Category Archives: Web/Tech

Turned On Comment Likes – And Off

There’s a new feature in Jetpack which allows comment likes. Not sure if I’ll keep it active or not, as this could take up storage, but, let’s see if people like it and if it brings value for a couple of days. 2/4 Was messing with the server for uploads. Turned off

Democrats Aren’t Giving Up On Reinstating The Big Government Net Neutrality

If there’s a program that gives Los Federales more power, Democrats love it (excluding any restrictions on abortion, along with deporting illegal aliens). Net Neutrality does that. It also rewards certain Big Companies which vote Democrat and give Democrats lots of money. Democrats want it back (The Hill) Democrats are promising a showdown on the […]

Blackburn To Introduce Freedom Loving Net Neutrality Bill

Marsha Blackburn isn’t attempting to turn the Internet into a government run utility (Engadget) Last week, the FCC repealed net neutrality protections put in place in 2015 and returned broadband to a Title I classification. There were many voices expressing concern over the proposal and frustration once the FCC voted to enact it and a few members of Congress on both sides […]

California Looks To Do Its Own Big Government Controlled Net Neutrality

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/942367577791254528 Yes, we have survived. No zombie outbreaks, no invasions from Mars, people aren’t scrolling through their social media looking for things to be Outraged over at speeds we haven’t seen since dial-up was the only game in town. You know, back when we had no net neutrality, and the loose regulations saw the ‘net […]

Whiny People Plan To Sue To Keep Government In Charge Of Internet

Hey, sure, we want the same people Glenn Greenwald exposed years ago in terms of spying on everything that happens on the ‘net to be in charge of the Internet Several states have already announced lawsuits against the FCC to preserve #NetNeutrality regulations https://t.co/ommVRSZHy9 — WIRED (@WIRED) December 16, 2017 THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Commission will […]

Kimmel And CNN Compete For Best Crazy On Net Neutrality

There is a ton of crazy out there regarding the ending of the 2 year old net neutrality rules. Twitter is a seething cesspool. Then we have CNN Hey @CNN, absurd headlines like this are why people don't trust you. pic.twitter.com/dnAL7RM3NK — Curtis Kalin (@CurtisKalin) December 14, 2017 The actual article is not as bad […]

NY Times Says Getting Rid Of Net Neutrality Will Make U.S. Like China Or Something

With the vote on doing away with the Obama era rules on Net Neutrality coming today, supporters of this big government plan are getting nuttier and nuttier. We had the banksy idiocy, proclaiming you’d pay $1.99 for each Google search (which would simply mean, if it happened for real, that people would just use other […]

Hot Take: Getting Rid Of Net Neutrality (scam) Will Mean Paying $1.99 Per Google Search Or Something

The desperation of the NN supporters, something enacted by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats which wasn’t needed before 2015, is strong with the Dark Side (via Twitchy) https://twitter.com/thereaIbanksy/status/940989790677291010 Obviously, Twitchy has plenty of responses. This one stands out It'll be like those dark days 2 years ago… When there were no free websites at all https://t.co/0EgtRW12mi — […]

FCC Vote On Net Neutrality Coming Thursday

If the media explained exactly what the Obama era net neutrality actually did, what all the actual cons to it are, it wouldn’t poll so well. Net Neutrality sounds so positive, right? Regardless, we didn’t need it before 2015, and we do not need it now (The Hill) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving […]

Who Knows About Amazon Echo And Smarthubs?

OK, an interesting question for you folks. I have some Best Buy credit, and I’m considering getting an Amazon Echo. The question is, which to get, the Echo or the Echo Plus? The Plus has a smarthome hub built in, but, it is somewhat limited. But, then, I do not play on hooking a ton […]

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