The term AutoPilot has always been used for a system that maintains course and heading. It wasn’t until well after the term was in use that planes could actually perform landing maneuvers. Tesla used it correctly based on context and can’t help the fact that normal folks get the wrong idea about what that term means.…

And if you’re like most of us that were impacted by the Office of Personnel Management hack, the complete details of your clearance files are currently floating around the web. I think I invented a few new curse words when I ran into my own data package on a hacker data dump.

I’m looking forward to an episode where Clarkson and May have a competition to build the best wheelchair accessible car and force Hammond to test drive them through an obstacle course. Maybe May will reuse his stone house car?

So, how exactly is it CCTV footage if the video pans slightly to follow the car?

There’s different drones for that, but yeah, folks are working on that issue as well.

I’m not sure this is the right audience for a true SSO conversation as it’s typically hard enough for experts in enterprise to get it. SSO is not a conversation about SSO vs password managers - they can actually be used in conjunction. SSO is about having a layer that you can consistently control between every device…

A company in San Francisco (Marble) is already testing rolling autonomous bots for delivery. I’ve heard it described as a lock box on wheels with a dumper mechanism once it finds the right porch.

You realize the side effect of folks carrying more cash is usually more muggings right?

The author has been interviewed on this several times, the deal with the game rights was an mistake in his opinion. He needed money in the short term and didn’t really think they could pull off any sort of successful game so he sold it dirt cheap for upfront cash. He’s since recognized that was a screw up of massive…

I too had a stock XJ end up with death wobble - terrifying stuff. If your mechanic diagnosed and fixed the issue, he’s one of the good ones. Given the fact it can be any number of about 10-15 issues that make it appear, most mechanics shotgun replace any number of things before they get it resolved. You can easily…

[edit, I just caught that this is a particularly old post, with no replies, either way, the comments below are useful to future folks seeing it since the company has reformulated the product discussed]

It’s less about franchising and more about a massive shift towards mergers and acquisitions. A company on that list will buy random established venues, give it a minimal signage makeover and a new employee handbook and it’s now part of the brand. It usually takes until the old management rolls out and the location…

I think their shift in focus it simply matching that American culture has become drastically more political. They are just building articles that cater to what folks are expressing passion and interest in. That doesn’t mean it’s not exhausting, but they aren’t operating in a bubble, it’s a reflection of the readership…

I use that too, but be aware that using HTTPS does not hide most of your traffic from analysis. ISPs can still extract every URL you were visiting. It does hide the individual text in that transaction, such as your banking info, but for browser utilization data, they can just download the same URL, see what was on it…

To give a little credence to the fact the early DSMs still bring in the hard currency, I sold my 1990 Talon Tsi with 74K miles a year ago for 7,500 (way over bluebook). Granted, it was almost as clean, but had way more options (standard, leather, moonroof), and had right under 500 hp of mods with dyno results backing…

I wonder how long this approach will / would take to be accepted? I had all four of my wisdom teeth fully in with no issues, but ended up with a moderate cavity on one. After checking with four dentists, none would simply fix a cavity, instead insisting that all four had to come out. Ended up costing $3,400 and since…

I completely agree with the tone deaf messaging. That said, I did see the ending play out and it does address the power vacuum and futility of the shoot things to solve the world approach. Not quite as offensive as The Division thankfully but it had an opportunity to do so much better.

Sounds like a tech company or some company that used the Microsoft or Google interview questions as a pattern. As stated below by someone else, it’s designed to see how you react to strange or odd-ball questions. Oddly enough, for my job it’s actually important as I run into clients who do ask for equally…

Any more in-depth reviews? I’m considering it, but understandably hesitant to only consider the reviews posted on their website.

Any more in-depth reviews? I’m considering it, but understandably hesitant to only consider the reviews posted on…

I find that the urge to interrupt is usually linked to a fear that I might not get to say what I want to or that I’m afraid I’ll forget. Carrying a notebook to jot the idea helps rather than blurting it out. As soon as you write it down, you can often signal to the speaker that you have something to add, such as a…