Hunting down the “Google Lens” Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse bringing Google Lens

So Google has started integrating sales into your phone’s photo editor, and there are a lot of angry people who have essentially lost the ability to sort or edit photos in their phones. But computers really ARE stupid, which is why I am convinced such a thing as “AI consciousness”…

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Answer to WordPress.com’s survey

Q: “On a scale of 1-10, how likely would you be to recommend WordPress.com to a friend?” A: 8 Q2: “What is the most important reason for your score?” A2: I am a big believer in self hosted WordPress sites and very much appreciate the code availability from WordPress.ORG.  Self…

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As Requested: Advice for the Trump Campaign

Hello Mr. Trump, I got your text message requesting ideas for your campaign, and I contributed what money I could afford by following the link. I only wish it could be more, but the idea I want you to know for your campaign is SOOOO important (it’s bigger than TPP),…

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WordPress: to auto-update, or not to auto-update?

WordPress.org is currently taking it’s WordPress 2014 survey.  Now is the chance to have your say, sort of.  After 20-odd check box questions, I finally got 1 text-area box to expound on what I really think, and I did: Q.22 No, I do not use the Android App, because the…

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One reason to have your own website

About a week ago, I had specifically set my Facebook settings to give me the “Most Recent” posts, NOT “Top Stories”, because I was missing too much from the people I wanted to hear from, and was tired of the pablum Facebook was force-feeding me. Well, today, all my friends were…

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Managing your Domains

I hate to say it, but I don’t really like handling other people’s domain names for them, although I do it for family.  In my field, I’ve seen too much.   Domains hold such power, that they can become pawns in billing issues, divorces, big corporate lawsuits, thefts, fraud, or even…

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The WordPress White Screen of Death — Don’t Panic!

About a month ago, all the admin sides of all WordPress sites I manage started displaying notices that WordPress 3.0 was available, please upgrade.  I keep each site automatically backing up its own database, so I ploughed ahead, confident I could fix anything that could go wrong, even if I…

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The Amazing Versatility of WordPress

If you want a web site that puts you more in touch with your customers than a few unchanging static pages, then the open source WordPress Content Management System might be just the ticket for you. It enables people who don’t like getting bogged down in HTML and Javascript to…

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