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Tue, 18 Dec 2018

It’s official: Microsoft now says it’s installing Win10 version 1809 when you “Check for Updates” [🤦‍♂️]

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Short Link Link Source: AskWoody

Allstate Should Pull this Ad and Apologize for Misleading the Public


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Short Link Link Enclosure Source: Roy Spencer, PhD.

Sat, 15 Dec 2018

Feminists Think Sexist Men are Sexier than ‘Woke’ Men: “Women who were both more and less feminist displayed similar levels of attraction to sexist men...”

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Short Link Link Source: Women Who Stray

Fri, 14 Dec 2018

Apple (AAPL) to Spend $1 Billion on New Campus in Austin, Texas

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Sat, 08 Dec 2018

“If this study teaches us anything, it’s that by and large, American men derive happiness not from traditional notions of power and strength, but from the typically quieter task of doing meaningful work and contributing to the communities around them.“

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Fri, 07 Dec 2018

Retiring Retirement [Meaningful work is one of the pillars we must have in this life.]

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Thu, 06 Dec 2018

Bad - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire [Just great music.]

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Wed, 05 Dec 2018

Mozilla to Provide MSI Installers Starting with Firefox 65

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Short Link Link Source: BleepingComputer

Sat, 01 Dec 2018

Yemen: up to 85,000 young children dead from starvation.

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My Stance on Hemostatic Soil Organism (HSO) “Probiotic” Supplements [Purposefully eating bacteria is never without some risks.]

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Short Link Link Source: Fix Your Gut

“If we are going to address some of the ongoing unfunded liabilities and infrastructure costs, we’re going to have to find more money.”[There’s your 5th largest global economy. Haven’t heard any secession talk lately.]

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Fri, 30 Nov 2018

NASA chief says US within 10 years of continuous manned presence on moon. [Lots of good stuff in this interview.]

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Why Malwarebytes decided to participate in AV testing [This is a good overview of those AV comparison tests. I’ve always taken them with a grain of salt.]

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Short Link Link Source: Malwarebytes Labs

Wed, 28 Nov 2018

Everything on Social Media Is for Sale [How is this different than any other bubble type behavior? I buy your likes so that when you get to the top you can buy someone else’s likes. Feels bitcoinish.]

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Tue, 27 Nov 2018

Jack Ma Confirmed as Chinese Communist Party Member

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Sun, 25 Nov 2018

Bernie’s Contract On America: “Not ONE word about the wars.”

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Short Link Link Source: Antiwar.com Blog

Thu, 22 Nov 2018

An Immodest Proposal for the Music Industry: “create an easy way for any of us to pay what we want for the music we hear.” [The ‘value for value’ model at work. #itm]

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Sun, 18 Nov 2018

Canonical: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported for a full decade [Awesome!]

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Short Link Link Source: BetaNews

Why Doctors Hate Their Computers: “...somehow we’ve reached a point where people in the medical profession actively, viscerally, volubly hate their computers.”

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Thu, 15 Nov 2018

Massive Data Leaks Keep Happening Because Big Companies Can Afford to Lose Your Data

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Short Link Link Source: Motherboard