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wjp3··on A Medieval Grape Is Still Used to Make Wine
Uncertain that they were from Ohio, but it was (and is) American rootstock that’s used to combat the parasite.
wjp3··on Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019
It's not a binary thing, though. When my IoT smart lights don't turn on from a voice command, I can always walk over to the switch and flip them on. My IoT smart home makes things more convenient, not unusable.
wjp3··on Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group
Hahaha oooh boy... my terrible poem celebrating coffee is on the WWW archive... embarrassing.
wjp3··on John C. Bogle Has Died
Thank you Jack. Signed, Vanguard investor.
wjp3··on Apple Used to Be an Inventor. Now It’s Mainly a Landlord
Great points. Bloomberg has been consistently dropping the ball on good journalism lately.
wjp3··on A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers
Back in college (early 90's) I would run ToneLoc overnight, and wake up to view the results. One time I had a hit, and I ftp'ed into some server on Mindspring's customer IP range.

A quick look at the system told me the root account had no password set. So I tried a telnet and wham - I was in.

A 'who' showed someone else was logged in. So I sent a broadcast message to them saying they need to secure their system better, and logged out.

I had the habit of using an obscure hotmail email to log into FTP servers, and had done that here. I was surprised to see an email from the owner - wanting to know how I found his system, etc. He was nice, but I didn't reply.

wjp3··on Where in the World Is Larry Page?
Which should tell folks what kind of hearing this was.
wjp3··on Smelvetica – Helvetica the way it was intended to be
Best comnet ever.
wjp3··on Home Assistant: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3
Thanks - I'm aware of this. My questions were on Caseta and his/her use.
wjp3··on Home Assistant: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3
The range of the smart hub is what concerns me. I see you can buy the plug-in dimmer switch to extend, but only one is allowed per hub. Otherwise the reliability of Caseta is attractive. Do you also have the hub integrated with other things like a thermostat? I'm curious as to how that's working out.
wjp3··on The Apocalyptic Architecture of One 1970s Retail Chain
More like Service Merchandise, if you remember those...
wjp3··on Netflix will now interrupt series binges with video ads for its other series
Cancelled. Made sure to state the reasons why, too.
wjp3··on Making $25k/month selling chocolate dicks
Reminds me of the service years ago that you could send dog shit to someone. There were three levels, all the way up to a dump from 'Buster'.
wjp3··on Black cowboys
Harsh or not - the truth it is. And I predict the current administration will help to bring the truth and reconciliation period to fruition.

Not that they want it.

wjp3··on Black cowboys
And we now have a..... ahem President.... who wants to MAGA.

Please let me out.

wjp3··on Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
Seems that everyday brings news that justifies me leaving FB.
wjp3··on Very few owners of Alexa-powered devices use them for shopping
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that."
wjp3··on Amazon Dark Patterns
How...is that even allowed???
wjp3··on Civilization VI removes Red Shell ad-tracking software
Maturity, game mechanics, mods.

Civ6 will eventually be the same, probably once Civ7 is released.

wjp3··on Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B
Ok, that's an improvement since I was with them, then. Good to know.
wjp3··on Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B
It does. The only problem is getting more granular - if you have a medication that is administered throughout a day, you'll have to handle that yourself.
wjp3··on Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B
Maybe they can bring reliability, accuracy, and better customer service - because my experience with PillPack was terrible. Dropped them after a little over a year.
wjp3··on Meadow is the Amazon of weed
I think you should also direct some of that angst towards the "non-patients" to also the doctors that advertise on websites listing weed-friendly docs. I don't partake, but even I know how easy it is to find a friendly doc to write a script.
wjp3··on Robot Assembles Ikea Furniture
We've had that for decades now: television.
wjp3··on Building a Text Editor for a Digital-First Newsroom
Crypto currency mining!

/joke

wjp3··on Why there are so many online mattress-in-a-box companies
Mind sharing which brand? Texas here.
wjp3··on Tesla crash victim had complained about auto-pilot in same location
It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of the issue with the already-collapsed crash barrier and what CalTrans says about it. That sort of thing is there for a reason, and to be left in a crushed state for any period of time is bad.
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