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That's a funny choice, I thought Europe was done with SMS. I can see this 1-to-1 mapping with other cellphone derived messaging like Whatsapp, etc being an issue for privacy but it…

How would internet access in a coffee shop be traced to the specific user?

Waves at Midway Atoll and Guam are reported to be 3ft (1m) amplitude by Hawaii Governor Josh Green as of 6:24pm Hawaii Time

Do not stay in Haleiwa or go to Waikiki. Consult a map, and find some uphill areas above 100ft to drive to. Drive towards Mililani and wait it out in the upland areas. My kids are …

I've been using Radio Garden for years. A tip that took me a while is you have to click the place name for larger locations to get a list of all stations. Try music from Dakar, Sen…

As if my ATI video card doesn't lose its Windows driver every other reboot.

I saw trained pigeons flying from my hotel rooftop in Wuhan when I visited in 2001. Someone on another building was commanding them to fly in patterns with flags. I don't recall if…

I made the mistake early in our startup of spending several months and quite a bit of cash building our first iot product on the Intel Edison platform, only to get zero support on …

I had not heard of/seen the pool noodle idea - looks like a simple and effective way to draw attention to cycling safety. Here's a video of the NYC Pool Noodle Bike Ride: https://w…

Weird. There is little that depresses me more than watching my wife sit at the table for hours a day slowly scrolling Facebook while ignoring me and the kids. We have talked about …

Back in my day the arrogant devs just used printer paper and a hand drawn sign saying "GO AWAY!" taped to the back of their chair.

Use a password manager, like 1password to securely encrypt and store your secure information, including cc info, so that you don't have to store it in your browser. 1password can f…

My favorite German food is Turkish. My favorite British food is Lebanese.

Has anyone tried Le Train Bleu inside Gare de Lyon station in Paris? It's a very fancy restaurant (French, obviously). Like many such places, the reviews are mixed, but it was plen…

I think we can talk about it. If you lived in Taiwan you would want it talked about. If you live in Greenland you would want your concerns talked about. Watershed moments of rapid …

For anyone getting started, especially if you just got funded, I highly suggest you personally buy a stack of laptops, chairs or desks from one of these places to provide all your …

It's easy enough to imagine an actual emergency which would necessitate remote or local intervention to stop the car, and the call seems to indicate that they don't have an emergen…

Can anyone comment on the current prevalence of bullying in schools in the UK vs the USA? We have been considering moving from the Us to the UK but perceived higher likelihood of b…

I remembered as I enabled this great setting, that I am usually very quick to turn it OFF because it causes the configured sound to play when you hit backspace at a blank prompt, w…

The classic audio diagnostic on Linux/Unix is some beeps occurring and kernel debug text on all virtual terminals when something really horrible has gone wrong. If you want to make…

Making CarPlay for boats would not be so hard, but making Waze for recreational boats might be. But if you have ideas on that and are sure you can avoid directing people into deadl…

In the US Commercial Tug & Barge market, Rose Point Navigation (out of Redmond, WA) has a near 100% saturation of the navigation software market. Why does nobody disrupt them? The …

If you want to reduce risk, I don't suggest spending more time at sea, or buying boats.

Does Slack actually open on Plasma 6?