Re: [privacy] preserve your privacy and avoid reliance on flawed systems (was: Dispute Credit Card Charges at Your Peril)

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> > I don't use ATM's, because I can't imagine how they could possibly work.
>
> i used to withdraw cash twice a month in large sums directly from the
> bank.  my wife absolutely hates doing this for security purposes and
> holes burned in her pockets, so i've given in to debit from ATM's.
>
> (win some, lose some :)

My wife gets cash from the supermarket. I get by with whatever falls out 
of her handbag. 
 
> true; i love being able to preserve my sanity (no tedious / unwanted
> interruptions) more than i appreciate the privacy aspect.  some of my
> friends regularly turn theirs off for this reason as well.
>
>
> > And ... see if you can beat this ... I don't wear a wristwatch, and I'll
> > leave you to make wild inaccurate guesses about why.
>
> that's funny.  you're one of the few other people i've talked to who
> does this.  my friends give me crap about it, and strangers look at me
> funny when they ask for the time and i have to say "no idea" or
> "around X".
>
> i quit wearing watches because they were annoying and i like not
> feeling time pressure unless i choose to.  your rationale?
 
About 20 years ago, I was getting wrist pains while typing, which really 
worried me, because what use is a programmer who can't type? And then I 
noticed that I was taking off my wristwatch to type, because it felt more 
comfortable, so I decided to leave it off altogether for a while, to see 
if it helped. My wrist pains cleared up (I have no idea if the wristwatch 
played any part in that), but I discovered that it was actually very very 
rare that I needed to know the right time, and was out of sight of a 
clock. So I just stopped wearing a wristwatch. That was 20 years ago; 
wearing one now would feel "wrong".

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