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Tuesday Random Stuff…

January 29, 2019, 16:08(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

No, No, No!
Frack. Back in August there was a Microsoft blog post that said Disk Cleanup was being depreciated. Sites around the internet then claimed Disk Cleanup was being removed. Now there is a company saying the same thing when talking up their own program.
Here is what I wrote on October 1:
Storage sense (which I don’t use) now has the option to do a disk cleanup. That reminds me…
As the above link stated, “The Disk Cleanup experience (“cleanmgr.exe”) is being deprecated.” Some sites took that and acted like the sky was falling. Either they have no command of the English language or they stopped reading right there. The very next sentence reads, “We’re retaining the Disk Cleanup tool for compatibility reasons.”
Relax, Disk Cleanup isn’t going anywhere.

Google Chrome 72.0.3626.81
“contains a number of fixes and improvements…This update includes 58 security fixes.”
Download | Download standalone(full) | Download standalone 64-bit Windows version(full)

Firefox 65
Download (all) | Download 32-bit EN-US | Download 64-bit EN-US
Release Notes | What’s New
Now has “enhanced tracking protection”. By default it is only enabled in new Private Windows. MORE INFO HERE

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas
Scores of people turned up for Joseph Walker’s funeral Monday in Texas — not because they knew him, but because they knew the Vietnam-era veteran was at risk of being buried without anyone in attendance.
Walker served in the U.S. Air Force, and he died of natural causes in November at the age of 72. When the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery announced funeral plans for him last week, the facility said it didn’t expect anyone other than staff members to be present.
Then the word went out via TV, radio, and social media. People responded. Hundreds of people. I’m not ashamed to admit this got me choked up. Well done Texans.

The Pentagon compiled research into invisibility cloaking, wormholes, and warp drive
A document released this month revealed a secretive multimillion-dollar Department of Defense program from the late 2000s compiled research into invisibility cloaks, warp drive, and many other areas of fringe space science as part of a now-defunct program aimed at detecting and potentially explaining strange sightings in the Earth’s atmosphere…Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spearheaded the initiative.
Man, the whole thing screams cover up. Any sane person could see Harry Reid was an alien.

Best Places For Beer By Subregion
Jan 23, 2019
A summary of the very best beer retailers in the states, provinces and counties as judged by the worldwide beer enthusiasts at RateBeer and calculated from their many reviews.

NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch
List Price: $39.99
With Deal: $17.99
You Save: $22.00 (55%)

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  1. calvin says

    January 30, 2019, 02:38(EST) at 02:38

    FYI, Tor updated to 8.0.5

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