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Samsally
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 7533
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 6:54 am Post subject: |
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I've just given up and decided that if google's gunna creepily stalk me no matter what I do they might as well have their information right.
Things I Xed out because seriously what the actual fuck:
Hunting & Shooting
Outdoor Toys & Play Equipment
Parenting
Saskatchewan
-why- google. just why _________________ Samsally the GrayAce |
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Darqcyde

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11917 Location: A false vacuum abiding in ignorance.
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 7:15 am Post subject: |
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I am an unknown, N/A mystery to Google all around
Also, apparently, I somehow speak "none" languages  _________________ ...if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there.
https://www.facebook.com/O.A.Drake/
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Echo

Joined: 18 Jul 2013 Posts: 1845
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:56 am Post subject: |
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Awwww. I don't know anything because I've told my browser not to accept cookies from creepy organisations.
Telling my hosts file to redirect Google ads and analytics requests to 127.0.0.1 might not help either. |
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stripeypants

Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 4741 Location: Land of the Grumpuses
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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They think I'm in my 40s and into sports. Everything else is kinda, "uh...I guess?" I'm guessing there are no categories for my actual interests.
I put down Welsh and Spanish as my languages, because why not? I need to get some spanish practice into my everyday life, and yay Welsh (Which I'm not practicing anymore, but I still like.)
I don't think I see ads anyway, because I'm pretty sure my electronics all have adblock. _________________ ::lesser crisis mode::
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Heretical Rants

Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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all I see there (after signing in) is a uselessly long list of mostly misses - several hundred out of the ~1600 subcategories
other than that all they claim to know about me is my age
before signing in, nothing
I have difficulty believing that their information on me is so statistically insignificant
I'm sure they know all sorts of creepy things about me
what they hay, Google? if you're going to leverage your data in such a way, at least do a better job at it
anywho, where's the opt-out button? Oh, at the very bottom of the page. Thanks for not being totally evil *click* _________________ butts |
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stripeypants

Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 4741 Location: Land of the Grumpuses
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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I do recall them trying to make me feel bad about opting out of 'personalization' stuff. They were all, "Well, you're gonna see ads, but now you're not going to see ads that you like!" and I'm all, "But I don't like the ads you already show me? Wtf?"
If you need something to waste time, here is cookie clicker:
http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ _________________ ::lesser crisis mode::
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Mini J

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 1184 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Other than assuming I like american football and baseball, it's generally pretty accurate. It knows I like board games, video games, pen and paper games, collectible card games... Oddly enough it also assumes I like bollywood. Xed that one. _________________ Who needs a signature? |
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Dogen

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 11274 Location: PDX
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Google thinks one of my interests is Valentine's Day, which is kind of a unique interest to have for 11 months of the year. Among a long list of apparently random guesses it says I like soccer, sports, rap/hip hop, romance, hygiene and toiletries, anime, and fraternities and sororities.
It's a fairly random list. I assume because I google any little question that pops into my head. Though I would like to know what made them think I have an abiding interest in hygiene and toiletries. _________________ "Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman |
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stripeypants

Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 4741 Location: Land of the Grumpuses
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Nothing says Valentine's Day like toiletries, though. (Which would be funny if you were me, because my brain auto-defaults to 'toilet paper' when I hear the word toiletries.) _________________ ::lesser crisis mode::
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mouse

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21162 Location: under the bed
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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mine seems to be disturbingly correct, except that it thinks i am interested in golf. i can think of very little that interests me less than golf.
it doesn't seem to have picked up on my knitting compulsion, which is good because i don't need any more yarn ads that will suck me into websites where i will spend money on yarn that i will never, in my lifetime, have time to knit. _________________ aka: neverscared!
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WheelsOfConfusion

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14321 Location: Unknown Kaddath
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mouse

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21162 Location: under the bed
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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and it's called a suberb fairy-wren! i knew right away the story would be awesome. _________________ aka: neverscared!
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Heretical Rants

Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to write a script to make the game play itself optimally, which wouldn't be too hard - just weigh the expected utility in cps of buildings, upgrades, heavenly chips, and cookies (golden cookie "Lucky!" bonus) over a certain time period of time - the model would be exact since it would have direct access to the game mechanics
but nah
someone's probably already written one
but none of it matters really since I just sit collecting cookies
Song - Collecting Cookies _________________ butts |
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Heretical Rants

Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Heretical Rants wrote: |
someone's probably already written one |
okay, found one within ten seconds of playing Google roulette
but it isn't really optimal -- it doesn't take click frenzies into account, and frenzied click frenzies in particular are a big deal, nor does it consider the value of buying, say, ten more of something to get to a hundred and unlock an upgrade that doubles the value of that thing, nor does it calculate when to reset the game
nor does it actually take control
it wouldn't take too much effort to add to it to make it do these things
but nah _________________ butts |
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Thy Brilliance

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 3661 Location: Relative
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Heretical Rants wrote: | Heretical Rants wrote: |
someone's probably already written one |
okay, found one within ten seconds of playing Google roulette
but it isn't really optimal -- it doesn't take click frenzies into account, and frenzied click frenzies in particular are a big deal, nor does it consider the value of buying, say, ten more of something to get to a hundred and unlock an upgrade that doubles the value of that thing, nor does it calculate when to reset the game
nor does it actually take control
it wouldn't take too much effort to add to it to make it do these things
but nah |
Just write an auto clicker.
click every 1 millisecond |
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