I had to go across once in the past 10 years. Not planning to do so again any time soon.

Seems to me Cox would apply here, wouldn’t it? Or is that just for copyright?

What??? I was thinking that they’d stick such a thing somewhere like Castlegar, where there’s already power generation and no potential for water and energy shortages, plus a community benefit for the added jobs.

Sticking it in the most expensive real estate in BC, where there’s already water rationing and a heavy drain on power generation?

I fail to see ANY upsides.

One other hurdle to note specifically in this time: because of the absolute flood of AI bots that tend to hammer popular sites and ignore robots.txt, many web servers out there have moved to a bot allow list — which means if you’ve got a new properly behaved and reporting index bot, you’ll likely find it gets blocked by default on a LOT of the Internet.

Because Google, Bing, Yandex and Baidu already exist.

Any new competition starting up now would need really deep pockets to compete for the decade or so it would take to make any sort of profit.

I wonder how far behind it NYC is….

There have been good writeups on why Apple doesn’t provide gyro data — it can be used to physically track people. This is mostly an issue in apps that embed Safari, such as a store loyalty app that can track your movement while you’re in their store — or in a competitor’s store. Since Firefox isn’t embedded in apps, it’s not an issue there.

“You know you’re Generation X when….”

I find it odd that people now reflect fondly back on “old Facebook” when I remember Zuck and his friends going on about how they got hot girls to give them their photos and personal info.

Hopefully the pendulum will swing again; Gen Z doesn’t actually seem very impressed with AI and the digital services economy.

Thanks, Trump!

Is this the same guy who just did a blessing of a golden statue of Trump, insisting it wasn’t a golden calf?

The scammers use the same services as telemarketers. They don’t register consumer numbers; they pose as international call centers with pools of numbers.

Since this is the type of contract that is the most profitable to the carriers, they only dig as deep as they’re legally required to dig into these customers’ business practices. Then they hide behind “I thought they were just another of the many legitimate telemarketers that we service!” excuse.

I can just imagine them doing the musical number….

Seems like a standard trade negotiation move?

Portray your side as the most accommodating, and then act outraged when the other side tries to alter the deal. The only way to negotiate with the US currently.

That’s assuming that this isn’t just the first stage of full capitulation.

I’m confused; they talk about low quality images, but then go on to talk about how it’s high enough quality to see whatever you happen to be looking at, identify it, and provide unprompted suggestions.

Doesn’t really sound any different from Google glasses to me, other than using audio instead of a HUD?

Redistricting only works if voter turnout lines up with projections at time of redistricting and people don’t move districts in significant volumes.

If something happens that convinces non-voters to show up, redistricting can actually work AGAINST the party in power.

It’s also not a watermelon.

What it is, in fact, is a trade deal.

Hybrid Electric Vehicle

There was an x prize for a tricorder about a decade back; they found that to accomplish all the tasks, they actually needed three sets of hardware, two of which needed to be strapped on to the person.

If nothing else, Trump has proven that this can be a winning strategy.

Burns wrote on social media before emphasizing that the gilded effigy was not a false idol.

“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf,” he said.

No, not a calf. A different bovine comes to mind.

And this pastor really doesn’t know his bible. Either that, or he knows it but didn’t enter the sheep fold by the gate.