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Tesla cars

samedi 8 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Tesla cars in China report their location in real time. What about Tesla cars in the US?

All "connected" cars report their location because the "connection" works via a cellular modem. Every cell phone is tracked the same way, but you can turn off the phone (maybe), and you can certainly leave it home.

I think we need laws to require cars to have a way to turn off the car's "connection" at the physical level, a way that malicious software can't override.

Facebook's Soros investigation

samedi 8 décembre 2018 à 01:00

Sheryl Sandberg Asked Facebook Staff to Investigate George Soros' Finances.

Having seen that order could easily have led employees and contractors to choose him as a point of attack against the protest group.

Her order was in response to a speech by Soros, copied here.

I agree completely with his criticism of Facebook and Google, though he doesn't recognize some of their worst problems — collection of personal data, and nonfree software, and the concept that one of the main dangers of large companies is their political power.

Did Facebook manipulate its useds so that they would see and believe the smears against its critics?

Bribing Putin

samedi 8 décembre 2018 à 01:00

The cheater planned in 2016 to bribe Putin by giving him the penthouse in the planned Moscow Trump Tower. If, that is, the concept of "bribe" is meaningful in the context of a kleptocracy where corruption is everywhere.

Informative G20 seminar

samedi 8 décembre 2018 à 01:00

(satire) …member leaders at the G20 Summit attended the Saudi Crown Prince’s informative seminar Friday on eliminating dissident journalists.

Medicare for All

samedi 8 décembre 2018 à 01:00

The question, "How could we pay for Medicare for All," is foolish because it is based on a false assumption. The right question is, "How shall we use the $500 billion annual savings from Medicare for All?"