Ryan is under the weather after consuming some mystery meat, but his is a professional and soldiers on. Darren just set up a new PC so we discuss the essential programs he needs on his machine. We also talk about piracy, stealing Teslas, and much more!
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NOTES / LINKS:
Steal Tesla model X with bluetooth hack
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-model-x-hack-bluetooth/
Josh Hawley (R-MO) grills Zuck about Centra
https://www.distractify.com/p/centra-facebook-tool
FB “marks” uploaded photos to track outside platform
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/14/facebook-is-embedding-hidden-codes-to-track-all-your-uploaded-photos-report/
Solomon Islands wants to ban Facebook
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/solomon-islands-set-to-ban-facebook-for-sake-of-national-unity/12910786
50 People Shot, 5 Killed, over Weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/23/chicago-50-shot-5-killed/
This Week in Apps: Apple slashes commissions, Twitter launches Fleets, warnings about Parler
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/21/this-week-in-apps-apple-slashes-commissions-twitter-launches-fleets-warnings-about-parler/
Parents Together On Black Lives Matter
https://parents-together.org/parentstogether-statement-of-solidarity-and-commitment-to-action/
Amazon Patents Technology to Track Down Streaming Pirates
https://torrentfreak.com/amazon-patents-technology-to-track-down-streaming-pirates-201121/
DARREN’S FAVORITE WIN10 PROGRAMS:
Everything
http://www.voidtools.com/
Directory Opus
https://www.gpsoft.com.au/
Chocolatey Package Manager
https://chocolatey.org/
Roboform
https://www.roboform.com/
WinRAR
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
dbPowerAmp
https://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Adobe Photoshop & Audition
https://www.adobe.com/
Windows PowerToys
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/
AutoHotKey
https://www.autohotkey.com/
BelArc Advisor
https://www.belarc.com/AdvisorDownload
Brave Browser
https://brave.com/
DisplayFusion
https://www.displayfusion.com/
Filezilla
https://filezilla-project.org/
Thunderbird
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
Tixati
https://tixati.com/
VeraCrypt
https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/
Putty
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
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You guys are freaky. Every issue I have, you’ve talked about recently. Had an issue with windows updates that would never finish. Last month or so, Google has been stealing my mobile data even with it turned off… Like 150 Meg every couple days. And I’ve been using Directory Opus since my Amiga 500 and 4000 days. I just happen to have the original manual sitting out from cleaning out the old file cabinets. The program I use for cataloging is called Where Is It? Faster than Opus.
Now my latest issue is no output to my speakers. I have to use my Bluetooth earbuds for sound on my desktop. Guess I’ll have to dig out my old external soundblaster. Plugging in headphones fried my last computer. Maybe the Bluetooth is safer.