It’s an incredibly weird day when I find myself defending Google, or voice assistants, but here we are. I’ve seen it mentioned in several places that a Google Voice Assistant contractor is “blowing the whistle” on inadvertent recordings made by google devices. I want to note first that I have a very good friend, whom…
Month: July 2019
Quick Hit: Flight Hour Cost
A reminder: Trump misappropriated military funds meant to more safely house our troops to spend on his border wall instead. Meanwhile Trump’s July 4 parade for himself featured 2 Abrams battle tanks, a B-2 stealth bomber, 2 F-35Cs, 2 Super Hornet F-18s, 4 Apache helicopters, 2 F-22 Raptors, H-60 and H-65 helos, the BlueAngels &…
Items of Note: Senate doxxer sentenced, information & dopamine, missile site oops, and more
It’s a weird world where we market kevlar shoelaces for their ability to cut through flexcuffs/zipties, pay people pennies to game search engines to promote your business AND de-prioritize your domestic violence and malpractice history, and tech CEOs blame software problems on alternate universes. I should be back to regular blogging shortly. For the moment,…