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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
I wouldn't call this "a strange coincidence." I'm not particularly prone to conspiracy theories (except when it comes to social media ;D ), but I've written before that it's creeped me out when I've been looking at, say, the JCPenny website on my PC in my office, and then I come home and get ads for JCPenney on my home PC. The office and home are roughly 26 blocks apart, and there is no connection between my office PC and my home PC. I can't explain it, but I'm sure that's not a coincidence.
(Hillary was operating that child sex ring out of a pizza parlor in Washington, not New York. ;D )
serious crayons:
What browser do you use? I used to use Firefox. At one time you could get a profile of yourself based on your Google searches.
At work, I was a 70-year-old man; at home I was a 19-year-old girl. So the two computers were not in communication. As for why they were so different, the older man is easy: I covered aging at the time so was often looking up terms like alzheimer's and home care. At home ... well, apparently my googing choices aren't as sophisticated as I would have thought. :laugh:
Anyway, now I use Chrome, which automatically syncs on all your computers. So if I looked myself up now, I guess I would be a 45-year-old nonbirary person.
Buf of course Google Chrome could easily track my browsing. Have fun looking through my searches for various models of push-reel lawnmowers, Putin.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 11, 2020, 02:15:19 pm ---
Buf of course Google Chrome could easily track my browsing. Have fun looking through my searches for various models of push-reel lawnmowers, Putin.
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I have one of those and would gladly let you have it, if you were local. It works well for light duty, but you have to get the blades resharpened after a year or so.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 11, 2020, 07:23:58 pm ---I have one of those and would gladly let you have it, if you were local. It works well for light duty, but you have to get the blades resharpened after a year or so.
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Thanks! I had one for about 12 years, did not always remember to get the blades sharpened annually, and eventually it just wore out -- you'd have to go over everything twice. So I bought a rechargeable electric mower, but now the batteries need replacing for the second time in the 8-9 years I've owned it. Apparently if you keep it in your garage over the winter you're supposed to either bring the batteries indoors or charge them every month or two, which I had heard years ago, forgot immediately and never did, including this past winter.
New batteries would cost >$100. My yard is small, I'm moving at some point and the mower is bulky and heavy, so I decided to get another push reel mower. I talked to a hardware store guy who said they've been redesigned, work much better now and only have to be sharpened every 10 years or so. The one I have in mind is small and weighs 25 pounds.
Front-Ranger:
An interesting comment, to me, anyway. But one that will never appear in The New Yorker! Perhaps we should submit something and widen their horizons!
After finishing the fiction issue, I'm struck by how the different articles and works of fiction seem to tie in, balance, and riff off each other. It seems like this issue was given a lot of thought.
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