Ocala Techies

Hey all! Since there were a couple of other folks trying to bring the Ocala tech community together I put this page on pause. Seems like those other groups have gone into hibernation so I’ll be bringing this page back to life!

Just in case your car explodes?!

GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other cars The new advice is likely to rankle owners who are already limiting their use of the Bolt to avoid overheating the battery and risking a fire.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/deep-dives/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/

Why are hyperlinks blue? | The Mozilla Blog The internet has ingrained itself into every aspect of our lives, but there’s one aspect of the digital world that I bet you take for granted. Did you ev

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22643800/apple-google-south-korea-app-store-payment-legislation-passes

Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares A major milestone in global anti-trust legislation

Ethereum inventor says blockchain will ‘run the metaverse’ in 10 years Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants Facebook to pivot into a metaverse company but Buterin said there was a ‘huge amount of mistrust’ around the social media company

Well, they got my data then! 😑

T-Mobile investigating claims of customer data breach T-Mobile (TMUS.O) is investigating a claim on an online forum post which says the personal data of over 100 million users have been breached, the company said.

Tldr; they snuck into the “infrastructure” bill a reporting requirement on crypto currencies. That would basically force crypto companies to keep and report name and addresses of people transacted with!

The Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Buried in the Infrastructure Bill is a Disaster for Digital Privacy The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden's infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new surveillance requirements for many within the blockchain ecosystem. This co...

This is a super cool piece of tech (I actually own one). It's a little low res and the viewing angle leaves something to be desired. But it's a fun toy for sure!

Looking Glass Factory · The World's Leading Holographic Display The Looking Glass is the world’s leading holographic display. It allows groups of people to view, create, and share holographic content together. Powered by light field technology, the Looking Glass seamlessly delivers 3D content without any VR/AR headgear.

I guess you need to “Office Space” your echo when you’re done with it!

Is It Possible To Make IoT Devices Private? Amazon Echo Dot Does Not Wipe Personal Content After Factory Reset - CPO Magazine IoT devices that record copious details of the daily lives of users raise natural privacy concerns. A history-clearing factory reset on the Echo Dot does not appear to clear that data.

Microbially produced fibers: Stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar Spider silk is said to be one of the strongest, toughest materials on the Earth. Now engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have designed amyloid silk hybrid proteins and produced them in engineered bacteria. The resulting fibers are stronger and tougher than some natural spider silks.

Someone made an app to add a fan noise to a fan less laptop! All you need is this and a PC speaker simulator and you can turn your M1 Mac into a 386!

FanFan If you're a fan of fans, this app is for you!

Major props to whoever did a good enough job on their bot to get it verified!

Twitter verified a number of bot accounts-raising questions about security Questions have been raised over Twitter's verification process after a handful of suspicious accounts were seen with blue checkmarks. In a tweet th...

Museum obtains rare demo of id Software’s Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port 1990 demo was rejected by Nintendo but led to id's own Commander Keen.

I have a love/hate relationship with open offices. Personally, I would say distracting is better than soul sapping cubicle hell!

Science confirms it: Open offices are a nightmare Your open-plan workplace is making you sweat. Literally.

More lousy news out of Microsoft about Windows 11!

Uh, so Windows 11 laptops will REQUIRE front facing camera in 2023 Starting in 2023, all new laptops will require front-facing webcams for Windows 11 -- so we expect tape sales to increase by then.

Any job seekers out there! The monthly Hacker News "Who's Hiring" thread is an awesome place to find startup jobs!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27699704

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021) | Hacker News Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no recruiting firms or job boards. Only one post per company. If it isn't a household name, please explain what your company does.

Happy birthday iPhone!

None of us could have imagined how day to day life would change because of smartphones. As a techie and iOS developer I like to focus on the positives, like having unlimited information, a camera, a gaming system, and my entire library of books with me at all times.

On the flip side, smartphones have become an alternative for person to person interaction. As a developer I must admit I have done more than my fair share of dark patterns to keep people glued to their devices.

A game I worked on had millions of players and some of those played for HOURS per day. We did everything in our power to encourage that kind of behavior. The scary thing is there are tens of thousands of people like me optimizing to take more and more of our users data.

I'm hoping in the next 14 years we will be able to maximize the benefits and get rid of the negatives, anyway, happy birthday iPhone and may the next 14 be even better!

14 years ago today, iPhone changed the world – relive the magical launch through this collection of photos, videos, and more - 9to5Mac This post is best experienced in dark mode. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 14 years since Apple shipped the first iPhones. On this day in 2007, Apple Stores across the United States hosted the “iPhone World Premiere,” and life was never the same. Looking back on that day, it’s clear t...

Some genius UX designer put this together. It collects every worst practice for web design. There are some absolutely brilliant gems like the maximize button instead of close!

User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment

One of the best thing about tech back in the day was the magazines, this account posts random pages from UK tech mags. So awesome! https://twitter.com/yorecomputer

YORE COMPU​TER 🕹 (@yorecomputer) | Twitter The latest Tweets from YORE COMPU​TER 🕹 (). Publishing pages selected at random from old British computer mags. A bot from . the 1980s, mostly

I still miss my iPod!

iPod.js Ever miss that music player you used to carry around everywhere? Here's a close second – an iPod built for the web.

Always good to have more privacy focused search engines!

https://search.brave.com

Brave Search

One of the best examples of the McGurk effect I have ever seen!

What do you hear? Human brain is amazing. This is the McGurk effect at its finest.