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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:21AM (#20886901)
You seem quote excited about ~300 dollars of services. I wonder if $300 is a lot of money in your area.
I was looking to get a leaf or Cadillac in a few years when their autopilot is on used vehicles.

Isn't the point that its... Autopilot?

Re:Going beyond images with basic video for the web on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @03:53PM (#20880784)
A single website cannot compete with giants.

A friendly nerd cannot put the time into multimedia and SEO.

Commerce giants win. And those companies have fake social media users astroturfing.

Maybe blogs should be more accepted.

Re:Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @12:59PM (#20879112)
Sure and as a result, I cannot trust them to do their job.

Historically they suck.

Re:Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:13AM (#20877899)
I too have learned not to believe in government solutions to problems.

As a result I stopped searching for... Well unfortunately I'm one of those, "nothing to hide" people.

Life as usual.

If I needed to use google without anyone knowing, either use a public computer, or a stack of layers to remove IP, browser id, cookies, etc... Unique URLs would not trace far.

Re:Android 10 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:54AM (#20877212)
Less competition is bad for most people.i suppose it's a utilitarian viewpoint.
Re:Android 10 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @02:29PM (#20869589)
Consider by not contributing to the Apple Ecosystem you create a better environment for developers and customers.
Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @12:10PM (#20868017)
They are used everywhere in IOT.
Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013) on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:00PM (#20849351)
Yes?

Until every job is automated?

Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013) on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:59PM (#20849347)
You are talking about biology students?

Engineering is highly in demand. I imagine math too.

I know lots of people go pre-med and leave college in a saturated field

Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013) on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:57PM (#20849340)
Engineering and programming? There is a shortage of people.

Plenty of jobs.

Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:11AM (#20838192)
Ford offered me 83k as a 5 year engineer, 2 years contract.

GM offered me 110k.

And after 8 years, Nissan at 120k.

Ford pays the worst for engineering