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HomerTheGreat wrote: literally check your Gmail at work
Phew that's a relief, GMail (and all web mail systems) is blocked at work, for once I can be grateful to the net nazi that plagues my system.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Do you sign into other services (ie StackOverflow) with your Google ID? I have worked places before where I couldn't login to GMail, but could use my Google ID on other websites, I think that's enough.
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HomerTheGreat wrote: Do you sign into other services (ie StackOverflow) with your Google ID
Nah my paranoia won't let me use single identities across different platforms, besides as a contractor my work identity is (or used to be) a temporary thing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I requested they delete my Google ID. They didn't. So I signed out of google+. I hate Chrome, I don't use gmail except to buy things for my Android tablet.
For the past few weeks I have enjoyed the sight of youtube(which I've also orphaned - I use Vimeo now)fading away from any relevance as it is unable to track my choices.
It's like watching the Wicked Witch of the West melt.
Most satisfying.
Don't be evil? Who says Americans don't get irony? 
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you should consider creating a separate gmail account for personal needs..  
.:>GSN<:.
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Ouch... I think I'll be double-checking my Google settings today... 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Yeah. And I have no idea what I did, but my browsing history prior to Sep 27 of last year cannot be deleted. I have no idea what machine I used to browse those, but I've un-synced everything I have and the hostiry is still there.
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Chrome initial setup does an auto-sync with your Gmail account. This should have done the trick for you behind the scenes.
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Yeah, will Google stop storing my passwords on their servers if I turn syncing off though?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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It's actually one of the issues I have with Chrome. It syncs nearly everything by default - you need to turn it off if you don't want it to. Firefox is the other way round, it's default is to not sync everything - you need to turn it on if you want it. It's even worse with stuff like Google Desktop - that knows everything you've ever done on your PC (what programs you've installed, what files you've opened, I've even seen targeted adverts keyed to something written in Word but not sent in any online form).
Though my rule of thumb: don't save your passwords. I know, I know ... not the easiest thing in the world ... but if you're paranoid  then you need to compromise.
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// START_DEFINITION
/*These variables define terms and websites relating to the TAILs (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) software program, a comsec mechanism advocated by extremists on extremist forums. */
According to the NSA that is.
I've used Tails.
I like Tails.
I've beta-tested Tails 1.1 and like the fact that you can disguise it as Windows 8.
I've recommended it to people who were being hassled.
I've eveded the block on Pirate Bay using it(to view the catalogue only of course).
While Google assumes the position and takes it like a man, we in the real world are labelled extremist.
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Quote: Given they have my credentials?
So nobody gonna comment on this? All Google's fault! Right. Just thought I'd check. 
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There's a huge difference between someone having 'just' my Google credentials (maybe Google gets hacked, I become the victim of a key logger, or someone gets lucky using brute force attacks, etc.) and someone having access to ALL my credentials by having 'just' my Google credentials.
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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All your info such as bookmarks, passwords and etc. is saved in your account. When you log in with chrome (either gMail or just in the browser) it automatically download all stuff and sync it.
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The question is will they stop saving my passwords on their servers if I choose not to sync them?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I think that was not an option. If you use Chrome and save password with it, it will be automatically saved(sync) on the Google server. That's why if you are saving passwords, better use another browser.
Although there is an option to "stop and clear" in the google dashboard - https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync[^]
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You can tweak what chrome syncs in the advanced sync settings;
chrome://settings/syncSetup
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Yeah, I already did that. Thanks for the tip though 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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What did Ford say to GM?
I don't recall
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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What did Ford say to Nixon?
I already did.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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It was fine yesterday, but today it just puts up the "Waiting for a background operation to complete..." message until I kill it via the Task Manager. 
I've even allowed it an hour or more. Why can't there be a "Don't wait for the background operation, kill it" button I could press?
Rebooting hasn't helped.
Frequent listeners will recall that I don't use VS unless I really need to. This is the kind of crap that leads me to distrust it.
VS 2010 is OK, of course, but will it load my projects? (No, it won't.)
Edit: I decided to try double-clicking a solution file in the Explorer and that got it working again. For now. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
modified 3-Jul-14 17:15pm.
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Had the same a lot recently, mostly in XAML.
As soon as it puts up a UI and blocks the UI it is not a background operation. The complete dialog should be banned from the product, and those operations should be done in the background. Without blocking input - because for most of them, we really don't give a flying elephant whether they'll complete. It's often blocking the input because it is waiting for a background-compile to finish, so it can underline that keyword that you haven't finished typing yet because the damn IDE blocks the input with that dialog.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: waiting for a background-compile to finish
Yeah, but it's not even there yet -- the program hasn't even opened -- I have this message (a dialog would have a Cancel button) on top of the splash screen!
Eddy Vluggen wrote: haven't finished typing yet because the damn IDE blocks the input with that
dialog
Indeed, even worse in VBA. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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