Paid Television

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It’s nice that my TiVo HD with lifetime service supports free over the air broadcasts. This should save me some money every month if I could only receive them. Right? I am still trying to find out.

I emailed the General Manager for where I live to notify them, and Cox that I would like to receive free over the air television signals, and this would require a 30 foot mast, on to which an antenna would be installed.

Aside to my wishes to stop paying Cox Communications for services I am unable to use, I think it would be nice of Cox Communications, and their senior staff in the office of the General Manager, to actually provide a cable card channel listing, guide information, an actual price list, whatever you want to call it to customers in a format which is human readable. You know, like plain text. Those files with .txt extensions.

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What is this the Matrix? Cox Communications is unable to provide requested channel lineup information.

I would kind of like like to be able to update my 3-plus year old listings, which are not even correct anymore.

 

How to use Facebook safely…

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As a follow-up to my deleted Facebook profile.

Here’s what Appelbaum had to say:

How to use Facebook safely
Here’s the easy solution: don’t fucking surveil yourself! If you want to stay safe on Facebook, the answer is, you should not use it, and don’t tag people!

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What’s the greatest database of Jews on the planet? Facebook. What will happen when you want the biggest database of leftists on the planet? Or right wing people? That’s really, really scary, so one way to not be part of that dataset is to not put yourself in it voluntarily, and to chastise people who only hang out with you to tag you in facebook as a sort of conspicuous consumption of the 21st Century say: “Hey, if that’s all you get out of our friendship then go fuck yourself!”

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It’s crazy to me that in the early 21st century there are places that have gigabit internet connections or 100mbit connections, and regular everyday people in developed countries end up with connections way slower than that. They need to buy a server in a data centre to use the internet effectively — but they don’t know how to do that. So the government can incentivise that with positive regulation. They already did it with roads for the car industry, why don’t they do it with the internet for everyday people, all the time?

via Why Facebook Is Never Safe | newmatilda.com.

Why You Still Need A Cover Letter, Even If No One Reads It

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Bah, cover letters. I suppose I really should try to write something to stick in front of my resume. They suggest a three paragraph format.

Writing the cover letter forces you to highlight what really matters. The cover letter is in prose so can speak to the reader differently than the list structure of a resume.

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The cover letter can say what a resume cannot. You can emphasize a specific time in your career, set of skills or expertise. You can draw parallels between diverse experiences. You can explain an employment gap, put a structure behind non-traditional career choices, or otherwise make your case for the uniqueness of your career. A good cover letter tells a story that directs the reader to where you want him or her to focus.

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You can speak directly to an individual reader. It is unrealistic to have a tailored resume for every type of job that you are seeking.

Why You Still Need A Cover Letter, Even If No One Reads It – Forbes.

Meh. How do you word-smith in that you are currently in need of an anterior cervical reconstruction surgery in addition to being discriminated against by the workers compensation carrier SCIF?