Today I learned that many/most color laser printers layer an array of yellow microdots on top of documents 🔬
This Machine Identification Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code encodes a print date and a serial number unique to the machine. It only became public knowledge in 2004, ~20 year after deployment 😑
The Technical University of Dresden released a tool 2 years ago to layer on _even more dots_ to render the MIC unreadable and aid whistleblowers publishing https://github.com/dfd-tud/deda ✊
#election2019 is here. So here's a post of mine from 2017, that's as current as then.
Finally the #diarrhea causing grinning #gremlin #grimaces will vanish from the streets. The deceitfull #messages will stop being repeated everywhere. The #incompetent will be dragged from the streets and put to work in #government.
Hooray!
I can't have nice things, can I? First the mug "Keep calm and kill #Zombies" and now the cup "Rammsteiner Pilsner" from the #Rammstein concert. Fuuuuuuu....
Millennial has meltdown when boss corrects her spelling of 'hamster' https://www.sott.net/article/418804-Millennial-has-meltdown-when-boss-corrects-her-spelling-of-hamster
vintage 1982 fulfilling several roles in life (not in order): father, husband, writer, worker, computer dude, science fanboy (even if I don't like the implications/conclusions), Sci-fi and fantasy inclined in both consumer and creator roles, Austrian and overall crazy person.