Social media - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com Las Vegas IT Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://elixistechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-ElixisIcon_FullColor-32x32.png Social media - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com 32 32 The New Internet Is Full of Bots https://elixistechnology.com/the-new-internet-is-full-of-bots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-internet-is-full-of-bots Thu, 02 May 2024 07:24:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7867 Ever see a bizarre post with a comments section full of people spamming emotes or otherwise responding in a way that suggests they read a description of the post, but didn’t actually see it? Of course interaction bots have been here for a while, but now with AI art (rather than stolen art) it becomes […]

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]]> Please Share Less Info With TikTok https://elixistechnology.com/please-share-less-info-with-tiktok/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=please-share-less-info-with-tiktok Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:35:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7862 TikTok is a terrifying place. Users regularly show their entire face, cons that they’ve attended, and personal stories with too much detail to their audience. They show the inside of their apartment building and their unit number. They tag their small towns. Distinctive, unique tattoos get shown off to thousands of people, as well as […]

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]]> NeoPets Is Still Online, Somehow https://elixistechnology.com/neopets-is-still-online-somehow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neopets-is-still-online-somehow Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:14:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7858 Neopets was huge. At 21 million users during its peak, the website was a behemoth of the early 2000s. It’s still going today! Neopets is a free-to-play digital pet game, where the user can interact with digital pets, the Neopets. Games, chatrooms, and all the usual fixings of 2000’s era children’s sites were available to […]

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]]> Don’t Delete Your System32 https://elixistechnology.com/dont-delete-your-system32/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-delete-your-system32 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:09:41 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7819 System 32 is essentially the heart of the computer’s software. Task manager, the boot-up instructions, and hardware-to-software system files are all located in the System 32 file folder. It’s very important. Do not delete it. This folder is not a secret, but what exactly it’s responsible for wasn’t always public knowledge. After all, Windows keeps […]

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]]> Remember the Apple Wheels? https://elixistechnology.com/remember-the-apple-wheels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remember-the-apple-wheels Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7817 Ah, Complaining. Apple Wheels The Apple Mac Pro cost several thousand dollars, and it looked like a cheese grater. The little Apple-branded wheels to make it move cost about 700$, or approximately the price of the iPhone 8 at launch. Oh, but don’t worry – you can buy the feet for a mere 300$, if […]

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]]> AI Advertising and Glasgow Wonka https://elixistechnology.com/ai-advertising-and-glasgow-wonka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-advertising-and-glasgow-wonka Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:43:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7822 It’s official – even small events are using AI for their ads, to mixed results. The Glasgow Wonka event is already going down in history as a Fyre Fest or Dashcon type event, and just like its predecessors, its deceptive marketing drew in crowds it wasn’t prepared to serve. The difference this time is that […]

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]]> The World’s Most Specific Shirt https://elixistechnology.com/the-worlds-most-specific-shirt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-worlds-most-specific-shirt Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7809 You’ve probably seen some variation of the shirt. You’re wondering how it’s so wildly specific. You click it, and scroll down, and somehow… somehow the company seems to have made shirts specifically for you, the boyfriend of a Registered Nurse who was born in June, who’s a little crazy with a heart of gold. And […]

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]]> Online Investment In Dud Projects https://elixistechnology.com/online-investment-in-dud-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-investment-in-dud-projects Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:56:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7796 During the 2010s, a number of huge enterprises got investor money, started a project, maintained it with great success until the investors started wanting their money back, and then the service of the project started absolutely sucking – if it actually managed to live through the ‘you must turn a profit’ phase of its growth, […]

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]]> Tulips and Stanley Cups https://elixistechnology.com/tulips-and-stanley-cups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tulips-and-stanley-cups Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:39:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7792 In the 1630s Netherlands, tulips became the next hot commodity. They’re very pretty, super easy to garden with, and easy to transport thanks to their bulbous root structure. They were also fashionably new to the region at the time. It’s a classic tale of speculative bubbles, where huge amounts of land and sacks of money […]

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]]> Why Is Everyone So Disappointed in the CyberTruck? https://elixistechnology.com/why-is-everyone-so-disappointed-in-the-cybertruck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-is-everyone-so-disappointed-in-the-cybertruck Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:35:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7790 Safety Concerns You’ve seen the body. You’ve probably seen the interior dash. If this thing gets into an accident, it will win over any other vehicle or passengers, including its own. It is a return to the old steel-body cars but worse, with small crumple zones and a 3 mm thick steel plate for a […]

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