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Searching for a viable Facebook/Twitter alternative

Spent a decent number of hours over the weekend looking at the field of OSS and private Facebook and Twitter alternatives. Initially, the two that leaped out at me were Diaspora* and Mastodon. I decided to take a shot at installing Diaspora, in spite of it’s messed up name, because it is pro-ported to be […]

BitConnect

If you want an example of the risks of cryptocurrency, yesterday BitConnect (BCC) ceased operations due to law suits (and other factors). In a single day, nearly $3B, yes billion with a B, of investors cash went POOF! Sorry folks, much better odds at the craps tables.

Cable cabal

I know some of you have already “cut the cable.” One does wonder how long the $200/month fees from big cable are going to hold out in the face of al la carte pricing via streaming. https://news.yahoo.com/dish-unveils-sling-tv-video-streaming-180105375–finance.html