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		<title>CFE: Smart Hostility</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/05/cfe-smart-hostility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: Smart Hostility &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Recently I ran into an article about a hiccup with a particular Smart TV. Long story short, it broke Windows on the computer that shared the network. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;While the details were not how I would have expected this to happen, such an outcome should have been considered inevitable. Any device &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2024/05/cfe-smart-hostility/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: Smart Hostility</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2024%2F05%2Fcfe-smart-hostility%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+Smart+Hostility&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: Federal Emergency Alert System</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/10/cfe-federal-emergency-alert-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: Federal Emergency Alert System &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Recently there was a test of the Federal Emergency Alert System. You may have noticed this, as the test covered multiple delivery methods. I heard about it in the news, but I did not encounter the actual test message. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The test covered TV, Radio, and Cell phone. Good &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/10/cfe-federal-emergency-alert-system/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: Federal Emergency Alert System</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2023%2F10%2Fcfe-federal-emergency-alert-system%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+Federal+Emergency+Alert+System&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: AI is not a problem</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/07/cfe-ai-is-not-a-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: AI is not a problem &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard some of the worries around Artificial Intelligence (AI). Seems like I read another article every few days. And a surprising number of people are talking about it, in the &#8216;real world&#8217;. People that I normally wouldn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/07/cfe-ai-is-not-a-problem/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: AI is not a problem</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2023%2F07%2Fcfe-ai-is-not-a-problem%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+AI+is+not+a+problem&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: In Defense of Desktop Icons</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/02/cfe-in-defense-of-desktop-icons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: In Defense of Desktop Icons &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I recently read an article which argues against desktop icon. It does make a number of good points. And personally, if I&#8217;m seeing my desktop one of three scenarios is going on. I&#8217;ve just turned on my computer, I&#8217;m about to turn it off, or something has &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2023/02/cfe-in-defense-of-desktop-icons/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: In Defense of Desktop Icons</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2023%2F02%2Fcfe-in-defense-of-desktop-icons%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+In+Defense+of+Desktop+Icons&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: P65 Warning</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2022/11/cfe-p65-warning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: P65 Warning &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A while back I bought a smartphone, but not talking about that. The focus here is the P65 warning that was on the package. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To quote &#8220;Warning: Reproductive Harm&#8221;. Also picture below. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This had me curious, so I did some research. Turns out this is a requirement from a California &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2022/11/cfe-p65-warning/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: P65 Warning</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2022%2F11%2Fcfe-p65-warning%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+P65+Warning&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: The End of Location Tracking?</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2022/09/cfe-the-end-of-location-tracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: The End of Location Tracking? &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As you may know, much of what you do with computers is tracked. And as a smartphone is a computer, this applies there too. In particular, as the phone is a mobile device, talking to relatively stationary devices, it knows where it is. At least in a &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2022/09/cfe-the-end-of-location-tracking/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: The End of Location Tracking?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2022%2F09%2Fcfe-the-end-of-location-tracking%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+The+End+of+Location+Tracking%3F&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: Doomscrolling</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2020/07/cfe-doomscrolling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;So apparently there are people out there that will, instead of sleep, scroll through depressing &#8216;news&#8217; on their phones. To such an extent, this practice has a name: doomscroll &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I was a bit shocked and amazed when I heard of this. In retrospect, shouldn&#8217;t have been, but I was. It&#8217;s a fallen world, such stupidity &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2020/07/cfe-doomscrolling/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: Doomscrolling</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2020%2F07%2Fcfe-doomscrolling%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+Doomscrolling&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: In Defense of 8ch</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2019/08/cfe-in-defense-of-8ch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: In Defense of 8 Chan (aka 8ch.net) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If someone used a chemistry book to build a bomb (and kill people), do we outlaw libraries (as they can hold chemistry books)? The situation &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For those of you living under a rock: People kill people, with disturbing frequency. When a single person kills a &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2019/08/cfe-in-defense-of-8ch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: In Defense of 8ch</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2019%2F08%2Fcfe-in-defense-of-8ch%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+In+Defense+of+8ch&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>uBlock, again&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2019/07/ublock-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[uBlock, again&#8230; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;At a recent meeting I observed, a website was mistyped, which brought up a scam about the computer being infected (it wasn&#8217;t, it was fine). As typos are a thing, I&#8217;m sure this sort of thing happens all the time. So what do you do to prevent the scary scams? &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As pointed out &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2019/07/ublock-again/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">uBlock, again&#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2019%2F07%2Fublock-again%2F&amp;action_name=uBlock%2C+again%26%238230%3B&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>CFE: Disappearing Agendas</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2018/02/cfe-disappearing-agendas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commentary From Elsewhere: Disappearing Agendas &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As some may have noticed, I regularly attend the Town of Mendon Board meetings. And as with most (all?) governmental groups, they produce an agenda for their meetings. Again, as is common, that agenda is posted on their website. The Village and School do the same (as do many other &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2018/02/cfe-disappearing-agendas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFE: Disappearing Agendas</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="https://dannybassette.com/pahc/piwik.php?idsite=3&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2F2018%2F02%2Fcfe-disappearing-agendas%2F&amp;action_name=CFE%3A+Disappearing+Agendas&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdrat.dannybassette.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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