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No adblocking, “for performance reasons”, for iPad 3 (the original retina display). Sigh. Even though it’s perfectly functional, and would benefit more from adblocking.
The fall guy
Whistleblower or fall guy, take your pick: “The test manipulations are a moral and political disaster for Volkswagen. The unlawful behaviour of engineers and technicians involved in engine development shocked Volkswagen just as much as it shocked the public. We can only apologise and ask our customers, the public, the authorities and our investors to […]
Taxi
My gut, and my intellect, tell me that Uber [1] is a bad idea. There are reasons why we have taxi medallions – look at the places that don’t. Do you really want a million Uber drivers cruising around LAX looking for pickups? There are also reasons why we have employment laws, FICA payments, worker’s […]
Pasadena, where the overarching city principle is “No overnight parking 2-6 AM”*
* also never let a sucker make two lights in a row
Quote of the Day 21 August 2015
Car cela libère mon esprit de la tyrannie des choses insignificantes. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry when asked why he climbs
Cognitive dissonance
It's remarkable that it seems the same people who hold the view that, on Earth, self-driving cars will make the human driver obsolete are largely the same people who claim that, on Mars, self-driving science robots are so much worse than humans.
Hacked
In no particular order, organizations which have exposed varying degrees of my personal information [1], unwillingly given in the first place, to ill-willed people [2]: Anthem Target OPM NASA TMO These are just the ones they’ve told me about. Perhaps this is what Scott McNealy meant. [1] And who […]
As Seen On TV!
TIL: Sticking your fingers down your throat is not a reliable nor particularly easy way to make yourself vomit (don't ask). Darn you, TV! Once again you have lied to me. I am looking at you, Burn Notice. In my youth, I learned that hanging on to the hood of a moving car ASOTV is […]