@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Dark web drugs raid leads to 179 arrests

Police forces around the world have seized more than $6.5m (£5m) in cash and virtual currencies, as well as drugs and guns in a co-ordinated raid on dark web marketplaces.
Some 179 people were arrested across Europe and the US, and 500kg (1,102lb) of drugs and 64 guns confiscated. It ends the "golden age" of these underground marketplaces, Europol said. "The hidden internet is no longer hidden", said Edvardas Sileris, head of Europol's cyber-crime centre. The operation, known as DisrupTor, was a joint effort between the Department of Justice and Europol. It is believed that the criminals engaged in tens of thousands of sales of illicit goods and services across the US and Europe. Drugs seized including fentanyl, oxycodone, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and MDMA.

That's a lot of people for the amount seized. You would think there'd be more cash or actual drugs. It seems like a lot of effort for little reward.

Pandemic affects all markets apparently.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

how do you guys know when Mesh Central and Zerotier are updated?

For MeshCentral, you can go on the "My Server" tab and click "Check Server Version" to know if you want/need to update.

With so much development, I just update ever two or three days.

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Facebook staffer sends 'blood on my hands' memo

Fake accounts have been undermining elections around the world, an ex-Facebook employee has claimed.
In a 6,600-word internal memo to fellow workers, data scientist Sophie Zhang said she made decisions "that affected national presidents" without oversight. "I have blood on my hands," she wrote in the memo, parts of which were published by Buzzfeed. In response, Facebook said it was working hard to stop bad actors and inauthentic behaviour. In her memo, parts of which were published by Buzzfeed without her permission, Ms Zhang said: "In the three years I've spent at Facebook, I've found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry, and caused international news on multiple occasions.

Not much difference, other than speed, between FB/Social Media and another form of communication for hundreds of years.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dang, just noticed that the XPS doesn't have a numeric keypad.

On a laptop? yeah, no thanks.

Yeah. I use it quite a bit.

yeah, I use the numeric keypad alot, but I find it really annoying when working on several remote machines, it's on, it's off, it's on it's off. Don't have to worry about that when you don't have one.

Me too, I live on the numeric pad.

I user it lightly. not enough to want a larger keyboard on my laptop, thus pushing me to a screen size bigger than 13"

If I really need it, I need to be docked and on a full keyboard.

My eyesight isn't the greatest so I stick to 15" screens myself. I tried the 13's for a while and just couldn't handle it. Now, if I could doc everywhere, that would be awesome.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dang, just noticed that the XPS doesn't have a numeric keypad.

On a laptop? yeah, no thanks.

Yeah. I use it quite a bit.

yeah, I use the numeric keypad alot, but I find it really annoying when working on several remote machines, it's on, it's off, it's on it's off. Don't have to worry about that when you don't have one.

I run into this also but it is a small price to pay.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.

Then buy the laptop version.

XPS 15 is pretty sweet.

Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.

yep, the xps15 is gorgeous. I like my macbook for it's aesthetic appeal as much as anything else, it's sleek, the lid still aligns perfectly, the keyboard is still clear and functional and i've never come across a trackpad that is any better and then there's the display.

battery life is pretty good, sound is great AND I LOVE TELLING MAC PEOPLE I'M RUNNING WINDOWS ON IT.

I bet. The do look good. No doubt

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dang, just noticed that the XPS doesn't have a numeric keypad.

On a laptop? yeah, no thanks.

Yeah. I use it quite a bit.

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.

Then buy the laptop version.

XPS 15 is pretty sweet.

Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.

For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.

Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.

I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?

uh - what? no, I disliked the older XPS because of that camera placement... they have changed it.. put it back at the top where it belongs....

Dang, just noticed that the XPS doesn't have a numeric keypad. Bummer. Back to latitude I go. Although, thinking of checking out the MSI's on Amazon

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.

Then buy the laptop version.

XPS 15 is pretty sweet.

Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.

For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.

Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.

I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?

uh - what? no, I disliked the older XPS because of that camera placement... they have changed it.. put it back at the top where it belongs....

I misunderstood. All cleared up now.

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.

Then buy the laptop version.

XPS 15 is pretty sweet.

Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.

For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.

Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.

I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?