Didn't say it was clever (weird take there). My point was that controlling your own storage and using widely compatible cameras allows one to control one's own destiny, as opposed to being held hostage by proprietary "walled cloud" devices.

This is why (well that and overreaching surveillance) why I bought a group of PoE cameras that work with a wide variety of platforms. Store to my local NAS. No ongoing subscription. I won't buy devices that can't be used except with a subscription, or that allow the seller to brick them at will.

No. It's because a now-convicted criminal was one of the largest donors in the election cycle, and the money that very likely swung the outcomes of elections was illegally gained via fraud and ponzi schemes. Seems like something worth getting to the bottom of. I can't imagine anyone not simply trying to protect their own "team" wouldn't want this fully resolved. And I'm not a republican.

Everything he said that i saw was about being more decisive, not working longer hours. In principle, being more decisive should save time, not take more. I'm not predicting specifically how this plays out, but it could be he is trying to maintain work life balance, staff appropriately, make quick decisions, and win. If that's true, I hope he does. For what it's worth, I've worked with people from both Amazon and tesla, and on the balance, it's night and day in terms of culture. Amazon ain't perfect, but a lot better than tesla. I would at least give bezos a chance, because he is a lot better than musk. If those are the two options, and it may be, I know who I want to win.

The CEO in this case is the renowned James Dolan. His main claim to fame is inheriting his father's fortune derived from Cablevision in the 70s and 80s and running businesses badly. He bought the New York Knicks and has made them a laughingstock for 20 years. He also owns Madison Square Garden and other venues and cable properties (again, daddy's money). He is in a "band" in which he essentially gets gigs by controlling the arenas ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...) and seems to have few, if any, actual fans. He is also well known for having his venues use facial recognition to ban his enemies from events, including people critical of him on social media, low-level staffers working at law firms that are involved in litigation with him, etc). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/1... So, in this case, if an executive is claiming abuse by James Dolan, given his resume, I'm tempted to believe it. He is petty as hell and hasn't done anything in my view to distinguish himself as a CEO other than being born to wealthy parents.

Which regulation specifically? It's a reg to have friction brakes, but I'm pretty sure they have not banned brake by wire, or there are a lot of illegal EVs on the road. Take a look at that Bosch link I sent, it's pretty explicit how it works. Also, just think about it - unless there were independent pedals for brake regeneration and friction brake application, how would it work if it were NOT brake by wire?

I would be interested in a citation for that. EVs I'm familiar with tend to brake by wire and have an integrated brake controller that blends regen with friction brakes based on demand from driver, but driver doesnt have direct mechanical control. Example from Bosch below. Given that the vehicle lost brake control and torque control at the same time that the dash lit up like a Christmas tree, my money is on software. That said, this should never happen, and I would consider it a gross failure of engineering principles including functional safety and ISO26262 standards. I would hope this isn't indicative of what we can expect from China-based EVs like SAIC-owned MG. https://www.bosch-mobility.com...

I mean, Facebook literally suppressed discussion of lab leak posts as disinformation. Washington post fact checkers also called it disinformation.

He doesn't need to be a microbiologist if he has identified patient zero, which he likely did. Also, the epidemiology community closed ranks immediately to claim lab leaks weren't possible, so their leaders have a clear conflict of interest, as they demonstrated early in 2020. Best case you'll score enough points to muddy the water on the origin. But what happened was an orchestrated campaign to suppress free speech on the topic, which was now very clearly the wrong thing to do. And yet you continue to defend it.

I might have thought the origins of the most lethal pandemic in 100 years might have made that list. COVID is now considered by the FBI as reasonably likely to have escaped the Wuhan lab. That was a topic roundly assessed by the academic community and mainstream media as a "conspiracy theory" during the 2020 election cycle and through 2022 and into 2023. I would suspect that topic - one that I suspect drove a lot of traffic - was suppressed as disinformation on Facebook at the time the data for this study seems to have been collected. You would think they would at LEAST remove COVID origin "disinformation" from the study, since that "disinformation" proved to be likely correct, or at least consider the impact of inaccurate fact checking on the results.

The role of protecting free speech used to fall to groups like the ACLU in previous generations. Now they've gotten aboard the "censorship is GREAT" train, so nobody with a strong voice is left to defend free speech, online or anywhere else. I'd rather not have Elon be the champion for...well, anything.

They do not have good intentions, unless the goal of building a comprehensive surveillance state qualifies. I don't think it does.

"Anyone who signed up for Gmail (or those who actively use a Google account for that matter) gave up their privacy at the door Bear in mind that" That wasn't the Google that they claimed to be around 2003 when I signed up. What you say is demonstrably true now, but it's hard cutting the cord on a 20 year old email address, for instance. For those of us who can't easily go "cold turkey" on Google, trying to compartmentalize their services may be desirable.

Unlikely. First, micro USB was worlds better than the shitfest of proprietary phone connectors that preceded it. Second, every device I know of that used micro USB is now switching to USB c anyway, like my Samsung phone (I think this is my third one with C). Really, apple is the only one seeming to fight it. Some low-end legacy devices do still use micro, mostly the same kind of crap that would also use 2.4ghz wifi. But anything high end is already on C, that I've seen.

Yes, this will get vetoed, i suspect, because I believe governmental agencies are some of the best customers of that data. It is effectively a gaping loophole, as US intelligence agencies aren't supposed to operate domestically, per their charters. But they can buy open data from commercial entities that aren't prevented from doing so. This law would help close that hole. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/...