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- utopian1
- funny... I just watched that this morning over breakfast.shapesalad
- How does it turn out? I got really bored.fadein11
- detritus2
I've often accused Google of being duplicitously stupid on here, for presumed nefarious purposes I can't quite work out.
Now I'm just thinking it's fucking stupid.
I've just noticed a wee thing at the bottom of my Google Search results that states my location, at least as best as Google can work it out.
Now, bear in mind I've many times confirmed my login on this computer, at this address for the last at least two years continually now - London, England. I can understand perhaps a little confusion arising from broad-area IP geo-location, and have in the past seen my position as a satellite town about 15 miles away. Not great, but understandable.
Now, for some reason, Google is confinced I am in fact in Pitlochry, a small town in the heart of Scotland I once ivisited when I was 9. It's 470-odd miles away.
I have never expressed any interest in Pitlochry or much else of Scotland beyond the cities and the occasional family house via Google, so I've no idea what the stupid fucking thing's thinking.
I really need to start using Bing. At least I expect fuck-all from Microsoft, so could rarely be disappointed... .
- Why does this bother you?face_melter
- Why in turn does my irritation bother you? I've catalogued my ire with G here already - this is just the cherry that makes me wonder if it's simply crap.detritus
- G touts itself as being some AI-driving wunderkind that can sort out our lives for us. If it can't work out wtf I am based on x years use, then it's just crap.detritus
- Whenever location services are enabled it doesn’t seem to have any issues that I’ve seen. I imagine they can pinpoint most people yikes.monospaced
- Detritus still thinks he's living in london with his make believe girlfriend, bless him. YOU'RE IN A HOME IN PITLOCHRY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 2 YEARS, REMEMBER?set
- I just learned golf apps can find your location accurately enough to tell you how many feet you are on the course from the hole. Kinda cool, kinda creepyformed
- COOKIES!imbecile
- Bing? DuckDuckGo.i_monk
- Krassy1
GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER...
This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society
The video was made in late 2016 by Nick Foster, the head of design at X (formerly Google X), and a co-founder of the Near Future Laboratory. The video, shared internally within Google, imagines a future of total data collection, where Google helps nudge users into alignment with their goals, custom-prints personalized devices to collect more data, and even guides the behavior of entire populations to solve global problems like poverty and disease.
- detritus1
Fucking Google.
"The device you're attemptIng to log in from is not recognised"
No?
IT'S THE SAME FUCKING COMPUTER ON THE SAME STATIC IP, FROM THE SAME EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN USING EVERY FUCKING DAY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU FUCKING STUPID PIECE OF SHIT.
Thing is, I don't for one second believe you're that stupid and have somehow forgot, so why do you put me through this rigmarole every 4 months or so?
- ugh, don't get me started on goggle. utterly evil/incompetent wankstains on the trousers of humanityhans_glib
- set-1
There are ads that look like an email in my Gmail app on my phone now. Fuck you Google.
- oh no... where? hasn't hit mine yet.fadein11
- Was one on one of my lesser used accounts. Haven't seen it on my two main accounts which is odd. Literally at the to of the email list looking like an emailset
- Not seeing it again now though anywhere. Oddset
- sounds you have you have malware installed in your browser or something...zarkonite
- I do notset
- Well it's not a google ad product.zarkonite
- Also, why do you have ads turned on in your gmail?zarkonite
- What are you talking about you cunt?set
- dbloc0
Google is officially testing ‘more results’ button to load more search results
- Everyone gets first page resultsdbloc
- So they are trying the infinite scrolling in 2018, cool.Maaku
- exactlydbloc
- Works for meset
- Why even bother with a button. Just lazy load an infinite scroll FFS.Hayzilla
- Lazyload is bad.zarkonite
- why is lazy load bad?dbloc
- Keeps changing the length of the scrollbar amongst other things.zarkonite
- Krassy1
"Google has succeeded where Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto all failed: It dominates the globe."
- i_monk0
Thanks, Getty, for getting rid of that useful "search by image" feature in Google Image Searches results. Excellent stuff.
- (You can still search by image from the main search bar, but not from an image result anymore.)i_monk
- fuck gettyGnash
- someone has already made a work-around
https://d3vr.github.…Gnash - oops meant to post that link in previous postGnash
- detritus2
Thanks, Getty, for making it so that my I now can't just click 'View full image' in Google Image Searches any more. Excellent stuff.
- just wow. checked and confirmed. then puked a little.helloeatbreathedrive
- tho right clk open img in new tab still woiks.
wasn't that the same thing?helloeatbreathedrive - ^ this shows the scaled down version, not link to the full scale image as beforeGnash
- got it. obv innovation never sleeps :|helloeatbreathedrive
- detritus1
Thanks, Getty, for making it so that my I now can't just click 'View full image' in Google Image Searches any more. Excellent stuff.
- detritus1
er.. WTF? Google Earth Pro just installed itself on my computer without any input from myself!
When did that become acceptable?
https://www.reddit.com/r/google/…
Really, fuck Google.
- I saw the icon on my desktop and wondered WTF, right-clicked to check filepath and creation date and.. it's all legit. Well, completely illegit.detritus
- http://www.dslreport…detritus
- just boycott it as much as you can. okay easier said then done!mugwart
- Resistance is futileset
- ^^ never!
Just longer search times!mugwart - innovation never... oh, waitGnash
- _niko0
todays google doodle : the reason why if you say burnt toast around a Canadian, they'll ask you if you're having a seizure lol.
- sarahfailin0
Google sent me a free Home Mini because I bought a Pixel 2.
...i imagine it's not good enough quality to use for music. if it works the same as my phone, why would I not just use my phone?
Should I sell this thing or try to take it to best buy for store credit before i open it?
hello wiretap?
- Imho, sell it. Sell it now.detritus
- I’d be getting suspicious if I got something for free from google. bury it in the backyard.pressplay
- wait a minute... almost every service from google is for free. I got to bury myself now...pressplay
- Got one too, if you're into the whole voice interface thing it's neat. You can have fun with it if you have a nest or a chromecast... I sometimes ask it tozarkonite
- google stuff, not terribly useful... yet.zarkonite
- it's designed to listen better than your phone, especially in an open area like your livingroom ... you don't need to be very close to it like with the phonemonospaced
- Best buy said I couldn't exchange it for store credit. ...jerks!sarahfailin
- give as a bday gift to someoneGnash
- ^best idea so far.sarahfailin
- ...someone you don't like.detritus
- if you own a phone you're already wiretapped. mess around with what it can do!scarabin
- i use those shits err'dayscarabin
- Sell it before it becomes sentient. Also absolutely do not give it a name!!pango
- lol pangomonospaced
- it's coming for your cock!!
https://i.imgur.com/…pango
- sarahfailin0
Anybody find a good tempered glass screen protector for the Pixel 2? The Google store sells one for $40 which is steep (and currently out of stock) and all the others I've seen are off brand and cheap.
The off brand one I bought already cracked on me...
- sarahfailin0
https://gizmodo.com/report-googl…
People are stealing hundreds of Google's campus bikes per week. Some are going as far as Mexico.- Better get that wall up fast!inv
- they can supposedly index every webpage on the net but can't even keep track of 900 bikes?PonyBoy
- they know where they're at, which you would know if you'd cared to read potardimbecile
- No... their bikes are stolen regularly meaning they do not keep track of them/ know where they’re at... What article did you read, idiot?PonyBoy
- Im surprised they don’t use a simple gps app to track them like recent bike sharing companies that are popping up in major citiesPonyBoy
- https://www.google.c…PonyBoy
- Edit: I’m surprised the gps doesn’t work as well a deterrent as the bike shares popping up (they do use gps of cour$e)PonyBoy
- the comments in the article tell you everything you need to know anyway... locals treat Goggle like shitPonyBoy
- Perhaps they’re aware and aren’t actually pursuing them actively.monospaced
- Bennn0
For your information
A bunch of tips and tricks for the Pixel 2 >
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/…
'teresting. Learned a few very useful things
- Bennn0
mg33, it's ok if you didnt like Android. It's not easy going from iOS after so many years. When I switched from iOS to Android, it took me a good month or two before getting use to it. Lots of things annoyed me at first, like you. Its all a question of habits and you can't change habits in 2 days.
The best is to have a friend who gives you a Android crash course the first day and show you all the tricks and tips. A coworker helped me and it made the switch go better. If you were on your own trying to figure everything by yourself, I can understand you got frustrated with some things.
personally, I switch my tablet first, from iPad to Samsung tablet, thats where I got in touch with Android for the first time. I was still using my iPhone. So I got use to Android slowly since I dont use my tablet as much as my phone. I guess switching your main device (phone) is kind of a big sudden change to face since you're using it all the time.
many of the problems you faced have a solution tho.
- Social Hashtags and AutoHash do the work for the # in Instagram, for exampleBennn
- there's also HashTag OrganizerBennn
- it gets bettermonospaced
- Yep, I don't mean to rude, for once, but almost ecru point mg33 made was due to lack of understanding how to address it, rather than being real issuesset
- every *set
- And the Fuji transfer app is there, I have it, you probably missed itBennn
- https://play.google.…Bennn
- Thanks Bennnnnn. I spent more time with it yesterday, used it during the day. Switched back to my iPhone last night.mg33
- The email account problems are probably the deal breaker for me. I don't understand how I can't isolate email addresses per app.mg33
- The other thing that I honestly don't like, realizing I could get used it, sure - are the various processes that take an extra step vs. an iPhone.mg33
- Ex: the lock screen, entering pin code. On iPhone, entry of the last number opens the phone. On Android, I have to click a checkmark. Why?mg33
- There are numerous instances of this throughout different apps. Reddit is an example. Switching accounts, have to select the acct. then click OK.mg33
- Kind of a poor way to do something so simple. I don't see anything in Material Design that lends to not taking you somewhere based on the selection you make.mg33
- I checked out those hashtag apps while I was using the phone. I use this for my iPhone: https://tagsdock.com…mg33
- All the Android apps are tedious to use - rely on copy/pasting going from app to app from what I can tell. Lame.mg33
- There's one called Magnify that requires you to enter things like "magnify_[hashtag group name]" on IG to pull from a custom list. Also tedious.mg33
- You're not using your fingers to unlock your phone??Bennn
- i mean the sensor on the backBennn
- tagsdock seems nice indeed, but I can live easily with the apps on Android for that, but I can understand you'd like the same app since you're used to itBennn
- for your email problem, i'm not sure I totally understand, so i can't help here. You want to use emailA in Gmail and emailB in another apps?Bennn
- For email, I have a work gmail account with @company.com email address. For personal, I have an @gmail address.mg33
- On my iPhone I use Inbox for personal email, Gmail for work. Same for desktop. For very clear reasons; I use labels for work email religiously.mg33
- I use most Inbox features for organizing personal email. I don't want to switch how I do this.mg33
- On Android, you add email accounts at the phone level, not at app level. So, work and personal email are available in Inbox and Gmail.mg33
- I don't want this. I don't want to adjust, I don't want to change my habits. It's never clear when I click an email notification which app will open.mg33
- You cannot remove an account from either app because of the accounts living at the phone level.mg33
- I'm curious i will try it. I have a work gmail @company too. I'll get back to you this evening maybeBennn
- I've made the test, I see what you mean. I'm receiving notification for the same emails in Gmail and InBox... annoying yes. I'll check it out online.Bennn
- at least you can turn off notification on one account in Inbox. Its Gmail the problem here.Bennn
- Got it mg33, its pretty easy actually. > https://android.stac…Bennn
- Just turn off notification for the account of your choice in both Inbox and Gmail. Works #1 here.Bennn
- Inbox
Hamburger menu > Settings > Select the accound > Notifications: OFFBennn - Gmail
hamburger menu > scroll down the left menu > Settings > Select the account > Notifications: OFFBennn - Voilà! :) You'll receive one notification per account, not two.Bennn
- For the extra clicks you're talking about, think about all the time you'll save by using the awesome BACK BUTTON! Seriously.Bennn
- For the hashtags, you'll get use to the apps on Android, they're effective. You problems are almost all fixed :)Bennn
- I appreciate it, but I'm sticking with iOS. In fact, I'm trying to get my company to buy the Pixel 2 from me so we can start having devices on hand for testing.mg33
- Not sure why we don't, but sounds like there's a desire to do so soon.mg33
- np, I totally understand. I didnt told you but I switched to Android two times before adopting it.Bennn
- Went from iPad > Android tablet, totally hated it (a lot) Then 2 years later got back from iPad to Android tablet again cuz i needed an SD slot.Bennn
- its not an easy switch. We're on those lil machine ALL the time.Bennn
- You see, now I can't stand iOS, each time I use my gf's iPad I want to destroy it. Its all a question of habits. :)Bennn
- You're still making points that are simply you not understand how to use it properly. The passcode is such a moot point...set
- Use pattern swipe or fingerprint, it's much faster and doesn't require any extra taps... Odd thing to focus onset
- Not sure why you chose a whole new ecosystem if you 'don't want to adjust your habits' to be fairset
- I get it set... I had honestly never used one before. I just don't care for the way numerous habits must change. I'm too busy to bother with it.mg33
- Furry muffset
- mg33 getting gang banged by the android fanboysinteliboy
- Apple fanboys still trying to use the name allocated to them on anyone who doesn't totally worship their productsset
- ;)set
- lolmonospaced
- more like a floppy finger banging, intelliboy.Gnash
- I use an ipad and a mac by the way. But I still suck an android phone's cockset
- It's got the GURFset
- I hate Apple OS's, sue me.Bennn
- trooperbill0
also dont forget to to turn off srgb in firefox for high saturation colours (its an in app setting)
