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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>PSA: Pictures are spoofable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public Service Announcement: Pictures are spoofable &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Long and short of it is that technology has reached the point where it&#8217;s easy enough to make &#8216;realistic&#8217; images of someone doing&#8230; anything. While there are a couple qualifiers, they aren&#8217;t big enough to be reassuring. First, it&#8217;s not trivially easy, as it does require some basic computer &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2022/12/psa-pictures-are-spoofable/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">PSA: Pictures are spoofable</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%2F12%2Fpsa-pictures-are-spoofable%2F&amp;action_name=PSA%3A+Pictures+are+spoofable&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: 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>NAR: Endgame</title>
		<link>https://drat.dannybassette.com/2020/04/nar-endgame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not a Review: Avengers Endgame &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All things considered, Avengers Endgame was a pretty good movie. Not that I will be talking about that. No, my focus here is time travel and how it is used. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Fair warning: While I won&#8217;t be going into too much detail on the movies events, I will be spoiling some &#8230; <a href="https://drat.dannybassette.com/2020/04/nar-endgame/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">NAR: Endgame</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%2F04%2Fnar-endgame%2F&amp;action_name=NAR%3A+Endgame&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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