TV Host turned Speaker & Educator for Open Source, Privacy & our Right to Repair. 300k on YT, Founder @geebeacon & @thegeeksabroad 🤗 https://xitter.cf/t.co/QR7kiGeXrg
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BREAKING: Judge Rules Mass Surveillance Cameras Unconstitutional #privacymatters
In 2024 Ubisoft shut down the servers for The Crew, and people who bought it could no longer play. That sparked the @StopKilingGames campaign, asking publishers to keep games playable after support ends. Buying shouldn't secretly mean renting.
If I can't play it in ten years without asking the publisher's permission, I didn't buy a game. I rented hope.
Me: I'll install Linux to be more productive. Also me, three weeks later: on my ninth distro, tweaking a terminal theme I look at for 20 minutes a day. Productivity was the friends we made along the way.
In 2016 Juicero sold a Wi-Fi juicer for $699 that squeezed its own juice packs. Then reporters showed you could squeeze the packs by hand just as well. The company shut down the next year. oops. 🧃
Nintendo's 1995 Virtual Boy was sold as portable, but you played it on a table stand with your face pressed into a red visor. Games could even pause themselves to make you take breaks. Nintendo took the hint and pulled it within about a year.
I have 84 tabs open because closing one feels like deleting a memory. Many browsers can save a whole window as a bookmark folder, so you can close all 84 without grieving. Will I ever open that folder? No. But I'll know it's there.
Your smart TV is probably watching what you watch. It's called ACR, automatic content recognition, and it fingerprints what's on screen to sell targeted ads. Look for 'viewing data' or 'ACR' in your TV's settings and turn it off & share this to spread the word. 📺 #privacy
Laptop repair step one: remove 14 screws, three hidden under rubber feet, one under a sticker that says 'warranty void if removed.' The FTC has warned companies those stickers likely break US warranty law. What do you think? #righttorepair
xkcd proved in 2011 that 'correct horse battery staple' beats P@ssw0rd1! by a mile. Size does matter. Pick 4+ random words or let a password manager generate something long. Just not that exact one. Every bruteforcer has it memorized now. 🐴
Apple once made a game console. The 1996 Bandai Pippin cost $599, ran a stripped-down Mac OS, and flopped so hard it regularly shows up on 'worst consoles ever' lists. Apple would rather you didn't bring it up.
Noooooo
EA is shutting down BioWare and canceling the next Mass Effect game, with Bloomberg reporting about 400 layoffs across the company.
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ALT Digg graphic showing Mass Effect characters and the headline “EA is shutting down BioWare and canceling next Mass Effect.” Image credit: BioWare.
Me: sets six alarms labeled 'meds,' 'seriously,' 'MEDS,' and 'HELLO??' My brain: dismisses all. Tip: put the meds somewhere physical, like next to your toothbrush. Your phone can't nag louder than a habit.
when habits don't work I use this timer, here's my link.... super worth it, tbh
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Vim has been around for over 30 years, and 'How do I exit Vim?' is still a legendary question among developers. The answer is Esc, then type :q and press Enter. Happy Monday! 🤓
A DIY headset? I like the idea.. finally, “some assembly required” instead of “another account required.”
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