Daily Archives: June 6, 2022

• Will Fastie: How to speak machine

  Posted on June 6, 2022 at 02:45 CDT by Chris Husted • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 19.23 • 2022-06-06

  PROFILES

  

  By Chris Husted

  This newsletter’s editor in chief is proficient in more than 16 programming languages. At many of them, he’s an expert. That’s what happens when you understand how a computer works at the most fundamental level.

  Of course, some of those languages are related to or derivative of other languages, such C and C++. “I call them all languages because they are languages. You must understand the syntax. You must understand what the words you are writing mean. You must understand how they are applied. It is a translation of a set of requirements into something that is actionable,” says Will.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.23.0, 2022-06-06).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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• An important change to our forums

  Posted on June 6, 2022 at 02:44 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  FROM THE FORUMS

  

  We always look for ways to improve and grow our forums.

  We have been burning a lot of extra time maintaining the forums due to some customizations made years ago. The problem is that every update to the forum software wipes out the customizations, which we then need to restore manually. Besides the extra time, such a process is prone to error.

  One of the customizations allows forum visitors to post anonymously using a makeshift username (“anonymous”) and email address (“anonymous@askwoody.com”). Beginning on June 8, 2022, this option will no longer be available.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.23.0, 2022-06-06).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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• Should you try USDTea technology or leaf it alone?

  Posted on June 6, 2022 at 02:43 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  A new cryptocurrency that trades on the Ethereum blockchain — USDTea — promises to maintain a stable value equivalent to $1.00 essentially forever. But is it a scam, a joke, or a new kind of technology that you could actually put to use in your own life?

  At first glance, it would be easy to assume that any new crypto coin is a con game. After all, 81% of initial coin offerings were found to be outright scams — that is, the promoters disappeared with all the money that eager investors poured in, according to a 2018 study by Satis Group LLC.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.23.0, 2022-06-06).

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• Desktop computers: Scrap, repair, upgrade, or replace?

  Posted on June 6, 2022 at 02:42 CDT by Ben Myers • Comment in the Forums

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  HARDWARE

  

  By Ben Myers

  Here is a practical guide to care for a computer and to help you decide what to do with one that is not brand-new.

  Computers show up on my doorstep, their owners asking whether their trusty and beloved box full of circuit boards needs to be scrapped, repaired, upgraded, or replaced. The desktop computer category includes PCs that are neither laptops nor servers, two very different projects indeed.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.23.0, 2022-06-06).

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• Dealing with MFA

  Posted on June 6, 2022 at 02:41 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  In my excitement about the three-day weekend for Memorial Day, I left my phone at the office.

  In years past, I would merely confirm that the phone was safe and sound at the office by using a finder app such as Find My Phone or Life360. Then I’d just get the phone the next time I was at the office. Yes, I used to be able to live without the phone for a day or so.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.23.0, 2022-06-06).

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