Buyer beware.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Related: A law to require disclosure of microphones and cameras in devices. Yes. I consider selling a device with a mic and camera, that the seller doesn’t tell you about, to be an invasion of privacy. I keep a shutter over the camera on my laptop, but I don’t have an easy way to disable its mic. Fortunately, since I run Linux on it, it’s unlikely that it’s spying on me.
[Bumped]
The latest reason it’s bad.
This is ridiculous.
Elon is still saying this year, but people are understandably skeptical.
An idiot’s guide.
I knew most of these, but I didn’t know about the “squashed engines” rule for the 737.
…in spaaaaaace…
Seriously, this is a technology that I’m really looking forward to.
The place is a mess, and it does complicate China’s life for them to have to deal with it. My only concern is for the Kurds. But maybe they can cut a deal with Assad. And it is worth noting that Erdogan will be limited in his military ambitions by the need for maintenance of his NATO equipment.
[Mid-morning update]
The fate of the Kurds.
They really deserve their own country, but that never seems to be in the cards. Ignoring the Marxist PKK, they’re the only real allies, other than Israel, in the region.
California is becoming more and more like a third-world country. But the idiot voters just keep voting for more of it.
The sun is extremely quiet. It will be interesting to see what the effects are.
People in charge of them should be made personally liable.
Makes sense to me. If you’re going to deprive someone of their right to self defense, it should be your responsibility to make it actually safe, not just put up a sign.
Thought he always seemed unprincipled as a politician, I used to admire Mitt Romney as a man. No more.