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Comment Re:Good luck with that (Score 1) 123

I'm glad I'm not the only one smart enough to see the obvious weakness in their plan. A machine that barely understands "go left", "go right", "extrude filament", etc isn't going to understand "Don't print gun parts, mmmkay?"...

And even if they do revise it to including slicing software, good luck enforcing that in open source slivers not based in the USA...

Comment Re:They want people that cannot leave (Score 2, Interesting) 224

I'm going to chime in with getting to university in Europe is a lot harder than in the United States. I know the schools in Switzerland have high stakes exams regularly that *do* filter the majority towards what we could consider trade-schools.
Those who do get in, as you said, their university education is essentially free.

Comment Not really new stuff... (Score 1) 86

I worked for a HMO from 2000s to 2010s. During my time there, we consolidated to a single building and were issued new badges that contained a RDIF that could be read remotely.
Every couple of minutes security would 'ping' the building and see where everyone was in the name of safety and security.
One day I had a gastro-issue and spent a lot of time in the restroom, and to my horror, there was a knock on my stall's door from security to see if I was okay.
After that, I would leave my badge at my desk while in the office.

So, basically not new technology, just using WiFi to do the checks vs RF.

Comment Re:"If plaintiff didn't read her contract ..." (Score 1) 77

I'd be fine with this. Recently Audible removed a book from my library and essentially told me to kick rocks. I'd listened to it when I first got it, and although I wanted to go back and check something in one of the chapters (which is how I found the book was no longer available), it's not the end of the world: it's just $15 they stole from me.

Comment Congratulations (Score 1) 6

I'm glad you got to have kids and watch them grow from birth. I never got to do that; I married a gal and the boys were already ten and eleven years old when I entered their life.

Comment Re:Not a bad thing, necessarily (Score 1) 91

I agree. I think a second benefit could be that interested high school (or college) students now get a data source that doesn't change locations from administration to administration. It is mildly frustrating to me that many government websites simply change where things are each year. Worse is when a department goes through the amazingly beneficial operation of name change. /s

Comment No other explanation (Score 4, Interesting) 129

It's intentionally placed.
Bluetooth circuits are usually licensed for pennies per million by the same companies that sold you the EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, etc).
So then why?
Sell at a loss, get placed in all the cheap phones, tablets, PCs in Asia, have instant backdoor access with a simple "knock-knock' packet.

Comment Re:Sooo... (Score 5, Informative) 233

Being pedantic here, but the FCC licenses broadcast networks like NBC-Affiliates, ABC-Affiliates, etc. Most of the major networks don't broadcast over the air to local TVs - they broadcast via satellite to their affiliate network stations who then require an FCC license to re-broadcast that signal locally. Some major networks do own local TV stations that have to be licensed, but the "networks" themselves do not.

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