Category: Technology
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HP
For decades I was a loyal repeat customer of HP printers. My printing needs require a fast laser jet, no color needed, capable of holding an entire ream of paper. Such a printer typically cost me about $1200 dollars. It was worth it to get a product that rarely, if ever, broke down and that…
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i learned a new word the other day
That word is “greyrock” as in “How to greyrock Facebook.” I had no idea there was a word for what I have been doing for years. Basically, you reduce your FB presence to the absolute minimum and never click on anything shoved into your timeline. Review privacy settings often and lock them down. Never ever…
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attack of the commas
Look, I’m all for the Oxford comma, but what the actual fuck is this dictation nonsense with random commas inserted everywhere? What’s the point of dictating a response only to have to spend more time editing than dictating? I might as well just type the damn response. Jesus. Dear Tech companies: Actually, you DO need…
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Geniuses
The geniuses at DOGE left their database unsecured. So, what do you think is happening to US government databases?
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my proudest internet moment
My proudest internet moment was when I contacted the host of a persistent spammer and got them shut down. This jerk was spamming dozens of times a day. I am 97% certain I know the spammer was a semi-legitimate service for a time, potentially because it allowed him to collect emails. And then it became…
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Sometimes I Hate Tech
I hate it when tech throws an error message that makes no sense. I especially hate it when it’s for something that non-tech people use. Your average person trying to do something with software does NOT understand what to with your stupid error message that is meaningful only to the bro who wrote the message…
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I like to help
Meanwhile over at Reddit (which I usually hate): To my fellow Feds, especially veterans: we’re at war From Project Gutenberg Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
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I Already Turned that Off
Apple has this Enhanced Visial Search “Feature” in the photos app that sounds like it will do faster, better job at finding a specific photo from among the photos on your device. But when you read the “about” it says: “Allow this device to privately match places in your photos with a global index maintained…
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Silicon Valley is a Hate Machine
It seems the rich white men who run Silicon Valley have gotten together and agreed that women are bad. Every single one of them recently published a screed about how women are ruining everything. This is terrifying shit.