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The Zero Click Internet

pelaird — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 8:10:07 AM -0400

This is a really interesting article on TECHSPOT by Josh Tyler October 20, 2024 https://www.techspot.com/article/2908-the-zero-click-internet/ "The web is changing into the Zero Click Internet, and it will change everything about how you do everything. Zero Click Internet means you'll no longer click on links to find the content you want. In fact, much of the internet already works this way." Read the Comments. They are actually more interesting than the article. Let me know what...

Bing has become Annoying Lately

3java3 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 1:42:11 PM -0500

They add this overlay that I can't seem to get rid of...........advertising their new A.I. search........and can't scroll through or read though some of the news items on a ribbon that is hiding behind a blur fluent style overlay pushing their new search..............at least they should add a "x" where you can ditch the overlay, but you cannot. You are forced to deal with this......as if I really cared about their stupid new toy. Any thoughts? Suggestions? care or don't care.............? ...

Audiomack

Iben — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 3:29:27 PM -0400

Recording music is a hobby I use to escape the grind and that is all. You can upload your own songs, pod casts, DJ Mixes and other audio to Audiomack to share with friends, promote your band and also listen to streaming music there. It is easy to setup your personal page, you can put a banner at the top and a picture of you or your band. Uploading is easy and you can load an album picture with each song if you want. I have been using the site for a few months and so far I find that the...

Opera GX Gaming Browser

JanOscar — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 1:44:47 PM -0400

Check out the Opera GX Gaming Browser. Killer design!

Ads are getting to me

Chasbo — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 2:05:26 PM -0500

I understand the need to generate revenue. The problem as I see it is that sites that do not have a paywall are free to browse yet they force you to see ads. If you have an adblock running on your browser you either turn it off or you can't see the site. I have adblock for a reason! I DON'T WANT TO SEE FRIGGIN ADS! These site are supposed to be free to browse but in reality they are not. The number of sites that I can go on are getting less and less because of this friggin ad and ad blocking ...

KB4515384 install`s then the intel I211 gnc fail`s along with soundcard

john27f — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 9:23:41 PM -0400

After updating this I lose not only the soundcard but also the connection to the web, it tells me I have a problem with the intelI211,meaning I have no internet, i have uninstalled the update so I can ask the question can I fix it so that it runs without any problems, i have reset the pc to default and tried again but no joy, what am I doing wrong. thanks j.

Ditch Chrome

Chasbo — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 8:01:00 PM -0400

I worked for almost a year in Digital Marketing for a major newspaper until last December when I got fired. I suppose I got fired because working in digital marketing was a nightmare and I guess it showed on my face and in my actions, comments etc. Everything was Google. I had to learn how to create content for the web site through Google. I learned how Google/Chrome tracks every little damn thing you do online. I could go on about this but I don't want to relive the digital marketing nightma...

Please recommend a private and secure email client

The_Tourist — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:55:18 PM -0400

Do any of you guys have recommendations for an email client that you think is private and secure? Currently I pay for email hosting, so I know the company and servers where my emails are stored and I choose to trust them. The only issue is that, from a usability standpoint, the email client that I actually use to access my emails is terrible; both on the desktop and mobile app. While I'm satisfied with the privacy and security of my current email client, I just can't be as productive as I ...

Happy GDPR Day...

sViz — Thu, 31 May 2018 11:11:02 AM -0400

...or is it? I find it fascinating. I'm curious what everyone thinks the effects (versus the intent) of the law will be on independent content creation on the internet (versus content consumption).

TOR anyone?

gmc2 — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 1:23:45 PM -0400

With the repeal of the internet privacy safeguards I've been thinking of switching over to an anonymous browser and TOR has been recommended as fulfilling that nook. Are there any TOR users here and if so, what can you tell me about TOR.

Dealing with with the Internet mobs. A guidebook.

Frogboy — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 1:04:41 PM -0500

Every few months I write something that incites a twitter mob. There are people out there are compelled to right the smallest of wrongs by hurling days of abuse at the villain. As the said villain, I’ve developed many different strategies for dealing with these mobs. This week’s outrage: A pronoun joke (someone demanding to be referred to as "they" instead of "he" or "she" while referring to the other person as "honey" and siccing her (sorry their) followers on him in whi...

Firefoxians Backup your profile folder before to upgrade to version 55

frankell — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 3:25:47 PM -0400

hurry up if you signed for the automatic updates !! On Windows Vista and above, the profiles folder is in this location, by default: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\ Firefox \ Profiles

Edge using DirectX? O.o

Barnack2 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 5:39:10 PM -0400

Hello, this is just a curiosity of mines. A while ago i downloaded a support program for a game. That support program generates an overlay gui over that specific game, which is using directx. Then, i noticed that if i open edge WHILE the support program is opened, i can't do any mouse action within edge's window (tabs and bar work properly, the webpage itself does not). On the other hand, all other programs work correctly (IE does not share that problem). Then i was guessing that may...

Major DDoS Attacks on Dyn

DrJBHL — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 4:33:53 PM -0500

Cyber warfare against Dyn is now being investigated by Homeland Security (as well it should be). Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Shopify, and other websites have been inaccessible to many users throughout the day. “We are actively in the third flank of this attack,” Dyn’s chief strategy officer Kyle Owen told reporters around 4:30 p.m. ET today. “It’s a very smart attack. As we mitigate, they react.” - Dyn chief strategy officer Kyle O...

How To Uninstall Internet Explorer

RedneckDude — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 3:23:43 AM -0400

Guys, they say you can't uninstall IE, but this video proves them all wrong!!!

The problem with Twitter

Frogboy — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 2:18:53 PM -0400

Yesterday, Breitbart editor, Milo Yiannopoulos was permanently banned from Twitter. The reason, ostensibly, was that he was targeting Leslie Jones, the actress in the recently released Ghostbusters reboot. It would probably be more accurate to say that it was “the last straw” from Twitter’s point of view given Milo’s engagement with Jones was relatively mild and no reasonable person would argue that Milo is responsible for the abuse his followers do. Twitter’s tolerance tends to be base...

New AI breakthru

Phil Osborn — Sat, 14 May 2016 7:40:41 PM -0400

New AI breakthrough: One of the hardest jobs for AI has been natural language parsing. There are many examples of ambiguity that would stump most human recipients - and yet are perfectly valid, grammatically correct, etc. We humans resolve these situations by putting them in a context and/or by seeking further clarification. This task - translating a stream of symbols such as words into a meaningful mental object in our consciousness - has been partially solved to date ...

Hand-Coded vs CMS

Phil Osborn — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 9:37:41 PM -0400

10/09/16 More of the same. Tedious correction of product data with endless errors. Still no manual for the CMS stuff. I know how to do three or four basic operations - and my instructor on those operations got a good deal wrong. As I expected, the old website disappeared and/or was blocked from my access. This directly contradicted my own instructions as well as the job requirements, so I was finally given a new address to access what amounts to the verified so...

help all files gone! recovery + rkyft also +lkvcx

benmanns — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 9:28:24 AM -0500

My mother called me today and told me that her PC was locked and all files displayed as wave files or mp3 So i gave her a visit and had a look what was going on. I checked Windows it had 53 thousand entrys of _recovery_ +rkyft.html and _recovery_ +rkyft.png All files seemed to be renamed randomly for example picture01.jpg - was now picture01.jpg.wav I downloaded malwarebytes updated it and deleted a malicious file that had random letters and was not to be found on a google search...

I am wearing the kiddie gloves

Frogboy — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:28:41 AM -0500

It never ceases to amaze me that someone online will direct something vile my way and expect me to just turn the other cheek simply because I’m “powerful” (whatever that means). What they don’t understand is me shining a spotlight on them is about as kiddie gloves as I can get. And frankly, they’re lucky to get the kiddie gloves. I know ignoring them doesn’t work. Being polite doesn’t work. Social Justice Warriors aren’t interested in truth or fairness. T...

Peeple watching

Phil Osborn — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 6:22:11 PM -0400

Remember "Firefly." That should be in the back of every programmer's personal perspective, like "Remember the Alamo," "Never again!," or the "Fermi Paradox," cosmic tweets conveying the essence of a haunting question or a meta-wrong still not set right, or, ... if you will, a battle cry! Look up "Firefly." Here's a reasonable source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(website) No doubt the reader has run into the Firefly algorithm on Amazon and elsewher...

Writing effective articles in HTML

Frogboy — Thu, 14 May 2015 6:09:12 PM -0400

Running a blog community as well as a multiple sites that involve people submitting articles has taught me one thing: most people do not know how to use word processors or web editors correctly. Programs like Word, Expression, DreamWeaver make it relatively easy for people to communicate with words very effectively provided that you know how to use them. Today, I'm going to write a brief set of rules on communicating effectively on the Internet. Rule #1: Use Tags If you find yourself s...

3 things that have made gaming social media more toxic

Frogboy — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 7:15:12 AM -0400

The game industry has been ablaze for, really, the last couple of years about misogyny within its ranks. This really came to a head in the past couple weeks when an outspoken “indie” game developer was accused of some sordid activities in exchange for media coverage. Online culture has a serious toxicity problem. It gets worse every year. Here are 3 things that are driving it: #1 The tabloidiziation of the gaming media. First, I want to emphasize tha...

Mischaracterizing the obvious to feel better about oneself

Frogboy — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 5:45:12 AM -0400

Have you been getting a bit frustrated in recent weeks about having your well crafted or well-intentioned point mischaracterized as something vile and disgusting? Maybe they just misunderstood right? Nope. You have just run into someone who intentionally chooses to misrepresent your position in order to cheaply gain the moral high ground. Nearly every bit of PR trouble I’ve gotten into over the years has been the result of someone mischaracterizing something I’ve said or posted in...

Best Browser for Malware Protection?

TechNoWeb — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 6:29:02 PM -0400

What is the best browser for malware protection? It seems to be IE getting 99.96% and Google Chrome comes in second getting 83.16%. Safari 5 comes in third getting only 10.15% of malware. What freaked me out was firefox only getting 9.92%. last but not least Opera 1.87% http://www.windows8update.com/2013/05/14/new-study-shows-that-ie-10-blocks-almost-all-malware-on-windows-8/ http://askbobrankin.com/best_browser_for_malware_protection.html?pcp...