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#31

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by ssfc72 - November 03, 2025, 08:12:36 AM

Excellent, thanks Brian.

Great meetup today!!
Jason asked to provide the tech for seniors link.

Zoom meeting is every Monday at Noon eastern time covering various topics
Check out the link below

https://www.techforsenior.com/

Here is the Zoom meeting link
 
https://techforsenior.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c1db27504f22f3b1e9e99ee29&id=ca6416042f&e=abf83b5066


Also Thursday at noon eastern check out the live presentation on youtube. Link below

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1SVuiNAaGrQFg7OTfHxhQ

#32

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by ssfc72 - November 03, 2025, 07:49:52 AM

Yes, it was great seeing and talking with everyone, yesterday.
I was actually thinking there might be only 2 or 3 of us, show up, but was very pleased to see the large turnout.

#33

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by buster - November 02, 2025, 09:51:52 PM

Great meeting with 7 of us, and we didn't waste any of our time talking about all that, you know, computer stuff. And my goodness, the other six looked so old! Pleasant, sociable, enjoyable afternoon with people who haven't seen each other for such a long time.

Join us next time.

#34

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by BrianP - November 02, 2025, 08:13:36 PM

Great meetup today!!
Jason asked to provide the tech for seniors link.

Zoom meeting is every Monday at Noon eastern time covering various topics
Check out the link below

https://www.techforsenior.com/

Here is the Zoom meeting link
 
https://techforsenior.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c1db27504f22f3b1e9e99ee29&id=ca6416042f&e=abf83b5066


Also Thursday at noon eastern check out the live presentation on youtube. Link below

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1SVuiNAaGrQFg7OTfHxhQ

#35

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by buster - November 01, 2025, 12:51:40 PM

I may be there. Depends on a few things, none of them predictable.

#36

General Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause...

Last post by Jason - October 31, 2025, 09:26:20 AM

Thanks Jason. The thing I noticed was his emphasis on AI at the end and our inability to control our own purchase earlier. Coincidentally just before I watched it I had been in a conversation about 1984. Probably humans don't have much of a clue about what's going on or where we're going.

That's what really bugs me. It used to be our PC, but now Microsoft wants everything on it and your information. I really don't need AI listening to everything I say, reading every word I read and seeing everything I see. I don't care how convenient it is. No thanks.

[think]

#37

General Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause...

Last post by Jason - October 31, 2025, 09:24:40 AM

Wow! I learned a lot from this. And one time I did lose control of my bootloader after a Windows 11 update on my Dell laptop. I was able to revive it, but not without some difficulty. Makes me wonder whether, for occasional users of Windows, like me, is it better to wipe the drive, install Linux only and then run Windows in a VM?

I'm not sure if that would help protect your privacy, but it would be easier than dual-booting. I downloaded a copy of the Windows 10 ISO (for gaming). If it works, I will likely roll back. I think my main computer had Windows 10 on it initially, so it should have a license. I think a Windows license allows you to run earlier versions, anyway. I don't do a lot that's private under Windows anyway, so it might not make sense but at least I have the ISO.

#38

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by Jason - October 31, 2025, 09:20:26 AM

Interesting article. Giving training material across the web as being equally authoritative is a really brain-dead idea, especially with the most dangerous of bad information, in health. I would say out of the webpages out there, probably 90% of the health-related sites are misinformation and often, disinformation.

As far as search engines go, I don't use Google unless I can't find what I'm looking for using a different engine. I figure they already have enough of my personal data. They also have singularly destroyed news media and given nothing back (because of stealing the advertising market). However, I will give them kudos for agreeing to pay an organization of news media in Canada, so maybe it won't all die. Facebook still refuses.

#39

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 20...

Last post by Jason - October 31, 2025, 07:20:23 AM

Thanks, Bill.

#40

Meetings / PLUG Mug, Sunday Nov 2, 2025 2...

Last post by ssfc72 - October 30, 2025, 09:09:51 AM

Hi Jason. I have posted  the meetup that you have arranged, here on the Forum for everyone one else to see.

See you Sunday afternoon.