Linux, Gadgets and Multimedia. In ye olde days a Cyprianus was the Wizard's spellbook. As a rule a Cyprianus manuscript started with these words: "Even though Roboam knew all the secrets of our Art he did not abuse his knowledge. Do Thou likewise."
I have tried for a year. LinkedIn does not respect my wish for privacy. They spam, spam, spam and spam.
Now I cannot delete my account again - this time the password does not exist!
Shame on you LinkedIn!
The mail stream continues - now I have spammarked LinkedIn. It seems like the contact person I got from Irelands PDO does not exist.
Hello DPO
( DPO@linkedin.com )
An individual has a right to obtain from a data controller “…the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay…” where one or more of a number of the following applies:
1. the personal data is no longer needed for the reason it was first gathered;
2. the individual withdraws his or her consent for the processing and the data controller cannot identify any legal grounds to continue processing it;
3. the individual objects to the processing and the data controller cannot identify any legal grounds to continue processing it;
4. the individual objects to the processing of the personal data for direct marketing purposes;
5. the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
6. the data controller is legally obliged to erase the personal data;
7. the personal data has been collected in relation to the offer of information society services to a child (for example a social media platform used by a minor).
The screen is connected to a MacBook air via USB-C. The contrast was bad, and certain information on the window bars were almost unreadable. First I thought that the issue had to do with the MacBook.
However, the solution was in the actual ASUS screen.
I turned OFF HDI, strangely enough - that did the trick!
Solution: Turn off HDI.
Quote of the day:
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" (from "Hotel California" by Glenn Lewis Frey, Don Felder, Donald Hugh Henley)
This post is made in order to document my attempt to close my LinkedIn profile and I have clearly stated that all my data must be deleted. Here is my documentation.
Now tt's the 10th time or so I try. From now on I will document every attempt to close my unwanted LinkedIn Account.
Closing the account
I have turned off everything - even though I did the same thing the previous times. Here is the process:
If this is a lie again, I'l contact the authorities and make a formal complaint to the Danish Datatilsynet.
Mail from LinkedIn: sorry to see you go
After this process I got this mail:
I am writing to lodge a formal complaint against LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
I wish to exercise my right to erasure under Article 17 of the GDPR. I have repeatedly attempted to have my personal data deleted by LinkedIn, but the company requires me to log in to confirm the deletion. This requirement results in continued processing of my data, which I consider to be a breach of GDPR, as I have explicitly requested full erasure.
Details:
I kindly request that the DPC investigate this matter and ensure that LinkedIn complies with GDPR by deleting all my personal data without further delay.
Thank you for your attention. I look forward to your confirmation and guidance on the next steps.
Please let me know if you need more documentation from me.
Kind regards,
Per Thykjaer Jensen
17.11.2025 20:37 Spam
After a long day with tons of powerpoints, what you really need is a powerPint ...
Press OPTION + COMMAND + ESC
This window will open:
Click the blue button (in danish it's "Afbryd", here I suppose it's something like "Kill apps" or "Terminate" or whatever).
QED
The annoying beep means: "Descale me please" - at least that's what I thought. And hey presto, the descaling did the trick.
"Don't be evil."
Det var i Googles pure ungdom; men det slogan har de for længst glemt.
Nå men jeg har ingen holdning til et socialt medie som man ikke kan bruge endnu.
Konceptet ligner ind til videre en af de der loger, hvor kun inviterede får adgang.
Case:
My students hand in dissertations as .pdf files and my notes to exam are written in the Microslows Word. Now I want to have all files in one place in order to print them out.
Solution:
Do thus:
# cp -r */*.docx NAME-OF-DIR/
if that be your will.
I've dropped out of several SoMe channels. Some years ago I dropped Facebook. Then Twitter after Mr. Elon's behavior. Recently I've dropped LinkedIn.
By now my only SoMe channel is YouTube. However the adds on YouTube are more and more annoying. On my television the YouTube app is almost useless. You have to watch 30 seconds of bullshit before you see something. Then the video will run. After a minute or less the next bullshit add comes up. I fear that this will just become worse and worse. However, on the odd PC DuckDuckGo has an effective add blocker and video viewer. But I miss this opportunity for YouTube on the tele.
To me the SoMe channels became more and more irrelevant. They may be the playground for a plethora of ads, updates from spindoctors, unwanted notifications and selfpromoting influencers.
"You can hit me all you want to
But I don't need you any more ..."
Lou Reed from Caroline Say's.
Formatting days and dates is not as complicated as I thought.
Rightclick on the cell, choose "Format Cell". This will open the dialog where you can define what you want to see.
The cell could be formatted like this:
dddd dd.mm
Now you can so something along these lines:
I could not enter meetings, because the participate button did not respond. Solution: uninstall MS Teams app and restart the system. Then it worked again.
For some reason Booogle.net wordcloud blocked my PDF's for years. By accident I found out that it is an app add on to google drive. BS app! It's removed - and now I can see my PDFs.
# gpg --edit-key KEY-ID
In the gpg prompt:
# > key 1
(the selected key is marked with an asterisk. You can select several subkeys.)
# > expire
(Set expiration time)
# > trust
(Set trust level)
Why is it so hard to kill the fucking notification sounds on Galaxy devices?
Even though I have disabled notification sounds the device does not respect my choice. This is idiotic. After two years I'm still looking for a solution - or I have to silence apps that were sileced before.
After several years it's still a problem.
If you add an external HDMI adaptor like my USB-C Hub with PD 100w you cannot add the cam. This is strange. However my external screen has two USB slots. Here the cam works. As a bonus the wires will be hidden by the screen.
"The thing that we can do is first of all set up a github, gitlab, or whatever repo with
passpassword database. For that we'll have to installpass-git-helper, it's in the AUR if you're on Arch. Then we'll set up a git repo:pass git initpass git remote add origin <url>pass git add -Apass git commit -m "initial commit"pass git push -u origin masterThis will push all passwords to git repo, make sure the git repo is private.
Now we'll back up the GPG key:
gpg --export-secret-keys $ID > my-private-key.ascCopy the file
my-private-key.ascto a USB drive or whatever storage device you have before wiping disk.To restore the passwords again, copy the private key file to the new system and of course, don't forget the passphrase of GPG key and then run these commands:
gpg --import my-private-key.ascgit clone <url> ~/.password-store/
See this thread: https://superuser.com/questions/1722240/how-to-backup-passwords-from-pass
