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Why does most technology feel “random” so often?

Started by hadar · 10 months ago

I’ve been involved professionally with technology since 1980. So, you’d think that I understand it (and how it works) reasonably well by now. On some levels, sure, but on others, I feel as helpless as the proverbial mother-in-law or grandparent in the “%3 ... Continue reading »

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  • Eric Sink

    2 years ago

    I feel your pain. I am simply amazed at how difficult the spam problem has become. I get dozens of spams per day, and those are just the ones that slip through a spam filter that is being regularly updated by SourceGear's syadmin. On my personal server, the situation is basically hopeless.
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  • hadar

    2 years ago

    So true. The current explosion seems to be due to the recent sophistication in Image spam. The fact that they can morph the image signature without changing the message that they are sending is their "breakthrough".

    What amazes me is that some of the things that they promote could _ever_ be clicked on by _anyone_, even _accidentally_. Simply mind boggling...
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