This is how I studied for and passed the Cicerone Certified Beer Server exam. I am not “in the industry”, I’m just a Geek who loves craft beer. My goal was to actually learn and not only study to the exam itself. Toward that end, if all you want to do is pass the exam then much of the info below will most likely be overkill for you.
Google Clips And Privacy
Why? Why would you let Google Clips into your life?
It sits there. Watching. Capturing. Everything. IN YOUR HOME.
Navneet Alang at The Week has a fantastic opinion piece:
The disturbing acceptance of Google’s new ‘smart’ camera
“we are unwittingly become guinea pigs for tech, and inadvertent cheerleaders for things that, in the aggregate, end up making things worse…Why is capturing more and more candid images good?…Not helping matters is that the tech press is forever breathless about new tech, obediently accepting its makers’ framing…Indeed the world is overrun with new technologies carrying unintended negative effects.”
Standalone Win10 Meltdown and Spectre Patch Available
Got a Microsoft Security Advisory Notification. Just passing this along. I am NOT recommending you install it. At least not yet anyway.
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Wednesday Morning News
Software Updates
Bleachbit 2.0 (I use the portable version)
Macrium Reflect Free 7.1.2917
Notepad++ 7.5.5
VLC 3.0.1
Wise Words From A Jedi
“I just realized I’ve “liked” over 178,000(!) things on Twitter since 2010. I have never liked even close to that many things in real life, which is too bad, because if I had, I think I’d be a much happier person.“
i7-8700K On Sale
Amazon has the Intel 8th Gen Core i7-8700K Processor on sale for $339.
Comes with free Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Bonus!!! also comes with a patch that will give you a 6.4-9.9 percent performance hit at no extra cost.
Why are they still selling these????????????????????
Miracurl On Ice
Congrats to the USA Men’s Curling team on their first Gold medal!
Friday Random Stuff…
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 64.0.3282.186 for Mac, Linux, and Windows”
Download
Really digging the update log:
“This reverts commit 26c173d76d8286b872b54c9374e9639039b8a822.
Reason for revert: Reverting the revert. Original revert meant to be on TOT, but was instead done on a M64 branch. This was not intended.”
Other Software Updates
Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 Optional
Audacity 2.2.2
FileZilla Client 3.31.0
Latest Intel Security News: Updated Firmware Available for 6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core Processors, Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and More
“The new microcode will be made available in most cases through OEM firmware updates.”
AMD Being Sued Now
“At least four separate lawsuits have now been filed against the California-based processor slinger, alleging violations ranging from securities fraud to breach of warranty, unfair competition, and negligence. ”
Anti-bacterial Wipes Pointless?
“Anti-bacterial wipes only eradicate bacteria from kitchen surfaces for 20 minutes and using them to keep germs at bay is “an absolutely redundant” exercise, a scientist has said. ”
Congrats To The USA Women’s Hockey Team
Yawn…
It’s been kinda boring out there in tech news land. Here are a few interesting articles I’ve found in the last couple of days.
Facebook’s next project: American inequality
“Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quietly cracking open his company’s vast trove of user data for a study on economic inequality in the U.S. — the latest sign of his efforts to reckon with divisions in American society that the social network is accused of making worse.”
There is no question we have severe economic inequality in America and around the world. But IMHO, invading peoples privacy isn’t the way to go about solving it.
The Case Against Google
“Google has succeeded where Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto all failed: It dominates the globe.”
A very long article that basically makes the point that Google is acting just like Microsoft did in the 90’s. Bonus points for comparing Google to and managing to link Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto. Impressive!
Man Sues Microsoft Seeking New Copy of Windows 7 After Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
Go get’em bro!
Google begins replacing Android Pay and Google Wallet with new app
“Google Pay — Google’s new unified payments service, which combines Google Wallet and Android Pay — is finally rolling out today with a new app for Android devices.”
Drinking alcohol key to living past 90
“When it comes to making it into your 90s, booze actually beats exercise, according to a long-term study.”
50 year old 5 time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres ab workout.