Category: Tech

  • Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost

    Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost

    FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried On Trial For Fraud The jury took a little over four hours to reach a verdict . When Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the defendant’s parents, came into the courtroom, they looked frightened. Bankman put his arm around Fried as they sat down on the […] Click here to view original…

  • Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is over — what now?

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is over — what now?

    At a glance Jurors reached a decision to convict on all seven counts in under five hours on Thursday, a judgment as surprisingly swift and decisive as the trial itself. Bankman-Fried’s sentencing will take place March 28, 2024. He faces as much as 110 years in prison. The final […] Click here to view original…

  • Using my personal hosts file to block ads and more

    Using my personal hosts file to block ads and more

    Going forward with this website I will be maintaining a hosts file to block ads, trackers, malware, fraudulent sites, trackers and all other kinds of things. I’m using a lot of public sources that are merged together, cleaned up and then uploaded to https://www.jackfeschuk.com/hosts-file/ I’m personally using this with all of my computers (macOS, Windows,…

  • The humble ping tool and how to use it with real examples

    The humble ping tool and how to use it with real examples

    ping‘s basic use is to determine the time it takes to send a packet to the destination and receive a response, the lower the time in milliseconds (ms) the better. The ping tool is the most commonly known network tool. I first used it decades ago as a child to test if websites were actually…