Category Archives: Technology and Society

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Technology and Society, War Commentary

Explaining Russia And Ukraine

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This is a little more crude than probably necessary, but it’s pretty much correct.

[Update a while later]

[Update a few minutes later]

Four key Russian railway junctions. It’s a huge vulnerability, and likely part of Ukraine’s plans.

Administrative, Business, Technology and Society, Weird

Weird New Spam

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I’m getting messages like this, addressed to no one I’ve ever heard of, from someone I’ve never heard of, subject: “Out of Office”

"Thank you for your email!

Please note that I will be out of the office (without access to phone or email) until August 26, 2024, and will respond to your email as soon as possible following my return.

If you have a question regarding the CAP, CAPS or Clergy Care programs, or if you would like to complete an intake, please call our office at 905-528-0353. 

If you are in crisis and need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to COAST at 905-972-8338, or calling 911. Thank you.

Take care,

Tom

I (and likely many others) must be on BCC. Any ideas what this is about?

[Update a while later]

I just got a reply to it from some other annoyed person asking to be removed from the distribution list. I haven’t done so, because I’m afraid it’s a phishing expedition to see if my email is real.

Administrative, Technology and Society

Linux Problem

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I changed my hostname. Upon reboot, neither Brave or Chrome will open. There is no obvious change to my /home directory. Any ideas?

[Update a while later]

After browsing on my laptop, I found the problem (that others have had). After deleting the lockfile in my .config directory that was pointing to the old hostname, they fired right up (Brave uses the Chrome codebase).