Uber self-driving cars are allowed back on California roads, nearly 2 years after a fatal crash in Arizona. Because gravity is different in California.
This, too, will fail, when Uber realizes you can't be robbed or raped without a driver.
- Tesla remotely disabled Autopilot on a used Model S after it was sold. Because buyer didn't pay for it.
- Because Tesla had access to it. Yank the modems in your car. Your phones and e-book readers, along with iMusic devices, run like this too.
Third person in UK confirmed with coronavirus will be taken to a specialist NHS centre - in 3 weeks.
Speaking of which, China has a big problem. No, not that one.
Its people are wearing masks for coronavirus. But masks don't play well with facial recognition. What to do? I don't know, but let's pretend we have coronavirus in the US.
- The latest Win 10 update problems and how to fix them
I need to get my eyes checked.
I can't see anything closer than 18" from my eyes.
This is a problem for many reasons, one of them being my great love for going to doctors (or much of anywhere else, but doctors are the worst). Mentally girding myself for the ride, I looked up optometrists in the area. Since I drive by them every day, I can't name one place in the vicinity. Among my search results were Sears Auto and a shoe store. I felt reasonable certain that Sears Auto had absolutely no glasses, because the chain closed, AND they only had auto glass (my head ain't that big).
Since we live in the 2000s, I could go to their websites and actually peruse frames. This is tremendous for me, as I can scratch off most, if not all, of the places because their frames are hideous, ugly, expensive, have designer names, and simply aren't what I want.
The last time I got the urge, I went online and found 34,473 frame 'stores'. And POOF - there were the frames I wanted. Glory be, you coulda knocked me over with an Abrams tank. The really frightening part is that there were more than one pair! The only problem is that I couldn't see the size, which was somewhat of a problem. Oh yeah, they were more than reasonably priced. I ran around the house, doing my impression of the Glasses Dance *(no I didn't) and showed it to the wife. Wife, Bringer of All Good News (and death), said they were very nice but it was stupid to buy them online because the stores would kill me with charges to make the lenses. Ah, what about if I send the rx to the online store? Nah, you don't know what you're getting and can't get them adjusted.
Wife could sink a very large cruise ship, with thousands aboard, that hadn't even gotten any coronavirus yet. I was mad because that's my gig, and she bested me without so much as a pbthlllllllt.
I continued online, finding local places that weren't shoe stores or famous chain shutdowns. Someone needs to update their algorithms. The reason the shoe store appeared is that they have glasses in their ad. It turns out every department store has opticians, as well as their own personal selection of the most expensive and hideous frames possible. Macy's, that bastion of Cheap Stuff, advertised designer names before any pictures of frames. I looked and asked the non-obvious question: why are Sears Auto frames $79 and the exact pair, with a designer name printed on them, $399? Obviously, Very Snotty People (VSP) need to pay hundreds extra, literally for someone's name, scrawled upon their frame. It's the Frame Game! I can afford to look down my nose at frames with some designer's name emblazoned where everybody can see (and think "Wow, that idiot has way too much money"). After all, I have a lot of guitars with the manufacturers' names on them, as well as a tall, black amplifier, named after my most loved dog. And shirts, hats, and a keychain I gave the wife. The difference here is that the name actually means something - better quality. Stamping Roy Smegma on frames doesn't take the quality up a notch or three.
Other 'recommended search results' were for carpet, women's buzzing relief aids, and tree surgeons (not covered by insurance).
To make a long story longer, I managed to rule out about 80% of what I saw. I'd have ruled out the other 20%, but the sites were cleverly designed so you couldn't actually see the frames (get it - see!). Something they teach you in Web Designer School is how to make the product visible on the front page, link it to a choice of product, and put in absolutely nothing whatsoever that will allow the viewer to actually see the products. Yes, I clicked Mens Frames, but it took me to Auto Glass. I clicked Womens Frames (no, I don't crossdress, most of the time), at which point it just sat there, mocking me. To make things more frustrating, student designers are taught how to make a spinning hourglass or circle, to make viewers think the page is going to actually do something. The students are peeing their pants by the end of this lesson.
Hang on - I just figured it out.... the pages that display the products are broken on purpose! You start to browse, can't find a single thing, then have to go to the store to look. Sheer genius. Nobody believes me when I tell them there's a conspiracy behind everything. Not even the doctors in the white uniforms.
So I have no idea whether I'm getting frames online or offline, and I'll have to leave the house, breaking my solemn vow as an amateur agoraphobe.
I haven't been on Twitter a lot, after that 58 year old woman sent me nudes.
Brain cells called microglia eat away mice's memories.
How do they get the mice to take those ridiculous memory tests?
- Boeing has identified yet another software problem on the 737 MAX.
- At this point, the fact that it has software seems to be the problem.
- In other news, Boeing has many new job openings for test pilots
Is it safe to for your ISP to use your router as a hotspot?
If you have Comcast, it likely uses your router as a wifi access point for people outside your house. While it's not immediately dangerous, hacks will emerge, plus you can't trust Comcast. The only immediate negative is congestion.
- Apple fined 25 million euro for deliberately slowing down old iPhones.
- Every day there's another reason to be sad I didn't buy an iDevice
The federal car safety agency approved a self-driving vehicle, waiving requirements for a windshield and mirrors. It's a tiny thing, intended for deliveries. Children's wagons will run it over. It will also be used at carnivals as the Ride of Death, because it's about that size.
- I have one gray eyebrow hair. If I had OCD, I'd be insane.
The challenge is to link Sunday to something else.
Last Sunday we went out for dinner. We try to do this every month or so.
If you think I'm a little odd here, you should see me in retail establishments. Better yet, you shouldn't see me.
This one place requires you to order first, then go to your seat. Noticing they had blueberry cobbler for dessert, I ordered the heaviest, richest chocolate dessert. The cashier looked at me for a second, confused, and told me they only had the Blueberry Thing. I didn't do it to give the young lady a hard time - I did it as a request. They rotate desserts and they have chocolate about 2 days a year, first making sure I'm not in the restaurant before they put it out. This is why I don't go out a lot.
Today's best book titles:
- Pencils You Should Know
- How to Eat
- My Feet Are Killing Me
Best help solution: How to politely get a toddler to leave you alone
You don't have to believe anything typed here.
I listened to a radio show and heard this one...
A woman is beside herself with grief over her dog, who pretty much has to take the last trip to the vet. She and the dog are in the basement, she's crying and praying to heal the dog. The husband comes halfway down the steps, sees something wispy and gray, and loses time. When he 'returns,' the wife and dog are running around the room, with nothing wrong.
Hell of a story.
I wish whatever that thing was could have visited Marshall....
- Why are trucks getting bigger and cars getting smaller? I want my damn land yachts back!
Comcast is stroking itself publicly by stating a goal of 31k veterans hired.
You just know some wag will be running around yelling "INCOMING!"
Today I identify as maple syrup
- Headline: Use Alexa to figure out what beer and wine to pair with your dinner
- We know Alexa is a bad word here, but if you want beer or wine with your dinner and have to ask Alexa, perhaps you shouldn't be drinking beer or wine with your dinner.
- Maybe you could call good old Uncle Bobby Jim and he could give you a beer suggestion. He's somewhat of an expert, having been drunk since 1955.
Faceyspaces News
- As Sacha Baron Cohen criticizes Lord Zuck, Elon Musk tweets #DeleteFacespaces - some people are getting wise
- Faceyspaces loses control of its own Twitter account
- Faceyspaces encrypted messaging will 'create hiding places for child abuse'
- This is not helpful, even from child protection organizations. First of all, the criminals can simply go to a different encrypted messaging program. Second, privacy is going to hide Bad Stuff, but that's the price. Third, this could have come from a govt - the same bloody tired excuse: It's for the children. Fourth, cut the crap.
Storm Caira: since the storm started, my wife keeps looking through the windows. If it gets worse, I'll have to let her in. - @bf3ftw1888
- Scientists have discovered evidence of dream telepathy between humans
- This is interesting news. Many believed this to be true, long before Science.
- Science, having evidence, will convince some professionals to pursue it.
- I suspect we're getting closer and closer to understanding the nature of things, down at the quantum level.
- I predict that religion is going to have a Big Problem with this.
Starting in WWII, the top spying company, trusted by leaders the world over to spy on allies and enemies, was Crypto AG. We are all deeply shocked to learn that Crypto AG was owned by the CIA.
Heroes of the Stupid
Teen growing his hair for his sister (undergoing chemotherapy), withdraws from Texas high school after he was told to get a haircut. There is a hair policy at this school!
SJW Support
Famous Faceyspaces Falsely Flags "hate speech" for reporting on Saira Rao's $2500 to have a dinner while getting scolded for being white fiasco.
We're all sick of Award Ceremony Whining (ACW), but this fellow is a rare gem: Taika Waititi slams Apple's MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar
The Draconian Files
China takes wartime measures to stop coronavirus.
door-to-door home searches
US Government buys location data for millions of cellphones
It's for the children. No, wait, it's for illegal aliens.
Netflix gets takedown demands from govts
damn.. the Brazilian one looks pretty funny
SJW Slithering
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| She makes a hell of an argument.. |
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