Nobody Cares: Technology-only Edition

[Argent Stonecutter]

Or even a sparkling clustered berry.

 

[Free]

I would say the toss on UDP is a bit too well aimed.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

TCP is more like tossing the baby and you have a spare baby to toss if the first one doesn't make it.

 

[Free]

TCP is more like tossing the baby and you have a spare baby to toss if the first one doesn't make it.

True, but until that happens it does seem to care a lot for the baby.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

True, but until that happens it does seem to care a lot for the baby.

Nah, it just throws a lot of babies. It can have dozens of babies in the air before it realizes it need to start tossing backup babies.

Unless the baby is the whole file, in which case it's dismembering them and gluing them back together at the other end. Which isn't better, I don't think.

 

[Free]

Unless the baby is the whole file, in which case it's dismembering them and gluing them back together at the other end.

But it lovingly glues it back together. Mostly.

 

[Free]

Secure our robot vacuums? But why would we need to do that?

Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums

Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to steer his DJI Romo with a gaming controller.

www.popsci.com

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing.

Companies that allow for this level of stupid in their products should be fined out out business, somehow.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Secure our robot vacuums? But why would we need to do that?

Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums

Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to steer his DJI Romo with a gaming controller.

www.popsci.com

Companies that allow for this level of stupid in their products should be fined out out business, somehow.

Here's a disturbing thought -- as if we needed more of those: DJI is the biggest maker of all sorts of quadcopter drones. What are the chances that those are more secure than their vacuum cleaners?

 

[Isabeau]

https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

404 Media (@404media.co)

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers...

bsky.app

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Here's a disturbing thought -- as if we needed more of those: DJI is the biggest maker of all sorts of quadcopter drones. What are the chances that those are more secure than their vacuum cleaners?

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Isabeau]

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses"

On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

futurism.com

 

[Free]

Dude, get a USB port extender so you can avoid such social faux pas in the...future.

 

[Free]

I look at this and can only wonder who it's meant for.

 

[Isabeau]

No wonder he hides his face.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I look at this and can only wonder who it's meant for.

There are various weaknesses (paraparesis, etc.) where this could be ... well, cumbersome but useful if it actually helps support the person.

 

[Free]

There are various weaknesses (paraparesis, etc.) where this could be ... well, cumbersome but useful if it actually helps support the person.

It obviously does nothing of the sort.

It seems to be intended for load bearing alone. But how much is that, exactly? What's shown is merely a large... backpack? You can't sit down when wearing it, and I'm not sure how you store it when you need to take it off to do so.

 

[Free]

Oh ho, an actual Big Energy Conspiracy!

Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them

Easy-to-install solar panels that plug into a regular outlet are getting attention just as Americans are worried about rising energy costs. That's because these plug-in or balcony solar panels start shaving off part of a homeowner's or renter's utility bill right away.

"A year ago, nobody was talking about this," says Cora Stryker, co-founder of Bright Saver, a California nonprofit group that advocates for plug-in solar. The panels are already popular in Germany, where more than 1.2 million of the small plug-in systems are registered with the German government.

For the panels to become more widely available in the U.S., state lawmakers are proposing bills that eliminate complicated utility connection agreements, which are required for larger rooftop solar installations and, most utilities say, should apply to plug-in solar too. Those agreements, along with permitting and other installation costs, can double the price of solar panels.

Utah enacted the first law, last May, supporting plug-in solar, and now some 30 pieces of similar legislation have been introduced around the United States. But the drive toward plug-in solar is facing pushback from electric utilities. They are raising safety concerns and prompting legislators to delay votes on the bills. So far, utilities have won over lawmakers in five states and convinced them to delay votes on plug-in solar bills.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Um, what, a solar panel connected to the house with a suicide cord? Yeh, I can see why that would get push-back.

 

[Noodles]

Um, what, a solar panel connected to the house with a suicide cord? Yeh, I can see why that would get push-back.

I do wonder if the panels generate enough energy that the plug would be harmful while exposed, since it sounds like it just plugs in then trickles energy in.

The real concern is probably the lineman safety, but same deal, I doubt these generate enough to create a significant energy backflow, though I suppose if every home had a few it woulf add up.

Part of that, seems like its part of this

For the panels to become more widely available in the U.S., state lawmakers are proposing bills that eliminate complicated utility connection agreements, which are required for larger rooftop solar installations and, most utilities say, should apply to plug-in solar too. Those agreements, along with permitting and other installation costs, can double the price of solar panels.

Though its not clear. But it sounds like this bit applies to traditional solar set ups as well. Is it trying to eliminate agrrements about still paying some lower rates and BS like "can't generate more than you use"? Or is it trying to eliminating actual safrty things like cut off transfer switches when the power goes out? Which also applies to home generstors.

Also, I could see se safety concern about people trying to daisy chain a bunch of these off extention cords and power strips. Since most people probably don't have a ton of outside power outlets to plug into.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Well, any electrical worker could be injured by this, but if they provide enough power to actually be useful for the house they would be a problem upstream.

You would still need to have a transfer switch to isolate the house from the grid when it's in use, like you have for generators. Or at least throw the breaker to isolate the energized circuit. Your traditional solar setup is a bit more complicated than just "pump power in".

The illustrations I've seen showing people selling power from these things or even running them routinely while on the grid seem a bit sus.