Saturday, February 26, 2022

How to remove cameras I'm no longer using on the Mac for web conferencing

From Iris here - https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/How-to-remove-cameras-from-drop-down-list-from-video-camera/m-p/1252

In this case, maybe the cameras did not uninstall successfully. If you are using mac, can you please please check below file path to see if the cameras are there: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL

Friday, February 25, 2022

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Fix for Samsung S21 wifi connected without Internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrV_P21PEiQ (screenshots from this helpful video. All credit to that video!)

To fix Wifi for Samsung S20 and S21s when your phone connects to a wifi network but has not Internet (and you know it's working for other people, it's not a password problem, etc.):

  • Click on the gear icon of the network you are connected to, but can't get the Internet on

  • Then click on the Advanced or View More arrow


  • Then click on the MAC address type blue text and choose Phone MAC instead of Randomized MAC


  • That should fix the problem!
What's going on? What is a MAC address?
A MAC address is media access control address (MAC address). It is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. Wait what? :) In simpler terms think of it as a unique serial number tied to your wifi chip in your phone.

I'm guessing that what Samsung introduced with the S20 model (and continued with the S21) is the ability for the phone to generate a fake random MAC address when connecting to wifi networks to help protect your identity and privacy. However, it looks like some wifi networks don't play well with that feature (like in hotels). By choosing to send my phone's real MAC address the wifi now seems to play nice with my S21 phone. Hope that helps others!


Sunday, February 6, 2022

Trust in the government and our fellow citizens is what matters when it comes to viral transmission

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/opinion/covid-pandemic-policy-trust.html

Alternate Dirac curves

https://mehlau.net/audio/dirac-live-2/

The story behind the interaction of fetal cell lines and the COVID vaccine is more complex than either side is owning

The science for how the mRNA development differs from the J&J vaccine: 

https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/you-asked-we-answered-do-the-covid-19-vaccines-contain-aborted-fetal-cells

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/here-are-the-facts-about-fetal-cell-lines-and-covid-19-vaccines

Snopes on the veracity of the claim

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-aborted-fetal-cells/

The debate on the tradeoffs

https://www.usccb.org/news/2021/us-bishop-chairmen-doctrine-and-pro-life-address-use-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine

https://www.kark.com/news/health/coronavirus/arkansas-hospital-lets-staff-seek-vaccine-exemption-as-long-as-they-dont-use-other-meds-tested-on-fetal-cell-lines/ (but see next blog article on why that's not quite right)

https://stream.org/yes-you-can-morally-object-to-a-covid-vax-and-still-take-aspirin/ (doesn't say which of the four on the list were tested during their development)

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/throughcatholiclenses/2021/01/if-any-drug-tested-on-hek-293-is-immoral-goodbye-modern-medicine/

https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/you-can-have-your-tylenol-too-a-note-on-the-objections-of-some-catholics-to-using-covid-19-vaccines/ (counter argument that post-development testing really isn't that different)

https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/does-the-origin-of-the-cell-lines-used-to-test-covid19-vaccines-make-any-difference/