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- Comment on We can all agree on this 1 day ago:
Yeah they don’t give a damn if we bring our own devices, so long as we don’t plug it into the computers. I’d guess you’re right about IT’s response to the VM, but I’d kind of intrigued at the same time, so I might dig a bit and ask them anyway. Worse case, they say no - no biggie.
This is definitely not a fly under the radar kind of situation though - getting caught in a HIPAA violation is a guaranteed loss of job and license, probably a gigantic fine, and… possibly prison time? High stakes for an ad blocker lol. Anything techy outside of our normal work responsibilities (like a VM) would need to start with getting approval in writing.
…more realistically, I think my best option is going to be a small bluetooth speaker and one of those thin cable locks to secure it to my work station. I don’t want any wearables since I’d need to take those into patient rooms, which would look unprofessional at best; and become biohazardous at worst. I can have some soft tunes on while I chart, but otherwise forget it’s there when I’m doing more hands-on care.
- Comment on Considering planting it in my garden at this point 1 day ago:
Bummer. Though not entirely surprising - as pervasive as they sound, if the shape and texture made them a good candidate for lawns, I’m sure it’d have been tried well before my two neurons fired off the idea.
…I do wonder if there’s a similar candidate. I don’t know jack about what herbs and such actually look like before making it into a jar in my kitchen, but if there is something that grows comparably to clover, feels decent to walk on, and smells decent when trimmed, even if it’s not quite as amazing as mint…
I mean, if we’re gonna go through the trouble of growing a crop just to cut it and throw it away, it might as well at least smell nice, right?
Or we could do the smart thing and ditch the lawn for a legit herb garden that we can actually consume… but that kind of logic is a tall order.
- Comment on Considering planting it in my garden at this point 1 day ago:
…kinda makes me want to plant that stuff all over my yard. It grows kinda patchy like clover, right?
Let that shit take over and suddenly mowing the lawn will smell AMAZING!
- Comment on We can all agree on this 2 days ago:
Oh, definitely no sneaking. Or connection of personal devices of any kind. The comps in question need to be HIPAA compliant, so I’m limited to the tools that are built into Windows 11, and Edge/Chrome.
Or, using a setup that’s totally separate from it, like a Bluetooth speaker paired with a phone. …but my last speaker wandered away from my workstation, so I’d prefer to just use the hardware that’s already there.
- Comment on We can all agree on this 2 days ago:
Can’t connect any private devices.
VM… maybe? I’m not familiar with this at all - of there’s any potential for data compromise, it’ll be a no-go. The comps we’re using need to be HIPAA compliant, and I’m guessing this is not, but if there’s potential here, it’s worth exploring.
I’ll do some homework on how these work, and if it looks good to my monkey brain, I’ll bounce it off IT (who works very closely with legal - they DO NOT fuck around with HIPAA). If I get the official green light from them, this might be the winner.
- Comment on We can all agree on this 2 days ago:
…any tricks to block youtube ads on a work computer that absolutely can’t have anything installed on it?
Youtube and music.youtube are a good source of music at work, so far the best I got it to to skip forward then back until ads stop. Works, but requires active input.
- Comment on YUM 3 days ago:
I had an outree for dessert.
- Comment on Considering planting it in my garden at this point 3 days ago:
Also a really nice touch in hot chocolate if you’re wanting to make it fancy.
- Comment on Fogey-assed old dude says 3 days ago:
If there’s a service that can actually distinguish between the different types of metal, please point me to it!
Trying to get a stream of symphonic metal will always do one of two things: “Here, have the entire library of these three bands!” or “Oh you like metal? Here’s the most gutteral death metal we could find! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!”
It’s such a tiny genre… I want more Q_Q
- Comment on YUM 3 days ago:
It’s been ages since I’ve set foot in a bbq restaurant because of this.
*equips cane, glasses, and supplemental O2 tank*
Back in my day, an entree in c these places wouldn’t break the bank, and would send you home with leftovers every time.
- Comment on The System does not work. 6 days ago:
I don’t. I literally acknowledged that in my previous post. I’m in the same boat as everyone else who isn’t willing to risk their life or freedom over this.
There’s a reason I say “we” in these types of criticisms.
- Comment on The System does not work. 6 days ago:
From the voting angle? Yeah I’m as tired of picking the 2nd worst candidate as anyone else. When I push for voter turnout and encourage folks to vote for the least evil option that has a realistic shot of winning, it isn’t with any expectation that things will improve as a result of that person’s policies, it’s to pull the parachute on our freefall into human rights violations, locally and abroad.
From the guillotine angle? ‘They’ don’t have us in jack, we just don’t have a spine. We could turn this shit around practically overnight, but no one (self included - I’ll own my share of the blame here) wants to get their hands dirty.
- Comment on The System does not work. 6 days ago:
Not sure what argument you think you’re making. If we had a 100% turnout and still had enough people waste their vote on some protest candidate or even directly for Trump as some kind of accelerationist nonsense, the situation would still be what I’m griping about, which is people failing to vote strategically. Nonvoters are only part of the issue.
…and not that it matters, but I don’t buy that article’s pitch for a second. High voter turnout trends blue. A study can hypothesize to the contrary, but a single study doesn’t prove shit (in any context - peer review ftw).
- Comment on The System does not work. 6 days ago:
- Comment on The System does not work. 6 days ago:
Yeah this is way beyond voting. Even in the context of just voting, it’s often necessary to vote for a lesser evil. Case in point, all the “Kamala didn’t earn my vote!” who handed Trump the presidency on a silver platter.
You gotta make strategic choices with voting, and sometimes that kinda sucks.
So do that. But also break out the guillotines when the people you voted for start behaving maliciously. That’s what we’re failing, and that’s why things have gone so far shit.
- Comment on All part of their scam plan 1 week ago:
You can afford groceries. You just can’t afford to get caught.
Side note, but you know those coolers for the milk where they stock them from behind? Loss prevention sometimes hang out in those - straight view down an entire aisle and shoppers* don’t usually pay enough attention to notice them. Something to check.
Good luck all! ^_^
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 1 week ago:
i am not sure there are any politics to debate , killing nazis is good.
Yeah but ut has to be in the context of videogames, or it’s “iNciTiNG viOLeNcE” or some shit.
- Comment on Google joins the party 1 week ago:
This and similar stories are 100% PR bullshit to make it feel more like an actual intelligence.
It didn’t “escape its sandbox” any more than your mug of coffee did when your asshole cat swatted it off the table.
Actual intelligence that’s artificial remains confined to science fiction, and no amount of marketing will change that.
If and when the day comes that we make a true AI, there’ll be some serious boy-who-cried-wolf shit going on to convince the public that it’s actually real this time.
- Comment on how babby is formed 3 weeks ago:
APGAR STYLE!
OB! OB! OB! OB! OB!
- Comment on the Pope uses his teeth to eat food 3 weeks ago:
The cardinals are the pope’s fledglings, right? I think he’s the one puking in their mouths.
- Comment on Chaos 3 weeks ago:
*eye twitch
- Comment on Civic duty 3 weeks ago:
I’ve only served on jury duty once, and it was kinda fucked up. Child abuse case, and we were all kinda on the fence leaning toward defendant was guilty, but the evidence presented was just absolute dogshit. Lots of reasonable doubts.
Found the dude not guilty on the premise that we’d rather let a guilty piece of shit off the hook than risk convicting someone who’s innocent, but it felt real fuckin icky to give that verdict over what was most likely just a lazy investigation by the cops.
Hope the kid turned out okay… must have absolutely zero faith in the legal system because of that.
- Comment on Gamer Logic 😡 3 weeks ago:
GamerRight winger - Comment on Times are tough - but i look faboo 4 weeks ago:
The cheap food is secondary to the poverty, and the decision to eat it for price over health is secondary to our evolutionary biology.
These stand out as pretty reasonable things to blame.
The take of “you don’t want to feel tortured 24/7 and the only way not to is unhealthy? Well that’s your fault!” …is pretty fuckin bonkers.
- Comment on Times are tough - but i look faboo 4 weeks ago:
Correct, but alas, I -like most people- am not a fucking robot. Our behavior is influenced heavily by our chemistry, and while we have the ability consciously go against what the entirety of our species’ evolution is compelling us to do, we tend not. Cuz that’s literally how we’re wired.
Tolerating the sensation of even moderate hunger is agonizing over long periods - if the choice is between that and getting fat, I’m getting fat.
- Comment on Times are tough - but i look faboo 4 weeks ago:
When I was piss broke I got fat as fuck. Cheap food is 99% insanely processed carbs. Fills ya up, but it absolutely destroys your body.
Pet peeve of mine nowadays when I hear someone give a low income person shit for being fat… “Hurr durr looks like they can afford to eat!” Fuck you!
Um… /rant lol.
- Comment on Bethesda roadmap: more Fallout is coming, Starfield support continues, but Elder Scrolls VI is the main priority 4 weeks ago:
Another poster addressed that, I’ll just point you to their post/my reply instead of starting the conversation over:
- Comment on "What is your most anticipated crossover?" 4 weeks ago:
Luigi meets Mitch McConnell?
…yes please.
- Comment on Bethesda roadmap: more Fallout is coming, Starfield support continues, but Elder Scrolls VI is the main priority 4 weeks ago:
Glad you had a better experience. It was a real disappointment for me - not just the game, but Bethesda still stood out as company that’s passionate about games. Seeing them abandon that for a quick buck really did sting.
- Comment on Bethesda roadmap: more Fallout is coming, Starfield support continues, but Elder Scrolls VI is the main priority 4 weeks ago:
It showcases how little pride they put into their franchise. Like… if I need a frame built for a new house construction, and the local meth addict offers to do it for 1/10th the cost of the cheapest actual framing company, and I say “Sweet! Let’s have the meth addict do it!” …and he does a predictably shit and unfinished job despite claiming he could do it just as well as professional framers… the main problem here isn’t that a guy who’s brain was fried by meth framed my house, the problem is that I hired someone who’s brain was cooked by meth to frame my house!
Shitting on Zenimax Online Studies is like pinning the situation on the addict.
