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Pre-Halloween Weekend Open Thread

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I have to run around a bunch this morning, so I think it’s going to end up being another Saturday LinkSwarm. I won’t say that Halloween has snuck up on me this year, but I haven’t done as much Halloween-themed … Continue reading →

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Internet Outage

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Spectrum is out right now, so the LinkSwarm is going to be extra late. I mean, it was already going to be extra late, but now I have an excuse… As Jerry Pournelle used to say “This day eaten by … Continue reading →

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The System is Down…The System Is Down…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down right now. Botched upgrade? Misconfigured router? Expired signing certificate? Who knows? I’m just going to assume its a problem with their latest SuppressAllPostsQuestioningTheHolyVaccineMarrative.yml file. But it’s a reminder of how deeply interconnected all … Continue reading →

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Technical Difficulties

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Lawrence Person

My blogs were down this morning (both BattleSwarm and https://www.lawrenceperson.com/), and some features (like tag auto-population) still don’t seem to be working. No explanation from BlueHost for the outage except “There are too many process, I killed all the process … Continue reading →

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Why The Hell Does Twitter Need Access To Network Devices?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Lawrence Person

What fresh hell is this? Why on earth would Twitter, of all things, need access to my network devices from my iPhone? The answer, of course, is to sell my data to advertisers. But why would I want Twitter to … Continue reading →

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The Woke Zone

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Enjoy this Babylon Bee takeoff on the “Talking Tina” doll episode of The Twilight Zone: I wonder at what point references to classic Twilight Zone episodes falls out of common cultural memory. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror seem to have … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I hope you’re enjoying America’s 245th Birthday today. In celebration, enjoy some vaguely-related videos. Here are some fireworks fails, complete with lots of cussing: Speaking of profanity, here’s “America Fuck Yeah” from Team America: World Police. (This version is funnier, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm Held Hostage: Week Two

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I got my Mac back on Monday with the battery, bottom and trackpad replaced, and everything works fine. But between contractors redoing my bathroom and cleaning ladies coming in today to get ready for July 4, this week, has, if … Continue reading →

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There Is No LinkSwarm, Only Zuul

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Lawrence Person

A few days ago, I found it strange that my MacBookPro lid wouldn’t close properly. Then it seemed to spontaneously reboot. Then yesterday I noticed this: That, dear reader, is the bottom of my Mac bowed outward due to the … Continue reading →

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Bosch’s New Fab And The State of European Semiconductors

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Lawrence Person

This is interesting for what it says about the state of European semiconductor manufacturing: German tech giant Bosch has opened the doors to a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Dresden, which it hopes will plug the significant hole currently plaguing … Continue reading →

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