The Quiet Won

My Tumblelog. A way to quickly publish the “stuff” that I run across every day on the Net (web).

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Stay to the end the best part is in the last minute.

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Solar eclipse 2024 Chamont NY Live?

Hopefully live streaming (assuming my cellular holds out) the solar eclipse in Chamont New York 2024

Solar eclipse, Chamont ny, Chamont

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But what about the ants?

(via But I Did Everything Right - This American Life)

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What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate - This American Life

Getting the point across — or trying to, anyway.

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I was sitting down to have a new snack I couldn’t wait and then as I was flipping the box around…. I guess what everybody’s been saying we really do need to blow California off the map i’ll get one of the keys…. <sarcasm.

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Well I guess it’s back to the store because batteries aren’t included, I only noticed the warning on the very back of the package then the big blurb about batteries and inner tool compatibility.

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Well I guess I can start a class action lawsuit against the government, anybody wanna join me I cannot begin to count the number of nickels I’ve handled in my lifetime. No wonder we’re trying to ban change.

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I’m sorry but… Ransom-ware is not anything like a virus or malware. And most news agencies and to the same extent most tech press are to busy rushing a story out to be able to properly fact check it and understand it, digest it and regurgitate it. And then there’s biased’s but let’s not go there right now. Ransom-ware Is more equivalent to somebody breaking into a business or more likely walking in the back door that was never locked then changing the locks on the file cabinets, photocopying every document and taking every typewriter with them on the way out then demanding a ransom. It’s targeted, it’s strategic. A virus is something you get that infects your computer something anybody from the year 2020 should be able to figure out as it’s named that way because it works similar to a physical virus. Malware is a little bit different but somewhat similar and I don’t have a direct correlation for that yet. Antivirus programs really have no protection for ransom ware, and anybody in the industry knows McAfee and Norton are more like the mob when it comes to security you pay and don’t do much but not burn your business down and they usually run really slow and actually cause more security issues in a modern computer windows 10 or greater any smart phone that’s not pre-bundled with junk but I digress they are too busy advertising to you then actually making a quality product.

humans are human and make mistakes so why are these companies made mostly of humans for the moment hiding behind their insecurities? Hiding something doesn’t make anything secure, sure it makes it harder to find and anybody who’s played hide and seek should be able to figure that one out. OK so you walked into a sign, admit it and go to your eye doctor and have them check your prescriptions (cost and not being covered by your health insurance aside). that’s what we need to be doing in the security industry and demanding the industry do is being open and admitting things In a timely manner and then fixing them promptly, rather than making bold claims that windows XP, 10 and windows 11 are the most secure operating systems ever something that can only be proven with time and the latter was not until two updates later.

Or what every fortune 500 company and the standard practices …. LOOK! OVER THERE! WE DON’T HAVE PROBLEMS!!!

https://www.localdvm.com/news/west-virginia/morgan-county-w-va-school-system-working-its-way-out-of-a-ransomware-attack/

Morgan County, W.Va. school system working its way out of a ransomware attack

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (WDVM) — The Morgan County school system is trying to recover from a ransomware attack. The FBI has been alerted aft

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(via (238) Why The U.S. Government Decides The Color Of Our Food - Cheddar Explains - YouTube)

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(via (232) The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World - The Lightbulb Moment - YouTube)

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Is ‘master bedroom’ a racist term? As language evolves, consider history and usage. | The Angry Grammarian

Last month the Houston Association of Realtors made national news for its decree that real estate listings would no longer mention master bedrooms or master bathrooms because of the word master’s slavery connotations.

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“How to Combat Fake News” | Barry Regan | TEDxCentralArizonaCollege

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How to Spot Fake News | Hannah Logue | TEDxYouth@Lancaster

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We can end poverty, but this is why we haven't | Teva Sienicki | TEDxMil...

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How to Have a Good Conversation | Celeste Headlee | TEDxCreativeCoast

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Making sense in a fake news world | Dan Bellack | TEDxCharleston

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How Real Is Fake News? | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada