The General Technology Thread

[KLB]

Problem would go away if people stopped working for those companies.
Problem is, too many people won't care, till it is too late.

Yep. That would be my choice if my company tried that crap.

 

[jkaetz]

I will start by saying that I would also decline to participate in such a program. However, as it stands they aren't doing anything that wouldn't already be possible with a standard badge type identifier except it couldn't be lost or forgotten.

 

[JettaKnight]

I will start by saying that I would also decline to participate in such a program. However, as it stands they aren't doing anything that wouldn't already be possible with a standard badge type identifier except it couldn't be lost or forgotten.

Exactly. It's not much different than any standard RFID key - except this one can't be left on the kitchen counter.

People willingly cover themselves with permanent markings visible to everyone, yet then get completely indignant about a tiny, and removable, splinter hidden under the skin.

 

[jamil]

Ooo interesting. Where do you stand on this one? Seems they should have assured they had total control of the device before letting her go.

Police: Woman remotely wipes phone in evidence after shooting

Reap what you sow. Stupid ***** takes her phone with to commit a crime. Police take it as evidence. No problems with that. Stupid ***** isn’t all that stupid though, wipes phone remotely. No problem with that either. But she gets charged with evidence tampering, which is what she did. No problems with that.

The only problem I have with how it all happened is the cops didn’t put the phone in a shielded container.

 

[KLB]

Exactly. It's not much different than any standard RFID key - except this one can't be left on the kitchen counter.

People willingly cover themselves with permanent markings visible to everyone, yet then get completely indignant about a tiny, and removable, splinter hidden under the skin.

Exactly. You CAN leave it on the counter. If you aren't at work you don't have the chip with you. This one is always with you.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Huh, sort of interesting...

4chan is splitting its worksafe boards off to the "4channel" domain, and keeping the NSFW boards on "4chan"

Sort of solving the problem that places like Twitter, YouTube, Reddit run into with advertisers.

 

[BugI02]

Exactly. It's not much different than any standard RFID key - except this one can't be left on the kitchen counter.

People willingly cover themselves with permanent markings visible to everyone, yet then get completely indignant about a tiny, and removable, splinter hidden under the skin.

Implant in right hand or forehead, correct?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Elon Musk receives FCC approval to launch over 7,500 satellites into space

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Amazon Reveals “Technical Error” That Exposed Customer Names, Emails – Just In Time For Holiday Shopping

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Waiting patiently for the perfect NVME SSD deal to pop up today.... missed a WD Black 1tb.

Four SSDs, all full... need just one more... one more.

 

[KLB]

You could always try deleting some

 

[T.Lex]

Some interesting developments in the quantum realm (unrelated to Marvel):

https://www.theatlantic.com/science...-superconductors-electron-speed-limit/576484/

A ubiquitous quantum phenomenon has been detected in a large class of superconducting materials, fueling a growing belief among physicists that an unknown organizing principle governs the collective behavior of particles and determines how they spread energy and information. Understanding this organizing principle could be a key into “quantum strangeness at its deepest level,” says Subir Sachdev, a theorist at Harvard who was not involved with the new experiments.

And quantum computing:
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...le-separation-keeps-qubits-calmer-for-longer/

[Can't really find a summary-style quote in the article, so just click on it if you're interested.]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Mars Landing coverage live in 7m

[video=youtube;wwMDvPCGeE0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

LGR looks at the Action Replay device for... PC.

Wow. Had no idea these things existed outside of consoles. Apparently they had versions even earlier than this... for Commodore, and ISA cards for PCs.

[video=youtube;QY54vZlgfx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY54vZlgfx4[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

CFO of Huawei has been arrested.

 

[T.Lex]

Without any sense of irony, she's asking for the details of the arrest to not be released. Then the PRC claims that she's a political prisoner, being held without any details being released about her arrest.

Granted, there are probably legitimate reasons to not make the indictment/subpoena public right now, but if the feds adhere to the rules, the details should be available soon.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Leaked emails for Mark Zuckerberg show Facebook 'struck secret deals over user data'

As time goes on, "Privacy/Security" will probably earn its own thread.

 

[WebSnyper]

Large tech companies should pull their services from Australia and tell them to go pound sand over this:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/365335/australia-oks-controversial-anti-encryption-law

Straight up stupidity based on what I've seen reported so far.

 

[jkaetz]

Large tech companies should pull their services from Australia and tell them to go pound sand over this:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/365335/australia-oks-controversial-anti-encryption-law

Straight up stupidity based on what I've seen reported so far.

The could just tell them to go pound sand all together. What is the Australian government really going to do to Apple if they refuse the order?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

New video from Ahoy, who does great graphical, informational videos. He has an entire series based on firearms from a game perspective.

This one is on the Commodore Amiga

"FLATLINE: How The Amiga Languished"

[video=youtube_share;zB_UZsJUbwQ]https://youtu.be/zB_UZsJUbwQ[/video]