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The rant thread...

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by buckeye, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. wl704

    wl704 Legendary Woodsman

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    I've said before you have no privacy.

    If time is limited, you can watch the couple minute video in the middle of the story...
    https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/anomaly-six-phone-tracking-zignal-surveillance-cia-nsa/

    Now if you're a nerd like me, its 'just' a big data problem (crazy amounts of data), some geo fencing, good analytics, lots of APIs, oh, and a bit of misdirection because of the EULA you agreed to, but never read, for the software on your phone, using undisclosed APIs/SDKs on your devices ...well that just starts to scratch the surface. Your phone/wifi/connected devices - yeah, all of them, another part of the story... you, your identities and data purchased and swapped data like, well less than a cheap suit.

    Have a good day :beer:
     
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    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    I do that often and offer a "stay safe",. As with all things there are good ones and there are A holes. Hopefully a kind word or two can change the A holes
     
  3. GregH

    GregH Legendary Woodsman

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    My rant is that Tap Talk won't load this forum on my S20 since my last post. It will load my other forums just not this one. Do you think the problem is with my phone, this forum or Tap Talk.

    First world problems!
     
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    dprsdhunter Grizzled Veteran

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    tap talk
     
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    GregH Legendary Woodsman

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    Is there a fix or does it eventually fix itself?
     
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    GregH Legendary Woodsman

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    I tried logging out and then signing back in and got this message.

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    wl704 Legendary Woodsman

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    Ditto. The bh app was also having problems…I reinstalled it and it’s more dysfunctional than Tapatalk… FE635359-5833-4856-B4EB-C58485E82D75.png
     
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    GregH Legendary Woodsman

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    ^^^ did reinstalling it work? I hesitate to do so because 4 other forums I use are working fine on tapatak.
     
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    beavertronic Weekend Warrior

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    I will second that rant. Yesterday I was getting an error in the app saying that it could not log the .xml file. Today it doesn’t even give me an error when I try to log in.
     
  10. oldnotdead

    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    Knats or black fly are out in force today...what ever they were they were biting and diving into my eyes as I worked.
     
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    wl704 Legendary Woodsman

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    No
     
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    beavertronic Weekend Warrior

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    I still have issues. Can’t get the app or taptalk to load the forum. Is the forum being discontinued? It was a good run while it lasted… I prefer the app but I guess if it isn’t going to work then I am SOL.
     
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    Problems all day here... the little 'loading' thingy just sits and spins. :hater:
     
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    uhh, red flag much?
     
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    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    Techs finally found the political section here?....hhhhmmmm
     
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    Do you think it's the Russians? ....... Lol
     
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    no, TapaTalk and the BH.com app have had issues for a long time.
    I only use my browser to access bh.com on my phone and the only times I ever have issues is when the whole site is down, which is very infrequent.

    As to Sota, seems like a Red Dawn prequel to me...Chinese and Russkies asking for sensitive information on a thumb drive? Not all sensitive information is military/natsec in nature.

    Case in point- hot off the press-

    upload_2022-4-24_9-31-26.png

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-food-plants-following-mysterious-rash-fires/

    “Ransomware actors may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons, disrupting operations, causing financial loss, and negatively impacting the food supply chain,” the notice read, adding 2021 and early 2022 ransomware attacks on farming co-ops could affect the current planting season “by disrupting the supply of seeds and fertilizer.”

    The agency warned, “A significant disruption of grain production could impact the entire food chain, since grain is not only consumed by humans but also used for animal feed … In addition, a significant disruption of grain and corn production could impact commodities trading and stocks. “
     
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    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    No I don't
     
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    mother loving COTTONWOODs

    I have ranted about the cottonwood partially on my property several times over the years; it's a $6k job but the damn thing sits right at the corner between me, my next door neighbor, and a developer. This spring, we finally reached an agreement with the company that is developing the land behind my house and my neighbor and it's scheduled to get cut down next week or so when weather permits...

    strong windstorm out of the SW the past 3 days and now a thunderstorm and that MFer trashed my yard, deck, gutters and downspouts one last time. Shat everything it has at me- the sticky little pods, the seed tassels, and a crapload of little dead sticks from the winter. Not to mention all the leaves from last fall that collected in the ditch on the south side of the tree (from winter winds out of the north) that all blew into my fence and yard.

    In my lifetime, I have never hated an inanimate object more than that goddamn tree.
     
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    dnoodles Legendary Woodsman

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    Seriously... look at this crap. My entire property is covered in it, plus leaves in the yard and stuck in the fence.

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