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PerilousD··on If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs
Okay which planet internet is this author living on? I regularly follow two cybersecurity blogs, two science fiction blogs and a photography blog? Searching for an hour and not finding any blogs? Credibility evaporated with that sentence.
PerilousD··on Trello handed over my personal account to my previous company
Trello has been advertising a lot on some podcasts that I listen to and I was considering using them. Sorry about the problems you are having - good luck with getting them resolved and thank you for posting this as I just crossed Trello off the consideration list :-(
PerilousD··on John Conway has died
The twitter account doesn't back this up with a source - the OP here doesn't back this up this up with a source - my quick Google search doen't back this up, this may be true, but in this day and age WTF people? why is this number one without any verification?
PerilousD··on John Conway has died
The twitter account oogle search doesnt back this up - this may be true but in this day and age WTF people why is this number one?
PerilousD··on Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot
I use the radio in my car probably less than 1 percent of the time Im driving. Most of the time I'm listening to streaming media podcasts, soundcloud etc so why do all the accident reports stress DATA streaming on the phone like that isn't pretty normal these days? Clearly doesn't mean texting and driving although even texting can be done purely hands on wheel eyes straight ahead just using voice - its like the press is still living in 2002 not 2020.
PerilousD··on Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job (2018)
Created a system that took report requests from a mainframe and ran then on a PC version of the system (saving the company more than double my salary every year). When the IT application support was outsourced (big 3 letter mainframe and PC computer company). The contracted cost per year to support the system that I wrote and up till then was still maintaining was 5 times my annual salary - companies have their own weird logic.
PerilousD··on Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
and yet you're still lining up to use Google? I dropped out of the Google ad system many tears ago when I realized the game was rigged (in their favor) and the only way to "win' was not to play. So when I read stories like yours which pop up frequently for Google - I cant help but think you're probably an intelligent person so "what's your point?"
PerilousD··on Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account
and yet the lemmings continue to flock to the adsense cliff and follow each other over it. I dropped adsense ten? years ago - I dont have an FB account and I'm not tart now. It may not seem that way to the lemmings but Google and FB are NOT the internet (they just very very good at exploiting it).
PerilousD··on Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account
Sorry for the bad Karma but seriously this is 2019. If the OP hasn't seen a zillion other stories like this about Apple, Google, Facebook et al the they clearly have $25,000 to burn so sorry OP but why bother posting this?

If your business model is dependent on someone else's service/store/website/slients then YOU DONT HAVE A BUSINESS you have AT BEST a franchise.

PerilousD··on Aether – Free, privacy-sensitive public communities
Its getting blocked by AVAST and MALWAREBYTES (not surprising since I don't usually run random Internet supplied executables).
PerilousD··on How I’ve Attracted the First 500 Paid Users for My SaaS
Site comes up as blocked by Malwarebytes - so I didnt override and continue on. Just saying....
PerilousD··on New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $5k Customs fine
If you are carrying a phone and laptop out of the country in this day and age with all of the contents of your digital life on it then you're an idiot. Last couple of trips I used a postpaid phone and a cheap chromebook. They want the phone keep it. They want the laptop keep it. I sure as hell dont want it back after they've planted who knows what on it after their "investigation".
PerilousD··on Can Beethoven send takedown requests?
There were file sharing sites before Youtube came along and there are still file sharing sites other than Youtube now.

SO - stop enabling Google-Youtube to pull this stuff and go somewhere else - its called using the Internet?

PerilousD··on Amazon Dark Patterns
Hmm - seems like Amazon is now borrowing from the EBAY playbook. My EBAY usage is maybe one or two items in a year and rarely anything high-ticket. EBAY clearly favored sellers over buyers and after one or two run-ins with (a) leaving negative reviews for poor sellers and (b) fighting their policy where you had to wait a month before even filing for a refund - I left for Amazon prime. I'm probably going to drop Amazon prime at the end of this year.
PerilousD··on We Have Reached Peak Screen. Now Revolution Is in the Air
article is behind a pay wall cant read it?
PerilousD··on Linux Cryptography: Speck's real standing with the academic community
I must be misunderstanding something - why would a standards group (or anyone with a functioning brain) accept a "secure" cipher standard developed by an organization who's foundation in part is to be able to break encrypted communications?
PerilousD··on Emissions of banned, ozone-depleting chemical CFC-11 have climbed 25% since 2012
Yeah you're right - sorry about that - need to buy a much bigger slide rule :-)
PerilousD··on Emissions of banned, ozone-depleting chemical CFC-11 have climbed 25% since 2012
Back of the envelope calc says this is about the weight of say a dozen passenger cars or say 1 passenger car (weight) per month over a year? Doesn't sound like a major industrial operation to me and how many tons are STILL out there in old air conditioners and refrigerators that could be leaking?
PerilousD··on Microsoft helped imprison a man for ‘counterfeiting’ software it gives away free
I stopped buying windows and the MS Office suite years ago when Microsoft clearly stopped caring about its consumer base. As for this case, its unfair to Lundgren - should have had better lawyers - Microsoft is simply taking advantage of the best legal system money can buy to keep its shareholders happy
PerilousD··on Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens
There were some studies converting audio to inaudible audio when sent over over pulsed microwaves. This would resolve the size and distance issues for the alleged device and the fact that this was at night and in bed could play into the original studies for using this tech.
PerilousD··on Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New Weed-Killing Robot
I can think of two very specific (for me) use case. Kill weeds in driveway pavers / patios where anything growing green is fair game and a Poison Ivy extreme prejudice terminator. I don't want to use pesticides since I have dogs and enough land to see the occasional rabbit, turtle, garden snake and I don't really want to harm them either.
PerilousD··on Harassment at Apple: A personal perspective
HR works for the company. When you consider your moves keep in mind HR works for the company. You are not paying HR salaries. Get outside legal help and advice.
PerilousD··on PiBakery – a blocks based, easy to use setup tool for Raspberry Pi
Does this only configure Wifi or can you also setup Wired (eth0) connections and is static IP address support (wifi and wired) baked in or only DHCP?
PerilousD··on Facial Recognition Software Moves from Overseas Wars to Local Police
The technology is agnostic and can be used in ways not originally envisioned. What happens when every police appearance is captured and then run through say social media scans for 'ID' purposes?
PerilousD··on Lynda.com for free check Your local library offering
Don't know when this started but check your own local library they may also be offering access to Lynda.com for free.
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