defining computers: November 2020

Misunderstanding Computers

Why do we insist on seeing the computer as a magic box for controlling other people?
人はどうしてコンピュータを、人を制する魔法の箱として考えたいのですか?
Why do we want so much to control others when we won't control ourselves?
どうしてそれほど、自分を制しないのに、人をコントロールしたいのですか？

Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs are just fancy pens with fancy erasers, and the network is just a fancy backyard fence.
コンピュータの記憶というものはただ改良した紙ですし、CPU 何て特長ある筆に特殊の消しゴムがついたものにすぎないし、ネットワークそのものは裏庭の塀が少し拡大されたものぐらいです。

(original post/元の投稿 -- defining computers site/コンピュータを定義しようのサイト)

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Only install system updates from within the OS – from the settings menu.

Got an update notice from Playstore.

I went to System Settings to update.

Nothing.

That means Playstore apps can send notices that look like system update notices.

Fake notices.

From apps that probably install malware of some sort. I need to tell Google about this but I don't have time until lunch.

Lesson?

Only install system updates from within the OS – from the settings menu.