kwthom
Agreed...so I've deleted nearly all of my content from G+
In fact, I removed the app from my phone over the weekend.
kwthom
JoinedRetiree apprentice - willing to learn...
- kwthom> How do you feel about the situation? Gee, which story sells more eyeballs to view your media: "Ho-hum, another boring day - move along, nothing to see here" ...or... "Ohmygawd, another aeroplane has fallen from the sky!! Video here NOW!" A …2
- kwthom> On Wednesday's issue, Ms Brooker added on Twitter: "Look at what happens when we let one company control everything. > > "I figured this could happen eventually but it's extremely crippling to be part of this monopoly." (from your story …1
kwthomRead this as I was falling asleep last night... https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/spacex-dragon-spaceflight-aesthetic-design/584548/ I do recall the mantra in aerospace - check and double-check switch settings per the operations …1- kwthomI'm suspecting there is a rather significant percentage of Cake users that either have never had a FB account, or have an account and it's inactive. Perhaps as a result of the Google+ influence?5
- kwthomI've already given too much data to corporate interests for 'free' (Google, Amazon, etc.), because I hit the box that allowed those entities the ability to maintain my info on behalf of them providing useful tools. Communication in that paradigm …3
- kwthom> I'm dying to take another cross-country road trip now. Not that I'll ever be able to afford one of these vehicles (no rich uncles or anything that I'm aware of...), but did you ever write about your cross-country travels in your car? My wife? …4
- kwthomUm... https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/experiments_by_name.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments_category.html Truly hard to discern if that listing is what's happening right now …3
kwthomCould this amplification be related in some way with the "ephemeral stories" angle mentioned? I mean, I had to go look that up to fully grasp (hey - neophyte user here...) what the context of that …3- kwthomIs FB really going to change to a point that advertisers go "Hmmm...I'm not getting my money's worth, I think I'll spend my money at ..." ? I heard one story that 15 million users since 2017 have left FB over their privacy concerns. So? With 2.3 …5
kwthom> Is 95 GHZ too high to be useable to most communications? I would imagine that transmission endpoints would be limited to just a few feet at that short of a wave length. Around a kilometer, maybe a bit more, with ultra-sensitive antennas...but …1- kwthom> I feel like @Chris would get a lot more out of this show than just retro nostalgia! Finished the mini series last night...highly entertaining, but I'm sure that for those that are in the battle (like @Chris and maybe even you @Victoria ) on a …1
- kwthomI've enjoyed the first three episodes to this point. It's true there is a little bit of license with the storytelling so far. What has intrigued me to this point in the story (three are being told - roughly in parallel) is the wild narrative of …3
- kwthomWow....thanks for posting that link - what a story. 😮1
- kwthomMy mom (also adopted) had been contacted by her blood brother a decade ago, and got a few of the answers to her questions. I really don't think she wants any additional details.2
- kwthom> ...subjects were less polarized politically but less-informed about factual news after being off Facebook for a month. If social media is where most people are getting news, then maybe there *is* a problem.1
- kwthomIs the last line of the article prophetic? > "Without our continued attention, Facebook quite literally has nothing, and its empire could be brought down with a feather. Now, blow."4
- kwthomI have a 1st gen Nexus gathering dust - battery failure killed that long ago. I was an early adopter of that device. I currently am still using my 2nd generation Nexus 7. After a software update bricked it, I did managed to get into the queue to …2
- kwthomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDgh8mGZgXM Yum!2
- kwthomAnswering your question directly, no. My son in the Los Angeles area, had a Roku box with...gosh, I think it was a Sling TV package of some sort. He said the only complaint was...network speeds would plummet as his neighbors would also stream TV …4
- kwthomAgreed. One hundred years ago, we had: https://cdn.britannica.com/59/60459-050-FA449882.jpg
- kwthomIn a five second search of Das Google... https://www.jammer-store.com/drone-jammers/ So, for $3000, you can jam drones up to 1000 meters away. Frequencies: https://www.jammer-store.com/united-states.html Thus, not only do you wipe out drones …3
- kwthom> How about simply shooting the stray drones down. What device would you use to ensure complete and utter destruction of the drone *and* not have the shrapnel from such an event (remember, must also account for the device [e.g. missile] you're …3
- kwthom> All great questions, for those who make the big $$$ ;-) Yet, it will be the politicians that will screw it up enough that a fully feasible technical solution just won't work. (the commercial aircraft itself should be the generator of the …2
- kwthom> I'd think best combat would be via radio intercept and interference with their base, unless programmed to independently fly, which is unusual. Back in my days of employment, I worked with a couple of individuals who were pretty big into …3
