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Perfume shop. With samplers.

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1 hour ago, Luna Bliss said:

Lovely

That looks kind of like an Erhu -- there's a woman in SL who plays the Erhu RL and even hosts an event with Erhu music Tuesday mornings.

somewhat, but morin khuur has the "horse head" on top (not easy to see from this picture), and the sound box and tuning pegs are different shape from erhu. The sound is deeper too. I've never played either in rl, I just love listening to them. 

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playing morin khuur 🐎

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enjoying the snow at Moochie

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happy Deepavali :)

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6 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:

GMT might be a standard concept in the US, but it wouldn't be standard in Europe, Asia, Africa, or Australia.

yup it is. *waves from GMT+8*

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6 minutes ago, Marianne Little said:

I do not think I have seen that in any profile, but lots of versions of the opposite - not interested in RL.

Same. However if I saw someone stating they want a rl relationship, I would know to avoid. Win win.   

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On 10/2/2023 at 1:01 PM, Stitch Kealoha said:

It's no secret that a lot of people who play Second Life try to find their significant other,

actually, in over 15 years I've not met one single person who was looking for this. It really depends on where you hang out and what you do. As others have said, if you wanna date people and find a RL partner, put that in your profile. 

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17 hours ago, TechLawProf said:

I just want to understand how people think about their digital identities/goods and what kind of deprivation it would be if they lost them.

15+ years and if it all vanished tomorrow, so be it - it was fun while it lasted. I knew this when I signed up. I might feel differently if I'd created a lot of content, but I'm mostly just a consumer.

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17 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said:

Thanks, that's interesting. Now I'm even less sure how Alphabet gleans enough from the sparse traffic through Authenticator to profit by providing the service, not having an account-worth of other data to associate with it. But we're not surprised when Search works in an incognito browser, so maybe monopoly still buys largesse. (That's a little tongue-in-cheek. Trending Search data can improve all searches, with or without knowing who's doing the search. The value seems less obvious in knowing brief peaks in logins to various services, even by geography. Evidently Google is a better spy than I am.)

It may not be directly profitable but maybe it makes them look good to be doing their due diligence by making 2FA easy and free, plus they already have the lion's share of the mobile os market. They can afford to throw us a bone to keep us happy and locked in. 

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1 hour ago, Raindrop Drinkwater said:

I'll weaponize my high heels to stab you!!! 😁

I'll bring my throwing slippers 

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[How would you feel if Second Life had a like/dislike rating for residents?]

like/dislike rating seems pretty tame. Let's make SL pvp and have a kill count. 👻

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3 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

That's interesting, I would have assumed the password is stored at the computer's "user" level, so if you're using multiple Windows / etc. user accounts on your PC, you'd at least not have that problem. I don't use "accounts" on my home PC, so that's not surprising for me personally. (Technically then, mine is a "shared" computer but I live alone.)

I was just talking about the SL viewer 'remember password' option or whatever it's called, not across mulitple users on my pc. I only have one user setup on my pc, as I exclusively use it at home. Anyways perhaps the viewer is meant to work like that 🤷‍♀️

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16 hours ago, Paul Hexem said:

I was recently thinking about how easily people are manipulated and if there are SL specific examples. What are some ways you see people in SL easily manipulated?

Literally everyone who has had their password phished?

and then say they were "hacked"..(perhaps this part should be in the peeve thread 😛) 

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3 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I think it hasn't been mentioned a lot (or I missed it), that depending on your setup and karma, one is rarely prompted for the MFA. YMMV.

I noticed I wasn't asked for MFA if I saved password (I use SL viewer). So if i used a shared computer anyone could get in without MFA. 

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3 minutes ago, Dorientje Woller said:

Still, I as so many others do have an issue with "installing yet another app from Google/Microsoft on their smartphone", which in turn hightens the risk of privacy breach of the person who has installed that app. Why not simply forward that token/key towards the email address or by text to the smartphone. At the end of the story, each person is still allowed to install or not install whatever app on his/her personal device. 

I'm not sure why installing something like Authenitcator would highten the risk of privacy breach. If you practice good phone hygiene (install apps from official sources/ playstores, have anti-malware on your phone, monitor app permissions, etc) these 2FA apps won't do you any harm. If your phone is compromised anything you access from it (email, sms) will also not be secure. 

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6 hours ago, Anna Salyx said:

Basically yes.  Allowing an account setup for MFA to be logged into sans MFA by a viewer that does not support that feature is a gaping security hole. I am glad they have finally plugged that up.  It should have been plugged sometime ago IMO.  It's like locking the front door and leaving a window open next to it.

I didn't know there was this loophole. Way overdue for addressing it but better late than never I guess. 

I too have been using MFA since it was made available, with no issues from my side. 

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3 hours ago, Xiyuanbbb said:

For example, I like to wear a tight hugging mini skirt in SL, then I found that I like to wear the same type in my real life as well.

For the brand I knew from SL, I will try to buy the product from the same brand in my real life. 

My avatar does have several outfits that mimic what i wear in RL, but it doesn't really flow the other way. My avatar is in her 20s. I'm in my 50s. In my experience, a lot of fashion trends in SL skew to younger ages, and a lot of SL users are, shall we say... mature. 

As for SL brands, I don't know of any that have crossed over into RL. I do sometimes get home decor ideas from things I see in SL, but then I go to RL stores like IKEA, etc. 

Shopping in SL satisfies my desire for retail therapy, at a low cost, and also doesn't clutter up my RL home. People will spend tons of money on something purely virtual, as any gamer knows. 

[Kickin' it old skool (show off your vintage finery!)]

some of these photos reminded me of my first modelling gig 

 

(I was both the girl and the guy )

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7 hours ago, Phil Deakins said:

The last thing I am is a pervert lol. In my first 2 or maybe 3 years, I was into a bit of the other in SL, but not for the last 14 or 15 years. I'm not saying such things never happen but it's not something that I look for or try for. I will accept your invitation and IM you, and I will take note of your hat - if I actually see it 

ETA: IM sent

I was on briefly and saw your message. You seem charming. Let's have tea sometime and reminisce about our wild youths in SL 😇

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38 minutes ago, UnilWay SpiritWeaver said:

Actually... "Nice Guy" seems to be a newer slang way to refer to an Incel.

oh dear. well I wasn't using it that way. I meant the actual definition of nice guy, meaning affable, charming, polite.

darn young people messing with words. This is literally why we can't have nice things 😝