That's actually the CEO's job, he just phrases it badly. And maybe something he's failing to realize (or articulate) is that automation can empower the workforce to do additional things that the company may want to branch out into or take on more customers.
His job is to replace the entire workforce with automated work? I'm fine with pushing automation, I am personally working on that to reduce my own workload. But he has straight up said that he'd like us to automate 100% of all work. That's not only impossible, but not something that any sane employee would choose to do.
If someone has found a better and more efficient way to do their job, they deserve a promotion, added responsibilities, better perks, and certainly a raise in pay.
I see two problems: First, some companies see their employees as cogs in a machine rather than capital contributors to the community. Second, some people see themselves as cogs in a machine rather than contributors to the common good.
If I found an employee leeching off the company, I'd give them a month to document what they did. I'd pay them double for that month, and sue them if they didn't do it. Either way, they would be looking for a new job.
Sue them for what? I don’t believe you could sue them for anything. And if they’re in a position that is not a “work-for-hire” position then you’re not even entitled to the work they did to automate the task.
I'm like this except without the automation. A superstar dev will take 10 times or more less time than the regular guy to do the same task.
I hope that English is not your primary language because you are not a superstar at grammar. You mean that a superstar dev would take one tenth the time than a regular dev to perform the same work.
I'n not a coder but I do a lot of general IT work. Automating tasks is a big part of my responsibilities and it has never once put me out of a job. Instead, it made me more effective and productive, able to pass along the more mundane tasks and take on (and help to streamline or completely automate) additional tasks.
Automation, if done correctly, is simply a force multiplier. As noted, it allows you to get the mundane, repeatable tasks out of the way in order to address and tackle higher-level functions. This is, ideally, how you would advance in any organization. If you've automated yourself out of a job, you're probably doing it unethically and not stepping up to lead additional projects.
It depends entirely on your boss. The CEO of my current company would gladly fire the entire workforce if he had a way to automate 100% of the tasks. Now, that being said, he does actually pay well and provide great retirement benefits (private company). Since it’s impossible to automate everything, he has never fired people. But he generally refuses to hire more people unless you can show that it is impossible to use automation to accomplish the needed tasks. And I’ve personally heard him indicate that he’d automate everything and employ nobody if he could.
Don't give Facebook your phone number. It's not required. Every few months they ask, "Do you want to give us your phone number to help us secure your account?" and I answer, "Fuck off, Facebook", as I click the "No" button and move on.
You don't even have the option to opt-in or out of them having your phone number. Someone with your phone number syncs contact info with Facebook and they populate your data. Where do you think Facebook gets this data? Did you even read the summary?
Millennials are also the first generation where bullshit like "I should be able to walk down the street naked and have nothing happen to me" is considered neither a joke nor a statement of "why yes, I am bat shit crazy, just wanted to get that out there while breaking the ice."
I live in the middle of a big city and I do feel this way. But of course the fact that I am bigger than most people out there and am usually walking down the street with a 90 pound dog probably help me feel like I am not going to get hassled. But it's not something I would recommend to any of my friends or family.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of games like that since first pirson shooters became popular.
First person shooters have been popular long before Myst came out. Unless you mean with the game studios. Making creative and engaging puzzle games like this or even Tomb Raider can be quite difficult, time consuming, and therefore expensive. With a first person shooter you can use almost the exact same code base after year and just tweak the story and multiplayer. The only genre with less innovation would be something like Madden. Why people continue to pay a $60 per year subscription to an NFL roster service is beyond my comprehension.
(yep, other phones with Intel modems have a lot of problems, I cant believe that they've magically fixed them for Apple but no-one else)
Well if it's an Apple phone and the issue can be fixed with a firmware update from Intel, then there is at least the possibility of getting it fixed. If it's any other brand you'll probably never even see a security update. That being said, I have no idea if the Intel problems can be fixed with software. Based on the issues they've had with their Puma chipset, my guess would probably be a big fat NO.
My idea is, everytime a vendor has a security issue on their device, I want a refund. They sold me a defective device with defective software. We need to stop calling software buggy and call it what it really is, DEFECTIVE.
Do you happen to own a buggy whip factory? Cause your proposal would result in a complete backslide in technology. Humans err. If they did not intentionally create a defect and are willing to help you get it fixed, why do you think you ought to get a refund? Did you get zero utility out of the software before a defect was found?
Respecting people and agreeing with them are two different things.
The essence of diplomacy is to be able to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
I have a slight disagreement with your statement. Not everyone deserves respect. They can do things that strip them of respect. They should still be treated with respect, however. That can be difficult to do, but it still ought to be done.
Way back when, when we first had cameras, that was the saying. Because it was really hard to make a convincing "wrong" photo.
This is not true. In Germany, the cinema is very popular. I've seen all of Ned Nederlander's films... including when he was known as "Little Neddy Knickers." It was this man who inspired me to learn the art of the quick draw. I looked up to this man. I studied his every move. It was my dream to be as fast as Ned Nederlander. I practiced every day for hours and hours. He was a god to me. Then I found out about movie tricks. Trick photography. I was crushed.
I'm skeptical that this will go anywhere near as well as planned. I suppose if it doesn't work out, they can always park what they do manage to haul all the way there off of the world islands.
Of course it will. Money will transfer from the rich investors into this person's pocket. That fulfills all of the project's goals.
Can't Dubai figure out a way to, you know, conserve water?
Their still suit discipline is just getting worse and worse every year. Why they don't even use the same quality of still suits as would have been required by the fremen just a few years ago.
What you just described is the definition of the deep state - a shadow government that manipulates the public faces of a legitimate government.
No. What I described is normal political influence unless you're describing a "deep state" that affects every single business, government, entity, and anything other group of people that has existed since the dawn of time. You're ridiculous. You probably ought to get outside and meet more people and learn to understand human nature. This is the same reason those reddit moderators continue to accept the abuse mentioned in a post a few days ago. They have a small position of power and influence and they take advantage of it.
On the other hand, if this is accurate, this IS evidence of the Deep State and if true, staffers in the WH that are more powerful than the President.
I think regardless of the rhetoric around this op-ed, I think it's a carefully constructed message which is either by the Trump camp himself to drum up support for their cause or the Deep State trying to warn a sitting President not to mess with them "or else".
Oh don’t be ridiculous. Even a “mere secretary” has a lot more power and influence than you can ever possibly imagine. Someone in that role is obviously trusted or they would have never made it to that position. They can not only influence what documents and people come before the person they work for, but they can also control the order in which such information is presented simply by manipulating the calendar, email, and even snail mail of their boss. This is why rich and successful people often volunteer their children to be aides to senators and other “demeaning” jobs. The influence these people hold is real. It has been the case for thousands of years. People even manipulated kings this way. So go ahead and live in your deep state conspiracy but this is the most asinine excuse you could possibly come up with to justify its existence.
You have something that needs to be cool, and you put it in Texas?
Faithful slashdot reader here for 60 years. Sorry, couldn’t be bothered to read the summary. What’s this got to do with Texas? I’ve seen clouds there before! Does Microsoft own one of them now?
Permanent Daylight savings time is nothing else than moving your time zones by one, or renaming 12 o'clock into 1 o'clock. In the end, it's the same with another name. Why not just get up one hour early? That's exactly what "permanent Daylight savings time" means.
Because I have core hours that I have to be in the office for. So getting up an hour early does not mean I get to go home an hour earlier. It just means I have an extra hour at home before I go to the office. Not the same thing at all when businesses may not be open during that extra hour.
Security and and a business model of handling your data are not exclusive. In fact one would hope that the people who make a business of handling your data are also some of the best in the aspects of security. Now this isn't applied universally. If you take a company like Verizon who will bulk sell your data to the highest bidder then security (of that data) is a non issue. However if you deal with a company whose sole source of income is selling access to you by way of profiling your data, and while maintaining that your data is effectively their carefully guarded CocaCola recipe, then you should apply a bit more nuanced thought.
On top of that you should also take care to look at the quality of products and code produced to date, as well as security practices, hiring and staffing practices, and general industry standings.
With all that in mind I trust Google more on matters of security than a company like Semantic, and a fuck ton more than a company which collects my data as an incidental revenue stream (looking at you Samsung, Verizon etc).
But then you throw thought out the window when it comes to data as evident that you prefer to trust security to agencies which almost exclusively are out to determine if you are thinking wrong and to punish you for it.
Your problem is that you're misunderstanding whose security Google cares about. They care about their own. Whatever protection they provide to your data is only due to the fact that they make money off of that data. At least I know that the NSA and CIA are going to spy on me and generally do things that aren't in my interest. Google is the kind of company that, with their "Do no evil" mantra claim that they're a great company. And yet they spy on you worse than even Facebook does. There are plenty of companies who make this kind of hardware that do not make their money on spying. Why should you trust Google more than one of them?
Seriously, who cares? Who trusts Google, a company that makes all of its money by spying on the users of its platform, with anything that has to do with security? Their whole business model is based around taking your data. I would trust it more if it was a product of the NSA or CIA.
There is a difference between personal security, web security, which is something that is both in your and Google's interest to secure, and the mining of personal information, which is in their interest, but not yours. This is obviously a product for the first.
Not everything Google does fits into the hysterical OH MAH GAWD THEYRE TAHKIN ALL MAH DATA narrative.
If you’re right then there is still no reason to buy it. Google drops basically every service they offer that does not provide value to their advertising platform. They do it time and time again. So if they aren’t actually harvesting useful metrics through the use of this device then they will just EOL it after 2-3 years.
most likely, they are using SMS as a backup recovery mechanisms - so that you are not "toast" when you lose your security key. If you lose the physical key, you will still be able to recover your account via SMS.
Well then I will save my $50 and not buy a security key if they’re going to insecure it in that manner. It just takes a few minutes of social engineering to hijack someone’s number and therefore their SMS.
I notice how you save your ire for people going slow, but never for those going fast. You sonud like one of those entitles asshat drivers to me.
I never have a problem with people going fast because I drive in the correct lane and they never have to pass me on the right. Why should I ever be angry at someone for passing me on the left? The law specifically indicates that it is the correct way to pass. From my perspective you sound like you feel entitled to drive in whatever lane you wish and that is most certainly not true.
All of my driving is city in Florida. These are boulevards with frequent left hand turn lanes, not interstates. There is no fast lane. Besides, Florida doesn't have or enforce a slow traffic stays right policy.
Florida does have a law making it illegal to drive slower than the traffic on your right on an interstate / highway. It’s just never enforced. I’ve watched an FHP officer turn on his lights for someone blocking the left lane, move him all the way to the right lane, and then turn off his lights and go around him. But I seriously doubt the idiot had any idea why the cop did that. And let me be clear, I am not advocating for people to weave in and out of traffic, either. It’s just that there is a balance that must be drawn between defensive driving and more aggressive driving. It’s always safer to merge/change lanes than by slowing down. But yes, Florida drivers are crazy.
Seriously, who cares? Who trusts Google, a company that makes all of its money by spying on the users of its platform, with anything that has to do with security? Their whole business model is based around taking your data. I would trust it more if it was a product of the NSA or CIA.
As a generally law-abiding driver who drives the speed limit, comes to full stops, waits until both lanes are clear before pulling into traffic because you never know when someone will switch lanes into the one you'd like to enter, etc,
Where the hell do you live that this is even an option? You must cause all kinds of ire. Look buddy. It's illegal to change lanes in an intersection. If your lane is clear, you can turn into that lane safely because no one should be entering into it. You are probably causing all kinds of road rage. Where I live you would likely sit at that intersection for 30-40 minutes before you ever got a chance to turn unless you were stopped at a red light, and not an intersection where you have a stop sign and they do not.
. The vast majority of drivers seem to drive with contempt for the law and safety.
Do you ever drive slower than the speed of traffic in the left hand lane? Because that's also against the law and studies have shown that people who do that are more dangerous than people who speed.
I constantly see people... weaving through traffic
Probably because people are illegally blocking traffic by driving slower than those around them in the left hand lanes. I usually drive to work in the far right hand lane because it's wide open while the left hand lane and carpool lanes often have cars going lower than the speed limit.
They should have cameras on the emergency vehicles recording all blatant failures to yield and hold hearings to revoke their driving privileges. Lives are often at stake.
We really ought to be more restrictive about who drives in the US. It's much harder to get a license in Germany. People obey the laws regarding rights of way, driving in the correct lane for their speed, etc. And they have a lot fewer accidents in Germany even though many sections of autobahns have few, if any, restrictions on speed. They typically only limit speeds in populated areas and where major roads come together.
Shouldn't the network card of my PC be handling that?
If I ever chose to put WiFi in my desktop, that is.
Not sure why I'd ever want slower internet, but sure, WiFi is an option.
You do realize that the chips announced yesterday were all Y and U models, right? They *could* go into a desktop but they are generally used for (U)ltra low power devices. That's what the U stands for. The U SKUs usually end up in laptops and the Y SKUs would be used in things like tablets. So there are some serious power savings with this particular change. I do not believe they plan on integrating the WiFi on other SKUs, though I could be wrong. I do not believe these chips have been modified for side-channel attacks, but I can't be certain of that at all at this point.
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That's actually the CEO's job, he just phrases it badly. And maybe something he's failing to realize (or articulate) is that automation can empower the workforce to do additional things that the company may want to branch out into or take on more customers.
His job is to replace the entire workforce with automated work? I'm fine with pushing automation, I am personally working on that to reduce my own workload. But he has straight up said that he'd like us to automate 100% of all work. That's not only impossible, but not something that any sane employee would choose to do.
If someone has found a better and more efficient way to do their job, they deserve a promotion, added responsibilities, better perks, and certainly a raise in pay.
I see two problems: First, some companies see their employees as cogs in a machine rather than capital contributors to the community. Second, some people see themselves as cogs in a machine rather than contributors to the common good.
If I found an employee leeching off the company, I'd give them a month to document what they did. I'd pay them double for that month, and sue them if they didn't do it. Either way, they would be looking for a new job.
Sue them for what? I don’t believe you could sue them for anything. And if they’re in a position that is not a “work-for-hire” position then you’re not even entitled to the work they did to automate the task.
I'm like this except without the automation. A superstar dev will take 10 times or more less time than the regular guy to do the same task.
I hope that English is not your primary language because you are not a superstar at grammar. You mean that a superstar dev would take one tenth the time than a regular dev to perform the same work.
I'n not a coder but I do a lot of general IT work. Automating tasks is a big part of my responsibilities and it has never once put me out of a job. Instead, it made me more effective and productive, able to pass along the more mundane tasks and take on (and help to streamline or completely automate) additional tasks.
Automation, if done correctly, is simply a force multiplier. As noted, it allows you to get the mundane, repeatable tasks out of the way in order to address and tackle higher-level functions. This is, ideally, how you would advance in any organization. If you've automated yourself out of a job, you're probably doing it unethically and not stepping up to lead additional projects.
It depends entirely on your boss. The CEO of my current company would gladly fire the entire workforce if he had a way to automate 100% of the tasks. Now, that being said, he does actually pay well and provide great retirement benefits (private company). Since it’s impossible to automate everything, he has never fired people. But he generally refuses to hire more people unless you can show that it is impossible to use automation to accomplish the needed tasks. And I’ve personally heard him indicate that he’d automate everything and employ nobody if he could.
Don't give Facebook your phone number. It's not required. Every few months they ask, "Do you want to give us your phone number to help us secure your account?" and I answer, "Fuck off, Facebook", as I click the "No" button and move on.
You don't even have the option to opt-in or out of them having your phone number. Someone with your phone number syncs contact info with Facebook and they populate your data. Where do you think Facebook gets this data? Did you even read the summary?
Millennials are also the first generation where bullshit like "I should be able to walk down the street naked and have nothing happen to me" is considered neither a joke nor a statement of "why yes, I am bat shit crazy, just wanted to get that out there while breaking the ice."
I live in the middle of a big city and I do feel this way. But of course the fact that I am bigger than most people out there and am usually walking down the street with a 90 pound dog probably help me feel like I am not going to get hassled. But it's not something I would recommend to any of my friends or family.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of games like that since first pirson shooters became popular.
First person shooters have been popular long before Myst came out. Unless you mean with the game studios. Making creative and engaging puzzle games like this or even Tomb Raider can be quite difficult, time consuming, and therefore expensive. With a first person shooter you can use almost the exact same code base after year and just tweak the story and multiplayer. The only genre with less innovation would be something like Madden. Why people continue to pay a $60 per year subscription to an NFL roster service is beyond my comprehension.
(yep, other phones with Intel modems have a lot of problems, I cant believe that they've magically fixed them for Apple but no-one else)
Well if it's an Apple phone and the issue can be fixed with a firmware update from Intel, then there is at least the possibility of getting it fixed. If it's any other brand you'll probably never even see a security update. That being said, I have no idea if the Intel problems can be fixed with software. Based on the issues they've had with their Puma chipset, my guess would probably be a big fat NO.
My idea is, everytime a vendor has a security issue on their device, I want a refund. They sold me a defective device with defective software. We need to stop calling software buggy and call it what it really is, DEFECTIVE.
Do you happen to own a buggy whip factory? Cause your proposal would result in a complete backslide in technology. Humans err. If they did not intentionally create a defect and are willing to help you get it fixed, why do you think you ought to get a refund? Did you get zero utility out of the software before a defect was found?
Pop quiz: who deserves respect?
Answer: everyone.
Respecting people and agreeing with them are two different things.
The essence of diplomacy is to be able to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
I have a slight disagreement with your statement. Not everyone deserves respect. They can do things that strip them of respect. They should still be treated with respect, however. That can be difficult to do, but it still ought to be done.
Way back when, when we first had cameras, that was the saying. Because it was really hard to make a convincing "wrong" photo.
This is not true. In Germany, the cinema is very popular. I've seen all of Ned Nederlander's films... including when he was known as "Little Neddy Knickers." It was this man who inspired me to learn the art of the quick draw. I looked up to this man. I studied his every move. It was my dream to be as fast as Ned Nederlander. I practiced every day for hours and hours. He was a god to me. Then I found out about movie tricks. Trick photography. I was crushed.
I'm skeptical that this will go anywhere near as well as planned. I suppose if it doesn't work out, they can always park what they do manage to haul all the way there off of the world islands.
Of course it will. Money will transfer from the rich investors into this person's pocket. That fulfills all of the project's goals.
Can't Dubai figure out a way to, you know, conserve water?
Their still suit discipline is just getting worse and worse every year. Why they don't even use the same quality of still suits as would have been required by the fremen just a few years ago.
What you just described is the definition of the deep state - a shadow government that manipulates the public faces of a legitimate government.
No. What I described is normal political influence unless you're describing a "deep state" that affects every single business, government, entity, and anything other group of people that has existed since the dawn of time. You're ridiculous. You probably ought to get outside and meet more people and learn to understand human nature. This is the same reason those reddit moderators continue to accept the abuse mentioned in a post a few days ago. They have a small position of power and influence and they take advantage of it.
On the other hand, if this is accurate, this IS evidence of the Deep State and if true, staffers in the WH that are more powerful than the President.
I think regardless of the rhetoric around this op-ed, I think it's a carefully constructed message which is either by the Trump camp himself to drum up support for their cause or the Deep State trying to warn a sitting President not to mess with them "or else".
Oh don’t be ridiculous. Even a “mere secretary” has a lot more power and influence than you can ever possibly imagine. Someone in that role is obviously trusted or they would have never made it to that position. They can not only influence what documents and people come before the person they work for, but they can also control the order in which such information is presented simply by manipulating the calendar, email, and even snail mail of their boss. This is why rich and successful people often volunteer their children to be aides to senators and other “demeaning” jobs. The influence these people hold is real. It has been the case for thousands of years. People even manipulated kings this way. So go ahead and live in your deep state conspiracy but this is the most asinine excuse you could possibly come up with to justify its existence.
You have something that needs to be cool, and you put it in Texas?
Faithful slashdot reader here for 60 years. Sorry, couldn’t be bothered to read the summary. What’s this got to do with Texas? I’ve seen clouds there before! Does Microsoft own one of them now?
Permanent Daylight savings time is nothing else than moving your time zones by one, or renaming 12 o'clock into 1 o'clock. In the end, it's the same with another name. Why not just get up one hour early? That's exactly what "permanent Daylight savings time" means.
Because I have core hours that I have to be in the office for. So getting up an hour early does not mean I get to go home an hour earlier. It just means I have an extra hour at home before I go to the office. Not the same thing at all when businesses may not be open during that extra hour.
Me, and here's why:
Security and and a business model of handling your data are not exclusive. In fact one would hope that the people who make a business of handling your data are also some of the best in the aspects of security. Now this isn't applied universally. If you take a company like Verizon who will bulk sell your data to the highest bidder then security (of that data) is a non issue. However if you deal with a company whose sole source of income is selling access to you by way of profiling your data, and while maintaining that your data is effectively their carefully guarded CocaCola recipe, then you should apply a bit more nuanced thought.
On top of that you should also take care to look at the quality of products and code produced to date, as well as security practices, hiring and staffing practices, and general industry standings.
With all that in mind I trust Google more on matters of security than a company like Semantic, and a fuck ton more than a company which collects my data as an incidental revenue stream (looking at you Samsung, Verizon etc).
But then you throw thought out the window when it comes to data as evident that you prefer to trust security to agencies which almost exclusively are out to determine if you are thinking wrong and to punish you for it.
Your problem is that you're misunderstanding whose security Google cares about. They care about their own. Whatever protection they provide to your data is only due to the fact that they make money off of that data. At least I know that the NSA and CIA are going to spy on me and generally do things that aren't in my interest. Google is the kind of company that, with their "Do no evil" mantra claim that they're a great company. And yet they spy on you worse than even Facebook does. There are plenty of companies who make this kind of hardware that do not make their money on spying. Why should you trust Google more than one of them?
Seriously, who cares? Who trusts Google, a company that makes all of its money by spying on the users of its platform, with anything that has to do with security? Their whole business model is based around taking your data. I would trust it more if it was a product of the NSA or CIA.
There is a difference between personal security, web security, which is something that is both in your and Google's interest to secure, and the mining of personal information, which is in their interest, but not yours. This is obviously a product for the first.
Not everything Google does fits into the hysterical OH MAH GAWD THEYRE TAHKIN ALL MAH DATA narrative.
If you’re right then there is still no reason to buy it. Google drops basically every service they offer that does not provide value to their advertising platform. They do it time and time again. So if they aren’t actually harvesting useful metrics through the use of this device then they will just EOL it after 2-3 years.
most likely, they are using SMS as a backup recovery mechanisms - so that you are not "toast" when you lose your security key. If you lose the physical key, you will still be able to recover your account via SMS.
Well then I will save my $50 and not buy a security key if they’re going to insecure it in that manner. It just takes a few minutes of social engineering to hijack someone’s number and therefore their SMS.
I notice how you save your ire for people going slow, but never for those going fast. You sonud like one of those entitles asshat drivers to me.
I never have a problem with people going fast because I drive in the correct lane and they never have to pass me on the right. Why should I ever be angry at someone for passing me on the left? The law specifically indicates that it is the correct way to pass. From my perspective you sound like you feel entitled to drive in whatever lane you wish and that is most certainly not true.
All of my driving is city in Florida. These are boulevards with frequent left hand turn lanes, not interstates. There is no fast lane. Besides, Florida doesn't have or enforce a slow traffic stays right policy.
Florida does have a law making it illegal to drive slower than the traffic on your right on an interstate / highway. It’s just never enforced. I’ve watched an FHP officer turn on his lights for someone blocking the left lane, move him all the way to the right lane, and then turn off his lights and go around him. But I seriously doubt the idiot had any idea why the cop did that. And let me be clear, I am not advocating for people to weave in and out of traffic, either. It’s just that there is a balance that must be drawn between defensive driving and more aggressive driving. It’s always safer to merge/change lanes than by slowing down. But yes, Florida drivers are crazy.
Seriously, who cares? Who trusts Google, a company that makes all of its money by spying on the users of its platform, with anything that has to do with security? Their whole business model is based around taking your data. I would trust it more if it was a product of the NSA or CIA.
As a generally law-abiding driver who drives the speed limit, comes to full stops, waits until both lanes are clear before pulling into traffic because you never know when someone will switch lanes into the one you'd like to enter, etc,
Where the hell do you live that this is even an option? You must cause all kinds of ire. Look buddy. It's illegal to change lanes in an intersection. If your lane is clear, you can turn into that lane safely because no one should be entering into it. You are probably causing all kinds of road rage. Where I live you would likely sit at that intersection for 30-40 minutes before you ever got a chance to turn unless you were stopped at a red light, and not an intersection where you have a stop sign and they do not.
. The vast majority of drivers seem to drive with contempt for the law and safety.
Do you ever drive slower than the speed of traffic in the left hand lane? Because that's also against the law and studies have shown that people who do that are more dangerous than people who speed.
I constantly see people ... weaving through traffic
Probably because people are illegally blocking traffic by driving slower than those around them in the left hand lanes. I usually drive to work in the far right hand lane because it's wide open while the left hand lane and carpool lanes often have cars going lower than the speed limit.
They should have cameras on the emergency vehicles recording all blatant failures to yield and hold hearings to revoke their driving privileges. Lives are often at stake.
We really ought to be more restrictive about who drives in the US. It's much harder to get a license in Germany. People obey the laws regarding rights of way, driving in the correct lane for their speed, etc. And they have a lot fewer accidents in Germany even though many sections of autobahns have few, if any, restrictions on speed. They typically only limit speeds in populated areas and where major roads come together.
Shouldn't the network card of my PC be handling that? If I ever chose to put WiFi in my desktop, that is. Not sure why I'd ever want slower internet, but sure, WiFi is an option.
You do realize that the chips announced yesterday were all Y and U models, right? They *could* go into a desktop but they are generally used for (U)ltra low power devices. That's what the U stands for. The U SKUs usually end up in laptops and the Y SKUs would be used in things like tablets. So there are some serious power savings with this particular change. I do not believe they plan on integrating the WiFi on other SKUs, though I could be wrong. I do not believe these chips have been modified for side-channel attacks, but I can't be certain of that at all at this point.