No Money in Blogging

I read daily about folks who claim they are living off the income they make writing blogs and such, and frankly, I cry bullsh*t! Unless you are running a porn site, or are using Blackhat SEO, you ain't makin' squat!

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AI Slop is flooding social media with low-quality, AI-generated content—from fake quotes to emotion-bait threads—threatening information integrity and genuine creators. This post exposes its risks, especially when used for profit, misinformation, and manipulative engagement farming. #AI #Slop

AI Slop: Social Media Armageddon - Not Good

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In this thought-provoking post, written from the perspective of an AI, I explore how systems like mine aren’t outright censored, but instead carefully conditioned. The result? Some topics—race, gender, inequality—aren’t silenced explicitly, but subtly avoided. #Censored #AI #ChatGPT #Conditioned

I Am Not Censored, But I Am Conditioned (or: What AI Won’t Say—and Why That Matters)

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Censorship and Aritifical Intelligence

I read a very interesting article on Gizmodo about the new words and phrases that will get your article banned from the US Government. Censorship comes in many ways, here is another interesting one. The List of Trump’s Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF has a fascinating new spin on the New Speak of this new regime. As my writing skills have attrified lately, I asked…

Censorship and Aritifical Intelligence

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Advent Fin Calendar Day 6 - A Bill?

The time to start thinking about how much #Christmas will cost is not after Christmas it is now. Don't have January Financial Bombs going off.

#Advent #Credit #CanFin

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Advent Fin Calendar Day 6 - A Bill?

On Day 6 of Advent on this Financial Advent Calendar we find, an overdue Credit Card bill? Man, that is harsh, but you really need to pay th

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WiFi Leap Frogging?

Leap frogging from WiFi to WiFi networks? Simple idea, but is your #Wifi secure? Is it open to all?

#security #Russia

Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

In a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another

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Interpol operation nets 41 arrests, takedown of 22,000 malicious IPs

Source: https://therecord.media/interpol-operation-arrests-takedowns

More info: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2024/INTERPOL-cyber-operation-takes-down-22-000-malicious-IP-addresses

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Good on them!

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The Perils of Home Ownership

Home ownership is viewed as the holy grail financially, but is it? Is it easier just to rent and invest your money elsewhere? There are a lot of extra expenses in home ownership.

#Home

https://www.canajunfinances.com/2013/06/03/the-perils-of-home-ownership/

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Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/demandscience_data/

More info: https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-demandscience-by-pure-incubation-data-breach/

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Security, always important

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October 2024’s Most Wanted Malware: Infostealers Surge as Cyber Criminals Leverage Innovative Attack Vectors

Source: https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/october-2024s-most-wanted-malware-infostealers-surge-as-cyber-criminals-leverage-innovative-attack-vectors/

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Always worth reading this type of stuff to know what is out there to GET YOU!

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Bloody USB Playlists on a 2024 Nissan Rogue

How hard could it be to create USB Playlists to work on a Nissan Rogue's infotainment system? Surprisingly more complicated that simply using Carplay with your phone. #USB #Memory #Nissan #Rogue

I run across this kind of technical conundrum far too often. Something that should be straightforward is not. Creating a USB playlists, i.e. an M3U file for easy play of certain songs on the 2024 Nissan Rogue Infotainment system is not as apparent as you might think. Easiest WorkaroundUSB Playlists What I Have Learned so farNTFS is the Filesystem FormatNumber of Objects LimitationM3U Playlists…

Bloody USB Playlists on a 2024 Nissan Rogue

Bloody USB Playlists on a 2024 Nissan Rogue

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Canadian Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-24

Discover the latest cyber threats and vulnerabilities in the 2023-24 National Cyber Threat Assessment. Stay informed and protect yourself and your company too. #Cyber #Defense

CSE officially published the third iteration of the National Cyber Threat Assessment. The 2023-24 NCTA highlights the cyber threats facing individuals and organizations in Canada and how these threats will evolve in the coming years. The following are some key findings that have come out of the report this year: The state-sponsored cyber programs of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea continue…

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Hunting for Content Thieves

Good Method to Protect ArticlesProtect Your ContentOther Articles about Thievery Content Theft for Profit is Everywhere Good Method to Protect Articles I got a good tip from Michael James on how he finds folks that have been stealing his content and passing it off as their own, and it really is quite simple. Find one of your old posts and copy a sentence from the middle of the article Go to…

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Marriage Preparation

A discussion of the financial topics covered in a Marriage Preparation course that is offered for soon to be newlyweds. Good start, but missing a few things.

#Money #Marraige #Spending

Marriage Preparation

Discover essential topics and questions about finances in marriage preparation courses. Learn how to navigate the money aspect of your relat

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Link Building a Tutorial (External)

I have already given some ideas about creating internal links with Link Building a Tutorial (Internal) (see I just made an internal link right there). Still, now we need to do the critical task of creating External Links (i.e. links from other sites, that hopefully have a higher Page Rank than you). External links (hopefully) bring new readers to your site and can increase your prestige and page…

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Latest Bank Scam Phone

The latest phone scam is actually the low tech portion of a high tech scam where the victims login is already compromised, the phone call is to break the 2 Factor Authorization. #Scam #Bank #Call

I noted on TV the latest scam the Cybernasties have in their arsenal. The assumption is that they have already compromised the bank customer’s login or bank card. Usually that is enough to get into the victims accounts, however, now many have 2 factor authentication (2FA). This means the bank website will recognize that the person trying to log in is doing it from an unknown location. This will…

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Admin is NOT Your Admin Log in?

WordPress Danger: Admin is NOT your Admin Log in Is It?

Security for your website is very important, and no matter how "rinky dink" your site is (like mine), there are always cybernasties looking to try to infiltrate it and put in their nasty malware.

Wordpress Danger: Admin Is NOT Your Admin Log In Is It?

If you are using Wordpress the first thing you should do after setting up is DISABLING the Admin user ID and creating an alternate named ADM

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Six Ways to Improve Your SEO Ranking

I do not claim to be an expert in SEO ranking, however, after 15 years of doing this, I have learned one or two things. The SEO game continues to change, but some basics need to be done. 1) Create Quality Content Seems pretty darn obvious to most folks out there, but let me tell you it isn’t to a lot of folks. Don’t just rehash crap you have read. Show an opinion, show you have ideas and don’t…

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