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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
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2003-you installs three browser toolbars to get paid for watching and clicking ad banners (spoiler: you'll never reach the threshold for the payout)
oh I did,, it was a banner maybe 100 pixels height. I had a small app to make window transparent by clicking on them, so I started the bar, started the app, click the bar, it dissapeared but still registered viewing. I got maybe 25$ after a couple of months
This was the best time... And then they made afk checks every 10mins
xdotool - write a little bash script. Also keeps you as showing online on slack.
Well, that was a windows only thingy.
And you have not just to wiggle around you have to press the one word which was green, and the position changed every time.
But mostly, it was windows time
I haven’t written windows code in like 25 years, but I think you could do the same thing with the MFC / Win APIs.
I think I did something similar in Java to script RuneScape clicks. Man people would get pissed when I kept thieving on that chest upstairs from the cake stalls.