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A History of UFO-Spotting

Elizabeth — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:13:09 +0000

Eyewitness Accounts and The News – 1940’s on I’ll start when the modern day ‘flying saucer’ story started, although recordings of UFOs go back to BC times. The first UFO to start the ‘flying saucer’ trope in America actually wasn’t a saucer – it was a squad of ships shaped like boomerangs that rotated […]

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What’s the deal with Google.amp links?

Elizabeth — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:24:54 +0000

Google And Fast Loading If a mobile site takes even a second too long to load, users navigate away. This is a well-studied phenomenon, and all companies can do is try and optimize loading so the user gets some feedback before they bounce. Facebook created Instant Articles, an easier-to-read and easier-to-load format than the original […]

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Reasons to Recycle your Phone

Elizabeth — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:30:37 +0000

1.Lithium batteries are not biodegradable. In general, modern materials don’t really degrade much. When was the last time something you owned rusted away completely? And if it did – did it really? The spot below the cheap, neglected grill in my friend’s back yard has no grass in it. The rust is still […]

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Avoiding Doxxing

Elizabeth — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:25:24 +0000

On TikTok, posting personal details and Facebook profiles of feuding personalities is becoming normal, frighteningly fast. Doxxing is becoming a real problem. How do you avoid it? Don’t use the same username for every website. When every website you go to uses xXxCatLover93xXx as your handle, eventually, people are going to start […]

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Emulators: Legal Gray Area

Elizabeth — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:40:03 +0000

History of the Emulator An emulator is a program that emulates a game console, usually for the purpose of playing a game that is – either by price, age, or device – inaccessible. Streamers commonly use emulators to play Pokemon games made for the Gameboy, so they can screen-record their gameplay directly from their […]

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Risks to Your Machine In Public

Elizabeth — Fri, 28 May 2021 21:08:45 +0000

1) Public Wifi If you’ve been online in the past few years, you’ve likely seen this warning already from VPN ads and security experts: don’t connect straight to public WiFi if you can help it, and if you do, don’t do your online banking on it. If the hacker gains special access to the […]

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Internet Of Things: Network Vulnerability

Elizabeth — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:00:02 +0000

Internet of Things items are convenient, otherwise they wouldn’t be selling. At least not next to regular, non-wifi-enabled items. They don’t even have to be connected to the internet, and they should stay that way! An Internet of Things item, or an IoT item, is a device that has a WiFi- or network-enabled computer […]

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Blizzard Entertainment’s 2012 Hack: An Example of How to Do It Right

Elizabeth — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:30:56 +0000

In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. “Always on” had many potential benefits, but the downsides keep the majority of games from ever attempting it. Many of the notable standouts are games that require team play, like Fall Guys or Overwatch. Others without main-campaign team play tend […]

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Censoring Image Info: Do it Right

Elizabeth — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:30:19 +0000

Redaction. Once upon a time, I stumbled into a forum thread about image censorship. The forum was made up of clipped images of funny Facebook posts, and at the time people were beginning to realize that you can’t just post names online willy-nilly. Censoring out the names attached to the posts was a requirement, and […]

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Don’t Plug In Found USB Sticks

Elizabeth — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:45:31 +0000

Don’t Plug In Found USB Sticks Did you find a seemingly normal USB stick on the ground outside your work? How about in the lobby, where the public can come and go as they please? Did you find something that doesn’t seem to be your company’s preferred brand of USB stick, or even not branded […]

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