Why did I upgrade from Win8.1 to Win10? I was doing something and clicked a window, but the window changed from "do you want to do this thing you want to do" to "do you want to upgrade to Win10". It was my only computer, I couldn't google to see the ramifications of aborting the "upgrade", so I let it "upgrade"
Chillen, don't run win10. It may be the most secure, for various definitions of secure (e.g. telemetry), but it sure as shit ain't the most stable. Worst of all, M$ will decide when your machine reboots. They don't need for you to say "um, yep, this is a good time to reboot", nor "um, no, give me time to save my files and shutdown". Nope, you will close your laptop, go to bed, and wake up to a rebooted system.
Been running a flash blocker for years now and I'm perfectly happy with it. If I run across flash I wanna let run I can right click on it and jump through hoops. Happens maybe once a week. Beats having flash fuck me a couple times a day.
Instead of the stupid fucking tax laws that let this shit happen. Lessee. I can pay this weird dude $300k to do my taxes, and he saves me > 300k in taxes. Win!!
Fix the fucking goddamned tax laws for fucks sake.
Oh, my bad. Dude/industry giving my re-election campaign hundreds of thousands goes away. Loophole? What loophole?
The budget ceiling is a strawman. The money has been spent, now the bill is due. It's like you bought that doohickie at Kohl's a couple weeks ago, now you get the bill and decide to not pay it.
The solution isn't in the debt ceiling. We need to tell Congress "NO! You cannot spend more money without paying off your existing debt! Fuckwits".
That will never happen. sad. Hoping I'll be dead before the cows come home to roost, it'll be close (10 years).
Anything that contradicts their beloved bible, or their beloved campaign contributors, they hate. It's really sad.
I get you don't like accepting climate change cuz of oil donations, whatev, but physics, fusion, and superconducting? Good thing we'll have all those 20th century robots making shit the manufacturing "the jobs will come back" should have, cuz we're now behind China and Russia in the 21st century economy.
Instead of billions on a stupid wall, invest billions in supercomputing tech. Hell, invest billions in semiconductor tech, cuz China is trying to take the lead in semiconductors big time.
Fucking Trump, trying to bring back manufacturing when he doesn't understand the concept of "robot".
Email and voicemail got replaced by text. Long docs via email are fine (I play online games via email), but most of my email nowdays are retailers who think they have a relationship with me but I never look at them unless I need to buy underwear and want a discount.
Voicemail? Fuck off. Yeah, I can have android do email to text with hilariously bad results. Fact is, you leave me a voice mail and I pretty much ignore you unless I recognize the sender.
Voice mail for me. Long, drawn out voice taking a good minute telling my phone tree options.. I enter my phone number. Long, drawn out voice. I enter my code. Long, drawn out message, I enter my code again. Long, drawn out message, I hit 1 for play. Long, drawn out rambling message from some dipshit asking a stupid question. I tell them they're a dipshit. Long drawn out message saying my mailbox has 2 more messages. Repeat 2 more times. Long drawn out message, my mailbox is mt.
Text version? Get a text. It's a stupid question. Might also say why in 142 characters.Delete, or answer, whatever. Problem solved in seconds instead of minutes.
Voicemail used to be great, now it's the refuge of people who can't condense their thought in less than 30 seconds.
No college degree, self taught Z80 assembler. Long story short, marketing found out I wrote space invaders for an 8080 based 1553 bus protocol analyzer. Took it to trade shows. Management found out, took me from tech to engineer. As an engineer I wrote code for various hardware. The rule was, when a bug came in you had to fix it. No matter how long ago it was, you owned it.
Quickly learned how to write good code that I could understand a year after release.
There is a bill in the lower intestine of the government to no longer switch to DST, with luck it will be on the ballot in November. From what I've heard not only in forums but talking to people, everybody hates it. The older I get the longer it takes me to adjust. In my 30s I was WTF is the big deal. In my late 50's it's "oh god, not this shit again".
Reading the manual I need to install Python using pip. Never heard of pip. Google says it's a Python package manager. Whee.
Subtly seldom works here. I have to install Python to get a thingie I need to install Python. If this isn't a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment I don't know what is.
The whole set of instructions for installing/running this tool are dead on arrival for 99% of/. readers, let alone the general population.
Yeah, Intel has "secure boot" firmware in their CPUs that provide something called UEFI. They don't release the source code. If compromised it's even worse than a root kit. Do I need to mention the NSA/CIA/KGB/Chinese/Random hacker group has a 50/50 chance of already hacking it?
Link leads to github, which I've never used. Reading the manual I need to install Python using pip. Never heard of pip. Google says it's a Python package manager. Whee.
Then I have to compile some C programs. OK.
Then I have to shutdown my system using funny flags I've never seen before. Before doing this I hope I've printed out a few pages of the manual, because the next few steps are wat do when the system won't boot.
Then I can run it.
OK, I'm technically competent. I'm kinda surprised I've had this laptop for 2 years and have yet to install Python. Oh well, not a problem. I've also got a C development system, that's easy enough. And I'm smart enough to print out the 2-3 pages of important info before shutting down my system in a funky way.
So yeah, I can install and run this. But how about grandma? She has no chance. Besides the fact she's been dead for 10 years or so, she would never be able to figure this stuff out.
What we need is a.msi file we can install that, when run, says yay or nay that the CIA/NSA/KGB/Chinese/whomever has infected your firmware.
Not web nor cloud based. You make a master password, it stores a file on your hard drive containing your encrypted stuff. You can move that file anywhere and, if keypass is installed, get your passwords on that platform.
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Send all of congress up to it. Then send it into the sun.
Why did I upgrade from Win8.1 to Win10? I was doing something and clicked a window, but the window changed from "do you want to do this thing you want to do" to "do you want to upgrade to Win10". It was my only computer, I couldn't google to see the ramifications of aborting the "upgrade", so I let it "upgrade"
Chillen, don't run win10. It may be the most secure, for various definitions of secure (e.g. telemetry), but it sure as shit ain't the most stable. Worst of all, M$ will decide when your machine reboots. They don't need for you to say "um, yep, this is a good time to reboot", nor "um, no, give me time to save my files and shutdown". Nope, you will close your laptop, go to bed, and wake up to a rebooted system.
FUCK THAT SHIT
Been running a flash blocker for years now and I'm perfectly happy with it. If I run across flash I wanna let run I can right click on it and jump through hoops. Happens maybe once a week. Beats having flash fuck me a couple times a day.
Wait for Kim Jon Dumf to notice, and South Korea to notice he noticed, and re-negotiate that sucker.
I mean, we voted for the Cheeto, this is exactly the style of diplomacy you'd expect from him.
So I ignored it. Come Mr Trump, still sounds like twaddle.
Why would I pay for a service that has for years amplified the twaddle of idiots?
To give out all the personal information on our beloved senators and their browsing habits. Expect to see a lot of porn sites on the R side.
Instead of the stupid fucking tax laws that let this shit happen. Lessee. I can pay this weird dude $300k to do my taxes, and he saves me > 300k in taxes. Win!!
Fix the fucking goddamned tax laws for fucks sake.
Oh, my bad. Dude/industry giving my re-election campaign hundreds of thousands goes away. Loophole? What loophole?
Anyone wanna summarize the list so I don't have to read 160 articles to see if I agree/disagree with them?
That said, I trust O'Reilly to produce quality books. One fail (Make) in maybe 20 books I own from them is a good record.
/ The Gnu make manual is the best Make doc I've seen.
Now "we're" totally fucked. Everyone panic!
The budget ceiling is a strawman. The money has been spent, now the bill is due. It's like you bought that doohickie at Kohl's a couple weeks ago, now you get the bill and decide to not pay it.
The solution isn't in the debt ceiling. We need to tell Congress "NO! You cannot spend more money without paying off your existing debt! Fuckwits".
That will never happen. sad. Hoping I'll be dead before the cows come home to roost, it'll be close (10 years).
Anything that contradicts their beloved bible, or their beloved campaign contributors, they hate. It's really sad.
I get you don't like accepting climate change cuz of oil donations, whatev, but physics, fusion, and superconducting? Good thing we'll have all those 20th century robots making shit the manufacturing "the jobs will come back" should have, cuz we're now behind China and Russia in the 21st century economy.
Instead of billions on a stupid wall, invest billions in supercomputing tech. Hell, invest billions in semiconductor tech, cuz China is trying to take the lead in semiconductors big time.
Fucking Trump, trying to bring back manufacturing when he doesn't understand the concept of "robot".
I'm 100% fine with this. I did my job, made my kids cry and took the 0.001% chance for the safety of the community. You can't be bothered? Fuck you.
No banking or credit card info. No passwords. No email.
Why would I lock it? To prevent some ner-do-well from changing my zip code in Gas Buddy?
I'd definitely give it a shot.
// Still lived with us
/// One day found a boca burger in the fridge
//// It wasn't bad
///// I'll never be vegan
/ Daughter went vegan at 20
Quit using my real name some 20 years ago. One email account is for real mail, closely guarded. The other is for everything else.
I get 2-3 messages a week in my real email, and 10-20 a day in the other one. I read maybe 2-3 of them.
Email and voicemail got replaced by text. Long docs via email are fine (I play online games via email), but most of my email nowdays are retailers who think they have a relationship with me but I never look at them unless I need to buy underwear and want a discount. Voicemail? Fuck off. Yeah, I can have android do email to text with hilariously bad results. Fact is, you leave me a voice mail and I pretty much ignore you unless I recognize the sender. Voice mail for me. Long, drawn out voice taking a good minute telling my phone tree options.. I enter my phone number. Long, drawn out voice. I enter my code. Long, drawn out message, I enter my code again. Long, drawn out message, I hit 1 for play. Long, drawn out rambling message from some dipshit asking a stupid question. I tell them they're a dipshit. Long drawn out message saying my mailbox has 2 more messages. Repeat 2 more times. Long drawn out message, my mailbox is mt.
Text version? Get a text. It's a stupid question. Might also say why in 142 characters.Delete, or answer, whatever. Problem solved in seconds instead of minutes.
Voicemail used to be great, now it's the refuge of people who can't condense their thought in less than 30 seconds.
No college degree, self taught Z80 assembler. Long story short, marketing found out I wrote space invaders for an 8080 based 1553 bus protocol analyzer. Took it to trade shows. Management found out, took me from tech to engineer. As an engineer I wrote code for various hardware. The rule was, when a bug came in you had to fix it. No matter how long ago it was, you owned it.
Quickly learned how to write good code that I could understand a year after release.
There is a bill in the lower intestine of the government to no longer switch to DST, with luck it will be on the ballot in November. From what I've heard not only in forums but talking to people, everybody hates it. The older I get the longer it takes me to adjust. In my 30s I was WTF is the big deal. In my late 50's it's "oh god, not this shit again".
Reading the manual I need to install Python using pip. Never heard of pip. Google says it's a Python package manager. Whee.
Subtly seldom works here. I have to install Python to get a thingie I need to install Python. If this isn't a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment I don't know what is.
/. readers, let alone the general population.
The whole set of instructions for installing/running this tool are dead on arrival for 99% of
Yeah, Intel has "secure boot" firmware in their CPUs that provide something called UEFI. They don't release the source code. If compromised it's even worse than a root kit. Do I need to mention the NSA/CIA/KGB/Chinese/Random hacker group has a 50/50 chance of already hacking it?
Link leads to github, which I've never used. Reading the manual I need to install Python using pip. Never heard of pip. Google says it's a Python package manager. Whee.
.msi file we can install that, when run, says yay or nay that the CIA/NSA/KGB/Chinese/whomever has infected your firmware.
Then I have to compile some C programs. OK.
Then I have to shutdown my system using funny flags I've never seen before. Before doing this I hope I've printed out a few pages of the manual, because the next few steps are wat do when the system won't boot.
Then I can run it.
OK, I'm technically competent. I'm kinda surprised I've had this laptop for 2 years and have yet to install Python. Oh well, not a problem. I've also got a C development system, that's easy enough. And I'm smart enough to print out the 2-3 pages of important info before shutting down my system in a funky way.
So yeah, I can install and run this. But how about grandma? She has no chance. Besides the fact she's been dead for 10 years or so, she would never be able to figure this stuff out.
What we need is a
Small minded, mean spirited assholes who don't care about anyone who can't give them $$$.
Dems aren't any better on the $$$ front, but at least they think about not being evil.
Not web nor cloud based. You make a master password, it stores a file on your hard drive containing your encrypted stuff. You can move that file anywhere and, if keypass is installed, get your passwords on that platform.
Stolen from a Fark headline that should be a HOTY finalist.