Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started innocently enough. I had recently bought an iLife A11 smart vacuum—a sleek, affordable, and technologically advanced robot promising effortless cleaning and intelligent navigation. As a curious engineer, I was fascinated by its workings. After leaving it to operate for the entire year, my curiosity
❤️ https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/
Pretty sure that won’t be the last we’ll read ott. Devices that get bricked when privacy is enforced.
The past few days on the Fediverse have served to remind me a few things: The internet is as smart and as ignorant (and everything in between) as the macrocosm known as “human civilization” reflects upon it. Sometimes the victims will become the victimizers in any given situation, usually withou...
Eigentlich wollte ich über Menschen schreiben bzw. mein Unverständnis, wieso und warum… aber dann dachte ich mir, les dir doch nochmal alte Blogbeiträge durch und stieß auf folgendes… … und erkenne, dass ich zwei davon regelmäßiger tue 😊 Ohne mir dessen wirklich bewusst zu sein, dass ich das angehen wollte! Im vergangenen und diesem Jahr […]
So I’ve moved Thin Lizzy to Sawley Marina now with the help of a retired, experienced boating couple. There was a weir to pass on the way over plus some parking required, and having their help was amazing. I’m slotted in to a bankside berth with an electric and water bollard right in front of […]
I've been a vegetarian since the turn of the century. I always felt like I should probably be vegan but, you know, cheese is delicious. Then, without warning, my body decided that producing the human lactase enzyme was for losers. Stupid body! No more cheese for me 😭 The UK has come on leaps and […]
Soda jerk is an American term used to refer to a person — typically a young man — who would operate the soda fountain in a drugstore, preparing and serving soda drinks and ice cream sodas.
❤️ https://www.wyrd.systems/2023/08/06/soda-jerk/
TIL: What a Soda jerk is.
Draw one for me 🤓
well-remembered series from the late 70's, embodied in a new opening as a tribute.Audio original: opening Battlestar Galactica 1978, created by Glen A. Larso...
❤️ Battlestar Galactica opening remake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGKBhqJ3A8U (yes, the _first_ one) #BSG
Politiker:innen, die heute mehr Parkplätze in Innenstädten fordern, sollten lesen, was ein Autor schon 1963 über Autos in Städten schrieb.
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