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    The Queen of the Nürburgring, Sabine Schmitz, has died

    I was one of the lucky ones to get a ticket for the M5 Nürburgring taxi and was able to meet her in the Fall of 2008 when I was in Germany. She was funny and kind and we will remember that moment in time. I am totally crushed!
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    AWS director sues Amazon, alleging systemic racism in corporate office

    While working for Amazon, Newman alleges that she faced multiple instances of colleagues overtly engaging in racial stereotypes to discuss her or her work, describing her as "just scary," "too direct," or looking "like a gorilla." I hate articles like this because everyone just jumps on and...
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    The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore

    How much of this is simply driven by the fact that many schools during COVID went remote and pretty much made parents buy or gave parents a ChromeOS device to allow students to do their lessons? Unless they are in IT, most of my friends who are parents never knew what ChromeOS was until their...
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    Zerodays under active exploit are keeping Windows users busy

    My home PC received the patch early this morning. As will be normal, my work laptop that is managed by IT should get the update in another 3 to 6 months or until some machine on the network gets compromised.
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    Ongoing malware attacks are hitting users of 4 major browsers

    According to the linked article to ZDNet I am not sure if the same Virus, but sounds like it is, there was a post on the PC Security Geek website from Sept 3 2020 that goes about how to remove the virus if you have it (but not how to prevent it) https://pcsecgeek.com/how-to-remove-js- ...
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    Gaming chair shootout: Secretlab Omega vs Anda Fnatic

    If there is another flaw, there is not much you can do, in regards to simply the castors, I have a RapidX chair I use for my hobby room. The original castors where literally plastic with plastic wheels. I made a simple search of Amazon and i purchased a set of 5 wheels for $16. Made a huge...
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    Gaming chair shootout: Secretlab Omega vs Anda Fnatic

    I love my Titans. Expensive, yes, but since the COVID lockdown very much appreciated. I cannot see using other chairs. I now have 4. We use them for office chairs during the day and put them around the board game table at night. The Black on Black design is what allowed me to get the...
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    Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion makes the megahit more accessible

    My issue with Gloomhaven is not just the massive amount of components which could have been streamlined in a 2nd or 3rd printing, but massive number of revisions, updates, FAQ, clarifications, etc. It is a massive game with a lot of rules and text and so much of our time when playing was trying...
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    Lenovo’s new Yoga 9i and Slim 9i laptops have leather finishes

    I would hop on the P11 Pro but for the the overall sad state of Android on tablet devices means the iPad Air still has an edge in the software department. Looking on other sites there will be a 6gb model plus a stylus and keyboard will be available. I wish that Google would do more to boost...
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    That 517-mile range Lucid Air will use a 113kWh battery pack

    IMHO, this and many other EVs (except maybe the Volvo) are ugly as hell. I do not understand why they are all going for the concept car look. I would consider this car if not for it being so damn ugly
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    Unredacted suit shows Google’s own engineers confused by privacy settings

    Few people may know about that URL and even when browsing through that page you will see how they FUD you into keeping settings by scaring you that if you turn off that feature then you can't have X, Y or Z when that is not always true. They purposely conflate privacy and personalization...
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    People slept on comfy grass beds 200,000 years ago

    Interesting. The first time I heard of this was through the youtube series Building A Castle Using 13th Century Tools | Secrets of the Castle (1/5) | Absolute History https://youtu.be/SURsW7BpCNc These are archeologist that actually took it upon themselves to live and work as people did in...
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    Spooky action at a distance: The future magic of remote collaboration

    Nothing changed for me when we went on lock down. My team consists of people in WA, MN, WI, TX, GA, NY, NJ & CT. My testers and other infrastructure support people were in India and other offshore centers for years. We were doing online collaboration and dealing with the Beta and v1 of...
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    Google discontinues the Pixel 4 after less than a year of sales

    Hmm, I wonder what is happening with their GoogleFi phone service? If they are not making any money there are they going to exit that too? Their service was primarily for Google Phones and if a Pixel 5 does not show up, what is the point of that service. They could just sell it off to T-Mobile
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    CBS drops first trailer for new animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks

    Still does not make CBS all access worth the subscription. I will wait and binge at some later date.
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    Charter raises Spectrum prices again, boosting “Broadcast TV” fee to $16.50

    Didn't YouTube TV just get a rate hike for the same reason? The question is why do the broadcast fees keep going up. If this is a pass through charge, is it the cable company that is at fault or the affiliate station? While the cable company is the wire that comes into the house and cable...
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    The rise and fall of Adobe Flash

    Charter/Spectrum still uses Flash and from what I can tell, is never ever going away. They use Flash if you want to watch their cable channels online in a browser. They do have an app and I cannot tell if the Flash based web app or the local App is worse. This is how/why they use Flash. When...
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    The ~$100 tablet shootout—Amazon Fire 8 HD Plus vs. Walmart Onn 8 Tablet Pro

    The Kindle Fire Tablets are fine for what I use it for and cannot see purchasing a more expensive Android or Apple tablet. I know the Apple app store and apps are way better than what is available for Android but at the same time, I do not seem to need much. I use the Kindle for: reading...
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    Sophisticated Android backdoors have been populating Google Play for years

    Not surprised. This is well documented over the years. Google does not have the tech or process to filter it out. They have loose policies and rarely enforced rules unless something becomes a big public stink.
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    Killing Eve S3 trailer drops; new season will debut two weeks early

    I was dragged into watching by my wife and daughter and now I am hooked on the show like many others. I love the characters and the character development. In a way it is like the character development that happened in Breaking Bad. I welcome Season 3 and hope they have more to show us with...