Man… back in the day my cousin saw a Hanson music video and he just “Wow, that drummer is going to be so hot when she grows up.”
I had to inform him they are the Hanson brothers.
Then only many years later I thought back about this and realised how gross it was. He was about 30 at the time.
*edit, my spelling mistakes.
I’m afraid I don’t know too much about that.
I use uBlock Origin in Firefox and that is basically all I use on my PC and Pi-Hole does the rest.
Pi-Hole has some default rules that do a decent job and most people just rely on those, you can add your own or apply additional rule lists but the more you add, the greater the chance you break or block something legitimate.
Whatever blocker or rules you use will need updating once Microsoft or whoever makes changes, and some might react faster to the changes than others and they will most likely never react instantly. Something will always get through.
I don’t think there is a definite solution that will always work, these large companies will always make changes and try and bypass our protections and all we can do is react to that.
The only way to truly stop all M$ telemetry is to not use their services but I am not going to tell anyone they need to move over to a non-M$ system because I know it’s not just that easy. I have software and games that only run in Windows so I am stuck with their slop for now.
Maybe someone will be able to suggest another method that will suit your needs.
It might be a more extreme method, but I use Pi-Hole on my home network running on a Raspberry Pi.
It’s more investment than tweaking some Windows settings or configuring a router, but it does a decent job of blocking a lot of telemetry and tracking.
Most of my denied queries listed on the Pi-Hole dashboard are Microsoft based.
I have to use my Pi-Hole as my DHCP server though, otherwise all traffic seems to only come from one device… my router.
If you have a server running at home, Pi-Hole can also be hosted in a Docker container.
Already done ;)
I did it a long time ago, maybe a few years after I got it back when the battery needed to be a specific one in order to work.
I updated the custom firmware when I brought it with me last year and also got a much larger memory stick.
I had a look at the process and I don’t think I will even attempt it.
I might be able to get it replaced at a store though, but it will be costly.
I still have 2 of these.
Bought a new battery for my PSP after getting it back from my parents’ place, I moved to another country and left it behind originally. I also rescued my original PlayStation.
Found my iPod Nano and it needs a new battery unfortunately.
I didn’t read the title, and only took a quick look and I legit thought these were rolls wrapped up in tortillas.
Madlad.
IT.
More specifically, networks.
I had been applying for any role I have done before and can go again, ranging from desktop support, technical support, network and server support as well as wireless surveys and design.
My contract role was network automation and I was just getting into the swing of it when we got the axe.
The bulk of my experience is wireless surveys, design and reporting work… but it is quite niche. Very few posts going for those roles. I did get some interviews for similar roles but one company wanted someone more involved in pre-sales and the other didn’t like the fact that I questioned travel (They said ha ha, UK for now but EU… maybe in the future). No mention of travel on the job description, the recruiter that contacted me also had not heard of it and it turns out the company got ‘burned’ once before after an engineer left because of the travel.
Yeah… I don’t see that as burned, I see that as they caused it themselves by not telling applicants about the travel any only let you know in the interview to cover themselves while luring people in.
The reason I was able to apply for so many roles is I cast I wide net, I applied for anything IT related in the city as well as my town and surrounding areas.
I almost landed a sweet, but strange role, where the pay was decent for the work, fully remote but a weird schedule which I was more than happy to do. Damn!
My previous employer cut all the contracts leaving me to find a new role.
I was not in that role long enough to gain enough experience to find a similar role and it was a career change.
I estimate I put in over 750 applications and got maybe 7 interviews out of it.
My CV basically matched the job description for a few roles but was told no.
It’s rough out there, I had to take the first offer as my bank account was basically gone. I’m now earning less than I did 10 years ago and of course rent and prices have gone up. Going to be a rough few years.
One of the Stoner/Doom bands I have on my playlists, good stuff.
*Foe-Harmer.
I hit a wall at some point, the difficulty seemed to have ramped up or I was super weak.
Probably my stats and bad weapon and skill choices and I had not picked up certain items and pictos.
I left the game for a few months and picked it up again, started over and I just finished it now, about 30 minutes ago.
I’ll admit I used some build guides and it helped me along, I wanted to finally finish the game without struggling as much as I did before.
I tested a few launchers that were not to my liking, and then I settled on Lawnchair.
I might change at some stage, but so far it’s working for me.
Hot sap.
+10 damage for the sticker.
I saw some article mention that there has not been a Half-Life game in ages… completely forgetting about Alyx.
I’m just hoping for some good games moving forward that aren’t trying to milk us for everything we have with slop we don’t want.
Why Half-Life 3 can never be made.
I don’t think I ever watched that show… but I know that soundtrack.
It’s bugging me now because I don’t know where I heard it from, maybe I heard it a few times when it was on the TV as a kid.
I was walking home the other night and I caught the tail-end of an interaction between some drunks and a woman walking in the other direction with one of the guys yelling at her saying something like “Just take it as a compliment luv!”.
Gross, I assume they made comments on her appearance and/or body.
Lower than your balls hang, old man?
People should really call out things like this, I was too young at the time but at least I got to see my cousin’s face when he realised he had been perving over a teen boy instead of a girl.