This week, one of the most egregious pieces of news I kept up with was the stories about Amazon, the manufacturer of the Ring Doorbell products - and they are proving once again that they don't give one single fuck about your privacy. What did they do this time? , you might be asking yourself. Well, this time, the privacy invasion involved sending Ring Doorbell footage from all kinds of users to p... » Continue Reading
If you are interested at all in the web and the development of the web as time goes on, you are probably acutely aware of the occasional wars you will see on development and computer-focused websites, such as Hacker News, about Chromium vs. Firefox. There is a good reason for this, and keep in mind as you read this post, that I use and enjoy both of these web platforms - and if » Continue Reading
While the title might be a bit of a joke, since Vi (the original editor that spawned Vim) is at this point, over 30 years old, there is some truth in that statement above. I wonder how many young coders, fresh out of their bootcamps, knowing nothing but VScode (which is a wonderful editor), IntelliJ, and other GUI editors that I've probably never heard of or used, likewise also probably know nothi... » Continue Reading
I mostly use my very minor platform online to talk about things like technology, free and open-source software, and the like, but one thing that has become so ingrained as part of people's identities these days include politics and religion. These are highly personal parts of a person's life, but they are increasingly becoming parts of people's identities, and this can spell trouble for civilized ... » Continue Reading