Random Tech Thoughts

I'm looking for a few new computers on Amazon and when I change my sorting options I get one one-thousanths of the number of results.

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I "finished" (it's never really over). Speed is a factor in your search engine results. You have to think "mobile first", but don't ignore desktop.

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I run through image compression, asset optimization, and caching options to improve the load time of a website.

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When you send a newsletter, make sure you don't send sample content / demo content. I don't know if it was a automated send because of a word press plug in or what, but this does not look good for the people who sent it.

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The cool people over at grooper.com sent me a couple of mugs to give to one lucky listener! I will be releasing an episode where I do a really technical discussion with someone from the Grooper team about getting thier machine learning platform set-up and usable. A lot of times artificial intelligence seems like magic, but it takes some effort to make that magic happen. If you're interested in AI / ML, then check out my short interview with them from Summer Nape 2019 in my Kyle Gets Con.-Ed. feed and then tune in to my in-depth interview in this podcast feed (to be released soon); and if you'd like a couple of cool mugs, check out my blog (https://thetalkinggeek.com) for details. https://grooper.com

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I tried to cancel my office 365 subscription and kept getting frustrated because every link I clicked on didn't take me to a page where I could do the action that that link was describing but instead took me to instructions on how to do with that link was describing, instructions that first took me back to the page that I was already on and found that link on.

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I recently got an email that I do believe is legitimate, but they're unsubscribe link takes you to a dead page - innocent mistake or shady way to keep their email list from shrinking?

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I got a fun email quiz from nerwrix: If you're a sysadmin, you are undoubtedly endowed with superpowers. But maybe it's time to get to know yourself better: exactly which avengers superhero are you? Answer these 7 simple questions to find out.
https://www.netwrix.com/sysadmin_avenger_quiz.html

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Spoiler alert, it didn't work. This will work on pre-Windows 10 computers. https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

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I had to set up an email address in g suite that when an email was sent to it multiple people received the email. This is done by setting up a group, and making sure that the access settings are correct.

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