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The last smart TV I had flashed an annoying light if there were no wifi connection. Cover the light, I thought! ...the annoying light is adjacent to the IR receiver. Cover the ligh…

I'm a guy who has disassembled and reverse engineered a standard Jazzy power chair, and what I noticed was the attention to detail regarding failures. The chair is thoroughly desig…

The red text seems to be closer than the other text. As if it were floating above the other text.

Anyone who has ever seen an MS acquisition play out before knew this was coming. Minecraft has been open for some time, and that has an effect counter to the control that MS seeks …

Ferris Bueller's Day Off has some inspiring hacks :^)

How do you feel about the opposite end; a candidate who's been with a single company for a decade?

Anecdotal, the last "unsmart" TV I found was hobbled to the point of not even having a power indicator LED. It wasn't used much until putting a "good smart" device behind it...in t…

This would mean we're responsible for emissions in China - I'd imagine that's not a popular opinion

A good thing for Microsoft marketing?

...which might be because their life focus is something other than being a computer scientist. Sometimes it seems like we (technological adepts) expect people to be proficient in m…

Can we extrapolate that to 1000x more infectious than the original strain?

"Pay more" does seem like the best response here

The meters used in my area can be wirelessly shut down by any nearby power technician. They have vans with very visible PVC pipes mounted on the roof to interact with the meters.

And, just like that, donating your body to science has new meaning.

bacus

To beef fair, the title was begging for it.

Logically correct. The wrong class has less to lose that would benefit the company.

Are you a robot?

Where do you draw the line between marketing vs flat out lies? There's a conflict of interest between consumer and sales person. I just tire of the subterfuge.

The hardest part of getting people to do this is people dont want backups. They want restores.

Today, I learned the awesome bar is a keylogger to some individuals.

George was sucked under those treadmills as well.

You know you need to track location for that to work, right?

Back then it was radical!

In IT, changed career goals to a less demanding role, including a new team, manager, etc. Its amazing how refreshing a change like that can be.