there was no escape from this person endlessly blathering on. I was only finally rescued because I received a phone call - which was an incredible stroke of good fortune, because this whole past week I'd had my phone on silence, and I'd only turned my ringer back on just 10-15 minutes before this happened.

[Malcador]

4 hours ago, majestic said:

I found that the best way to avoid such experiences is to simply mimic their behaviour. Just breathe through your mouth and mutter to yourself while walking around in public and people will avoid you. 

I do that, just means you'll get approached by crazy people. 

Speaking of, got to watch a crazy man argue with a husky for about 3 minutes this weekend

Edited March 18 by Malcador

[LadyCrimson]

^ My husband still can't be rude/abrupt to salespeople, whether in a store, at the door, or on the phone. He'll let them do their spiel while I'm standing there rolling my eyes.

I'm at the point where if it's not family/a close friend etc, I will at minimum say "No thanks, not interested" and change topic and/or simply walk away. Life's too short to waste on being overly polite all the time. Phone/door solicitors I'll say "no" and hang up/shut the door immediately.
I once had a woman follow me in a large parking lot, asking for money. I said no, and no, while walking rapidly, but she followed me for about 12 car lengths, trying to guilt me, before she got the point. I've had less and less of that kind of thing - possibly because I dress like a half-homeless person myself these days. eg, not a good mark.

This is why, even if I had several million dollars, I would still dress in old baggy pants and well worn t-shirts and not care if my hair is tidy. Better to be underestimated.

Edited March 18 by LadyCrimson

[ShadySands]

I have a solicitors will be shot sign by the front door but they seem to think it's a challenge.

So I just walk around loudly ignoring people at the door.

[rjshae]

This morning I'm off to the dentist to get a permanent cap put in, and a temporary on a different tooth. Joy. Caps are getting pricey, even with dental insurance.

[LadyCrimson]

Hubby: "Wanna go to the grocery store later today?"
Me: "Sure! Yay! Excitement/event of the week! Maybe we should get some early dinner too?"

...such is our life at the moment. 

Although last week, hubby's car broke, mine wouldn't start/stay juiced even after jumps with a portable power/jump unit thingie, and the van needed a jump (that one worked/stuck). Hubby's car now fixed (dealer shop), mine has a new battery. I guess lack of excitement is sometimes better.