Signs of Our Times

Reduced Expectations

Leo’s Micro.blog

Untitled 10 October 2018

And this is why I love living in Petaluma.

Untitled 3 October 2018

Definitely confused.

Noon In Valencia Spain 2 September 2018

Outside the beautiful cathedral. They hit the bell with a massive hammer.

Untitled 30 August 2018

And off we go to Barcelona.

Untitled 25 August 2018

Oops. letsrobot.tv/robocaste…

Untitled 25 August 2018

Come control robots in our studio live. letsrobot.tv/robocaste… Watch from the other end live on the New Screensavers. TWiT.tv/live

Untitled 25 August 2018

Am I misunderstanding something @manton? Leo.micro.blog has everything I post. Micro.blog/Leo does not.

Micro.blog Conundrum 25 August 2018

I’m setting things up for my vacation but some of my posts aren’t appearing in the timeline. They DO appear at Leo.social which is my micro.blog site. Maybe there’s a lag?

Untitled 25 August 2018

Triple threat: toot, tweet, and micro.blog… all from my Apple Watch. Technology, what a concept.

Untitled 25 August 2018

Let’s try this again. Drafts ➡️ micro.blog.

Leo’s News Links

Global, U.S. Growth in Smartphone Growth Starts to Decline 9 December 2018

With phones that are more reliable, have fewer changes every year, and are increasingly expensive, you should treat your phone like a car. If some jerk clips off your side-view mirror while you’re parked and doesn’t leave a note, you don’t trash your car and get a new one — you get a new side-view […]

China forms new body to review ethics risks of video games | South China Morning Post 9 December 2018

In October, Tencent announced its use of facial recognition technology to detect minors playing its games in response to government concerns over video gaming addiction. The Hong Kong-listed internet giant has also made age-verification mandatory to those who log into its blockbuster mobile game Honour of Kings, which limits playing time for minors. Against that […]

415,000 routers worldwide hijacked to secretly mine cryptocurrency 9 December 2018

Researchers have discovered over 415,000 routers across the globe have been infected with malware designed to steal their computing power and secretly mine cryptocurrency. The attack, which is still ongoing, affects MikroTik routers in particular. For the record, the string of crypto-jacking attacks on the brand first began in August, when security experts discovered over […]

The Epic Games Store is now live | TechCrunch 9 December 2018

First announced earlier this week, the Epic Games Store is targeted squarely at Steam — the giant in the digital game commerce space — and it quietly went live today. Right now there’s a small cluster of games available, including Hades, a new title from Supergiant Games that is in “early access” for $19.99, and […]

Fake Net Neutrality Comments Draw A Federal Probe 9 December 2018

Two organizations told BuzzFeed News, each on condition that they not be named, that the FBI delivered subpoenas to them related to the comments. The reports are the first that federal investigators are taking in interest in the case, which was already subject to an investigation previously announced by the New York attorney general’s office. […]

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