Okay, deleted all my pseudonym Twitter accounts (wow, didnβt realize how many I had until I looked in my password manager.)
Keeping my βpublic my nameβ account as I use it for work, but nearly all personal content will migrate to this account here. My βpersonalβ Twitter Iβll leave up for a bit longer trying to poke people to come here for a month or two more.
Hey, ASUS got a buzzword bingo in just the headline!
Scammers are getting lazy. "Hello, sir, do you have a website?"
"No."
"Do you have a business?"
"No."
"Oh, I am calling from <unintelligible> in Albany, Oregon, and we offer website design services." (Caller had a thick Indian accent, and mispronounced both Albany and Oregon.)
Proceeded to try to sell me website design services for four minutes.
"I'll just need your email to send you more information."
"en oh ess pee ay em at hotmail.com"
"That's en oh ess pee ay em at gmail.com?"
<sigh>
"Sure."
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John Ross [MD] wrote:
In the past 2 years, one influenza strain (B/Yamagata) appears to have become extinct, and the rest are less genetically diverse. A welcome side effect of masking, social distancing, and improved hand hygiene.
CAVEAT: population immunity to influenza has probably declined in the past two years, and the βgreat demaskingβ could set us up for a big flu season. So get your flu shot and your COVID booster
"For some players, D&D goes beyond fun battles with make-believe dragons, becoming an invaluable mental health tool."
In so many ways, we've been there. via @NBCLX
You have (love) to see it happen: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/kiwi-farms-has-been-breached-assume-passwords-and-emails-have-been-leaked/
From @Gvajr77 on Birdsite:
While I am thinking about it, there is a saying, proverb or whatever that has been on my mind lately... "Don't look at your neighbors plate to see if he has more, look to see that he has enough."
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