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  1. Grungie

    Charging phone at the airport?

    There's reports of bad actors modifying the USB ports to load malware on your phones, and disguise them as charging ports. Though using a wall outlet is completely safe.
  2. Grungie

    Can technology develop pop music?

    You need to give further information than that, as that's a very vague thing to say.
  3. Grungie

    Is it necessary to give advice to children?

    Children are wise and know all answers
  4. Grungie

    Wireless or Wired Mouse?

    Sounds like you’re being incredibly lazy if once a month is going out of the way. Put it on the charger overnight. Also, do you complain every time you charge your phone?
  5. Grungie

    Wireless or Wired Mouse?

    If you get a good wireless mouse, they only need to be recharged like once a month or longer depending on heavy use, and even longer if you turn them off when not in use (I don’t turn mine off). Some of the battery powered ones last a really long time, like several months like Microsoft’s...
  6. Grungie

    Is it good for young people to play mobile games?

    Is this some conspiracy? Control the young ones and then deal with their biological parents. Parents of adopted children are safe.
  7. Grungie

    Why do more people rely on mobile phones to memorize things?

    What do you mean by memorizing things? Or are you talking about reminders?
  8. Grungie

    What do you think about Denmark's plans to extend conscription to women?

    If Denmark is going to have mandatory conscription, might as well make women do it as well. Fair is fair.
  9. Grungie

    Is it possible for you to live a day without using your mobile phone?

    I can’t have them at work, so I spend half the day without it
  10. Grungie

    "AnyDesk" software

    Well there’s a built in feature in Windows called Quick Assist that does the same thing. You give a person an authorization code for permission to remotely control your PC.
  11. Grungie

    Why is the average age of young people who own mobile phones declining?

    How are the younger generation falling behind on this?
  12. Grungie

    How would you feel about getting your own small children a smartphone?

    Iirc you can put parental restrictions on phones depending on the OS.
  13. Grungie

    "Internet of Things"

    Can you find that meaning because I can’t. When I look up the definition, I get hundreds of results similar to what I posted.
  14. Grungie

    Windows 10?

    It stops getting security updates in October 2025
  15. Grungie

    Boycotting Brands

    I was being sarcastic. I can’t tell if my friends don’t actually know the meaning, are just saying it for show, or both.
  16. Grungie

    "Internet of Things"

    It still sounds like you’re missing the point.
  17. Grungie

    "Internet of Things"

    That’s not what internet of things means: https://www.oracle.com/internet-of-things/what-is-iot/
  18. Grungie

    Boycotting Brands

    My wannabe activist peers don’t know what boycotting is. Apparently continuing to buy things from said company is considered boycotting.
  19. Grungie

    Technology - upgrades galore

    Based on my cybersecurity certs and training, there is a point. Threats are ever evolving and not upgrading after it reaches end of life is essentially a ticking time bomb (unless you don’t connect it to the internet). Though if it’s a device that has no cybersecurity to worry about, it is...
  20. Grungie

    How often do you do a hard shut down on your pc?

    Actually power it off instead of restarting, or closing a laptop lid.
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