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winternett

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About winternett

// IT Software Architect & Exec Consultant Web Design, Branding, and Business Development: Winternett.Com

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    At one point earlier in my career (during the early 2000s), they flew me to Chicago, picked me up in a limo and gave me a tour of the office... I knew I didn't want to relocate (fr…

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    Comment #47011483

    The same things are happening on Android too, no coincidence.

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    Comment #46674343

    The jargon is getting more & more obtuse every year... Also, a major feature of "vibe coding" now is the rough edges on UI design that don't make sense at all... It's pretty obviou…

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    Comment #46674306

    McDonalds and Taco Bell tried to get rid of their "soft skills" (AKA customer service} and look how they're doing right now... Endless stores that all look & feel the same -- uncom…

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    Comment #46214283

    If you read into Web.Com, yes, they are quickly becoming a monopoly on host companies. They do not disclose many of the hosting companies they now own. If you can find a company th…

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    Comment #46214275

    I'd be happy to hear about a traditional hosting company that allows clients to install lets Encrypt certs if you can name any... Most of my clients don't have budgets big enough f…

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    Comment #46213298

    Twitter has been toast for quite some time now, well before the Elon effect... I think pretty much every social platform has transitioned into the same "edgelordy-ness" we dealt wi…

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    Comment #46213039

    An Ai robot named BTC will hit an Ai robot named $1m on Battle Bots perhaps... Totally plausible.

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    Comment #46212987

    My advice... Take a time machine back to 2009-2012 & only invest %100. Otherwise it's too late.

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    Comment #46212563

    Many host providers (Those acquired by companies like Web.Com, allegedly) disable all ability to use outside certs since Google made encryption a requirement in Chrome Browser... T…

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    Comment #46212504

    If you're looking to build and maintain healthy vitamin D levels, D3 is generally the better supplement choice, according to health experts and studies. Consult your doctor to dete…

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    Comment #46212472

    2, they must all build up and grind together in your crop before expulsion for proper results. Wait, we're talking about birds right?

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    Comment #46212421

    A lot of tools & companies created in the .Com era were copied, consumed, & bought by companies under the table... The eras were indeed different in many ways, but the way the "hyp…

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    Comment #42721654

    As someone who's been on TikTok for years now, it's extremely fake, the algorithm is a total ruse, as most of what trends is based on seeing news stories repeated hundreds of times…

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    Comment #42599226

    We simply wouldn't need as much bandwidth if storage on devices was improved on devices and we went back to a model of collecting our entertainment as data files. These files could…

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    Comment #42529358

    It's quite obvious the CEO being paid reportedly around $300m a year is pocketing money that indie artists generate for the site. Most of these tech sites aren't really interested …

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    Comment #41988994

    The same schemes for account promotions likely come from insiders too. As far as I've observed, the messages I get on pretty much every platform are too well organized to be outsid…

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    Comment #41936085

    The ads and background data alone takes extreme advantage of users that have low data caps. There is no way that users should be arbitrarilly metered in an age where content is for…

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    Comment #41905824

    All of these workarounds are temporary & flimsy --- They will not last long and will certainly not get better, as the rules put in place as well as the tech behind ad delivery are …

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    >Can anybody explain how this actually works? Every answer moving forward now will contain embedded ads for Sephora, or something completely unrelated to your prompt... That money …

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    And they'll likely drop support/updates for it quickly after release... These out of pocket devices are sunsetted faster than mobile phones, especially so because they require comp…