No this is not an anti-MS post. I feel sorry for them in this post. They are getting pressure from 2 sides of a HOT political issue. The issue is homosexual stuff. First let me say I do not believe homosexuality is a moral activity, but the contrary is an abomination to God as stated in the Bible. But what is going on is MS was backing a pro-homosexual bill, they got pressure from a local pastor (local to their area) so they decided to just pull support, and they are neither supporting it nor speaking against it. Now the pro-homosexual groups are threading a boycott, and if they were to support it, some of the people in the Bible belt would threaten a boycott. So it looks like MS in unpleasant area, and I think they are making the right decision (as they do in abortion) they have no voice on the issue, because the stock holders and employees will have all kind of options, and to take a stand on a political issue that is HOT and not part of their business is just a bad idea, and a way to loss customers and make stockholders upset. So I feel sorry for MS and co, they have found themselves where they do not belong, nor do they belong.
- Glad I have my T-Mobile hotspot set… by Michael O'Connor
Well this morning Verizon has a total network outage where I live. A while back I setup my USG to use my T-Mobile hotspot as a fail over network. So I still have internet but burning though my data plan on the hotspot faster then I thought even with not streaming any video or music.[…]
- Setting up a DDNS script to update … by Michael O'Connor
Well I have a VPN end point into my home network. But the issue has been the changing IP address you get with home networks, and Verizon charges to much for a static IP (I don’t want to go to a business account) So I found this site http://rizwanansari.net/digital-ocean-dynamic-dns/ that has a script for doing[…]
- As I move away from social media by Michael O'Connor
Today I have deleted (or should I say “deactivated as twitter puts it) my twitter account. Next I will be deleting my facebook account, I have not used them since January. True I know they will retain that data for as they want to keep it to try to sell my info to advertisers. and[…]
- Facebook is banning prolife sites n… by Michael O'Connor
As much as big tech think that unpersoning er sorry deplatforming people will make them go away, it will not. conservatives we will just exist outside of big tech. I read yesterday in the Federalist is starting to ban prolifers. In fact I had not heard of the site LifeSiteNews before The Federalists artical, now[…]
- Wow Google really wants to know you… by Michael O'Connor
Well I have in my Pi-Hole blocked many URLs from google. One of the URLs is the Android connection test. “to make sure your phone is on line” To circumvent my phone saying it is not on line I followed this guide Self-hosting the WiFi Connectivity Check for Android So basicly I created a file[…]
- I truly hate BGE, they suck as a po… by Michael O'Connor
So far 2 power failures this week. I am sure 3rd world nations have better power reliability then we have in MD with BGE
- An important listen here by Michael O'Connor
Here on of the founding members talk about the problems with Wikipedia and bitcoin. Every one should take a listen to this [Timcast IRL] #266 – James O’Keefe BANNED On Twitter, Will SUE w/Wikipedia Ex-Founder Larry Sanger #timcastIrl https://podcastaddict.com/episode/121845818
- An important read by Michael O'Connor
Florida fights back against big tech I hope they win, but I fear that the elites have to much power, we are truly living in 1984, and big tech is big brother now. I am one trying to break free of big tech, that why I left facebook, twitter, I don’t go on social media[…]
- The Brave Browser by Michael O'Connor
In my attempt to get away from google more and more, I have decided to try The Brave Browser. First thing I have notices, after I copied all my settings over to The Brave Browser then opened up as many windows, and tabs (coping over the URL from the open tabs from Chrome) and shutdown[…]
- Games as a service is fraud. by Michael O'Connor
I found this the other day, and he is right games as a service is fraud.
One thing that’s interesting in all corporations, stuck in these political/moral/ethical positions, is that they typically go against the conservative moral/ethical/political views. That’s because they are trying to do business and make money. Look at the heads of Enron, etc, companies… they stole billions and left hard working americans out to dry. Others create products that go against the moral grain, such as a handheld game that came out after 9/11 where you play a terrorist trying to fly planes into WTC without getting shot down. Others are just plain wrong – those “Support our troops” and all the american flags that propped up after 9/11 – they’re all made in china. This is because it’s almost unheard of to have a very successful multi-billion dollar business without screwing someone or bending/breaking the laws a bit (either in past or present). I don’t know why Microsoft stuck its nose into this business – they should have stayed out of it. They should continue to lobby the justice department so they don’t go to court on monopoly charges – they should stick to that – it’s what they do best =]