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11-18-2014, 01:06 PM
#871
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Originally Posted by goldenfri' timestamp='1416344432' post='23409958
Which are you switching to? I should probably look around since my rates are going up. (queue the insurance banner ads)
I finally got with the program and installed ad block plus. If anybody had told me it was able to automatically skip most video ads, I would've installed it years ago. I thought it only worked on static content for some reason.
I am torn though because ads make the sites/videos that I use money and if I block ads then they have no money they can't give me free content.
11-18-2014, 01:26 PM
#872
Originally Posted by e3opian' timestamp='1416344082' post='23409953
[quote name='Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1416343847' post='23409944']
ps. my insurance company is dicking me over. they sat on a supplement for 8 days, and they won't extend my rental at all.
ps. my insurance company is dicking me over. they sat on a supplement for 8 days, and they won't extend my rental at all.
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Catherine have a car? I didn't mean anything by asking, I really wasn't sure the status of the other two cars.
11-18-2014, 01:28 PM
#873
Originally Posted by TopGear' timestamp='1416347491' post='23410031
[quote name='goldenfri' timestamp='1416344432' post='23409958']
Which are you switching to? I should probably look around since my rates are going up. (queue the insurance banner ads)
Which are you switching to? I should probably look around since my rates are going up. (queue the insurance banner ads)
I finally got with the program and installed ad block plus. If anybody had told me it was able to automatically skip most video ads, I would've installed it years ago. I thought it only worked on static content for some reason.
I am torn though because ads make the sites/videos that I use money and if I block ads then they have no money they can't give me free content.
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ABP now prompts you to allow "some unobtrusive" advertising and explains that sites exist off advertising revenue. But that mouseover isht, and the full-page lightbox stuff has got to go. Reminds me of the X10 days.
11-18-2014, 02:01 PM
#874
Originally Posted by Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1416346035' post='23409985
[quote name='e3opian' timestamp='1416344082' post='23409953']
[quote name='Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1416343847' post='23409944']
ps. my insurance company is dicking me over. they sat on a supplement for 8 days, and they won't extend my rental at all.
[quote name='Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1416343847' post='23409944']
ps. my insurance company is dicking me over. they sat on a supplement for 8 days, and they won't extend my rental at all.
[/quote]
Catherine have a car? I didn't mean anything by asking, I really wasn't sure the status of the other two cars.
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no worries. catherine does not own a car
11-18-2014, 02:18 PM
#875
New dog coming home tonight:
His story is that he's being given up by his current owner because she had to take her mother in for health reasons, and her mom is having bad allergies from the dog. I think it's going to be a pretty depressing hand-off when I pick him up later
I didn't realize until pretty far into the process that instead of just being a foster, I was dealing with his actual owner.
He seems like a good guy. He has that follow you around, sit intently next to you at all times, type of shepherd loyalty. (At least I think that's a shepherd trait. It's the personality my uncle's last 3 shepherds have had)
His story is that he's being given up by his current owner because she had to take her mother in for health reasons, and her mom is having bad allergies from the dog. I think it's going to be a pretty depressing hand-off when I pick him up later
I didn't realize until pretty far into the process that instead of just being a foster, I was dealing with his actual owner.He seems like a good guy. He has that follow you around, sit intently next to you at all times, type of shepherd loyalty. (At least I think that's a shepherd trait. It's the personality my uncle's last 3 shepherds have had)
11-18-2014, 02:26 PM
#876
Have you heard of adtrap? Its a little box that you put on your network between your router and the rest of your network and it automatically cuts out the ads (including video) before they even get to your computer. A co-worker of mine has one and it seems pretty neat.
I am torn though because ads make the sites/videos that I use money and if I block ads then they have no money they can't give me free content.
I am torn though because ads make the sites/videos that I use money and if I block ads then they have no money they can't give me free content.
That was part of my reasoning for not getting ABP sooner. In the last year or two, I feel like advertising on free video streams has gotten out of hand though. (Or maybe I've just gotten less tolerant of it. I don't have any hard numbers to back my opinion up)
Anyway, I've had enough of watching a 30 second ad just to watch a 30 second video. I'm always happy to see ABP doing its thing on video sites.
11-18-2014, 05:20 PM
#878
11-18-2014, 06:01 PM
#879
If I road the bus to work it would be a 2 hour commute and that's if the mta was running on time, which they never do. My girlfriend takes the bus every day and busses that are scheduled just don't show up. And when they do show up they sometimes will fly by the stop and not pick people up because they are "running late".
11-18-2014, 08:45 PM
#880
Hole lee shit. Dog drama.
Got the new guy home tonight, and almost immediately heard from our vet that his stool sample from yesterday was positive for hookworms. Call his owner to double check that she's had him on heartworm prevention (stupid me, just assumed that anybody adopting a dog from a rescue organization would've been educated on this shit), and she says she's never hear of such a thing. Holy shit. So the dog I just adopted probably has heartworms... Going to get him tested ASAP tomorrow. He was with his last owner for two years so he had a good long time to get infected.
Not what I signed up for
Got the new guy home tonight, and almost immediately heard from our vet that his stool sample from yesterday was positive for hookworms. Call his owner to double check that she's had him on heartworm prevention (stupid me, just assumed that anybody adopting a dog from a rescue organization would've been educated on this shit), and she says she's never hear of such a thing. Holy shit. So the dog I just adopted probably has heartworms... Going to get him tested ASAP tomorrow. He was with his last owner for two years so he had a good long time to get infected.
Not what I signed up for