a trait that goes to the ‘beginning’
2024dec received SilverFast ad (for whatever they are selling currently) $30 for SRDx and PROCRASTINATED as usual.
2024dec14 called Dad’s-tech-guru Chris for encouragement personal-boost and got it.
2024dec15 cobbled together current SF help ticket 24361 and bought $29 SF PhoShop SRDx ad offer to solidify current money on the table.
2025jan18 Harv glimmers of Clips as follow-on with blog and the Chris pix/papers family library.
Oracle May Hold TikTok’s Future in Its Hands. The company is one of the app’s leading server providers, managing the data centers where billions of 40-second videos are stored. The company, which has close ties to the incoming Trump administration, has said in the past that its sales and profits would be hurt by a TikTok ban. Some of that process is handled by Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing business, and Akamai Technologies, a content delivery company. Amazon and Akamai help distribute TikTok content, alongside Oracle. Under the law, they also have to stop providing services to TikTok. The Biden administration has said that it won’t enforce the act, so the company could decide not to take action on Sunday, Mr. O’Donnell said. And the Trump administration has raised the possibility of exercising a clause in the law that would keep the app running for at least 90 days. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/business/oracle-tiktok-ban.html
In an unsigned opinion, the justices acknowledged that, “for more than 170 million Americans,” the social media giant “offers a distinct and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community.” But, the court concluded, “Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary.” https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban/