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scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I can tell you some,

Google +, Google Reader (RSS Reader), Picassa (photo editor), Google Talk (Hangout predecesor), google labs, Google Earth Enterprise, Google URL Shorterner (https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/url-shortener), Inbox, Google Code. All those ones I used.

I had Google plus because a frined of mine was using it. I didn't use it that much. The idiot parts/customer service manager that has since been forced out, was always trying to use different shit and start projects with stuff he didn't have the expertise or budget for. He started using Picassa to catalog images of all sorts of parts. I told him that he shouldn't use that. Sure enough, picassa died.

Didn't Picassa just use the Google Photos for the back end though? So just use a new editing app, or did I miss something? I used Picassa in the day.. but it's been so long now I've mostly forgotten how I used it.

No, it was purely a desktop application. Support for Google Photos was added much later.

I used to use Picassa a lot. it was good in its day.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I can tell you some,

Google +, Google Reader (RSS Reader), Picassa (photo editor), Google Talk (Hangout predecesor), google labs, Google Earth Enterprise, Google URL Shorterner (https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/url-shortener), Inbox, Google Code. All those ones I used.

I had Google plus because a frined of mine was using it. I didn't use it that much. The idiot parts/customer service manager that has since been forced out, was always trying to use different shit and start projects with stuff he didn't have the expertise or budget for. He started using Picassa to catalog images of all sorts of parts. I told him that he shouldn't use that. Sure enough, picassa died.

Didn't Picassa just use the Google Photos for the back end though? So just use a new editing app, or did I miss something? I used Picassa in the day.. but it's been so long now I've mostly forgotten how I used it.

No, it was purely a desktop application. Support for Google Photos was added much later.

I used to use Picassa a lot. it was good in its day.

It was a great solution for desktop picture organization.

wrx7m

@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Colleague shared this today about DNS Hijacking and TLS certs
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/a-dns-hijacking-wave-is-targeting-companies-at-an-almost-unprecedented-scale/

Yeah, I saw that last week. All because their dns hosting accounts were compromised.

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I can tell you some,

Google +, Google Reader (RSS Reader), Picassa (photo editor), Google Talk (Hangout predecesor), google labs, Google Earth Enterprise, Google URL Shorterner (https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/url-shortener), Inbox, Google Code. All those ones I used.

I had Google plus because a frined of mine was using it. I didn't use it that much. The idiot parts/customer service manager that has since been forced out, was always trying to use different shit and start projects with stuff he didn't have the expertise or budget for. He started using Picassa to catalog images of all sorts of parts. I told him that he shouldn't use that. Sure enough, picassa died.

Didn't Picassa just use the Google Photos for the back end though? So just use a new editing app, or did I miss something? I used Picassa in the day.. but it's been so long now I've mostly forgotten how I used it.

No, it was purely a desktop application. Support for Google Photos was added much later.

I used to use Picassa a lot. it was good in its day.

It was a great solution for desktop picture organization.

I only used it for editing. It did quick smart stuff really well.

mlnews

Microsoft: Switch to iOS or Android because Windows 10 Mobile is ending

December's Patch Tuesday will contain final updates to the smartphone platform.

Microsoft's guidance for customers is to "move to a supported Android or iOS device" and use the range of Microsoft applications on one of those platforms instead. From the sole perspective of running Microsoft's applications, Android is the better choice; the operating system is more flexible, enabling deeper integration and richer functionality. iOS, however, remains the better choice for long-term operating system support and updates.

mlnews

Western Digital’s Black SSD is now focused on gaming, can come with a heatsink

Hardware is mostly unchanged, but new firmware promises better performance.

Western Digital claims the newest entry will offer an option to help PC gamers reduce risk of throttling-related performance dips. That's thanks to an optional heatsink add-on, but the company also credits improved performance to firmware refinements. Other than that, the WD Black SN750 is a modest update over its predecessor. Anandtech benchmarked it and saw some performance improvements over the previous drive, but nothing dramatic—and what improvements were there were largely thanks to the firmware.

mlnews

Dealmaster: A bunch of Sonos speakers are discounted for the Super Bowl

Including relatively rare deals on the Sonos Beam, Playbar, and Sub.

Here’s a rundown of the smart-speaker maker’s offerings:

The Sonos Beam soundbar is available for $349, a $50 discount.
The company’s larger soundbar, the Sonos Playbar, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Playbase, a speaker designed to sit under TVs that aren’t wall mounted, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Sub wireless subwoofer is also available for $599, another $100 discount.
Various bundles that include a mixture of the products above and/or the company’s Sonos One smart speakers are also discounted.

tonyshowoff

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

can come with a heatsink

Youtube Video

Dashrender

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Dealmaster: A bunch of Sonos speakers are discounted for the Super Bowl

Including relatively rare deals on the Sonos Beam, Playbar, and Sub.

Here’s a rundown of the smart-speaker maker’s offerings:

The Sonos Beam soundbar is available for $349, a $50 discount.
The company’s larger soundbar, the Sonos Playbar, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Playbase, a speaker designed to sit under TVs that aren’t wall mounted, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Sub wireless subwoofer is also available for $599, another $100 discount.
Various bundles that include a mixture of the products above and/or the company’s Sonos One smart speakers are also discounted.

does @scottalanmiller use these?

Danp

Want to spin up Ubuntu VMs from Windows 10's command line, eh? We'll need to see a Multipass

mlnews

“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging

George RR Martin's platform switch reminds us of an early blogging giant greatly changed.

Last April, famed writer and hero-murderer George R.R. Martin announced that he was hoisting his ancient blog from his moldering LiveJournal onto his personal website. For casual Game of Thrones fans, it was a minor hiccup at best—most clicked the new link and never looked back. For a certain strata of enthusiasts, however, this was a far more momentous move. Described as “the last holdout” by longtime LiveJournal volunteer-turned-employee Janine Costanzo, Martin’s blog was perhaps the once-blogging-giant’s last bond to the world of great pop culture. So while the author may never finish his most beloved literary series, his simple act of Web hosting logistics truly marks the end of an era.

scottalanmiller

I forgot LiveJournal existed. Don't think that I've ever seen it used.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Dealmaster: A bunch of Sonos speakers are discounted for the Super Bowl

Including relatively rare deals on the Sonos Beam, Playbar, and Sub.

Here’s a rundown of the smart-speaker maker’s offerings:

The Sonos Beam soundbar is available for $349, a $50 discount.
The company’s larger soundbar, the Sonos Playbar, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Playbase, a speaker designed to sit under TVs that aren’t wall mounted, is available for $599, a $100 discount.
The Sonos Sub wireless subwoofer is also available for $599, another $100 discount.
Various bundles that include a mixture of the products above and/or the company’s Sonos One smart speakers are also discounted.

does @scottalanmiller use these?

I do not, but I have supported them for customers.

scottalanmiller

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Want to spin up Ubuntu VMs from Windows 10's command line, eh? We'll need to see a Multipass

Basically a quick way to spin up an Ubuntu VM on Hyper-V.

However, WSL has some hulking limitations of its own, being more a compatibility layer and lacking a Linux Kernel....

Multipass, at its core, is a service to manage Linux (in this case, Ubuntu) virtual machines in Windows 10 without the overhead of faffing about with Hyper-V (although Hyper-V is most definitely required to make the thing work).