R F @r@social.up.edu.ph

Listening to https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/piano-bar/pl.fc0d9d21c13c46149110dfd8dd844896 in the background…

Facebook and YouTube’s algorithms promote hate. https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-algorithms-rule-how-we-see-the-world-good-luck-trying-to-stop-them-11610884800

This is a weird semester due to the pandemic, but the grades are all ready for submission. Will wait until Wednesday to see if some students can still submit the other requirements before I finally submit.

Digital signature might be in the interest of @Apple @tim_cook in providing users with a secure and private way to sign documents, email, photos. https://billatnapier.medium.com/let-2021-be-the-year-of-anonymity-and-trust-meet-the-camenisch-lysyanskaya-signature-aebcc41ec719

The same can be used to red-tag Filipinos. Tsk tsk. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/selfies-social-media-posts-making-it-easier-fbi-track-down-n1254522

Why you need to re-think that “immunity passport” - https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4350/anytime-and-anywhere-vaccination-immunity-certificates-and-permanent-pandemic

Streaming a file using VLC on the AppleTV from a Samba shared from the Raspberry Pi crashes the RPi. Installed PlexMedia - hoping that this will be better than VLC and won’t crash the RPi.

Does not help when schools and teachers force them to be on abusive social networks https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/teens-have-never-known-world-without-data-sharing-it-s-ncna1254332

SO nice to see @leo posting more often. Hoping to see the other hosts of TWiT, MBW, SN and STT here on the fediverse.

.@Signalapp is still down. Where’s my fax machine? Will the fax-modem work when connected to my iMac using a serial port to USB Type A to USB Type C adapter combo?

Called nearest Ace Hardware looking for CR1632 and was told they don’t carry it. Called nearest Toyota, was quoted PhP515 (USD10++) for one. Tsk tsk. It was PHP320 (USD 6.70) for 5 at Lazada.

Apple has been battling the VirnetX (ehem, troll) patent for quite some time. Why hasn’t Apple re-engineered itself out of the contested patent?

This Signal outage is taking quite some time to resolve. hmm…

Finally migrated to a mesh network at home. This weekend will fix the wires and cables. :)

Wonder why we are not hearing about the Philippines… wait, is it because the gov’t gives away the data to everyone already? Asking for a friend. https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/experts-uncover-malware-attacks-against.html

Samsung intentionally used an iPhone to promote its event so media will not dwell on the fact that there’s no charger bundled with their phones, after mocking Apple. LOL

.@tim_cook teases an announcement on Wednesday (i’m from the future, it IS Wednesday already! ha) - wonder what it is (said it is not a new product). What do you think it’d be?

Warning to Android users - make sure that you only download and install applications from developers you trust. The Philippines is predominantly an Android country - be careful, this can happen, too. https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/warning-5-new-trojanized-android-apps.html

Wow! Will check if I still have private videos on YouTube. haha. https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2021/01/11/stealing-your-private-videos-one-frame-at-a-time/

Finally found a USB-C extension that works! Lesson - you get what you pay for. LOL.