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1d ago Tech Talk
@Typo-MAGAshiv that is actual footage of @woodsmoke having dinner at my house with some friends.
2d ago Tech Talk
@woodsmoke Now you are one of us.
Here, drink this (hands @woodsmoke a chalice of virgin blood)
2d ago Tech Talk
@woodsmoke your impression of @Lone_Ranger is pretty good there
Aaaand I only just noticed the date this was posted. I suppose 3 weeks is better than 2 months, or whatever it was last time I necro'd.
Fuck it. Feed me your vcards, Typo!
I remember reading somewhere years and years ago, "whenever you hear 'in the cloud' substitute it with 'on someone else's computer.'"
This is why I'm steadily building a physical media library. The logic doesn't quite line up but it's for a similar line of reasoning I tend to prefer my vehicles be as mechanical as possible. The passenger window of my car is held up by a mess o' transparent tape wound 'round the top of the door because the motor for the automatic window broke some months ago and the car's old enough it ain't worth paying to fix it.
Sure, it's convenient being able to put all the windows down from the driver's seat but, if the windows were all manual crank operated, I wouldn't be having this problem.
1mo ago Tech Talk
A massive hack of CDK International has crippled operations at auto dealerships across the USA. What some sources call a Ransomware attack has caused dealerships to revert to pen and paper in operations around selling and repairing cars. The company has stated it will take "several days" to get back to normal operations.
One of the hazards of web and cloud based services. 25 years ago at my repair shop, I looked at several shop management systems and even back then, most of the players in that market were moving from buy-once software to a subscription model. I bought a system specifically because it was a buy-once, and like 2 months later they too flipped the table and made it a subscription model. I totally said F that, and kept that old-ass system working on a succession of new computers for over 20 years.
Read More@Typo-MAGAshiv Ill be honest, I did not know that was there.
My thought process was I would eventually have my own site that I could use as a platform to whatever I came up with in the future, maybe coaching?
If I do it here, it doesn't really feel like its mine or as easily to advertise to people to come to it.
Im open to other points of view. These are just my initial thoughts.