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Have you ever felt hesitant to mention a gemlog find for fear of what one imagines one's online reputation to be possibly undermining *theirs* in a guilt by association kind of way?
Weird. Today I used gpg for the first time in ages. And in the good deed not going unpunished zone (i.e. using gpg per recipient request), it turns out that when I send others email containing encrypted and "armored" text, the copy that winds up in my "Sent" folder is inaccessible by the email service I used to send it....
<throw tech-achey hands in the air>
<sun temporarily dims, yet global temperature temporarily increases 4C>
<an hour passes>
<sun reverts to previous luminosity, global temperature loses temporary 4C increase>
Okay... just back from transferring some local store prescriptions associated with previous insurance to home delivery of the same prescriptions, but now to be covered by new insurance.
Of *course* the online way to do that didn't work... and of *course* it was something as ridiculous as a "CONTINUE" button doing nothing... (yet another in a long line of f-you-very-much javascript experiences)
Which reminds me: the login page for the web site for the new medical insurance invariably shows a "Which language?" kind of pop up that not only does nothing because NONE OF THE EFFING BUTTONS ARE EFFING CLICKABLE, but also can't be dismissed. So the only way I can login to the f***er is to let that page *start* loading, and then hammer on the ESC key to avoid the pop up appearing. But, of course, that's not foolproof: if I give it too much time before ESC the pop up appears ("DOH!!!"), and if I don't give it enough time there apparently isn't enough javascript loaded to handle logging in....
Dec 19 · 9 days ago
👤 nikhotmsk · Dec 19 at 21:06:
Providers differ in this, there are good providers around. Give me the URLs of bad guy, I want to try to open it on my gear.
☯️ oldernow · Dec 19 at 21:30:
@nikhotmsk I appreciate the offer, but the link is to a healthcare website that reveals the US state I live in, and I'm just not ready to be that open. Thanks!