Tile would be a poster child for this.

It begs to run constantly and acts pissed when you don’t allow it.

Ah. Thank you, that clarifies things; along with a cuppa java.

Confused? No. Seeking an apt analogy for this situation? Yep. Can you provide one, please?

The 21st century version of a DOS TSR program?

CCP missed the memo, identity politics is dead.

🙏🏻

TL;DR? “More than 13.5 billion doses of Covid vaccines have been administered globally over the past three years, saving over 1 million lives in Europe alone. Still, a small proportion of people immunized were injured by the shots, stoking debate about their benefits versus harms.”

The article is light on the actual numbers of the 13 rare health conditions that were the focus of the study, but mention is made of 240 patients with “exercise intolerance, excessive fatigue, numbness and “brain fog” out of a study sample size of 99M.

I leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Archived link: https://archive.ph/rq3Xk

‘s a long read. Here’s the intro blurb:

An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacy By Jon Keegan and Jesse Woo

Gonna dive in and see what nuggets of wisdom they offer.

Holeeeshit! All that from an accelerometer?

In your case prevention of DDOS via VPN guides your decisions and legit VPN users are collateral damage.

I understand your position, and as you say, no data is sold, so no real harm.

Perhaps banks are the same way.

But out of the ones I have to deal with, only one makes me drop the VPN for access. /smh

Seeing “security companies” tagging VPN IP blocks as sus, is becoming all too common; just like ad blockers are being banned.

They wanna know who you are, where you’ve been, what you’re doing and how you’re doing it…AT.ALL.TIMES.dammit!

It’s about time. The air between Midland and Odessa, TX has been filled with fracking stench for years now and the flaring is right up on top of the interstate.

Archive link for the unregistered: https://archive.ph/KYlZw

Carlin’s Big 7 + 4, loud’n’clear.

Of course the adage, a fool and his money are soon parted, applies here.

Well. That was depressing.

Add a dash of climate change with a twist of wildfire and call it an apocalypse.

Shoulda been illegal/actually regulate, in the first place. Removing restrictions on raising tuition was also another lame move.

Aren’t Redditors getting $ for content now?