Todays technology and you

Be careful when you plug it in.

 

All sounds familiar

 

Great definition. What camera?

 

Watching the BBC News tody. A program called CLICK is also featured.

WOW! A section of the program was devoted to narious new X-Boxes etc coming onto the market. Goodness me. What are things coming to, when people spend much of their time, playing with their things
Then another part of the program entered the world of abuse. I've always had this thought that. One day these gadgets might actually take over our lives. It was quite a lemgthy item. It included some interviews with women who have suffered abuse, especially during this covid pandemic.
Forgive me for perhaps sounding soft, but I just can't understand how, anyone claiming to love their mate, could act in such a vile way. I lost my mate ten years ago, but call me daft. I still love her. There was always that total trust between us, and my two daughters at times say, how thankful they had a dad who never abused them in any way.

This program identified how with modern technology, such vile husbands/partners, can/could track their mate's movements via their mobile phone, with added apps they could visually spy on them etc. Can take control of their personal banking etc. I really don't know. I admit I don't undersatnd much of this techie world, and if this is an indication. I don't want to know.

 

Sorry friends, but Mike is well and truly 'Peed off'. I have been a member of EBay and Amazon for several years. About a week ago. I couldn't login to Amazon. Strange as, the usual screen would appear. Hello Mike etc etc. Then the box to login. No end of attempts, all failed. At one stage, I was asked to provide the expiry date of my credit card. This card was replaced a few year ago. In the end. Granddaughter Chloee had a go, still the same. So eventually she set up a new account. Wonderful.

For about the same period of time. My Ebay was displayed differently. Not to my liking. I ordered some horticultural grit. The page had displayed a message, that things weren't working proper. Come to checkout and I couldnt pay, I use Pay Pal. So I took it that the purchase hadn't gone through. Tonigh I get an email ftom the seller, demanding payment, with a warning that non payment will basically blacklist me. Thankfully I don't ow a soul a penny. This news really has peed me off. For days now, Info on Google lists the problems, yet Ebay, one of the biggies on the net, is failing to act. GGGGRRR!

 

Moving away from the electronics part of todays technology...

I've just finished doing a small metal artwork project for the garden. To make it, I used a tool called a Plasma Cutter. A relatively new thing for home use. In one sense, I was pleased with the result. It took far less time due to being able to use a "modern tool" than it would have taken to do the same job perhaps 20 years or more ago.

On reflection though, the one thing that it has done is taken away the skills that I would have needed back then. So I'm divided.

 

How clean the cut is depends on two things. Amperage and cutting speed. Get them both right, and the cut is very clean. According to the manufacturer of mine, the kerf is 1,2mm. A lot less than an angle grinder, and some saws.

 

Did she also tell you it can make you go blind?? Now where did you put your glasses