Comedy. Watch something funny. It’s hard to be anxious and amused at the same time, and at least for me, the amusement wins.

I also have a soft plush that I find soothing but ymmv on that one. I don’t even know why it calms me down, it’s not a childhood toy or anything.

Definitely not now, but before, no. Before I moved out, I was mostly supporting them, using the credit card I opened when I went to college. Took me a long time to work that debt off.

Yep! That’s what I figured. I don’t mind. I appreciate the attention to security.

Nothing that serious, thankfully. Just want to obfuscate my data and leave as little of an impression on the internet as I can. Good advice, thank you!

I’ve got a bit of a VPN question if anyone wants to educate a newbie a little. When I tried a VPN (Mullvad actually!) it defaulted to Sweden but then accessing my banking information didn’t work. If I switch a VPN to reflect that I’m somewhere randomly in the USA, is that still sufficient protection?

I’m a Salesforce administrator.

Best Part - when I get to sit down and create a cool new feature or automation for my org, something that makes everyone’s lives easier and better.

Worst Part - having to teach users the most basic shit ever, like how to make a simple report.

Special Edition Worst Part - When I know things that my senior admin should know but doesn’t because she doesn’t seem to pay attention to anything she hasn’t directly touched, despite daily standups.

Ha ha

That’s super traumatic! I’m so sorry that happened to you.

Interacting with local people is definitely a good one. If there are any community events, especially recurrent ones, go there!

Mmm sasparilla

Paywalled. Here’s the article via the Universal Summarizer by Kagi.

• Google has experienced thousands of privacy incidents and security issues over a 6-year period from 2013 to 2018, according to an internal database obtained by 404 Media.
• The privacy incidents range from small issues like a single errant email containing personal information to substantial data leaks and impending raids on Google offices.
• The incidents involve Google’s own products, data collection practices, vulnerabilities in third-party vendors, and mistakes made by Google staff, contractors, or others impacting Google systems.
• The incidents include Google accidentally collecting children’s voice data, leaking the trips and home addresses of carpool users, and making YouTube recommendations based on users’ deleted watch history.
• While individually the incidents may have only impacted a relatively small number of people, or were fixed quickly, collectively they show how a powerful company like Google manages and often mismanages a large amount of sensitive personal data.
• Google employees internally report these privacy and security issues, assigning them priority ratings from P0 (highest) to P1.
• The database obtained by 404 Media contains thousands of reports of these incidents over the 6-year period.
• The revelations highlight the challenges major tech companies face in protecting user privacy and data, even with internal reporting systems.
• The incidents suggest Google may not always be fully transparent about privacy and security issues impacting its users.
• The article suggests the need for greater scrutiny and accountability around how large tech companies like Google handle sensitive user data.

When I moved over I searched for versions of all my reddit communities. Sadly, a lot of them are inactive, but I subbed anyway just in case. Then I went onto all and looked for the top handful that had stuff I liked. Now I mostly stick to my subscribed and flip over to all if I run out.

I bet!! It sounds like you had a truly exhausting day!

I guess I’m surprised because I’ve never been at a hotel that didn’t have a lobby open 24/7. Sure you can’t check in, but I’m surprised you couldn’t plop down in a seat in the lobby and read or browse on your phone until you could check in.

They wouldn’t let you chill out in the lobby?

When I was a young teen, one of my friends gave me a floppy disk of midi song files she liked a lot but they mostly had names like “ANIME 2” so I had no idea where they came from. There was one on there I was particularly obsessed with but could never find. Then one serendipitous day, I did. It was The Destruction of Laputa from Castle in the Sky.

Edit: Or it was Sora from Escaflowne. There’s been a few times I heard an instrumental or non-English song with no source to go off of.

Oh, good song!

I think I’d like to get this; do you have a brand you can recommend?

I am a woman whose father was an abusive narcissist, the list of what I needed and didn’t get is depressing to say the least. So I’ll boil it down to its essence: Be there when needed. Remember she is her own person, not an extension of you. Try to make her life better than your own. Let your love be unconditional. It may not be helpful advice, but it’s all I got for ya.

They don’t creep me out but I fucking hate birds. They’re so goddamn noisy. When I hear a bird near my window screaming, something primal in me activates and I wanna climb out on the ledge and throw rocks at it to make it shut the fuck up.