hack

Except for Dave, he's gotta be a 14 or 15.

Ygduf

yeah, but he's smart enough to not race copperopolis, pescadero or patterson.

Ttoc6

Similar Social media creepiness happened to me yesterday. 2 of my coworkers popped up as suggested friends on fb despite me never looking them up. One of them I have in the contacts of my phone which I guess could associate data. The other I have never looked info up about online.

I also don't use the stock fb app on facebook, I use metal for android which is just a wrapper for the mobile site. So figured it wouldn't be listening or tracking proximity but I guess that k was wrong.

I don't like adding coworkers on social media like that except in firing cases.

Doge

This stuff is so fast. Why I don't like to use names.
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furiousferret

Its fast because you're the only one who uses Bing.

miyata man

I had a nice moment thinking about a 33 chatbox open to all BF members to join at will. Heavily moderated and logged of course.

Doge

And I'm not censored.

Doge

I also tend to find the best stuff early.
Google does not care about BF.
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Ygduf

thank god I didn't call him fat! Chris is ****ed.

also, bing probably uses cookies to track and prioritize pages you've previously visited. Though, we're pretty certain google listens to our conversations somehow as my wife tends to get adds pointed right at things we were talking about.

carpediemracing 

It's very possible they looked you up, linking you to them through their actions.

Ttoc6

That was not even an option I had considered. Thanks for injecting some sanity.

Also, if you want a tracker less (or at least better than Google) search engine, use duckduckgo. It's a decent search engine and has a lot better privacy policy than many other companies.

The age of privacy in tech is dead though. I've given up trying to conceal anything unless I'm trying to be really careful.

mattm

literalol

aaronmcd

Been learning drums lately. For the past couple months been practicing every day on a pad and pillows and a basket. Once a week or so on a friends kit with him and another friend on guitar. Got 3 professional lessons this past week by 3 different ppl tryin to figure out who I should get lessons with. We will see if I have time for 2 hobbies!

Also flying out to Maui tomorrow. Weird. We haven't even been thinking about Maui with a Thailand trip coming up in a month!

himespau 

I've never told LinkedIn that it could go through my mail contacts to try to find friends (it always asks), but somehow in my suggested contacts that I might know, just about everyone I've ever e-mailed pops up there either as their account or someone it wants me to invite to set up an account. No I don't want to connect to some distant aunt I was on an e-mail chain with once who is retired and doesn't have an account. Nor do I want to seem like a creep by trying to connect to random students I had years ago.

topflightpro

Do you have time for two hobbies? Probably

Do you have time to do well in two hobbies? Probably not.

mattm

Please tell me you do this on the street, while sitting on a bucket?

miyata man

Would this occur before or after riding the Polo Grounds with a USB speaker?

miyata man

@Doge Did you catch "Worst Retirement Ever 8.5 - Just the zip" yet? I'll admit to not watching parts 2-8. Drafting a camera SUV with a scootercam helping air leave him nicely looks totally legit though.

Doge

Looks like it has a front brake on it this time.

aaronmcd

How do you even remember this??

miyata man

Eidetic or photographic memory? Maybe just because it was that funny. At least I thought so.

So is the drumming a ploy to get chicks or are you suggesting some amount of innate talent for rhythm?

carpediemracing 

I figured this must have happened as my Friends suggestion list suddenly had people that knew me but that I had no interest in friending.

There's also a "if both of you share 200 of the same friends then you must be friends also" kind of thing.

I have yet to see a coworker pop up in my suggested friends feed even though I have my workplace in Facebook, and everyone at work is on FB. I don't look at their feeds, don't search them, etc, and apparently they don't do the same also.

Ttoc6

I bought a Moka pot last night. Tried it this morning and like the coffee it makes. I had to put some additional water in there to make it a bit more palatable. I'd say somewhere between espresso and drip, leaning towards espresso strength.

So I guess I made a pseudo Americano this morning.

big john

Over the years I have seen crashes caused by riders who don't know what they are doing, even though they may be fit enough to stay in the group for a time. Today it happened again. Large group, at least 25, and we were starting a climb when I flatted. I yelled out and moved right and began slowing when a new guy took out one of the women. She fell right in front of me and he fell into the other lane. Fortunately no cars came. She got a ride in an ambulance and I'm hoping she's home by now.
I know this happens in races but this is just a club ride. Sketchy riders should stay out of groups, stay off the back and observe, or, if they feel like King Kong, go off the front. I'm pissed off at this clown.

Ttoc6

I'm in Anaheim for some work training. Staying across the street from Disney. Anyone have recommendations on places to eat or little things to see while I'm here? Not much time to do stuff but enough to go for a run or get a good dinner!