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SpikeDad··on Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation
So The NY Times aids and abets the Trump administration in spreading false and unverified information about a tiny, infinitesimal number of slightly unusually cases.

What could the Trump administration and The NY Times possibly have as gain? I'm being sarcastic of course. We know why the Trump administration wants it - to throw another bone to their base and to placate the religious right and The NY Times to, well, I'm not sure - more clicks?

There's nothing the Trump administration won't lie about to further their power.

SpikeDad··on SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
The main problem is it's run by a megalomaniac. If he didn't want to destroy NASA SpaceX could have lots of help.
SpikeDad··on Executive Order – Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
woke = "something that doesn't make money for Trump or his corrupt friends like Musk"
SpikeDad··on The 16B credentials leak is not a new data breach
Shame on Bleeping to fail to include Apple's own Passwords in the 2FA recommendation. A huge population of Apple users already have the tools right on their device if folks mentioned it.
SpikeDad··on LinkedIn Is a Fucked Up Circus – Flee
It's a prime vector for scam attacks on desperate people looking for jobs. So many posts on Reddit /r/scams of people getting their contact info scraped or scam companies just loitering on LinkedIn.
SpikeDad··on Updating from macOS Ventura to Sonoma Silently Enables iCloud Keychain
And only enabled if 2FA is enabled. It won't work without (as won't many Apple services).
SpikeDad··on Bluetooth keystroke-injection in Android, Linux, macOS and iOS
Well iOS and macOS are only vulnerable in a very narrow range of conditions. On the other hand Android is a field day.

And I believe these were patched in the current versions of iOS and macOS.

SpikeDad··on Before Skynet and The Matrix, there was Colossus: The Forbin Project
Because that was the last meeting they could have before Colossus required Forbin to be under 24/7 surveillance.

I think it makes perfect sense. How else could he send/get information unless he had a plan to convince Colossus to not observe him.

My big issue with this whole thing is that they actually believed Colossus wouldn't listen in because it said so.

SpikeDad··on [dead]
Like his own?
SpikeDad··on Profile of Sabine Hossenfelder
Interesting - you don't seem to have researched your own opinion. A cursory search of Youtube for rebuttal videos shows plenty of people that provide evidence and sources to show how wrong she is in her "out of her lane" videos.

She's no better than any YouTuber looking for clicks and monetization.

SpikeDad··on iCloud Drive silently deletes your content
If it was true but it's not. The problem with believing rando people rather than reading from the actual source. They can only view your screen and only after you explicitly grant permission via a push notification.
SpikeDad··on iCloud Drive silently deletes your content
Incorrect. Apple support can VIEW your screen but they can't make any changes. And just to note they can't view your screen with you approving via a push notification.
SpikeDad··on Elon Musk says X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service
Wait until you need to pay just to read a linked Tweet.
SpikeDad··on Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. He's an evil megalomaniac. His every action has only one goal - attempting to demonstrate he's the most brilliant person on Earth.

Psst. He's not succeeding.

SpikeDad··on Neuropsychiatric researchers rethink what depression might be
As long as you don't mind supporting evil organizations and being subject to continuous prostilitizing. I find it difficult to believe that someone who is depressed needs to hear that they're a sinner heading to hell unless they accept whatever precepts the particular church is pushing.
SpikeDad··on AMD Claims New Laptop Chip Is 30% Faster Than M1 Pro, Up to 30 Hours on Battery
Claim chowder
SpikeDad··on Walter Cunningham, who helped pave the way to the moon, dies at 90
How about Arthur Cunningham from to Kill a Mockingbird. /s
SpikeDad··on If you think racism has gone away, think again
Who ever thought racism had gone away? I'm not sure why people think there's been some explosion of racism? That's nonsense. The difference between today and the past is that the right (starting with Newt) made racism mainstream and provided support for people expressing and demonstrating racism.

When your president and your political party champion racism, christian fascism, misogyny, lying and cheating you're going to feel safe doing it as well.

I have no data but I feel that this is actually the majority viewpoint in the US.

SpikeDad··on Emergency SOS via satellite
No. If you're offgrid and try to call 911 the interface automatically offers to use Satellite services.
SpikeDad··on An Uneasy Use for Apple’s AirTags: Tracking a Loved One with Dementia
This is such a poor idea I can't even describe. Apple discourages using AirTags on pets yet alone a family member. It depends on the serendipity of them going near an Apple device which seems highly unlikely considering the common problem of them wandering away from their home or facility into some unpopulated area.

Plus you have to remove the speaker since it would alert frequently since it's no longer within BT range of it's owner iPhone. That's Apple's anti stalking feature.

If you want to track a loved one get a GPS tracker on them with cellular connectivity. They're cheap, always can report location and are far the better solution.

SpikeDad··on Recovering a password-protected ThinkPad T60
How would one have figured this out? I assume only because it's documented in a service manual? Would this be within the BIOS if one disassembled the code?
SpikeDad··on Recovering a password-protected ThinkPad T60
It is. iOS prompts to remove the Find My setting (iCloud Lock) when you use the Erase everything prompt. Requires entering your Apple ID password.
SpikeDad··on Recovering a password-protected ThinkPad T60
Would this work when the USB accessory lock is enabled?
SpikeDad··on A rash of nearly lethal mushroom poisonings in Ohio
Wow. Who would take the liability of an app such as this? Regardless of how many disclaimers you'd have to agree to I could easily see a jury holding the creator of the app liable for a horrible death like that.
SpikeDad··on Should billboard advertising be banned?
Yes. They're a disgrace.
SpikeDad··on [dead]
He's a strong right wing biased writer (at least in the recent times) and his writing have been criticized by a number of environmental fact checking organizations. So uncritically posting his writings like they're some kind of miracle is disingenuous at the least.

I also think his Twitter name with MD at the end is some kind of attempt to give his name some sort of extra power. He's not an MD - those are his initials but he could easily modify it to be less indicative of a medical degree.

SpikeDad··on Japan WWII poison gas agents still scarring people today
This study is a joke. 20 years after exposure. Self reporting exposure. Done by a country with a huge reason to find positive results so bias is a strong possibility. No mechanism for how exposure could result in genetic modification specific to pulmonary issues.
SpikeDad··on IRS gets permission to go after taxpayers who don't report crypto transactions
It's used for good and evil. Like everything else. I support organizations that are transparent and try to hold government agencies up to the light.

Name anything that collects money and you'll find behaviors you don't like.

SpikeDad··on The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire
Blech. It's Bloomberg so it's gonna be a hit piece with suspect facts and data.

I fail to understand the headline. Sneaky? Why is the tech media (well the conservative tech media) fixated on ways to explain Apple's success? It's simple - they make a product people like to buy which works well, satisfies their needs and works together with other products.

The AirPods success is just one of those products. It works very well (and the new AirPods Pro 2 work super well), integrates perfectly with hardware, is marketed well and is supported and serviced in a timely manner by Apple.

No mystery, no sneaky behavior. If you don't like them because you don't like Apple as a company then fine. A Tesla may be a good car but I'd never purchase one because of the despicable behavior of Musk. That's my personal choice.

However if your animosity towards a company leads you to trash products without using them or listening to the users of them then you're a poor journalist or an uninformed consumer.

SpikeDad··on I'm Building a Self-Destructing USB Drive Part 2
I think it's more for Chinese communist police raiding her home. Since she runs mains voltage through the USB drive the thing would have to be plugged in.
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