Win10 Updates
All supported versions of Win10 have updates except 1809. A bunch of fixes.
1803 – February 19, 2019—KB4487029 (OS Build 17134.619)
1709 – February 19, 2019—KB4487021 (OS Build 16299.1004)
1703 – February 19, 2019—KB4487011 (OS Build 15063.1659)
Wise Disk Cleaner 10.1.6 Released
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HandBrake 1.2.1
HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. Free.
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Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:
Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in
Welcome to the new frontier of campaign tech — a loosely regulated world in which simply downloading a weather app or game, connecting to Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or powering up a home router can allow a data broker to monitor your movements with ease, then compile the location information and sell it to a political candidate who can use it to surround you with messages.
“We can put a pin on a building, and if you are in that building, we are going to get you,” said Democratic strategist Dane Strother, who advised Evers. And they can get you even if you aren’t in the building anymore, but were simply there at some point in the last six months.
You may soon have to give your DNA to the state and pay $250 for the privilege
John Wayne has been dead for 40 years. Maybe focus your ire elsewhere
#MoveOver
In October, Lt. Bradford Clark, a Hanover County firefighter, was killed when a tractor-trailer failed to “move over” as mandated by Virginia law. Now, the General Assembly plans to memorialize Clark through a specialty license plate and strengthen the state’s “move over” law.
from the initial report:
Two firefighters, Carter Lewis and David Johnson, suffered serious injuries and were eventually released after being hospitalized. The day of the crash was the first day on the job for Lewis, who lost part of his leg as a result of injuries. A third firefighter, Chris Elish, suffered minor injuries.
Carter Lewis is the son of a guy I went to basic training with, we rode the train together from Richmond, Virginia to Fort McClellan, Alabama. He is a highly respected state trooper now.
Please give all emergency workers and road crews the space they need to do their jobs. Use your blinker and move over, give traffic that needs to move over the space they need.
more: Audience at annual Valor Awards sees grim reminder of risks first-responders take on the job
