LASTPASS has dropped support for Mac OSX application.
No appologies; just dropped.
Sigh!
I’m testing BITWARDEN and Apple’s PASSWORD app.
Not that I’m an “influencer”, but I have RECOMMENDED LASTPASS for a long time. Removing it’s availability from a key computer platform is short sighted at best and dumb at worst.
IMHO
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https://www.netflix.com/title/81664509
Netflix’s ‘Number 24’
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Netflix’s ‘Number 24’ transports the audience to 1940s Norway, where the German occupation incites the Norwegians to form a resistance. While a lot of people join it to fight the Nazi regime and free their country, Gunnar Sønsteby is one of the few who leaves an indelible mark in history with his many acts of sabotage. The film begins with a 90-something Gunnar appearing for a lecture to the youth, who have several questions about his story, which has now become somewhat of a legend in the country. He starts with the times before the war and how drastically everything changed once the Nazis set foot on the streets of Norway.
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I’m not sure I could have done a fraction of what he did. I can understand how after the war his comrade became an alcoholic and eventually suicided.
Watch this if yo9u want to understand what true patriotism means.
Can’t imagine being in those circumstances.
Can you?
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https://www.netflix.com/title/81664509
Netflix’s ‘Number 24’
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Netflix’s ‘Number 24’ transports the audience to 1940s Norway, where the German occupation incites the Norwegians to form a resistance. While a lot of people join it to fight the Nazi regime and free their country, Gunnar Sønsteby is one of the few who leaves an indelible mark in history with his many acts of sabotage. The film begins with a 90-something Gunnar appearing for a lecture to the youth, who have several questions about his story, which has now become somewhat of a legend in the country. He starts with the times before the war and how drastically everything changed once the Nazis set foot on the streets of Norway.
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I’m not sure I could have done a fraction of what he did. I can understand how after the war his comrade became an alcoholic and eventually suicided.
Watch this if yo9u want to understand what true patriotism means.
Can’t imagine being in those circumstances.
Can you?
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After a very frustrating day of “escalations”, broken return calls promised, and countless connect / disconnect / in case / out of case / reconnect, I gave up.
This product is not ready for prime time, I felt like an alpha tester.
Argh! ** 3
They hyped the “hearing test” so much I really wanted it to work.
Frustrated to the full extent.
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‘Starship Troopers’ Star Casper Van Dien Says Franchise Should Be Revived As TV Series: “Why Wouldn’t You Make This?”
Jorge Arenas | Nov 21, 2024
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Amidst the ongoing trend of Hollywood remaking and rebooting fan-favorite franchises, the star of the first Starship Troopers film, Casper Van Dien, thinks now is as good a time as any to send the troops of the United Citizen Federation on a new TV-specific deployment.
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Working against this idea is the fact that thanks to director Paul Verhoeven’s decision to turn Robert Heinlen’s military novel into a biting satire of such concepts as propaganda and societal control, the film has a divided reputation among audiences, with some believing it to be a straight-forward war tale, some unsure of what to make of the subversion, and fans of the source material dismayed by the sheer amount of liberties taken with the original story.
Adding to this lack of a consensus is the fact that Verhoeven was unfamiliar with the property he was attempting to subvert, with the actor telling Empire in 2012 that he never finished reading Heinlen’s book because he found it “boring and depressing”.
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Argh!
This is the book that I read as a teenager that turned me into a little L libertarian. The VietNam war was happening and, even then, I thought the politicians and bureaucrats were full of “Barbara Streisand”.
There are so many of Heinlein’s moralisms in it that I don’t understand HOW anyone could consider it “boring”.
In light of VietNam, the line “men aren’t potatoes” certainly drove home the POW / MIA issue for me. When I learned that we left men behind in WW2 and Korea, I became incensed.
The topic cam up in USAF survival school and you could see it was a “sore spot” for all involved.
I have a literal slew of Heinlein quotes just from Starship Troopers alone,
How could anyone of these be “boring”?
I find them thought provoking and of incalculable worth as a guiding principles.
I especially thing that vet only voting is an absolute must. Right along with the Taxpayers should have their own “house” in Congress.
Argh!
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D.O.G.E. Is A Wonderful Concept, And Here Are Some Ideas To Get It Started
By Gregory McCants
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With Donald Trump’s election win now a few days behind us and the GOP all but confirmed to have swept both houses of congress as well it would appear that at least for two years we should have a truly unique and remarkable opportunity to make meaningful change in a variety of areas. Of highest priorities would be the economy and border security, both of which were clearly the major issues the American people looked to when deciding their next government.
Within that discussion of economic improvements, Trump has now tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head an informal operation to be known as the Department Of Governmental Efficiency (with the excellent acronym of D.O.G.E.)
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FEMA probably just wrote its own obituary with the revelation that a FEMA official in Florida told workers to “avoid houses with Trump signs” in the wake of Hurricane Milton, leading to loud calls for defunding the agency. The truth is that emergency disaster relief should not be handled by yet another agency with large layers of bureaucracy.
Instead, states should be able to request emergency disaster relief funds directly from Congress, with the appropriations then used to purchase necessary resources and materials, ideally from private vendors who can compete for the contracts. This would lead to increased efficiency and better prices for the taxpayer. This would also allow the government to engage in strict accounting to ensure federal funds go where they are supposed to go.
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The DOE is on Donald Trump’s list of agencies that should be removed, and it’s been on Republican lists back to the Rick Perry days. The Department of Education (“DOE”) has long been a target of many who feel the government’s meddling in education, and its one-size-fits-all approach is ultimately detrimental. To quote Reason, “Take, for example, federal grants to state education departments. Federal aid incentivizes schools to shift their priorities to meet federal grant requirements rather than local educational needs.”
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The FBI, originally created as an “emergency agency” in response to organized crime during the Prohibition era, has become a bloated, redundant, and ultimately useless organization that essentially serves as the outdated grandfather of other agencies conducting operations on the ground, such as the U.S. Marshalls or the Drug Enforcement Agency. One of my personal favorite YouTube commentators did an excellent video on the topic.
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As always, the Gooferment “Swamp” is a “target rich environment”.
But I hope that DOGE doesn’t get confused and jump from target to target.
Best focus on these three and drive to completion.
Don’t just trim around the edges; axe them.
If, for example, the FBI’s labs are “valuable”, then transfer them to some “technical organization” like NIST,
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Posted by reinkefj
Tried to put him on two different android phones.
Apparently, “FAMILY LINK” doesn’t work.
I wind up with a device that constantly reboots.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — attributed to Einstein, Ben Franklin, and Rita Mae Brown
I now have two devices that just reboot over and over again.
Maybe I’ll just buy him an obsolete iPhone.
Argh!
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While I like the idea of having a firewall to protect me from the likes of ISPs and Applications, I tried LULU and could get through the install. Maybe I’ll try again when I have time to waste.
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This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Membership Update
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I put my money where my mouth is. Not a huge amount, but every little bit helps to steer the ship.
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Posted by reinkefj
Napoleon (2023)
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Save your money and wait for it on free tv.
The only thing good was the costumes.
And, if you weren’t anti-war before the movie, you would be after it. Marching lines of people into cannons is the height of stupidity. And, why would Joe Grunt do it?
Argh!
Dona Nobis Pacem
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