Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
It’s so sad that there are so many conspiracy theories on the vaccines. Some statements presented as facts are outright lies!
Even more sad that people are still not taking COVID-19 seriously.
How many more people have to die before they stop their nonsense?
I was glad to hear our mayor say that she would rather be criticized for doing too much, rather than being criticized for doing too little.
Needhelp, I hope N.O can get COVID under control. I find myself increasingly frustrated at the experts and politicians. Nearly a year in to this and it seems like they all try the same thing over and over even though it doesn’t work. I don’t know the solution myself but it seems like we need a whole different approach. I don’t know about Louisiana but in CA we know that a good majority of our cases are coming from within households! But nothing is being done to address it. Instead they continue to keep everything shut down (and I am not saying they should open everything up, I am saying that everything shut down isn’t slowing the spread so maybe we need a different approach?)
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So much of COVID is a mystery at this point in time.
Somewhere down the road I believe we will know a whole lot more.
Sorry to hear that your can has diabetes. Hopefully you can manage it.
Our fur babies are so special to us.
Hoping for the best regarding your mom and dad’s health. It’s so hard watching parents decline.
I swear that I typed CAT having diabetes! Not CAN!
I proofread. My phone is hexed!
This is a NEW Apple iPhone! That’s why it’s so frustrating. Grrrrr.
I am annoyed enough with my phone that I am considering looking at my settings and shutting off features too.
Yes, I may end up doing that.
One more thing. Hahaha 🤣, this should probably be in the whine section BUT my other gripe is that Siri can be mighty stupid at times. LOL
For instance, we are supposed to be able to dictate text messages, then just say ‘send.’
Okay, that’s great. I decide to use this feature and send a message to my daughter.
She called me up a second after the message was sent and asked me if I had been drinking! 😂 LOL
I told her that I was NOT drinking! I asked her why would she ask me that. It was morning time! She knows that I hardly ever drink anyway.
So she told me to read the text message that I sent.
Oh my gosh! Siri barely got any of it right and the message was insane!
I hope no one sends a message to their boss using Siri. LOL
I still have a flip phone but rarely use it anymore because since cataract surgery I can no longer read things small, reading glasses make me seasick, and trying to hold a magnifier while texting means having 3 arms.
Regarding Siri, my late boss was the only person I knew who would actually get into a verbal fight with Siri.
I appreciate technology. I really do but it is supposed to simplify our lives and it certainly has done that in many areas. BUT when it goes haywire it really screws us up, right?
Question for you? Have you driven a self driving car? Would you?
What tech products do you love the most? Hate the most?
What took getting used to the most?
If it sounds urgent, panicked, and contains conflicting statements, turn it off!
The Media's extreme efforts to cause mass hysteria and drama will be exposed.
Tune out, save your brain!
No emotion. Just the facts Ma'am.
He was 91.
Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.
A few years ago I was at a stop light, we were running late for an appointment. The light was green and thought it was clear to proceed and oncoming car came from nowhere and did not stop and was heading toward us, told everyone to brace themselves and then put my head down getting ready for a crash and car stopped right in front of us so forcefully and the tires did not squeal. The guy obviously was not paying attention and looked at me in shock then gave me the finger. I was so darn mad more at the finger pointing. Fortunate none of us were injured including the driver of the other car. I think he had one of those self driving cars.
That doesn't include Dana Bash or Nicole Wallace, though; they're seasoned professionals.
On the issues of technology helping us, I think technology has taken control away from us in so many ways. If you're not familiar with geotagging and tracking via smart phone, you might want to read this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html
The first section primarily deals with data tracking after the riot, which to me was encouraging to track down the rioters and ensure that they're deal with.
However, smart phones can produce data that can be monetized.
"We were quickly able to match more than 2,000 supposedly anonymous devices in the data set with email addresses, birthdays, ethnicities, ages and more."
"We were quickly able to match more than 2,000 supposedly anonymous devices in the data set with email addresses, birthdays, ethnicities, ages and more." (Note "supposedly anonymous".)
You have to read the entire article to put the last two quotes in perspective, but just think about, and wonder how and where all the scammers get your name.
The old adage about "Big Brother" should also include "Big business".
This article addresses government tracking, and although of concern, it's not as offensive to me as commercial tracking strictly for monetary purposes. I've often wondered how much data is sold to those obnoxious scammers who repeatedly call with fictitious data attempting to scam someone.
https://techpp.com/2013/08/22/track-phone-turned-off/