In a similar way, Facebook is just as harmful. Although the fact that it's now widely understood that it can kill your privacy, a frightening number of users remain in either ignorance or denial of the way that it can harm their lives.
Here are some [known, established examples] of the way that your Facebook profile can harm you:-
- If you apply for a job today, many employers will search your FB profile to get an idea of your "maturity" and behaviours.
- If you apply for health insurance or similar, companies will search your profile for evidence of you smoking, drinking to excess, participating in high-risk sports, etc.
- If you apply for a credit card or loan, banks will search your network of friends for any with bad credit histories, criminal convictions or other "red flags".
- If you "pull a 'sickie'" and call in to work sick, companies will search your social media profiles for activity on those days
- on and on and on...
1. I don't display my immaturity on FB. There, I'm respectable, downright boring guy.
2. I don't smoke, drink, or take dangerous chances. My only health vice is I drink too much Coke.
3. None of my current FB friends have any known "red flags". A previous friend had issues, but he lost his FB account years ago due to pwnage.
4. Unless I'm unconscious, or in a hospital, there's nothing odd about posting on FB while sick at home. Unless I'm stupid enough to post pics of the beach or whereever I'm really at.
I'm not saying FB is good. It's not. But it's not that hard to be on it without having any problems. Just assume that whatever you do there is potentially public, regardless of your settings.
I'd like to introduce you to some folks who work in medical IT who will disagree with you rather strongly. Same thing with software that controls/drives cars or airplanes or manned rockets or traffic signals or ocean navigation or food safety or electrical grids or nuclear reactor controls or.... The list is very long for things that actually do matter. Yeah, nobody probably cares if your word processor crashes but more than a few of us do things that have serious consequences.
If my word processor crashes, it will cost someone money. The CEO will threaten the Division Head, the Division Head will threaten the Branch Chief, the Branch Chief will threaten me, and since I don't have anyone lower to threaten, I'm in trouble! It might not matter in the grand scheme, but it can sure matter to me.
I could have said that in my city, until we got hit with The Great Ice Storm. My power was out a week, and I heard of people waiting 2-4 weeks for their's.
EVERYONE should have a landline, even if you never use it. The day you need it for 9-1-1, you'll be glad.
See, it's not just the reliability of landline...it's the instant and infallible (mostly) address lookup.
Any other calling service, IP phones, VoIP software, cellular, radio, satellite...you have a slim chance of the address appearing instantly on the dispatcher's screen. A few seconds can be the difference between dying and living. Also, FYI many calls include a caller who CAN'T say where they are due to suffering, bleeding, screaming, fear, being chased, burning flames, etc. YOU WANT YOUR ADDRESS TO APPEAR AUTOMATICALLY.
I once saw a youtube video of someone trying to call 911 after a home invasion. He was tied and gagged and it was fun him trying to explain what happened and where he was to the operator.
I'm always starting a workout, walking around the lot for 15-20 minutes, forgetting to stop, and looking at the watch to see a "workout" of 80 minutes, 60 of which was sitting on my butt.
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Not surprising that it works in those other browsers since they are all pretty much Chrome clones.
Regardless, I'm sure all 10 people who use Brave are worried about this development.
Yeah, both of them, assuming you're using binary.
I thought the opposite. People respond to female voices because they're MORE threatening.
I agree with most of your examples. However, saying that Windows PC are the best computers is clearly hate speech and should be illegal.
We also survived 10,000 years without indoor plumbing. Doesn't mean I want to go back to that.
What's a "Kroger"? The last time there was a Kroger store in my area, they had to tear it down after a dinosaur damaged it.
She often sent me emails like "Cro, when do you expect to finish your project???".
I like the traffic sign "Slow children at play".
Oh yes! There are several such signs in my area. I always get a kick out of those.
In a similar way, Facebook is just as harmful. Although the fact that it's now widely understood that it can kill your privacy, a frightening number of users remain in either ignorance or denial of the way that it can harm their lives.
Here are some [known, established examples] of the way that your Facebook profile can harm you:-
- If you apply for a job today, many employers will search your FB profile to get an idea of your "maturity" and behaviours.
- If you apply for health insurance or similar, companies will search your profile for evidence of you smoking, drinking to excess, participating in high-risk sports, etc.
- If you apply for a credit card or loan, banks will search your network of friends for any with bad credit histories, criminal convictions or other "red flags".
- If you "pull a 'sickie'" and call in to work sick, companies will search your social media profiles for activity on those days
- on and on and on...
1. I don't display my immaturity on FB. There, I'm respectable, downright boring guy.
2. I don't smoke, drink, or take dangerous chances. My only health vice is I drink too much Coke.
3. None of my current FB friends have any known "red flags". A previous friend had issues, but he lost his FB account years ago due to pwnage.
4. Unless I'm unconscious, or in a hospital, there's nothing odd about posting on FB while sick at home. Unless I'm stupid enough to post pics of the beach or whereever I'm really at.
I'm not saying FB is good. It's not. But it's not that hard to be on it without having any problems. Just assume that whatever you do there is potentially public, regardless of your settings.
Let's eat, Grandma.
Let's eat Grandma
Hmm...I think this is where things went wrong with Skynet, someone left out the comma!
Could be worse. Have you ever helped your uncle Jack off a horse?
Our ability to detect life out there is limited. We're lucky to see anything smaller than Uranus at interstellar distances.
I'd like to introduce you to some folks who work in medical IT who will disagree with you rather strongly. Same thing with software that controls/drives cars or airplanes or manned rockets or traffic signals or ocean navigation or food safety or electrical grids or nuclear reactor controls or.... The list is very long for things that actually do matter. Yeah, nobody probably cares if your word processor crashes but more than a few of us do things that have serious consequences.
If my word processor crashes, it will cost someone money. The CEO will threaten the Division Head, the Division Head will threaten the Branch Chief, the Branch Chief will threaten me, and since I don't have anyone lower to threaten, I'm in trouble! It might not matter in the grand scheme, but it can sure matter to me.
I thought we were in a crisis because of too much CO2. Now there's a shortage?
How much money can you make with a degree in basket weaving? How much debt did you accumulate getting your degree in basket weaving?
Totally agree! My biggest gripe about the Orville is, the season was too damn short.
Absolutely this!! I had no complaint with Spectrum Warner - until it passed the $200 mark.
I'm sorry to hear about your problem. I hope everything comes out okay in the end.
We could always start using Esperanto. :)
My electricity might be higher in the summer, but my gas is higher in the winter, by a huge amount.
Kansas City, Mo. This was back in 2002, so admittedly such outages are rare, but they do happen.
I could have said that in my city, until we got hit with The Great Ice Storm. My power was out a week, and I heard of people waiting 2-4 weeks for their's.
I work at 9-1-1.
EVERYONE should have a landline, even if you never use it. The day you need it for 9-1-1, you'll be glad.
See, it's not just the reliability of landline...it's the instant and infallible (mostly) address lookup.
Any other calling service, IP phones, VoIP software, cellular, radio, satellite...you have a slim chance of the address appearing instantly on the dispatcher's screen. A few seconds can be the difference between dying and living. Also, FYI many calls include a caller who CAN'T say where they are due to suffering, bleeding, screaming, fear, being chased, burning flames, etc. YOU WANT YOUR ADDRESS TO APPEAR AUTOMATICALLY.
I once saw a youtube video of someone trying to call 911 after a home invasion. He was tied and gagged and it was fun him trying to explain what happened and where he was to the operator.
I remember the old party lines. I'd lift the receiver and hear someone else talking on the phone. Yes, I'm that old.
Or the milk turns sour and causes vomiting.
I'm always starting a workout, walking around the lot for 15-20 minutes, forgetting to stop, and looking at the watch to see a "workout" of 80 minutes, 60 of which was sitting on my butt.
Whew! This time it wasn't me.