Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

[January's Ghost]

@Frindis not sure I could go without washing my hair. My skin is very oily, and it feels good to get all that off.

It was oily for me for some time, but now it isn't as oily, but that could just be that I cut it short and not letting it grow too long.

I remember once reading something about after a bit of time the body starts to perform some kind of self cleaning of hair if it gets too dirty. I never checked to see if it was true or not.

 

[isleepinabed]

I remember once reading something about after a bit of time the body starts to perform some kind of self cleaning of hair if it gets too dirty. I never checked to see if it was true or not.

This is starting to weave the same threads of "do I really need an antivirus or is defender enough?"

 

[January's Ghost]

This is starting to weave the same threads of "do I really need an antivirus or is defender enough?"

Nah, it wasn't offered as an excuse to not wash your hair but there might have been people think that way.

 

[ZedClampet]

This is starting to weave the same threads of "do I really need an antivirus or is defender enough?"

Sorry to open old wounds but for the record, Defender is enough. Also, it's impossible to use both another antivirus and Defender at the same time. Regardless of what the Windows settings say, Defender doesn't scan anything if you have another antivirus active, and since Defender performs better in tests than almost everything (it's generally considered on par with Bitdefender and Avira), leaving things like Avast or McAfee on your system is a really bad idea.

Also for the record, I was a cybersecurity consultant for financial institutions and hospitals for the last dozen years of my forced labor, and my wife is now running the business I used to work for. She's been in cybersecurity for longer than I was.

But, of course, the real answer is that no virus protection is enough if you do stupid things.

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Also, while I fully believe @Frindis and have heard others talk about not washing their hair, I will be continuing to wash my hair.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I'm not sure if a buzzcut can be 1-2mm, but I use that measurement when using the machine. I'm saving top dollars not paying to get it done. I also don't use shampoo or conditioners because that garbage does nothing. Just a way to trick consumers into believing that it "repaaaairs" your hair or something stupid like that. I'm sure my hair smells a bit more like a wilderness fragrant, but it's never been more healthy. I'm sure people with dry scalps get some help with natural/organic shampoo and the like, but I tell you, hot water will do an equally good job if you do it over several months.

I must have missed the post where you first talked about this, but it sounds like you're describing the product, or similar product to what I bought many years ago called a Flowbee. I bought mine no more than a year after they invented it, and now other brands can make similar ones. I have saved 100s of dollars the many years I've owned it on haircuts, and gas/bus fare to go to a barber.

It must have taken well over 20 yrs before a small part finally broke, being the small angled taper cut attachment that's for going around ears and tapering the back. I was pleasantly surprised to find they stocked such spare parts piecemeal, as well as mineral oil for the cutter head. They didn't have the mini vac option when I got one but the cutter, hose, attachment kit was 1/3 the price it's at now, ($50 vs $150).

Flowbee Angled 1/2″ Foot Guard (Included In Spacer Kit) – Flowbee Factory Direct

Flowbee Angled Foot Attachment helps give that nice fade look on the sides, and around the back of the head, or you can add spacers to it if longer lengths are desired. Cuts hair from ½” to 1”. Color can differ from clear to tinted. Non Refundable & No Warranty.

www.flowbee.com

 

[neogunhero]

When was the last time you remember paying for your OS?

I was thinking about the upcoming end of life of Windows 10, and I thought, I can’t believe Microsoft has never asked me to pay for this. I don’t remember how I got here, but my thinking is that my dad paid for Windows 7 in the mid 2000s which I then installed onto my gaming PC, which I used until I got a free upgrade to Windows 10, and since then I’ve kept a installation kit installed in a thumb drive in case I ever get a new PC or want to do a fresh reinstall.

Any time I got the “this copy of Windows is not genuine” message due to a reinstall or such, there was always an easy fix online. In fact it’s so easy to do, I think MS just doesn’t give a crap, because being a user of Windows opens you up to many more possibilities to give MS money. I’ve even kept my same MS account all these years, so surely they know what I’m up to when I suddenly get rid of the genuine copy warning.

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I have an urgent announcement to make: Yesterday I did the unthinkable and managed to cut my finger. It was a small superficial diagonal papercut on top of the index finger. I'm all right guys, maybe feeling a bit dizzy, but the thing is, it hurts when I press my finger on the mouse button. So I managed to build myself an advanced cushioning device made up of Billy's Pan pizza wrappings and duct tape that I have placed on my finger and now I am in much less agony.

These past few weeks I’ve managed to injure both of my hands quite a bit. Nothing terribly wrong, just painful in the most annoying spots. Without going into detail, I pinched the hell out of my left middle finger and broke a lot of skin… that’s my movement finger!! I had to wrap it up very nicely and it caused playing games to be too much of a chore. The week before I gave myself a nice big gash on the bottom of the right palm… how the hell am I going to grip my mouse?!

For gamers, hand injuries are the worst.

 

[ZedClampet]

When was the last time you remember paying for your OS?

I was thinking about the upcoming end of life of Windows 10, and I thought, I can’t believe Microsoft has never asked me to pay for this. I don’t remember how I got here, but my thinking is that my dad paid for Windows 7 in the mid 2000s which I then installed onto my gaming PC, which I used until I got a free upgrade to Windows 10, and since then I’ve kept a installation kit installed in a thumb drive in case I ever get a new PC or want to do a fresh reinstall.

Any time I got the “this copy of Windows is not genuine” message due to a reinstall or such, there was always an easy fix online. In fact it’s so easy to do, I think MS just doesn’t give a crap, because being a user of Windows opens you up to many more possibilities to give MS money. I’ve even kept my same MS account all these years, so surely they know what I’m up to when I suddenly get rid of the genuine copy warning.

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These past few weeks I’ve managed to injure both of my hands quite a bit. Nothing terribly wrong, just painful in the most annoying spots. Without going into detail, I pinched the hell out of my left middle finger and broke a lot of skin… that’s my movement finger!! I had to wrap it up very nicely and it caused playing games to be too much of a chore. The week before I gave myself a nice big gash on the bottom of the right palm… how the hell am I going to grip my mouse?!

For gamers, hand injuries are the worst.

I can't even remember when the last time I built a system was. Maybe 2014. So that's probably when I last bought an OS.

 

[Frag Maniac]

For me, my latest problems body wise at my PC are my wrists. I think I figured out what was causing it though. I have a new task chair and I bought nice thick cushy memory foam pads for the arms. I think my forearms were just a tad too high for the wrist rest on my KB pullout. Hopefully the adjustment I made today will correct the problem.

Wrists are really annoying to have pain in too. Pretty much anything you lift while your forearms are horizontal can make you feel geriatric.

 

[Pifanjr]

When was the last time you remember paying for your OS?

January 13, 2021. I paid €9,95 for a Windows 7 license so I could then upgrade it for free to Windows 10, which was a lot cheaper than buying Windows 10 directly but required a bit of a workaround. I don't remember exactly what I did, but it worked.

 

[ZedClampet]

Time for a morning self-esteem boost!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_58FqEiG3I

 

[Colif]

When was the last time you remember paying for your OS?

I was thinking about the upcoming end of life of Windows 10, and I thought, I can’t believe Microsoft has never asked me to pay for this. I don’t remember how I got here, but my thinking is that my dad paid for Windows 7 in the mid 2000s which I then installed onto my gaming PC, which I used until I got a free upgrade to Windows 10, and since then I’ve kept a installation kit installed in a thumb drive in case I ever get a new PC or want to do a fresh reinstall.

Any time I got the “this copy of Windows is not genuine” message due to a reinstall or such, there was always an easy fix online. In fact it’s so easy to do, I think MS just doesn’t give a crap, because being a user of Windows opens you up to many more possibilities to give MS money. I’ve even kept my same MS account all these years, so surely they know what I’m up to when I suddenly get rid of the genuine copy warning.

MS don't even care even if you run it without the licence. As the restrictions are not very many. We had a mod at Tom's Hardware who ran an unlicensed copy for about 5 years... they never changed the restrictions.

They get money from you using it... I don't question how.

With Windows 10 they were happy just to get people off 7 as its easier to only support some versions of windows, and not many. Win 10 was designed so you could put it on a potato.

Windows 11 was where they erected barriers and said not so fast... but potatoes not meant to last forever.

I have two windows licence, one was a conversion from 7 to 10, like you, and the other is a Win 10 that became win 11 and will become win 12 whenever its released. I did have the win 10 one tied to a VM at one stage, not sure it still is. When I got this PC the other one was so operational so I didn't think about swapping the license. Its only now I don't use it I have a spare.

Since I am giving my current PC to my mum when I upgrade, I guess I will need to buy windows again. Or figure out how to use my Spare license.

Its easier for her to just get a new user on my install than for me to have to install windows from scratch. Especially since I would have to do it on new PC as well. right now I don't know what her password is on current PC, I have had users break before so its lucky that never happened to her.

Other reason to buy a new license is I have changed so much hardware on this current PC that its amazing its never told me to buy a new licence yet. I can guess swapping all new hardware in again might be stretching the friendship. Only 3 original parts inside the box now. I have to assume swapping motherboard would push me over the edge.

 

[BeardyHat]

When was the last time you remember paying for your OS?

November 1st, 2012, I bought a few licenses for Windows 8. Since then I've just been upgrading to Windows 10/11, when needed. Otherwise, my laptops have come with licenses.

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These past few weeks I’ve managed to injure both of my hands quite a bit. Nothing terribly wrong, just painful in the most annoying spots. Without going into detail, I pinched the hell out of my left middle finger and broke a lot of skin… that’s my movement finger!! I had to wrap it up very nicely and it caused playing games to be too much of a chore. The week before I gave myself a nice big gash on the bottom of the right palm… how the hell am I going to grip my mouse?!

For gamers, hand injuries are the worst.

At any given time, I seem to have half a dozen on my hands. Just yesterday, teaching my oldest to tie their shoes, I gave myself a rope burn on my pinky and took a good chunk of skin off.

Seems to happen to me because I live in a very dry climate and I'm also very careless and clutzy.

For me, my latest problems body wise at my PC are my wrists. I think I figured out what was causing it though. I have a new task chair and I bought nice thick cushy memory foam pads for the arms. I think my forearms were just a tad too high for the wrist rest on my KB pullout. Hopefully the adjustment I made today will correct the problem.

Wrists are really annoying to have pain in too. Pretty much anything you lift while your forearms are horizontal can make you feel geriatric.

Wrists and carpal tunnel are awful. Mine really ramped up with a new (my first) mechanical keyboard; I later replaced it with a low profile mechanical from Keychron, which largely resolved it. Though I've been having pain (CTS) in my left hand again, especially in the evenings after gaming on my laptop and my right is starting to flair up again.

I should just play more with a controller or on my Deck, but I really want to use a keyboard and mouse right now...

 

[isleepinabed]

I haven't ever paid "directly" for an OS, it always came bundled with the computer I was using at the time.
However, this computer I am using it now, which I got in 2019, came without an OS. I have been using an un-activated copy of Windows since then. First Win 10, and then upgraded it to Win 11 with the noTPM boot disk.

With Win 10 the most limiting thing it put was you always had to have the same "windows photo" background. Now with 11 it even changes to beautiful photographs on rotation. I get a seal on the lower right corner saying "activate windows". Doesn't bother me.

As for aches and pain: I used to have them in my wrists but I use a palm pad on my keyboard and a wrist rest on my mouse.
I used to have should pain when I used a 13.3 inch laptop because of the scrunched up position (I think).
With my current set up I used to have neck pain I think due to my monitor being too large (it's a 27 inch) for my desk but since lowering it to as low as it goes, it has felt a lot better.

So no current complaints.

 

[ZedClampet]

My wife told someone during a board meeting yesterday at Tennessee Tech University that she was sorry that the middle of her sentence interrupted the beginning of their sentence

 

[Frindis]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8GFtspk9U

 

[neogunhero]

My office that I work at has a fairly open floorplan. It's only 4 of us here, but we've been dealing with customers wanting to stare directly at our screen as we help them out, with all sorts of confidential info on here they don't need to be seeing. We've bought some privacy screens, and they work wonders. It does make the screens a bit dimmer, but it's worth it compared to having to tell every customer to take a few steps back. Can you believe it was nearly $60 for two 21.5" privacy screens? All four of us have two monitors, so that is nearly $240 just for us to not allow customers to stare at them anymore.

One bonus of it all is that I can post to forums without my co-workers thinking I'm slacking off! Well truthfully I already did that but on my phone. Now I can type away on my computer arguing about video games while they are none the wiser and think I'm just typing up an extensive email! Work smarter not harder, or something like that idunno.

 

[January's Ghost]

but we've been dealing with customers wanting to stare directly at our screen as we help them out, with all sorts of confidential info on here

You need to rearrange the setup so the customer can't be behind you. Via a cubicle like setup up or maybe just putting plants and stuff that keep then in front of you and not to the side or behind.

Can you believe it was nearly $60 for two 21.5" privacy screens? All four of us have two monitors, so that is nearly $240 just for us to not allow customers to stare at them anymore.

Yep, I can believe that. I can't believe it's not butter, but I can believe privacy screen cost that much.

 

[Pifanjr]

My office that I work at has a fairly open floorplan. It's only 4 of us here, but we've been dealing with customers wanting to stare directly at our screen as we help them out, with all sorts of confidential info on here they don't need to be seeing. We've bought some privacy screens, and they work wonders. It does make the screens a bit dimmer, but it's worth it compared to having to tell every customer to take a few steps back. Can you believe it was nearly $60 for two 21.5" privacy screens? All four of us have two monitors, so that is nearly $240 just for us to not allow customers to stare at them anymore.

One bonus of it all is that I can post to forums without my co-workers thinking I'm slacking off! Well truthfully I already did that but on my phone. Now I can type away on my computer arguing about video games while they are none the wiser and think I'm just typing up an extensive email! Work smarter not harder, or something like that idunno.

At my office I had to sit at the desk where my screens were visible for anyone walking by that part of the office, that was a rough time. Nowadays I only go into the office once every two weeks or so and I have a desk with a wall behind me and a 5th floor window on my right, so you can only really see my screen if you're standing next to me.

 

[neogunhero]

You need to rearrange the setup so the customer can't be behind you. Via a cubicle like setup up or maybe just putting plants and stuff that keep then in front of you and not to the side or behind.

That would be easy to do for one of my coworkers. It is my desk and one other coworker's desk that is the issue. Our two desks are out in the open, the lobby if you will, while the other two desks are in smaller office rooms of their own, so those two don't experience the same issues as us out in the lobby. With my desk specifically my options are very limited. I sit in the corner against the windows that look into the hallway of the complex. I have curtains so that isn't an issue, but there is not way for me to rearrange the desk and monitor setup to fix the issues of customers looking. It's a big semi-modular U-shaped desk, so tucked into a corner where two of the three faces are touching walls and tucked away in an oddly shaped corner, it's hard to practically rearrange to fix the issue, and I don't want to rearrange the desk so the cabinets are against the windows. The privacy screens just made the most sense.

Really the main thing is customers need to stop being so nosy. I almost want to say to them, "Do you lean over the desk and look at your bank tellers screen every time you're at the bank??". Knowing this town, a lot of people would probably say yes.

 

[January's Ghost]

Really the main thing is customers need to stop being so nosy. I almost want to say to them, "Do you lean over the desk and look at your bank tellers screen every time you're at the bank??". Knowing this town, a lot of people would probably say yes.

Well, remember our minds are pretty much programmed to look at a screen if one is within line of sight. I wish I was kidding.

 

[Zloth]

Really the main thing is customers need to stop being so nosy. I almost want to say to them, "Do you lean over the desk and look at your bank tellers screen every time you're at the bank??". Knowing this town, a lot of people would probably say yes.

I'm just checking the GUI design! Could you hold down the ALT key so I can see the hot-keys they assigned, please? If I'm disturbing you, I can just take a photo with my phone...

 

[ZedClampet]

God, my wife can be so annoying. She lives in constant fear that I'm going to start gambling, so she is constantly complaining about gambling. I finally told her she should want me to gamble because I'm a lifetime winner at almost every type of gambling, even casino gambling that you aren't supposed to win. I won over 20k at online poker. I only bet sports for a couple of weeks and won a few hundred on $20 bets after starting out with $100. I even have a small plus in roulette. The only thing I don't have a plus in is blackjack, and that's close to even. Well, I don't have a plus in slots either, but I'm not stupid enough to play slots unless I just have some spare change. She even told me at one point that the sports bookies were letting me win to get me hooked. I told her I didn't think they were fixing NFL games for my benefit. "Okay, Zed bet $20 on San Francisco to cover. We need Detroit to throw the game so Zed will continue to make $20 bets."

Anyway, I'm seriously thinking of taking up gambling just to drive her crazy. Then after awhile I'll ask her if I can borrow a large sum of money to repay a guy named Joey Salvatore because they are on their way to our house to break our legs. Then I'll deposit the money in my Steam account as credits.

Okay, I'm not going to do any of that. I don't even like poker anymore. But it's tempting...

 

[BeardyHat]

God, my wife can be so annoying. She lives in constant fear that I'm going to start gambling, so she is constantly complaining about gambling. I finally told her she should want me to gamble because I'm a lifetime winner at almost every type of gambling, even casino gambling that you aren't supposed to win. I won over 20k at online poker. I only bet sports for a couple of weeks and won a few hundred on $20 bets after starting out with $100. I even have a small plus in roulette. The only thing I don't have a plus in is blackjack, and that's close to even. Well, I don't have a plus in slots either, but I'm not stupid enough to play slots unless I just have some spare change. She even told me at one point that the sports bookies were letting me win to get me hooked. I told her I didn't think they were fixing NFL games for my benefit. "Okay, Zed bet $20 on San Francisco to cover. We need Detroit to throw the game so Zed will continue to make $20 bets."

Anyway, I'm seriously thinking of taking up gambling just to drive her crazy. Then after awhile I'll ask her if I can borrow a large sum of money to repay a guy named Joey Salvatore because they are on their way to our house to break our legs. Then I'll deposit the money in my Steam account as credits.

Okay, I'm not going to do any of that. I don't even like poker anymore. But it's tempting...

Alms for the needy?

Tell her you need to gamble to give away money to strangers on the Internet.

My wife lives in fear that we might have a Joe Exotic in our neighborhood and a Tiger will jump the fence and eat our kids.

Mind you, we live in Colorado and both of us grew up in towns that abutt the mountains, where Mountain Lions (and bears, oh my. Well also Coyotes...) regularly come down and eat pets. But she's afraid of Asian Tigers.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Alms for the needy?

Tell her you need to gamble to give away money to strangers on the Internet.

My wife lives in fear that we might have a Joe Exotic in our neighborhood and a Tiger will jump the fence and eat our kids.

Mind you, we live in Colorado and both of us grew up in towns that abutt the mountains, where Mountain Lions (and bears, oh my. Well also Coyotes...) regularly come down and eat pets. But she's afraid of Asian Tigers.

Just tell her to keep her construction tools handy, because it appears she knows how to swing a hammer pretty well. I think I would actually fear for the poor tiger at that point!

 

[Frag Maniac]

Does your city do things like this?

As some of you may recall, I moved recently about 8 miles from where I lived just north of downtown to the north end of the city. They've been working on extending the Light Rail system, which is mostly underground in the heart of the city. They are building a Light Rail above ground station on the street I live on where it meets the I-5 freeway.

So being as I live in a senior only building now, we all got fliers of a project to upgrade the mobility of our street between our residence and I-5. I love that they will be adding a new bus route that goes all the way to the station, beefing up the road for more high occupancy vehicles, and adding more bus stops and putting in sidewalks with accessibility ramps.

What I don't like is they are taking what is now a 4 lane road, and committing one lane to dedicated parking, and adding a green strip on either side along the sidewalks. This means we will then have only TWO lanes for traffic. I called the lead of the project, who basically admitted they intend to try to coerce people to drive their cars less and use mass transit.

My response was, that will work for many of the poor, especially those who don't drive and particularly those with mobility impairment. I added that this neighborhood, despite having a fair amount of poor who are retired and/or disabled, also has quite a few working people who drive, many of which have very nice vehicles. Even the 72 tenant senior building I live in, which is low income, has at least 30 tenants who drive.

The reality is, even for someone retired like myself, that can pick and choose what days/hours I drive, I still see heavy traffic on this street with 4 lanes. Suddenly going to 2 lanes from 4 is going to cause even worse congestion. I would think a better plan would be to wait and see with the added bus route and stops, if it will increase the use of mass transit, and reduce car traffic flow. They could even try making one of the 4 lanes for HO vehicles only, that way 2 or more person cars and buses could use it. Or at least maybe take out one lane at a time to see how things go first.

I really don't think most people working with vehicles are going to want to take mass transit, with all the stops it has to make, OR go out of their way to reroute their commute just to avoid congestion. It takes up more of their time either way. Perhaps the most ridiculous thing is they act like they want feedback now, yet they never asked for it during the initial planning phase of the project.

Worse yet is the upcoming "Revive I-5" project, which will take 3-5 years, and there will be only two lanes (vs 4) each direction until it's completed. It seems obvious to me this is the result of bull nose politicians who insist on doing things their way, and these project leads are their puppets who echo what they're told to say and ignore feedback.