Whilst I agree with people that there could be privacy implications in some scenarios, this is already done in the USA to monitor usage of drugs. In kind, New Zealand has found monitoring where Covid-19 may be in the community very valuable in its Covid-19 response.
A decent write up on how New Zealand uses this can be found at: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.govt.nz%2Four...
Let's just get robots to do it?
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you BOSE fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig with my QuietComfort 35 wireless loaded with Megadeth for about 20 minutes now while I attempt to listen to a 17 Meg mp3 from one directory on the ipod. 20 minutes. At home, with my Pioneer HDJ2000 listening to Radiohead, which by all standards should be a lot slower than Megadeth, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
In addition, during this jam session, Soundcloud will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Facebook is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various headphones, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen headphones that run faster than the songs playing on them, despite counting double when you listen to mashups since you are getting two songs at once. My Sony Walkman with a Chromium Dioxide cassette plays Megadeth faster than these headphones. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the BOSE headphones are superior interfaces.
BOSE addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use QuietComfort over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.
1) If you do not need a mobile phone, do not carry one.
2) If you need a mobile phone, make sure it is not a smart phone.
3) If you must have a smart phone, turn off wifi, turn off location services, remove the microphone, and remove the camera.
I just stay out of Washington DC, and do not watch hockey on television.
What about age diversity? How does the SV employee population compare to the general workforce and society at large? What about ideological diversity? How does the distribution of Republican/Democrat/Independent in SV compre to the general workforce and society at large? Religious diversity?
Great points AC. I am only a sample on one, which can be dangerous but I notice the following:
Age Diversity - It may as well be the sixties in SV. The mantra could be "do not trust anyone over 30". If you are 50, good luck getting a job.
Ideological Diversity / Republicans / Democrats - A lot of Libertarians, and Democrats.
Religious - What religion? Most seem to be atheist or agnostic.
SV is not a very diverse place in my opinion.
I do not find the racial and sex mixture for Silicone Valley to be odd considering the following factors. I am not saying these are good things, but they are the big influences IMO:
1) Privilege and Opportunity - It has been my experience that many of these people either grew up in a solidly middle class or upper middle class environment. A good education was available for them from birth, right through to university. This education makes a big difference.
2) Birds of a Feather Flock Together - People often associate themselves with others who are like-minded, and similar in a number of characteristics. This could even include race.
3) Females & Sciences - Women in general are under-represented in the sciences, especially within IT. IT has built itself a nice little sausagefest.
Having noted all of the above, SV is getting more diverse now by giving the high paying jobs to people with H1B Visas. I am not so sure this is a good thing. It would be awesome if the USA can get more opportunities for its current population.
DMCA is used far too often for things that do not make sense. The only people that really profit from it all is the lawyers, especially in a case like this where there is evidence of prior art.
Shame on Fox. Shame on MPAA. Shame on RIAA. Shame on all of the Congress critters for creating this legal pile of excrement.
Organisations publish their APIs, because that want people to use them.
Sun was making a huge push on this in the early 2000s. IMO Larry Page is spot on with this.
Tavis Ormandy is bad ass, and is really awesome at finding bugs. Whether it is Microsoft, Symantec, or anything else, he will find a bug if one is there.
This is a beautiful bug! Having the scan engine loaded into the kernel is sheer lunacy. Yet even more evidence on why AntiVirus is a useless and dangerous program to have running on your system.
John McAfee is doing everything he can to and and be relevant in today's society, apart from actually creating anything and doing something productive.
* He is a failed Libertarian candidate for President
* He failed to decrypt iPhones for the FBI although he said he can do it.
* He failed in decrypting whatsapp.
* The software he originally wrote is a failed idea. (Who ever thought A/V signatures were a good idea other than a mad man.)
It is too bad he could not move back to South America since he is now a known fraud and dog killer.
Whoever dies with the most toys wins.
