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Desktop CompSec Update (End of 2015)
You have to understand that computer security (CompSec) is a moving target. Every day something new appears to threaten our control over our systems and our sanity. As always, we need to keep in mind that the primary issue is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged browsers, compsec, computers, software, technology
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The One Thing
I won’t use the terminology of the giants on whose shoulders I stand; they encouraged me to find my own voice from merging myself into the message. So if I had to pick one thing to talk about as the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, computers, heart-mind, internet, linux, Network Civilization, survival, technology, war, windows
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Robocall Abuse
Until recently I owned a mobile home. That means you pay county taxes and your name shows up on the public records. A handful for asshole operations troll those records for names and numbers of people who would never call … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged business, internet, marketing, targeted advertising, technology
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Sunday Coffee Chatter
Come in and have a seat; let me pour you a mug of joe. WordPress told me that I have just passed the eight year mark here with them. I must be full of it, because most of those days … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged ANE, centos, civilization, computers, conspiracy theories, debian, government, internet, mysticism, oppression, religion, resistance, spirituality, technology
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Browser Extensions that Steal Your Privacy
Some browser extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox allow outside parties to track you indirectly. The extensions themselves are passing this information without informing you properly. Yes, they obey some obscure rules, but how many uses know those rules and … Continue reading
Posted in computers
Tagged browsers, compsec, online privacy and security, software, targeted advertising, technology
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November Update to Win10 Broken
I’m not mocking Microsoft, just declaring things end-user need to know. There’s a post on Infoworld that seems to describe three big flaws in the most recent updates to Win10 (AKA “threshold 2”). 1. If you have any SD cards … Continue reading
Posted in computers
Tagged compsec, government, linux, technology, windows
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Be Not Dismayed
Do not fear; for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. (Isaiah 41:10 … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged compsec, government, oppression, peace, propaganda, psychology, scripture, survival, targeted advertising, technology
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Back Online
It is finished. That is, aside from some insignificant bits and pieces of our mass of junk, everything is now in our new quarters. Even better, we have made extraordinary progress putting stuff away, thanks to my industrious wife. As … Continue reading
Admin: Email Woes
Over the past month my ISP (Cox Cable) has been struggling with something in their email system and it has become somewhat unreliable. On top of this, my wife and I are moving the next couple of days and I’ll … Continue reading
Perceptual Surgery
Ref: Genesis 3:24; 2 Timothy 2:15 and Hebrews 4:12 Self-regard is one edge of the sword. I don’t take myself seriously in part because I don’t take fallen humanity seriously. Cynicism is a sword that works best when it cuts … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged biblical morality, civilization, culture, Open Source development, psychology, Quantum logic, software development, spirituality, technology, western intellectual heritage
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