Not really. I was recently looking for a laser printer for my home office. I've had good experience with HP in the past, but kept hearing about this subscription thing. So I bought a highly-rated HP printer, with the expectation of returning it if a subscription was required.

It isn't. Basically this is either a case of misunderstanding or purposely misleading. HP has a subscription service, but it is not required. If you don't print that much or just don't want HP monitoring your ink use and automatically sending out ink or toner, then don't sign up.

I'm proud of it. It's not about keeping cords we don't need. It's keeping cords we might need. For example, just because I don't have a land line now doesn't mean I'm guaranteed to never need a cord with RJ11 connectors ever again. Same for parallel printer cables. Heck, just last week a friend needed a mini-usb cable, something I haven't needed in a decade or more. But I had 1.

I have gone through my collection and done some culling. For most cable types not in active use I only have 2 specimens. But I am currently in the process of going through my basement and giving away/recycling/throwing away things I don't need, and the box of cords and cables is one of the things that is staying.

First, I'm going to trigger this a dozen times just getting up to stretch my legs before anyone attempts to steal my laptop.

Second, the person stealing my laptop is after the hardware. Any kill switch to lock down or delete data is irrelevant.

Third, if my laptop does contain data that makes it a target beyond just pawning the hardware, why am I using it in public?

This is a curious proof-of-concept type toy, but I'm not seeing the real-world application.

Glad it works for you. For someone who wears glasses, putting on a second pair of glasses over their regular glasses definitely does not improve immersion.

For me it's like listening in on the most interesting conversation at a party. But I don't really listen to shows that are "somebody babbling away." The best are ones where the hosts have done research and come prepared not just with opinions, but some facts.

I listen to a lot of movie podcasts (http://moviesbyminutes.com/) and some of it is just people talking about why they love certain movies and what those movies mean to them, but more than that it's the behind the scene details, the tiny background easter eggs I might not have noticed, and other things that make it more than just babbling away.

Pretty all my podcast listening for the last few years has been Movies by Minutes (MbM).Each episode examines 1 minute of a movie. It's a great way to dig into the finer details of what makes our favorite movies so great.

There's a bunch of movies covered at:
http://moviesbyminutes.com/

And a shout out to one of my favs, Mad Max Minute, who recently wrapped up their coverage of Fury Road with an interview of George Miller!
https://www.madmaxminute.com/

$250 for headphones that work for 5 hours before needing a recharge and are expected to last a few years at most?

I've been using a set of Bose QC15 for about 10 years. I get a couple days of use from a single AAA battery. Takes about a minute to go from dead to full charge (aka replace the battery). I've replaced the ear foam and cord for a few bucks each. At this pace, the headphone jack will out of use before my headphones die.

When the subject of automated cars comes up, particularly from google, I think of their search results. When the search terms contain, for example misspelling, and they return results with a "did you mean..." that's great. When they go ahead and return results what they thought you meant to type, that's a problem. I estimate 19 of 20 times google does this I click the link to actually search for what I typed in. Search the internet it's an inconvenience. When it's my car taking me to the wrong location, it becomes a major problem. If I'm going to Manhattan, KS, I don't want my car driving to Manhattan, NY because more people go to NY than go to KS.

When a computer can use collective knowledge to make suggestions, that's helpful. But all too often these systems have been programmed to make decisions, not suggestions. That's an issue. If I search for 4 words, don't give me results with 3 of the 4 words. At least not as the top results. That doesn't match my request. And if no pages have been indexed with all 4 of those words? Then tell me that.

If I give an automated car a destination it can't find, I'd much rather it goes no where than just pick a place that seems "close enough."

I'm OK with this (with caveats).

When I completed a B.S. in Math in the early 1990s, I had applied math (essentially computer science courses with a fair bit of programming) courses count towards the major. I also had math-heavy physical science courses count towards the math major. (If memory serves, those courses were modern physics, statistical mechanics, and physical chemistry).

My caveat is a concern others have stated above: programming is not computer science. However, I think every CS course I've taken (I did a CS Master program with completed courses but not the thesis) had programming homework to demonstrate the CS concepts.

So not only do I think this could work, but it's a good idea in 2 scenarios:
1. As someone noted above, programming covers algebraic concepts such variables. A specifically-constructed course to teach algebra through programming is not a bad idea.

2. I know this is not as true today, but when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was in high school, all math tracts lead to calculus. There is more in the world of math that does not include calculus. I could see a divide in tracts where students get to that level and have a choice to take calculus or CS which is heavy in discrete math (or both).

What would not work is a straight swap of the typical intro to [language] course in place of a first year of trigonometry or geometry. Also note for those CS and applied math courses I took, none of them taught any programming during lecture or in the texts/notes provided as part of the course. If programming was required to complete homework, we were expected to know/learn on our own the required language.

CS is not substitute for introductory math and math is not a substitute for introductory CS. My second example above (CS as a discrete math course) really only works if students already have some programming experience (assuming as with courses I've taken programming is required for demonstration of the CS concepts).

How does the doorbell know who or when I'm calling?

Does this look infected?

Filing for IPO was a mistake. All the self-dealing and shady deals to bleed money from the business--buying the name, the leasing of property from the founder noted above--doesn't attract as much attention in private companies. That's how a prominent American public figure has managed to retain his wealth over decades of failing and bankrupting businesses. They've all been private.

When the business goes public, all that dirty laundry get aired.

Logos for employers and certifications was something I did with my resume in the 1990s. Headshots go back even further.

"we immediately took steps to protect that data"

Oh, so they went around to anyone who may have the copied the list and deleted it off their computers? Taking steps to protect data is only something that can be done before the data is out.

One more reason I'm going to Ars more and more and /. less and less.