From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:58:11 -0500, Maria Sophia   
    wrote:   
      
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   >   
   >As for my passwords, I don't worry about my family accessing my activities   
   >online, but I think my wife would be bored to tears reading OS newsgroups.   
      
    "Wife".   
      
    Okay. It's not unknown for female, girly, lady types to have wives   
   but "Maria", at least in this posting, does come across as a little   
   masculine. A bit.   
      
    I'm sad.   
      
   >   
   >She constantly tells me that instead of posting my tremendous knowledge on   
   >Usenet, I should be writing Vine reviews to help people buy products.   
      
    Or writing "Security For Dummies" books. Those seem to sell quite   
   well.   
      
    If you have deeper knowledge than I do (and I could at least do a "   
   ... For Dummies" level text on a couple of subjects were I not lazier   
   than the average cat) then you could consider writing deeper books,   
   too.   
      
    I'm told that one can even self-publish on Amazon and other sites in   
   this Millennium, so you don't need a publishing house.   
      
   >   
   >For example, since Amazon gives us up to $300K/year of free products to   
   >test, we "earned" over $100K last year working for Vine to test things.   
   >   
   >At least that's what Amazon tells Uncle Sam about the free products we get.   
      
    Oh.   
      
    Can *I* get freebies, too?   
      
    J.   
      
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