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# 1

Games

Stefan SZE

MMORPG is causing too much time on leveling

All MMORPG have a big problem in common. They request game players to spend tons of time on the "leveling". That is the reason I never play those games.

# 2

IT & Computer

Kevin Lee

The difference between TP-Link Archer c4000 and c20

TP-Link Archer c4000 and c20 are the same thing in hardware. One is for retail and the other is for online sale only.

# 3

Home & Garden

Stefan SZE

Ferns have no flowers so how do they reproduce?

There are many different types of ferns but how do they reproduce theirselves? I used to guess they replicate theirselves by stems. But, after a search, I found out that different ferns can be reproduced by spores, rhizomes, offsets or stems. Wow, it can be reproduced by spores - I never thought about that.

The most important thing is some outdoor ferns are poisonous. Several type of ferns are extremely dangerous to children. They are looked green , colorful and beautiful but kids should better stay away from them.

# 4

Home & Garden

Bob Taylor

Termite prevention

One of my neighbors just spent thousand dollars to fix his house because of termite intrusion. Actually, termite problem can be avoided if he know how to handle it properly in the beginning.

First, he saw that termites/ants lined up around his house for years but he just did not pay any attention to it. He never realizes that the little things would cause a disaster to his house later. Second, his roof got a small dripping when there is a rain. Again, he did not fix it. As a result, his leaking home becomes a perfect place for the termites.

As we know that termites love wet woods and wet places. They must live near the source of water. If the place is dry then unlikely it will attract the bugs. To dismantle termites is very easy in the beginning when we see the termites in first time. We just need to lay down several termites baits on the routes where they move in to the house. Those baits are really good to trap the termites/ ants. It can be purchased from home depot and any grocery stores. See the picture below. If my neighbor did that things before I believe that he would not get in such hateful situation.

# 5

Games

Stefan SZE

Issues of online games that have been reported in Steam platform

Recently, some players are complaining an unfamiliar phenomenon on a few online games in Steam. They said that a few companies had nasty "privacy policies" - they are collecting players' personal device info, IP and activities.

A game called "conqueror's Blade" was reported with implementing a "Trojan-Like" program. If that is true then it is evil. It is a criminal practice.

The STEAM company must exam the details of released game data of those third parties. It is its responsibility to protect users’ privacy and security. Otherwise, they will lose customers.

# 6

Education

Terry Cohen

Named vs called

When shall we use named and called?

As I know, the world “called” is more popular than “named” in regular books. But, most programmers are preferring the world named than called because the called is often referred to a function call in programming world.

Eg. The person called David is my brother.

The person named David is my brother.

The function named ABC123 is calling a method in a class.

# 7

IT & Computer

Stefan SZE

http exception: Maximum request length exceeded exception

Maximum request length exceeded exception

Error:

[HttpException (0x80004005): Maximum request length exceeded.]

System.Web.HttpRequest.GetEntireRawContent() +11140903

solution:

# 8

Media & News

Freedom Breaking News Alert

Pa woman died at same Dominican resort complex

A Pennsylvania woman died at the Dominican resort complex with similar circumstances as Maryland couple.

# 9

IT & Computer

Freedom Breaking News Alert

Windows 7 and earlier versions are required a security update

The windows 7 and all earlier versions are affected by “bluekeep” attack.

# 10

Media & News

Terry Cohen

Mueller’s letter to Barr

Robert Mueller send a letter to William Barr and asked him to go back to school to study again because Barr has been failed his Professionalism - Mr Barr completely misinterpreted the report of Mr Mueller. LOL

# 11

Society & Culture

Stefan SZE

There are so many spam calls these several years

My mailbox was being bombed by spam mails for many years. Now, Spam calls are bombing my cell after I get the iphone. Some of them are phishing calls. As I know I am not the only one who has this issue. It is a privacy problem Likely for everyone .

According to the sources of newspapers, Americans got billions spam calls every year. What the hell! Seriously! It is billions !

Those cheaters/spammers are really abusing the phone network system. It must be stopped because it is like an invasion! :(

Questions:

1. How do they get my phone number from?

2. Why do I get many junk calls after I get iPhone?

3. Why are most spam calls from overseas India?

4. How does Apple / google protect my privacy? Do they really guard the databases?

5. How can the government do to stop these abuses ?

# 12

Home & Garden

Kevin PiFa SISCO

How to prevent termites from invading your home?

Termites need water. They love the wet woods. If you house has no leaking problem then the termites should not be there or any where that is dry. If your house is leaking then you should fix it as soon as possible. You really don’t want to wait for the last minute.

# 13

IT & Computer

Kevin PiFa SISCO

look - how many memories are consumed by yahoo mail and outlook in Edge browser

These two Email Servers consume 20% of total CPU and at least 800MB memory. That sounds crazy insane. It caused a lag issue on my computer. Have they ever seriously tested their Edge browser? Is it a memory leak?

Or , is it a page loading issue? I really don’t like that.

# 14

Society & Culture

John Green

We lost three more lives after sandy Hook, parkland shooting

Last month I heard of that a young student killed himeself because of school bullying. I was shocked. This week, we lost three more lives. I never thought schools could be such dangerous places nowadays.

I always believe that we have a solution when we get a problem. But, in these kind of problems, it seems like we are just helpless. Does anyone care about them? Yes, of course they do. All they do is to put these news on the top pages for several days then they will totally forget about them soon. It repeats the same process again and again.

If we ask lawmakers, they would say this is about the constitution and rights.

If we ask NRA, they would say we should buy more guns - what the hell!?

If we ask the politicians , they would say they are totally with you always, but .........and but......so and so.

So, these problems will never be solved. Sorry kids.

# 15

IT & Computer

Jimmy Browny

Https could be not very security when it goes to sub domains

The https should be security for transport level protection over the network. Yes. It is. But,in some situations it could ignore the security protection on sub domains if some https providers have not considered the protection on sub domains or it has a flaw on network agreements.

For instance, the “www.your_domain_name.com” is encrypted, but the “subdomain.your_domain_name.com” is not encrypted.

# 16

IT & Computer

Stefan SZE

mobile phone app(s) are abusing privacy seriously

According to our network security analysis report, many mobile applications are less of privacy protection and security monitoring.

We would suggest users to use [web browser] to access those services through their websites instead of downloading and installing the app itself. This is the only way of safty access. (Remember to remove cookies and history once awhile on the browser)

If you really need to install the app in your phone, make sure you read the privacy policies and service terms. The phone firewall will not help much on this issue. Some firewall companies may collect user privacy info too. If you don’t want to share your privacy, you must use internet browser for network communication.

# 17

Home & Garden

Stefan SZE

Installing a swimming pool may decrease home value

I am thinking to have a swimming pool in my backyard. But according to experts it seems not a good idea because it may decrease the home value. Why?

1. Not all people would like to have a swimming pool. If you have little kids, the pool could be risky to your kids.

2. Maintenance and operation cost. It could cost you 500-2000 annually. You need chemical stuffs to keep it clean.

3. Repairment. It may have leaking issue once awhile.

4. The frozen water issue in winter . Pool needs to be empty.

5. Extra Time. The falling leaves will be everywhere. You need to pick them up on your pool every day/week.

By the way, it could be fun to have a big swimming pool in your backyard. Swimming is a good exercise. It keeps your healthy.

# 18

Business

Anna Lawson

A useful quote

“If you're a salesperson, you want people to follow your advice. If you're a management leader, you want them to follow you in business. Whatever you do, good communication skills are incredibly important and something that almost anybody can improve upon, both in writing and speaking.”- Warrent Buffett

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