The only way I would consider having an Alexa device is if it had a hard switch on the microphones, ie "press to talk". I don't know of any such device, so I would have to rewire an existing device. In the normal Alexa devices, the microphones (7 of them!) are tiny, surface mount, hard to get at, and hard to rewire.
Another option would be to build my own, with a switch. I found instructions on installing Alexa on a Raspberry Pi. It sounds like it does all the control stuff, but doesn't do the DRM audio. So I couldn't use it to play Pandora or Spotify.
Wave energy collectors, wind turbines, and solar cells all require an extensive infrastructure to manufacture. So do storage batteries. All of those things wear out, or get damaged, and need replacement. They would be dependent on the mainland for parts.
At least ocean cruise liners move around to give the paying guests some change of scenery. Their income is from selling scenic trips to people on vacation. These platforms would have nothing to sell, and no economic reason for anyone to visit.
A tiny man-made island will have no space to grow crops, no soil to grow them in, and no earth to mine for minerals. The only thing they can actually harvest from the surrounding ocean will be fish. Everything else would have to be imported: fuel, metal, plastic, paper, etc. Even their electricity would depend on continuously importing solar cells, batteries, even wire to make up for losses due to age, weather, accidents, etc.
The suggestion that they would eat only plant based foods is especially stupid. Every island culture in history has included fish in their diet, because it's the most convenient source of protein. In this case, it would be the only local food source.
"J4Al4&/rO1.P9DeErxL ) Yes, that's the kind of passwords you should use,"
That's absolutely the kind of passwords you should never require. You've forced everyone to write them down, decreased entropy, and inserted shell metacharacters. Good passwords are actually phrases of easily spelled words that form a mental image for the user. A perfect example of this is the classic XKCD comic https://www.xkcd.com/936/.
I tried this when we first got a PRI into our VoIP system. Our provider would only accept caller id numbers in the range they assigned/routed to us over that PRI. I could spoof any of our numbers, but not anyone else's. I don't understand why other providers allow spoofing of numbers that aren't routed to that trunk. Payouts? Graft?
You can't use O365 for legally restricted documents, ie HIPPA, FERPA, ITAR, many court documents, company secrets, etc. In particular, ITAR (military research) documents must not leave the country, and you have no idea where MS is replicating it. You probably also shouldn't use it for stuff you just don't want to risk leaking to the internet.
MS Office is often not compatible with other installations of itself. You can get bizarre rendering issues If the other system has different fonts installed, or a slightly different version of Office, or different patches, or even a different screen size.
Please do not pester your neighborhood nerd. We're all sick of fixing other people's computers, especially if they're clueless. We recently saw one where the owner had put over 20,000 icons on the desktop, then wondered why it was slow.
Their data breach notification site is also on a different domain, answers.kroll.com. I know Kroll, but many people would simply see that it's a different domain name, and assume it was a scam.
The first suite will die when walmart whips out the video recordings from the robot. You can expect they'll also be used as mobile "loss prevention" cameras.
It's a rampant problem here in the US too. I've had at least 5 robo calls trying to sell me insurance in the last 4 days. I'm on the do-not-call registry, so these are illegal. They're also using spoofed caller id.
A large set of insolation mirrors, that reflect solar energy onto the planet, might help with the temperature. They might also trigger mars-quakes. They wouldn't help with the air pressure, oxygen content, or toxic chemicals in the soil. Most of the benefits of going to Mars would be better found in the asteroids. Anything mined out there wouldn't have to be raised out of Mars's gravity well.
I use LibreOffice on a regular basis. It does what I need, which is mostly viewing.xlsx files people send me. I've never needed, or wanted, to put business logic in a document.
Waymo's cars can all share the experience they learned from those 10 million miles. Human methods of sharing memories are far, far weaker. So you can roughly divide the human miles by the number of drivers. Very few humans have driven 10M miles in their lifetime.
It would be interesting if they had dual extruders, one printing concrete, and one printing insulation foam. Then you could get solid-insulated concrete-shell structures. You would still need to leave "chases" for pipes and electrical wiring, but the vast majority of the structure could be done without human labor.
The problem with underground dwellings is ground water. In many parts of the world, anything underground will eventually flood. I live in Delaware, USA, and my house is on a hill. However, my sump pump runs every time it rains. My basement has flooded (by a few inches) three times in the last 18 years.
I agree you need to be able to schedule when your people will be there. You need predictable hours of availability. However, that's very different from flexible hours schedules. Neihter is letting them show up whenever they want. You probably already stagger some schedules. For example, cleaning staff seldom work the same hours as office staff.
Slashdot Mirror
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardow...
Another option would be to build my own, with a switch. I found instructions on installing Alexa on a Raspberry Pi. It sounds like it does all the control stuff, but doesn't do the DRM audio. So I couldn't use it to play Pandora or Spotify.
https://pimylifeup.com/raspber...
Any unreasonable government could sink one of these with one bombing run. It would be a sitting duck.
Wave energy collectors, wind turbines, and solar cells all require an extensive infrastructure to manufacture. So do storage batteries. All of those things wear out, or get damaged, and need replacement. They would be dependent on the mainland for parts.
At least ocean cruise liners move around to give the paying guests some change of scenery. Their income is from selling scenic trips to people on vacation. These platforms would have nothing to sell, and no economic reason for anyone to visit.
A tiny man-made island will have no space to grow crops, no soil to grow them in, and no earth to mine for minerals. The only thing they can actually harvest from the surrounding ocean will be fish. Everything else would have to be imported: fuel, metal, plastic, paper, etc. Even their electricity would depend on continuously importing solar cells, batteries, even wire to make up for losses due to age, weather, accidents, etc. The suggestion that they would eat only plant based foods is especially stupid. Every island culture in history has included fish in their diet, because it's the most convenient source of protein. In this case, it would be the only local food source.
"J4Al4&/rO1.P9DeErxL ) Yes, that's the kind of passwords you should use," That's absolutely the kind of passwords you should never require. You've forced everyone to write them down, decreased entropy, and inserted shell metacharacters. Good passwords are actually phrases of easily spelled words that form a mental image for the user. A perfect example of this is the classic XKCD comic https://www.xkcd.com/936/.
I tried this when we first got a PRI into our VoIP system. Our provider would only accept caller id numbers in the range they assigned/routed to us over that PRI. I could spoof any of our numbers, but not anyone else's. I don't understand why other providers allow spoofing of numbers that aren't routed to that trunk. Payouts? Graft?
You can't use O365 for legally restricted documents, ie HIPPA, FERPA, ITAR, many court documents, company secrets, etc. In particular, ITAR (military research) documents must not leave the country, and you have no idea where MS is replicating it. You probably also shouldn't use it for stuff you just don't want to risk leaking to the internet.
MS Office is often not compatible with other installations of itself. You can get bizarre rendering issues If the other system has different fonts installed, or a slightly different version of Office, or different patches, or even a different screen size.
Please do not pester your neighborhood nerd. We're all sick of fixing other people's computers, especially if they're clueless. We recently saw one where the owner had put over 20,000 icons on the desktop, then wondered why it was slow.
Bluetooth has a history of security holes. Here's just one link https://www.cnet.com/news/blue...
Their data breach notification site is also on a different domain, answers.kroll.com. I know Kroll, but many people would simply see that it's a different domain name, and assume it was a scam.
Typing a dodgy domain name into your browser is probably safe, if your browser is Lynx...
The first suite will die when walmart whips out the video recordings from the robot. You can expect they'll also be used as mobile "loss prevention" cameras.
It's a rampant problem here in the US too. I've had at least 5 robo calls trying to sell me insurance in the last 4 days. I'm on the do-not-call registry, so these are illegal. They're also using spoofed caller id.
A large set of insolation mirrors, that reflect solar energy onto the planet, might help with the temperature. They might also trigger mars-quakes. They wouldn't help with the air pressure, oxygen content, or toxic chemicals in the soil. Most of the benefits of going to Mars would be better found in the asteroids. Anything mined out there wouldn't have to be raised out of Mars's gravity well.
I use LibreOffice on a regular basis. It does what I need, which is mostly viewing .xlsx files people send me. I've never needed, or wanted, to put business logic in a document.
Waymo's cars can all share the experience they learned from those 10 million miles. Human methods of sharing memories are far, far weaker. So you can roughly divide the human miles by the number of drivers. Very few humans have driven 10M miles in their lifetime.
Schools and home use are switching heavily to Chromebooks. A large part of that is price, but some is to avoid Windows.
It would be interesting if they had dual extruders, one printing concrete, and one printing insulation foam. Then you could get solid-insulated concrete-shell structures. You would still need to leave "chases" for pipes and electrical wiring, but the vast majority of the structure could be done without human labor.
The problem with underground dwellings is ground water. In many parts of the world, anything underground will eventually flood. I live in Delaware, USA, and my house is on a hill. However, my sump pump runs every time it rains. My basement has flooded (by a few inches) three times in the last 18 years.
Our otdr runs windows. I think it's XP. I suspect our security software would flag it for that, and block it off the network.
I agree you need to be able to schedule when your people will be there. You need predictable hours of availability. However, that's very different from flexible hours schedules. Neihter is letting them show up whenever they want. You probably already stagger some schedules. For example, cleaning staff seldom work the same hours as office staff.
https://xkcd.com/1807/
That's assuming the flash will tolerate 16666 write-erase cycles.