By who's definition of disinformation? My question, as an engineer, is how Georgia (where I live) went from 3.5% to 0.3%. (for one example) That's not disinformation, that's based on info from Sec of State that I can check..) So it's a valid question, not disinformation.

From the article, in 2018, when 230,000 absentee ballots were cast, 3% were rejected for signature mismatches or other reasons, In 2020, when more than 1.2 million absentee ballots were cast, the rejection rate fell to 0.24%

  (Local GA Paper : https://peachtreetimes.com/sto... from GA Sec of State data.)

If I had that sort of change in an error rate in my designs, I'd definitely be questioning it. (and I can't believe the citizens of Georgia improved their ability to properly do government forms by that big of an improvement...)

I find that math suspicious.

Seriously?

This has gotten out of hand.... the political correctness and cancel culture that's driving this is INSANE.

What's next Black and White TV has to change it's name?
Why don't we ban ALL color words. No white, No black, No blue, No green, No yellow, No blue No purple...

There isn't ANY connection here with these words to racial context. They were to describe ROLES.
It's not a slavery reference.

I've also heard they're attempting to change the rules of Chess -- No white goes first....

Let's just ELIMINATE these two colors. Remove black and white paint. Remove black and white from video broadcsts
From computer screens... Then it's time for blindfolds so we CAN'T SEE BLACK or WHITE in the natural world...

where does this insanity stop???

Pay lower taxes vs pay lower tax rate. Not the same thing...

....because I have An Ad blocker on. The Irony of it all...

I thought this was obvious....it's because of the song... Tea for Two and Two for Tea...la la la...

And hide it behind a link that doesn't work without Ad Block turned off...

Not News I'll look at...

I'm surprised that he hadn't figured this out... only thought about removing switches (or taping them down) for a few minutes.

Then I found two VERY simple solutions. GE makes a switch that is a toggle that says "in the middle" (i.e. push it up turns on, then moves back to a center position, and visa versa to turn off). It doesn't take a certified installer to figure this out. That way works for both "non-smart" use, and "smart" use (i.e. via phone, tablet, etc.)

Also, the GE smart bulbs that I got with my Wink are smart enough to reset if you turn off the power and turn it back on. Absolutely NO need to tape anything off.

I think he didn't think very much about this, or wasn't very creative... didn't take me that long to do it, and the DIY has worked well enough that it passed the "Wife doesn't want anything that is tech just for tech sake" test...

It's actually FINALLY getting to the point where the DIY person can tackle this if they don't get sucked into the hype and actually THINK about the use cases before deploying stuff willy nilly...

This is my cousin Les. You can't imagine what it is like to see this type of breakthrough for him after 40 years (I was 10 when the accident happened)
I've seen how amazing Les is and how he gets around and deals with life without his natural arms for most of my life. I've gone dune buggy racing with him driving (he's a crazy driver :-) ) and many other fun things. But to see these videos, I'm just awe struck. Not only is it impressive technology wise, but it's just awe inspiring and brings immense joy to see the gift that this can bring back into Les's life. (esp. this time of year) This is one of the best Christmas presents this year.

I can comment with some authority on this (this is my cousin in the article!)

Yes, an electrical accident can make you lose both arms and stop your heart, however the fall that occurred afterwards (at least according to the doctor) restarted his heart. I saw the sun glasses he was wearing that changed color based on sunlight (which were permanently stuck in a darkened state) so the whole situation and environment around this was probably a once in a lifetime situation.

As one poster wrote, using a spell checker when you write a novel doesn't make you a bad writer. That's true, but it doesn't make you a better speller.

An IDE doesn't make you a bad programmer, but it doesn't make you any better at retaining the language specifics (any more than a spell checker helps you become a better speller... people don't use it to "improve a weak skill" they use it "instead of developing the weak skill"... )

I've seen plenty of folks who can think, but couldn't do ANYTHING without an IDE. That's like a carpenter who uses an electric circular saw, but couldn't use a hand saw if the power was out....

It it just me, or does this make no sense. Isn't Open Source suppose to ALLOW you to run the SW in any form, as you like on a piece of HW?
Ok, so this only runs on Google's HW... and they are within their right to set terms of what they're going to support. But this sure sounds really screwed up...
and at least doesn't seem to follow the "spirit" of Open Source, though it does follow the "letter-of-the-law"...

Google continues to slide on my score sheet. Use to seem to be taking a new exciting path, now just turning into yet another huge corp, with a similar mental model as any other. (Granted they all have their own tweaks, but they're not anything special any more). Nothing to see here, move along there...

For some reason, the whole "this person" or "that person" is homophobic is starting to sound like in the 50's when it was "that person is a commie".
People are getting attacked for believing (or are even assumed to believe) something others don't believe in. The side that's screaming the loudest then gets to blacklist those folks and keep them from working. Sheesh.

I want a souped up Dick Tracy watch... with not just a speaker, but video... like this

We going to see a version of this on his site?