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If you are tired of using politically partisan platforms, a reminder of the list of alternatives
In light of the recent showcasing of Alphabet’s political partisanship (a search engine I will not name directly to avoid getting unfairly punished more via their corrupt ranking “algorithms”), and the overall collusion of big tech companies siding with radical, communist ideologues, this post is just a reminder of all the alternat… Read more
Casual Events: a free alternative to Meetup
I have released a new app called Casual Events. Check it out here.
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Of all the degeneracy and anti-social behaviour that social media has wrought, Meetup, while not strictly “social media”, is probably one of the more “social” things to emerge from the Internet. Certainly more social than say Facebook or T… Read more
The new 2019 Lotto Max payout scheme: more ways to lose money!
Before I even updated my Lotto Max Calculator with the new payouts, I knew right away the OLG wanted to accomplish two things with their changes to Lotto Max:
- Multiple draws per week, slightly more (but more difficult) ways to win non-jackpot prizes will allow them to say “more ways to win!” as well as …
- “Bigger jackpots!” whi
The Seven Deadly Sins represented by big tech and social media
I don’t know who the original author of this image is so I don’t know who to give credit, but in my opinion the creator has succinctly and accurately pinpointed the acceleration of degeneracy in today’s social media driven world:
Perhaps gluttony would more accurately be represented by Amazon — a symbol of unrestrained consumerism an… Read more
Ionic 4 + Angular 7: Checking whether the generic parent of a component is the active page
There’s no straightforward way yet in getting the parent component of a component via dependency injection without knowing the type of the parent component. This poses a problem if you want your component consumed by many different types of parent components.
A common scenario where this problem occurs is an Ionic 4 app with several pages that use so… Read more
ngx-translate: translate your JSON file to other languages
For Angular 2/3/4/5/6/7 developers, use this gadget to translate your en.json file.
This is relevant for developers that use @ngx-translate/core similar to the following in app.module:
import { TranslateModule, TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
@NgModule({
/* ... */
imports: [
TranslateModule.forRoot({
loader: {
provide: Translat… Read more
A quick review of my technology (FANG+T) market predictions
About four months ago, I made a prediction that Netflix (NFLX) was about to replicate the cryptocurrency curve in terms of valuation, or more appropriately, overvaluation:
… Read moreMy estimate for BTC’s value is close to $0 (but not exactly $0). NFLX on the other hand at least produces something not easily replicable, so while it may not be valued close to $0,
Extortion e-mail scams are on the rise again: the importance of using unique passwords
Have you been getting spam mail that looks like this recently?
… Read moreI know [password redacted] one of your password. Lets get directly to the purpose. You may not know me and you are most likely thinking why you’re getting this e mail? No one has compensated me to check about you.
Well, I installed a software on the xxx vids (sex sites) web-site and you know what
Why mining cryptocurrency is unprofitable — an anecdote
Long story short:
- had a particular machine mining XMR for less than a year
- the CPU fans have worn out their bearings after spinning non-stop during that time
- fans are now making loud high-pitched noises, filling my living quarters with unbearable noise, while simultaneous threatening a fried CPU
The cost of replacing the fans? About twice as much as the eq… Read more
Debunking Netflix stock price propaganda: Subscriber Growth™!
My Debunking BitCoin Propaganda series of articles during the boom-and-bust period of cryptocurrencies was relatively well-read, mainly because it takes a step back from all the noise and carefully dissects the loud cheers and platitudes crypto pumpers were using to drown out rational thought.
Considering the accurate forecasting of those articles, … Read more