User: VivereJay

Re:My car?

On: Your Car May Soon Start Serving You Ads (siliconbeat.com)

If your Honda can get software upgrade when you're at the dealer or at other times, then yes. Only requires the car to have connectivity. I work on the car infotainment systems (though by no means a stable genius!), so can't not know this. The thing that bugs me is how I need to pay for seeing/listening to what *I* want when *I* am in *my* car! If this isn't paying ransom, I don't know what is.

How bout some efforts(money) to tackle climate cha

On: Where in the World is Mars' Water? (axios.com)

Hopefully now people would realize earth's worth... especially those who were hoping to escape after messing up here? You reap what you sow - high time we got our act together.

At least he is luckier than few...

On: Thai Activist Jailed For the Crime of Sharing an Article on Facebook (eff.org)

Here's what happens when you post on Facebook (for God's sake!) https://www.theguardian.com/wo...

Niceness is overrated

On: Linus On Diversity and Niceness In Open Source

I always thought you should be nice to everyone, until I found some people mistake niceness and politeness for weakness. Switched job, and stopped being way too nice in my new company. And I kid you not, I'm having it my way and doing what really needs to be done here.

Of the Business, by the Business, for the Profit

On: Facebook Wants You To Vote Tuesday

With reports of Google being able to sway undecided voters by tweaking the search results in favor/against electoral candidates, and now Facebook having the ability to selectively influence people to vote, how long really before we're living in a world run only for profit. That's if we aren't already doing so.