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The New Internet Is Full of Bots

Elizabeth — Thu, 02 May 2024 07:24:00 +0000

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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Emulators And The Legal Gray of AbandonWare

Elizabeth — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:20:00 +0000

What is an 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 computer […]

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Is Brand Twitter Over?

Elizabeth — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:57:00 +0000

Popular fast-food restaurant chain Wendy’s has been getting a lot of attention online. It’s not a good thing: Wendy’s briefly attempted to announce “surge-pricing”, where prices would go up around mealtimes, and was promptly (and rightfully) bullied into retracting the idea. Wendy’s used to be a cornerstone of the hip, online, highly-Millennial marketing of the […]

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Your IoT Devices Are Opening Doors For Hackers

Elizabeth — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:51:26 +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 in […]

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Pirating Is a Crime

Elizabeth — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:26:14 +0000

Piracy is a crime. Don’t pirate things. They’re serious about it. There are real reasons beyond “big music corps are people too”. Why are the fines so steep? Piracy seems victimless. In reality, the victims are just barely affected with each instance, up until the cumulative effect starts to affect their desire to create. Art […]

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Sony’s DRM Nightmare

Elizabeth — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:15:00 +0000

In 2005, an organization had been covertly installing a program similar to a rootkit onto consumer devices without warning. For those who haven’t heard it before, a rootkit is simply a program that is designed to remain unfindable on a device. They aren’t all bad, but their difficult-to-detect nature and ability to evade even aggressive […]

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The Worst Way To Make A Password

Elizabeth — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:57:42 +0000

There are many ways to make good passwords. How do you make a password that barely protects you at all? 1) Use something really identifying Using a password like “dadof4” or “kayaking” when you regularly tell people that you have four kids or that you kayak is a good way to let your acquaintances know […]

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What is an RFID Chip?

Elizabeth — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:28:11 +0000

Definitions RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, and it’s usually used in the context of a chip! There are active and passive types: an active RFID chip has a tiny battery with it, while a passive one is powered by the energy of the reader’s signals alone. Active chips can be read from much greater […]

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Reasons to Recycle Your Phone

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:25:58 +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 growing on it. The rust is still there […]

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Online Investment In Dud Projects

Elizabeth — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:56:00 +0000

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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