2025 Privacy Check-up
Well, looks like it's time for another privacy check-up heading into 2025...
Technology
23 Posts
Computing, mobile, tablet, and IoT
Automakers are sharing consumers' driving behavior with insurance companies
General Motors is sharing driving data with data brokers - often without customer consent - and insurance companies are jacking up rates.
Linux Mint saved a 2015 MacBook Air
Linux Mint was able to completely resuscitate a sluggish 2015 MacBook Air.
Substack is a Nazi Bar
Substack has become - through decisions wholly of their own (!) - to become a place that allows Nazi hate speech and monetizes it.
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Unraid NAS
A loss of over 100GB of photos on my Mac made me think about data redundancy and the 3-2-1 backup strategy.
The great Reddit diaspora
Reddit's hostile behavior to 3rd party app developers in advance of their IPO is a case study in how to speedrun a gutter valuation.
AI's Carbon Footprint
“We’re talking about ChatGPT and we know nothing about it. It could be three raccoons in a trench coat.” - Sasha Luccioni
My BMW i4 eDrive 40
I'm taking delivery of a new BMW i4 eDrive 40 soon.