TCP/IP vs Real Life

I was busy talking to my imaginary friends and then it came to me how to explain TCP/IP to the non-technical people. It is important because most of my imaginary friends are non-technical. So, here is how you can do it. 

First, forget the OSI, no one needs it anyway. Think of TCP/IP as your clothes. 

Application layer is your coat, your suit, your jumper, your shoes, your hat.

Transport layer is your shirt, your dress, your pants (meaning trousers), your stockings.

Internet is your underclothes, your lingerie, your thermals.

Link is the naked you.

Protocol stacks follow the same logic. For instance, when you have a date you wear your suit and you put your shoes on, right? Then all this gradually comes off. Then the connection happens. Then you put everything on in the reverse order. You don't put your underwear over your jeans, do you? 

See, technology can be easy to understand.

Firefox Conspiracy Theory

I am a little paranoid which is an unfortunate side-effect of my profession. And due to this side-effect I always keep my third-party cookies switched off. I also use Firefox most of the time, unless it is required to do otherwise. I have been using it since version 0.75 and it is a bit like till death do us part. And this is how I ran into a very funny problem about a year ago: Google began to ask for third party cookies in order to allow you to download the content.

My guess is Google decided to switch from client-side trackers to server-side trackers sometime during summer 2021. They have already been tracking users by means of a fingerprint, and a fingerprint was (and is) built around user's device data, such as network data, payment data like cards (a card number carries information about the bank it was issued by), unique configuration of your device, user activity patterns, etc, etc. Well, they do own about 3/4 of the mobile market, don't they? And they do that without giving the end user the root access to the system.

Why I Don't Regret Starting This Stupid Blog

From time to time I ask myself is it really worth it? The blog. Who reads it? Well, today I got the ultimate answer: I DO. My post from almost three years ago has just saved my OS, my data and my sanity. So, keep writing your blogs, and NEVER EVER switch your BIOS to defaults if you notebook was made to be Windows-friendly. Windows will never be a friend to a Linux user.

The post in question: https://tatjandr.blogspot.com/2020/03/fix-invisible-drive-for-linux-installer.html 

PS: Even my failing touchpad, who started all this, seemed to behave better for a minute