Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026So, Zoom allow you to send meeting invites to any email. Which means spammers are now sending meeting invites that can't be unsubscribed from. So now I'm wondering, what mechanism has to happen for them to prevent this? * Reputation damage to the point […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Thanks to AI, Spam is better written and therefore harder to filter and block. Sometimes I get emails related to my youtube channel that really are relevant and useful. This is not one of them. 020 2
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026So it looks like my Christmas project is migrating my small business away from 1password Time to start experimenting with the alternatives myself so I can pick what will be right for us. 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026Yes Docusign, because if a document is important enough to pay your service to show proof I've read it, then I'm sure an AI LLM probability engine summary will be fine as a substitute to reading it properly🙄 010 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026I love this ❤️ kagi.com @kagihq home page today. It took me straight back to 1996 when I first started using the internet. Netscape Navigator, Yahoo directory to find sites of interest. I especially loved the slow loading images. 011 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026A local pedestrian underpass has been refurbished (great work) Quote "I’m really excited to see it happen, although there are still issues with flooding and we couldn’t do the ceiling because it’s too wet." That's quite a flood problem we have there 😂 010 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026My longest ever run* 🎉 and I'm too tired to do the maths, but that 1km pace could be terminal velocity when in free fall from 🛩️ (* Run, stop, walk, hobble, question life choices, be grateful I was running that one moment my wife drove past) #running #marathontraining 030 3
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026I know we all know this, but using 'AI' [that is, LLM predictive text] replies to email are just so awful I despair. If there is an advantage for suggesting a reply (EG we used to call pre-prepared answers 'Canned Responses') then surely the logic could be […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025Maybe it's me being cynical, but Trustpilot saying 'we're all about human content so we sell AI to companies to write their replies' seems a little a contradiction. However, I'm sure it's true and it's way faster than copy/pasting from a set of time built […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025How to tell the longevity of design software: discovering a graphic for a Windows XP SP2 CD Also - teletext in Italian. It looks like this was a screen grab from 2006 This made me smile as I work through a room design. 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025As I #repair my #framework laptop a 2nd time (I dropped it, and the battery is now growing too) I think the #sticker set they include with parts should have the equivalent of old air force kill markers. Let me show off how many times this laptop has had its […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 100 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025#iss just passed over kent Not a great picture by me though ... :-) 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025Hey #Dell, Windows 10 support ending is not an excuse to send marketing to an email address that hasn't been used in >10 years. Even if you do call it a transactional email, it's clearly #spam advertising 🤦♂️ 001 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025Sigh. I really don't like it when suggestions to "fix potential security problems" is really just a way of saying "security only matters if you pay us more money" Example: This regular email for #google Workspace #GoogleWorkspace #security 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2025I would love to criticise how out of date the bank's marketing is (best in 2009 eh?), but then I remember there is lots of out date messaging in my small business, like the old logo on the cup on my desk and that I only took the fax number off our order […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025I grew up hearing about the Rainbow 🌈 Rainbow Warrior but had never seen it. Then here it is off the north #kent coast 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025Always read the whole product spec! If you don't, you could get caught out by this: "lifetime Guarantee: 7 years"... ok, but what does that cover? "We are so confident in these products that we guarantee they will function as intended with no loss of […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025I was just searching for an acronym used when I teach #RAF #AirCadets and found this, www.gov.uk/government/publications/… a *402 page* PDF of acronyms used in the MOD. Acronyms are tough, I particularly […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2025Out of context funny, Amazon want's me to order batteries for my Granny (the radiator valve in her room is called granny, but this message always make me laugh) 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025There's a temptation to place 3 more orders, just to get order number 56789 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2025This #spam marketing attempt is so bad it's funny It's implying our competition is placing ads and we're not, so this gmail account can get us better advert placements. What's so funny? They've mixed up a youth charity I'm a volunteer trustee for (and where […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2025Can I get enough Charles Stross? It has been a long time since I read any laundry series ( I still recall living Singularity and Halting State). now days I listen to books on #audible whilst #running so I have a lot on my wish list. Answer: yes I can get […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 020 2
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2024Dear spammers, I make some of my spam traps really easy to spot... 100 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2024Worst software supplier of the year award goes to Xero, again.* They just responded to a detailed bug report with, and I kid you not, a direction to submit the request as a new product idea/feature request. The bug: an bank file export format is wrong and […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2024This month I've seen a curious spam trend. Emails claiming to be from the founder of a company selling a specific product, targeted at my retail business. Phrases like "I’d love to discuss how we can work together to bring [product] to your store." All […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 010 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2024Well I *was* going to do some Duolingo before bed, but rebelling against the prompt seems more fun 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2024An email starts "Where did we get your email address from.." And I already know.. because I use a different email address for each supplier so I know when they get hacked or lose/sell my email address to spammers. Still, I do think that's a nice touch though […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2024An example of why companies should email dates with months spelt in characters instead of numbers. FedEx UK's system is using US date formats which is confusing in the UK for the first 12 days of every month. Scheduled delivery was Oct 7th but to the our […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2024A spambot signed me up for the Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting in November (to include a nefarious link in the confirmation email), and having had a look at idahopotato.com, they look like a friendly group of people. They have; 'Oktuberfest' (play on […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 000 0
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2024Update 2: Laptop repaired! The parts arrived yesterday afternoon it took just 30 minutes to swap everything into the new bottom cover & replace the input cover. I will miss the looks from people when they saw me with a half removed keyboard. The only way I […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 004 4
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2024Update 1: Framework repair parts ordered! Time since laptop drop = 20 hours The parts I needed were available in the online store but I was using the wrong words to search. Framework support also replied quickly to my photos to tell me the parts I needed […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 101 1
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2024I'm about to test the repairability of a #Framework 13" laptop. This is an unplanned test... wish me luck! The bad news of dropping it is tempered by the good news the screen is fine, the keyboard is fine. It seems the motherboard is fine but the fingerprint […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk] 102 2
Steve Root @sroot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2024Yeah, totally secure..... ...oh wait, I don't think I was meant to read that as sarcasm. Maybe it was lost in translation like the US spelling of favourite ;-) 010 1