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Back to AMD

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Mira started life back in late 2016 as my first foray back to Intel in… 17 years. Here’s a rough timeline: 1998: 486 DX2 (used Gateway machine) 1999...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2020-03-08

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This one came into my junk folder earlier today: Your password ιs [REDACTED]. Ι kηοw a lοt mοre thηgs abοuτ you τhαn thατ. How? Ι plαced a malwαre oη τhe pοrn w...

Technology

More stupid technology predictions

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I really wish that writers would stop creating lists of “obsolete technology” that is based entirely on what they personally use. I first responded ...

Due process/Ethics/Marriage and Relationships

Prove you’re not cheating

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This was from Reddit’s AmITheAsshole forum: Me (34m) and partner (33f) went on a holiday to Bali with two of her friends and their husbands. On the second...

Second Amendment

Japan isn’t an argument for gun control

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: How Japan Has Almost Eradicated Gun Crime Whenever someone mentions Japan in the context of gun control, there’s always a quick test I do on an a...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2020-01-18

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

And for accessibility (without the character manipulation): i am aware ******** one of your passphrases. Lets get directly to point. absolutely no one has paid ...

Photography

DotTune for a Sigma lens

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Note: This article has been superseded by this update and is retained for historical purposes only. Tuning the autofocus is one of the major benefits to owning ...

Solicitations

Worthless endeavors

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently I received the below from a guy named “Bryan”. I’m willing to bet he won’t see this, since I highly doubt he’s actually s...

Debt

Disputing a debt won’t make it go away

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Of all things regarding “debt relief” that piss me off, none do so more than false advertising and demonstrably false claims. I’ve addressed a...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2019-12-21

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This one came to me with the subject line of a password obtained from a data breach. And written out so this can be indexed by search engines, without all the c...

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