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Off-Topic => Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge => Topic started by: gadget42 on February 16, 2022, 10:10:29 AM

Title: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: gadget42 on February 16, 2022, 10:10:29 AM

Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes

snippet from slashdot:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/02/16/1354233/their-bionic-eyes-are-now-obsolete-and-unsupported

article at ieee:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

this is probably a "tip-of-the-iceberg" article
(haven't yet done much topic searching yet)

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Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: vinceASPECT on February 17, 2022, 08:37:07 AM

Hello F,

Could need specs  etc here.  Eye's gone  weak.

As far as it goes, the IRIS muscle is the most powerful muscle in the human body
as it focus's in and out in oceans and oceans of repetitions........each different............
yet all happening very fast over time(s)......

Thx
C.

Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: gadget42 on February 17, 2022, 10:01:40 AM

techdirt commentary on the same issue:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220216/06300948484/gift-sight-stolen-as-medical-implant-company-implodes.shtml

Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: gadget42 on February 19, 2022, 10:21:06 AM

not body parts but still along the same lines... #TheWholeWorldHasGoneMad

techdirt on nintendo and disney:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220216/09401548485/nintendo-is-beginning-to-look-like-disney-video-game-industry.shtml

arstechnica on microsoft windows making itself even more difficult to air-gap:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/

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20220219-0929am - modified, added another link:

speaking of windows:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-windows-10-is-a-security-disaster-waiting-to-happen/

Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: vinceASPECT on February 19, 2022, 01:55:54 PM

Hello,

Yeah,  Ridiculous situation with computers and such.

still just got to accept it.................

just don't really spend $$$ ............the whole network and web is a siphon of peoples $$$

Thx

C

Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: gadget42 on February 23, 2022, 09:36:51 AM

the latest on windows failings...

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/02/22/218209/windows-10-and-11-21h2-data-wiping-tool-leaves-user-data-on-disk

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Title: Re: Cautionary Commentary From Bionic Eye Patients - EOL - End Of Life Woes
Post by: NewUser on February 24, 2022, 01:18:01 AM

DBAN and reinstall. Problems solved.  ;D