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What to the White American is the Juneteenth?
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” said abolitionist, ex-slave with a white slaver as a father, Fredrick Douglas. The fourth of July story of the United States declaring independence from its parent Great Britain was built on a lie. Their favored story that they meant “all men are created equal” a lie…
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My journey into Linux reviewed (warning: distro-hopping)
My journey started in earnest with my first ever new PC purchase after a decade and a half as a Mac laptop user. I decided on a 2021 Razer Blade Advance laptop with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super for a graphic card built in. It came with Windows 10 that I de-bloated and later…
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I installed Sparky Linux for the goofiest reason possible
I came upon a screenshot on the Pling Store for a classic Mac like desktop environment. It did not work on my install of Nobara Fedora 37 install so I let it go. That is until I saw Macintosh-Like Virtual Window Manager (or, MLVWM) functional on Sparky Linux. Behold. They nailed the window decorations, Window…
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Starter policy for new build Mac MDM
Security hardening Good network citizen Energy use Deployment enforcement/ease of use NIST macOS Security Compliance Project
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Rapid transit in Los Angeles Ranked, Reviewed
#7 Green (C-Rank) Fastest rapid transit from end to end, no great destinations just bedroom communities, freeway station noise is abusive. #6 Orange (C-Rank) Pokey on it’s most valuable designations from NoHo to Van Nuys, fast from Sepulveda to Woodland Hills, 24 hours, overcrowded on peak. #5 Blue (B-Rank) OG rapid transit, fast in the…
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Six Ways to Extend the Life of an Aging Car
Just change the fluids on-time Just follow directions of the owner’s manual and change the engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid when determined to by the vehicle’s engineers Hyper-mile No jackrabbit starts and coasting to a stop makes for less wear and tear on your vehicle’s many starting and stopping components. A less heavy foot…
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