Look at the numbers a different way. 760 Million infections versus 36 million. So, you're 21 times more likely to get Covid than flu. With the death rates you calculated, which are pretty similar, that's a ratio of 760M * 0.0013 / 36M * 0.0017 which is 16.14. That's means even with a similar death rate, the easier spread of Covid means that the average person is 16.14 times more likely to die of Covid than flu.

The way cell phone companies work, yeah probably would be at least an add-on to your bill. Like adding a tablet to your data plan. But it would be great if it were set up so that you can only use one or the other at a time on the cell network, either automatically or by manual selection on the device.

It would be nice to be able to leave the big phone at home when going for a run, hike, swim, bike ride or such activity, and have the watch able to work by itself for things like fitness tracking, GPS tracking, text messages, making an emergency call, etc. In those cases, simple canned text responses work just fine, and voice-to-text would be a welcome added feature.

In CDMA2000 (maybe before that?), "Forward Power Control" protocol gives the phone a means to request the transmitting tower to either increase or decrease the power of its signal. So, the phone can actually "boost the radio" to get better reception, in a way.

Only if by "reigns supreme" you mean "is used more" :)

I've gone back and forth between Verilog and VHDL depending on the company I am at throughout my career. Verilog is used more often, but it is absolutely horrible. I know people find the strict typing of VHDL painful, but it really does save a lot of time later during verification. I think people would be surprised at how much VHDL is still used. A large part of Qualcomm uses it still for modem chips and for mobile SOCs.

Remember to compare that $623/month against what you're currently really paying. Most companies do not provide medical coverage to employees completely free, there is some money taken out of your paycheck pre-tax for your contribution. This can easily be between $200 and $500 depending on the company and your elections.

The problem with the ever-increasing timestamp concept is that it doesn't account for multi-path issues. I thinks the GP's idea of replay is to do it quick enough that it looks like a stronger multi-path version of the signal. However, there are two problems with that I see. 1. Without being able to decrypt the original message and encrypt a new one, I don't see how one would do the replay with any use. 2. Even if you did have the ability to decrypt and encrypt, it would take far too long to do all that an re-transmit in time to fit in the multi-path search window. GP said you could do this without knowing the actual meaning of the signal. I'm not sure what that would accomplish other than either amplifying the signal, or jamming it.

Not true, the system still notices. The system gets calibrated when the tires are filled up by a competent driver initializing calibration through a simple 22 step process done entirely be a single button and a 2-line dashboard display. It's even written down in the manual that I'm sure every driver reads before operating a vehicle. The proper tire speed to engine speed is then stored in the computer over the next few miles of driving. After that point, any/all tire deflation will be noticed.

You list what permissions your app will need up front in the manifest. If your app then tries to do something that wasn't in that manifest, it won't be able to, because it doesn't have the permission. If Mr Malwharightar tries to be sneaky and omit a permission to make phone calls, then the code will not be able to make phone calls. I don't see the flaw.

Oh, I see. I stand corrected.

I came to my conclusion by making ill-founded assumptions and then using a single data point that appeared to back me up.

What a strange area to try to drive in.

There's actually nothing wrong with the route google shows there. First, you put the end point there, implying you actually want to get there. Second, there are parked cars in that street view, so apparently you can drive down that road for the purpose of parking (say, like when you tell google that your destination is on that street).

If you move the end point anywhere else, google routes you around that street. Ask it to take you to Oak St east of Octavia Blvd, and google takes you down Laguna St.

Doesn't the caching only apply to the single process ? It's not like you can have some background task running waiting for a sudo, or am mistaken there?