Recent content by jsmithe

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    ‘Age of Disclosure’ UFO Documentary Trailer Touts “Biggest Discovery in Human History”

    Even if they do show up I guess they would be rather hard to see given the light, dust, smog, ..... pollution over large cities in India.
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    Indian Sites for Electronics DIY Tinkerers/Makers to Shop for Tools and Components

    "The areas of focus include sub-assembling of display and camera modules, printed circuit boards, lithium-ion battery cells, and enclosures for mobile and electronics hardware." Meh. Better than nothing though.
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    The Trumps & Elon tweets thread (Had to make this since it's never ending)

    https://www.techspot.com/news/107484-micron-raises-prices-memory-products-response-trump-tariffs.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariff-surcharge-prices/
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    Graphic Cards Recommendation - basic graphics card

    No iGPU. BSOD within a few minutes post boot. If BSOD does not occur, display flashes RGB after boot within a few minutes and stays that way (for at least 5 minutes, until I give up waiting and force a reboot). Disk activity appears to be continuing while the display RGB flashes from looking...
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    Graphic Cards Recommendation - basic graphics card

    Looking for a basic graphics card with HDMI, VGA outs to replace existing card which I think is dying. Prefer fanless, full height w/ optional low-profile bracket What is your budget? < 8K What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and...
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    The book I am reading currently

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34083035-estrogeneration
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    ‘Age of Disclosure’ UFO Documentary Trailer Touts “Biggest Discovery in Human History”

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ufo-age-of-disclosure-movie-interview-1236154768/
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    Help! Got locked out of Google Account

    Since KeepassXC runs on your computer you don't need the phone for the 2FA. I suggest you try out the whole thing on a non primary gmaul first to get used to the process. The workflow is to setup 2FA using the authenticator (KeepassXC ) installed on your computer and then set this method as...
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    Help! Got locked out of Google Account

    You don't need a phone to turn on 2FA. You can just use KeepassXC as a TOTP generator and setup 2FA
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    Help! Got locked out of Google Account

    Turn on 2FA. Use a 2FA mech. of your choice. Once done you'll get the backup codes.
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    News From AI Experiment to Digital Nightmare: Van Andel’s Encounter with a Russian Hacktivist via free code from GitHub

    Non paywalled https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14438343/disney-worker-ai-tool-matthew-van-andel.html
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    Elon takes control of US Govt

    LOL. wtf?
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    Share your online fraud experience

    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/04/ai-granny-scammers-phone-fraud