SmarterGeek

09/13/2023

Many of you have been asking about Starlink - especially versus HughesNet. There is zero doubt that Starlink is the hands down winner. This article does a good job of explaing.

Satellite internet is more competitive than ever, but which of the three big US services reigns supreme? Let's look the contenders, along with some upload, download, and latency data.

07/22/2023

04/11/2023

As usual the FBI is WAY LATE to this party - basically "juice jacking" (2011 era) is almost urban legend status now. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Public power outlets are being illegally modified to steal your phone's data, according to the FBI. Here's how to keep your information safe.

03/23/2023

My social media and app philosophy is simple: I don't post or "say" anything that I wouldn't put on a billboard. By definition SOCIAL MEDIA is just that - social and meant to be shared whether that's domestic or not.

Now THIS is a slippery slope. Banning it from government devices is blatantly obvious UNLESS the government entity has a presence on TikTok. However, banning it nationwide? Uh - I'd rather not have to do a mother-may-I to over "benevolent" overlords in power.👀

I mean - it's not like we can trust our own FEDERAL government to lose data right? Hello Office of Personnel Management??????

Federal and state governments and even some universities have banned TikTok. Here's why.

01/23/2023

"Obviously, it's allowed for people and if it wasn't, then it would destroy the whole professional art industry, probably the nonprofessional industry too. To the extent that AIs are learning like people, it's sort of the same thing and if the images come out differently, then it seems like it's fine," -- CEO of Midjourney, David Holz

What say my artistic friends? Derivative works are a HUGE part of artistic works, whether artists will admit it or not.

Cutting-edge AI can now create millions of artworks almost instantaneously. Artists say the technology is stealing their work.

03/08/2022

REMEMBER: Antivirus software DOES NOT really protect you.

ps: They all suck.

09/08/2021

"Thirty years later, Linux rules IT. Almost all major websites -- including Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia -- run on Linux. It's the same with the clouds. Even on Microsoft's own Azure, the most popular operating system is Linux. As for supercomputers, all 500 of the world's fastest 500 supercomputers run Linux. Thanks to Android, Linux is also the most popular end-user operating system. Not bad for a hobby operating system! "

It's been 30 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system. The world would never be the same.

08/18/2021

❌ SCAM ALERT ❌ -- I get several calls about this each week. This is FAKE. DO NOT CALL it.

READ: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/protect-yourself-from-tech-support-scams-2ebf91bd-f94c-2a8a-e541-f5c800d18435

08/09/2021

Hilarious ... and our struggle was real back then!