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thedosmann — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:40:12 +0000

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The spy balloon incident was as it appeared

UFO SIGHTINGS

Windows 11 - privacy exploits

Just Installed Windows 11

No new revelations yet. But I must mention, it seems MS is giving advertising carte blanche.This is but a glimpse of 2022. Extreme intrusions in our everyday life by some company wanting our attention and trying everything to gain access to our very thoughts, your next big decision, where you are located. We find it funny when a commercial comes on and talks about what we were discussing or another type of intrusion, that follows what you spend money on and graphs your buying habits. This is happening now and we just grin and think how odd.

USPS tracking discovered

USPS tracking discovered. The code of your message notice is an ID, attached at the front of a message/text from USPS. The number/ ID is becoming more methodical in its tallies. Yes, they are tallies. As those digits change, there is an indication of either a counting (Accounting) or a timer. As the numbers turn, message by message, the digits to the left start freezing. As the numbers to the left start gaining a greater number of digits it becomes more of a countdown, till all digits stop. Are triggers in number movement tied to a specific total, or position of digits? Finding number patterns might reveal the connection between other related elements. And, with concentrated effort, what those elements are.

Jim Atkins

Website Push Notifications

Another name for push notifications is just pushy.

Dr. Fauci and UNESCO

UNESCO

THE LOST ART OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

THE LOST ART OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

40 years in customer service positions, ranging from sales, management, and various retail industries like restaurant, technical, and wholesale occupations have trained me in the knowledge of what customer service is.

The Face of "2020"

NYT- Technology

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 16:59

Neal E. Boudette, Jack Ewing and David C. Adams

Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
Age-Gating the Internet + Cloudflare Takes On A.I. Scrapers + HatGPT

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 14:49

Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley

“Frankly, if they’re going to behave like hackers, then we’re going to behave like trolls right back to them,” said Matthew Prince, chief executive of Cloudflare.
OpenAI Raises Another Funding Deal, From Dragoneer, Blackstone and More

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 11:13

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced and Danielle Kaye

The venture capital round values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, and underscores the fierceness of the A.I. money race.
Figma’s $20 Billion Sale Died. It Came Back to Go Public.

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 15:58

Natallie Rocha and Michael J. de la Merced

Figma, which makes a design platform, was on the verge of a big payday before regulators quashed the sale. On Thursday, it went public, with its stock ending the day up 250 percent.
A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like NBA Stars.

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 14:20

Mike Isaac, Eli Tan and Cade Metz

A.I. technologists are approaching the job market as if they were Steph Curry or LeBron James, seeking advice from their entourages and playing hardball with the highest bidders.

Techradar

Microsoft has all but given up on Windows 11 SE – and it looks like the war against Chromebooks has been lost

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 11:00

Darren Allan
- Microsoft has said Windows 11 SE will run out of support in October 2026
- This brings an end to this alternative spin on Windows 11
- However, Surface Laptop SE owners were previously promised a longer timeframe of support for their devices
Microsoft has announced that it's dropping support for Windows 11 SE in just over a year's time, leaving buyers of low-cost laptops running this spin on its OS in the lurch - and admitting defeat with this most recent initiative to take on Google's Chromebooks.
If you're unfamiliar with Windows 11 SE, it was designed as a (kind of) lightweight version of the desktop operating system. It was preinstalled on affordable laptops that were priced to do well in the education sector, trying to take a piece of the pie that Chromebooks dominate (SE seemingly stood for Student or School Edition).
Windows Central reports that Microsoft announced via its Learn portal that Windows 11 SE support is being shuttered in October 2026.
The company said: "Microsoft will not release a feature update after Windows 11 SE, version 24H2. Support for Windows 11 SE - including software updates, technical assistance, and security fixes - will end in October 2026. While your device will continue to work, we recommend transitioning to a device that supports another edition of Windows 11 to ensure continued support and security."
So, you won't be provided with Windows 11 25H2 later this year on your SE device, if you own one - version 24H2 is as far down the line as you'll get, and all updates will cease full-stop in just over a year.
(Image credit: Microsoft)Analysis: Silly Ending for a Student Edition?
Microsoft has been trying to take on Google's Chromebooks for a long time now, including efforts such as Windows 10X - which badly misfired and ended up being canned before it even arrived. Windows 11 SE was the most recent effort, emerging late in 2021, and it was showcased by Microsoft in its Surface Laptop SE. However, as we observed in our review of that machine, there was a problem here - the performance level of the notebook was rather poor.
The simple truth about Windows 11 SE is that while it was supposed to be a streamlined operating system for low-cost devices, this variant of the desktop OS was still too unwieldy. There just wasn't enough emphasis on trimming down Windows 11 so it performed better.
Indeed, much of the thrust of Windows 11 SE was about simplifying the computing experience for students - the interface, and locking the system to only admin-approved apps, plus cloud services - rather than actually streamlining the operating system so it ran well on lesser hardware. And let's be honest, the latter was the whole point, really, at least in terms of making affordable laptops to rival cheap Chromebooks (which run very slickly indeed, despite their low cost).
So, all in all, it's not surprising to see Microsoft shutter this effort in this manner. What is surprising, though, is how owners of Windows 11 SE machines, like the Surface Laptop SE, have now been left in the lurch by this announcement that support is being killed in a year.
As Neowin, which also picked up on this move, points out, the Surface Laptop SE has an end-of-service date (for firmware and drivers) of January 11, 2028. But with Microsoft now having revealed that Windows 11 SE won't be going on beyond October 2026, that's cutting this support window (pun not intended) short by over a year.
Those who own a Surface Laptop SE, who thought they were good for another couple of years, have effectively now been told they're going to be a year shorter on support. If Microsoft promised support for this showcase laptop through to 2028, then why not extend support for the dedicated OS it runs to that date, too? Strong-arming folks into moving early hardly seems fair here.
It seems an odd decision to make, and one that won't endear Microsoft to some people. Indeed, when it comes to Microsoft's next big shot at taking on Chromebooks - if there is one - those in the education sector might remember what's happened here, and be less trusting of new ideas from the software giant.
For those who do have a laptop running Windows 11 SE, and now need to plan on switching away sooner from that OS, maybe to a different flavor of Windows 11, this is possible, albeit somewhat problematic in some reported cases. Going by this Reddit thread, if you're running into trouble in this endeavor, you may want to try turning off Secure Boot in the laptop's BIOS to get a working installation of Windows 11 Home or Pro on an SE machine (you can switch the feature back on afterwards, apparently).
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thedosmann — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:25:09 +0000

One Page Resume

C'thulhu

Cell: 555-666-7777
Email: greatoldone@example.com

I am an outgoing and energetic (ask anybody) young professional, seeking a career that fits my professional skills, personality, and murderous tendencies. My squid-like head is a masterful problem solver and inspires fear in who gaze upon it. I can bring world domination to your organization.

Withering Madness University - Planet Vhoorl

Major: Public Relations
Minor: Scale Tending

Skills

Office skills

Office and records management, database administration, event organization, customer support, travel coordination

Computer skills

Microsoft productivity software (Word, Excel, etc), Adobe Creative Suite, Windows

Experience

Doomsday Cult Leader/Overlord - Baton Rogue, LA - 1926-2010

Inspired and won highest peasant death competition among servants
Helped coordinate managers to grow cult following
Provided untimely deaths to all who opposed

The Watering Hole Bartender/Server - Milwaukee, WI - 2009

Worked on grass-roots promotional campaigns
Reduced theft and property damage percentages
Janitorial work, Laundry

Hobbies

World Domination, Deep Sea Diving, Murder Most Foul

References

Available on request

Group Category:

Projects and Positions Wanted

Site Tags:

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Resources and Programs

thedosmann — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:54:22 +0000

SAK - Network IP Tool

SAK - Network IP Tool

The program features are:

Quick IP number conversion for hex, binary, decimal, and dotted decimal, with automatic network class detection.

Subnetwork mask IP generator with number of hosts, networks, and/or bit numbers. also presents mask in sectioned binary.

Determine if two IPs are on same subnetwork and are valid.

Handy clipboard and copy buttons for returned info.

Subnetwork class reference chart

JS Slot Machine - JSCSSSLOT

Virtual Slot Machine This is a javascript slot machine

Reworked sound code (HTML5) and tweaked layout 8/2019

Interface reworked 10/3/2019 and some tweaks

WordMite

WordMite This is a word scrabble game I wrote in JavaScript several years back. It has timed and untimed play plus bonus words.

Gameskeys lists a wide varity of games, including Wordmite. Click here to take a look.

AlpMcalc

AlpMcalc Advanced JS calculator- Features: Mixed fraction and decimal calculations Fraction calculations Standard calculator functions Number to powers function Digital Root LCM GCD LCD Square Root Big Number Calculations Prime number finder Quick - is divisible by - functions

Claudo-Clamã

Encryption Program

Do you carry passwords or sensitive information around on a portable device?

Created by Memphis Web Programming

Claudo-Clam© Encryption Program is a password file protection method that ensures your password file is protected. Click here to take a look.

Pick Lottery Numbers

Mega Millions lottery ball picking program.

PowerBall lottery ball picking program.

External Resources

The following is a list of useful programs and links.

Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects and helps cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products and services.

Aptana is the professional, open source development tool for the open web

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother Komodo IDE) a try: it'll be worth your while

Pixie is a utility made especially for webmasters and designers. It is a color picker with few extra goodies.

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks

OpenOffice is the Free and Open Productivity Suite

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 , 2008, Vista, Windows 7.

CSS validator

HTML validator

Dojo saves you time and scales with your development process, using web standards as its platform. It’s the toolkit experienced developers turn to for building high quality desktop and mobile web applications. From simple websites to large packaged enterprise applications whether desktop or mobile, Dojo will meet your needs.

More JS stuff and extras

SourceForge is the free, secure and fast downloads from the largest Open Source applications and software directory - SourceForge.net.

HotScripts Hot Scripts is a comprehensive Web directory of more than 41,000 web development and programming-related resources.

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