Honestly, if the $1-$5/month “cheap beep” providers were still around, I’d be okay with using a pager as my primary (and cut way back on the cellular telephone service plan).
(Current speaker has an application that cuts back on notifications, including those sent via e-mail, cellular phone robocalls, or pager.)
Screen is rather blurry. I’m not sure whether it is the presenter’s bandwidth or mine. (It should be 50Mbps/50Mbps here, but sometimes it gets 30–60% less for a month or more.)
#FCC settles with #Zoom over intentionally false E2EE claims. > Zoom has agreed to upgrade its security practices in a tentative settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which alleges that Zoom lied to users for years by claiming it offered end-to-end encryption. > "[S]ince at least 2016, Zoom misled users by touting that it offered 'end-to-end, 256-bit encryption' to se…
I’m not thrilled with this (or most) such settlements. As the article mentions, customers and users of #Zoom won’t get any compensation. As always, the company admits no wrongdoing. > The settlement is supported by the FTC's Republican majority, but Democrats on the commission objected because the agreement doesn't provide compensation to users. > "Today, the Federal Tra…
Admitting wrongdoing (or pushing through to a final judgement of wrongdoing) is important because this is intentionally lying to customers, and as a consequence, making customers unknowingly non-compliant with their relevant regulations. Potentially, medical offices that were using #Zoom during the period in question could have faced unexpected lawsuits. Therefore, IMO, a sett…
I already put Rutabaga in the “to be replaced” pile. Today’s experience reinforces that. I may try putting PuppyLinux or something similar on it to see if that can extend its lifetime, but that’s just a temporary bridge, IMO. (I can use it for commandline stuff, but if something calls xdg-open and pops up a browser, the laptop usually becomes unusable within a few min…
Tried to open a #Zoom conference on Rutabaga, but first it froze the whole thing, then after a forced reboot, I was eventually able to get audio-only.
If you don’t install their malware client, you can eventually get a view in browser link (click download the client, then let your browser discard the unwanted software), but you have to cross a hideous ReCaptcha gauntlet first.
Eventually moved to the misnamed ‘GamePlayer’ laptop, went though the same circus of stupidity, and got to see the last part of the final morning talk.
Glanced at the $EMPLOYER phone. Only 33 e-mail messages since Friday, and 5 of those are from #NOAA. Maybe the Ministry of Internal Spam is on vacation.
There’s a severe thunderstorm extending in a North-South line from around Kirksville to Lebanon, #MO and moving eastward and northeastware at 65MPH. 60MPH wind gusts, potential tornadoes, rain. #NOAA / #NWS severe #t-storm warnings issued.
yes, in post-Weimar Germany Internet stes were "precisely how political opponents were persecuted". Just listen to yourself. Go mediate. you are going to blow a gasket.
I'll level with ya. Let me know when there's a .gov attacking opponents. Then you can say "I told you so".
Biden has made his career as a centrist. Maybe you're talking something longer term (I think myopic would have been a better word choice than obtuse, but whatever).
But seriously, all the finger pointing and ridiculous rhetoric on both sides needs to stop.
"Burn the house down" In my thoughts on the close of the experiment with American Fascism, I worried at the end about the damage that would be wrought in the months before Trump is constitutionally required to leave office. Here is a good example on the scientific side of things: http://status.hackerposse.com/url/22757 UPDATE: 10:46am This news comes on the very same day …
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