Episode 162 - CAPTCHAS Suck!

02/12/19 • 35 min

1) Tony’s holiday 2) Finally - displays are moving in the right direction by Patrick a) https://itbabble.com/2019/01/29/finally-displays-are-moving-in-the-right-direction/ b) Not overthinking it 3) CAPTCHAS suck a) BUSES! FRICKING BUSES!! b) Filling in an online form for an event at school c) CAPTCHAS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA 4) Report Cards - Hell on Earth? Or Really Helpful Documents? a) Long format unnecessary? b) Standards vs Grades

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Episode 161 - It's a HOAX!

1) Virtual Reality - I am hopeful for its future by Patrick Cauley a) https://itbabble.com/2019/01/10/virtual-reality-i-am-hopeful-for-its-future/ b) PSVR - https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-vr/ 2) Story Time with Uncle Tony - Facebook copy and paste text to see posts from old friends a) Afraid to copy and paste b) Tony retyped it in TextEdit - instead of copy and paste c) Facebook linking these accounts due to same content (hypothesis) 3) Consumer Electronics Show 2019 a) Samsung’s MicroLED - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroLED b) LG rollable TV - https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/17/18145866/lg-rollable-tv-ces-2019-commercial-sale c) New laptops d) LG Gram e) Cheaper Chromebooks f) Lenovo Laptops g) Apple Airplay on most TV’s

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Episode 163 - Momo is Stupid

1) Tony’s travel tips a) Carry ons - you know the size! b) Fast Food on domestic flights - terrible smell c) Headphones all the time - Bumbling bumblers 2) Linking Google Slides by Patrick Cauley a) https://itbabble.com/2019/02/22/linking-google-slides/ b) Works with charts and graphs from Sheets c) https://support.google.com/docs/answer/7009814?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en 3) HoloLens 2 a) For industry more than education or consumer b) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hardware 4) Momo challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge a) Streisand effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect b) Why do schools feel they need to take action on these known hoaxes? c) Slenderman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man d) 2016 Clown sightings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings e) Do a little research before acting Watch out for real scams such as phishing emails and fake calls