NutWrench

Ubuntu is the Windows 11 of Linux distros.

Every time Microsoft does an update, they reduce functionality. Basic functions like print, search and file storage get moved into sub-sub-sub menus. The point of this is to make room on the main screen for ads. Screwing up your work flow gives you more time to look at them. This is intentional.

AI won’t be used to improve our lives. It will be used for propaganda, surveillance and control. For generating deepfakes and running legions of bots. Only AI is fast enough to generate the blizzard of bullsh*t that governments and corporations need to keep us under control.

Vision TVs have built-in WiFi to promote their own, garbage tier streaming service. So you need to connect it to your home WiFi network to use it. But they can also monitor the TVs HDMI port. So if you have a Roku or a DVD player connected to it, the TV can monitor what’s coming into the HDMI port and then use your WiFi connection to send that info home. I noticed the Visio is very aggressive about you enabling the WiFi connection even if you just want to use it as a monitor. (i.e. if you disable the TVs WiFi, it will nag you to turn it back on every time you turn the TV on and not let you use the TV until you do it). I’m guessing this is deliberate because Visio values collecting the HDMI data more than their streaming service.

Yup. Make sure it’s not a “smart” TV with a WiFi connection. LG was one of three TV companies (Visio and Samsung were the others) that got caught spying on their TVs HDMI connection and sending usage data on connected devices back to their manufacturers through the WiFi connection.

So just how gay CAN the Calibri font make you? Merely fabulous? Or are we talking about midriff-baring T-shirt and nut-hugger shorts gay?

Yup. Especially since “smart TVs” that are WiFi connected can spy on your HDMI connection. Samsung, LG and Visio were caught doing it. pcmag.com/…/is-your-tv-spying-on-you-how-to-check

That’s OK. We’ve got other stuff to do. Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, rewatch the original Star Wars trilogy. Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, Stardew Valley. And about 20,000 unread ebooks. I’ll be just fine.

Hey ICE:

The average person is most likely to be familiar with E2EE through messaging apps, like Signal An even more average person is most likely to wonder why you’re taking pictures of their poop in the first place.