Write said Fred

I don’t think I’m a genius, but writing is so easy for me that it’s effortless.

Dancing in fields of word is just what I do. But I don’t want to do it for a living as there is no money in it.

I could write a thousand books like Barbara Cartland, but why? What would that get me? Not much, especially these days.

Even the longest posts on here didn’t take more than an hour. The average post is completed in less than three minutes, like this one.

I’m a decent writer when I don’t try. I’m far better than that when I do. But no purpose to it.

Updoot, Nadella got root

This is for those who do not read my other blog.

Do not under any circumstances update Windows 7 or 8 — unless you enjoy being spied on, that is.

The updates in question are KB3075249 and KB3080149. if installed, these updates are known to report your data back to Microsoft servers, without user interaction. KB3075249 Microsoft Update adds telemetry points to โ€˜consent.exeโ€™ in Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, allowing for remote monitoring of everything that happens within the operating system. KB3080149 ensures that all โ€œdown-level devicesโ€ receive the same updates and treatment as Windows 10 boxes get.

If you like your data being spewed all over the place, go ahead and update I guess. Otherwise, avoid.

Words

I put 6,279 words of my writing into this, and this is what it spit out:

Like all personality assessments, take with a huge grain of salt. However, I will note that psychologists see them as worthless because they don’t recognize them as tools to spur thought and self-examination, because science in general sees as valueless what cannot be measured.

“Have a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time” is extremely accurate, though. Just too many other things I’d rather be learning or doing.