hnanon22
Re:Things have never looked bleaker for first-time homebuyers
on Sunday January 22, 2023 @10:52PM (#34485283)
Only your parents had to sell the house to pay for outrageous end of life medical bills.
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:32PM (#33675519)
7-8 years ago. I was a lot more naive back then and knew very little about any of the Middle East petro states.
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:13PM (#33675370)
The Qatar slave helmet.
My company built the smart helmet used to track Qatar’s army of abused workers. The claim is GPS and accelerometer where used to track if a worker stopped moving or fell due to an accident; the geo fencing was supposedly for tracking if they had enough workers in an area for the job.
The reality is the helmets where/are used as mass surveillance tech to ensure workers are continuously active and never leave their assigned areas for petty things like going to the bathroom or finding shade to prevent heat stroke.