Mostly technology in small bites
Checking one of our Federal Government’s web sites… found this with regard to download of a file I’m interested in: “Download Speed in Minutes (56Kbps Dial Up),” – ROFL!!! I haven’t used a 56Kbps dial up modem since we moved from BBS systems back in the 90’s. I’m going to poke around some more. I’m […]
Leading candidate this year… https://hothardware.com/news/man-bites-iphone-battery-sparking-explosion-mouth
Missed the last digital wave, so lets jump on this one early. Here’s looking t you Kodak. http://www.ibtimes.com/sec-looking-companies-vapid-blockchain-hype-2644217
3rd time in less than a month I’ve gone to log into a company’s site and found out they deleted my account because I hadn’t used it in the last several months… one was my bank. I’m all for security, but good god that is an idiotic policy! When I contacted my bank they said […]
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.
So all of you conspiracy fan boys and girls out there… super great news. There’s this special opportunity for you to buy into the hottest cryptocurrency deal of the new year! It’s a new coin called GiveMeCash. I have the line on this new coin for you, but only if you’re an ardent conspiracy supporter. […]
Remember, it all started with Pong… here’s the next level… https://gizmodo.com/what-its-like-to-play-ping-pong-with-a-robot-1821974940
All my systems are patched up for Spectre and Meltdown. The performance impact isn’t noticeable on my laptop and main desktop as in general they’re lightly used. However, on one of my Win 10 development systems were I have quite a few Docker containers running, the hit was sizable! All my CPUs are pre-Haswell (2015), […]
I wonder how long we’ll have to wait for Waste Management to announce their own WaistCoin to track your garbage. It should be good for at least a 300-400% stock price increase. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42630136
A recent quote from one of the founders of an alt coin currency pretty much says it all: “I have a lot of faith in the Dogecoin Core development team to keep the software stable and secure, but I think it says a lot about the state of the cryptocurrency space in general that a […]