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Meh, I’ve moved on. I was addicted to digg back in the day, but they’ll have to earn viewership back from me. Not impossible, but content, moderation, and monitization are going to be hard to perfect these days.

Digg killed digg IMO. They either learned a lesson, or it’s more of the same.

I do have a few outside. Probably not the best security-wise. Haha. Those are the first to get patched when one comes out.

At rough count I have 16 of those buggers. Appliances, switches, load meters, lights, etc. If I look harder, I’d probably find more. Yikes!

Even if it were fixable, it would be up to manufacturers to push updates. I doubt any really care enough.

Well… Shit.

There are so, so, so, many ESP32’s in not just my house, but practically everyone I know.

There outta be fines for this BS.

Welp, guess I’m digging out my complete SG1 collection tonight.

I have to watch them all, you say? No, honey, this is important work I’m doing here. 😎

Watched as much as I could stand. Man, does he draaaaag on.

Mars had a DB breach, 2.7 billion accounts, only for IOT devices.

Conflicting data: phone app doesn’t collect user data, but lo and behold, data collected anyway. Possibly direct from IOT devices.

SSID/pass screenshotted but official response said that was on separate server not involved.

Meh, don’t trust IOT, guys. Keep that crap on a vlan or second wifi. Man, this vid was painful to watch.

I’m split on this. On one hand, I don’t want to be tracked, but know I am anyways. On the other hand, bringing awareness to these problems is important.

One reason companies get away with horrible invasions or privacy is they limit those privileged to access it. Opening up a system to show how invasive it is could be a good thing. Big tech has become the juggernaut it is by operating in the shadows as much as possible.

The last bid I reviewed for a new office recommended Brother printers (woot) but the color laser had toner lock-in. I recommended an alternative and the owner agreed.

Too bad these companies won’t know about the products they don’t sell because of this crap.

Uh oh. My data archive project just took a jump up in priority. I have some of these drives I think.

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I didn’t see the /s

I would say synthesis in this example is the creation of a molecular compound from differing source materials while refinement is the isolation and concentration of an existing compound.

Seen these. Pretty creepy but some folks don’t mind.

But you said Amazon has access to my fingerprints? Got proof?

Hey, you asked… I just answered.

Generally, artificial sweeteners are chemically synthesized while natural sweeteners are grown and refined.

I used to grow the stevia plant in my garden.

It’s interesting to read people’s reactions to stevia. I don’t seem to have the same reactions/aftertaste others point out.

I much prefer stevia over other sweeteners. I wonder if there is some sort of cilantro type thing going on.

Edit: Turns out stevia can taste different to other people!

On the plus side, stevia isn’t artificial.

Grr! That smug-arse thumbnail. Such a punchable face. I have no idea why it gives me such anxiety… That shade of lifelessness and pale eyes.

I hear the blog is well written. It’s just that thumbnail!

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I wouldn’t count on it. Been getting those letters for a good 10 years.

That industry is rife with exploitation; I’ve collected pages and pages of resume builders, entry level, junior, blah blah blah. Budgets are low because work and experience isn’t valued. If you do make it work, congratulations, you’re the rare example.

I switched careers from video/film because I didn’t want to live out of a car and other jobs paid better.

Yeah, just seconding your internet source recommendation. The price was right.