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My point was that often drone operators are taking landscape shots of scenery which just happen to include people. Why does this person with the untenable expectation of privacy get to claim the recording rights to the scenery that belongs to everyone? How can they assert their right to privacy over the public landscape? It's infuriating. Believe me if I could avoid the people I and my friends would. It's impractical to ask everyone on the beach if it's okay to film them and I wouldn't have to if I were walking the beach with a handheld camera. Drones just make some people feel like they are personally being followed - and that's entirely their hangup (not mine). Take issue with the surveillance your local government asserts over its citizens with license plate scanners and red light cameras before you go threatening drone operators.

Anyway - people who attack cameramen very often say "What you're doing is illegal - I didn't give you permission to record me." - not, "Please don't record me, I would appreciate not appearing in your video." There's a HUGE difference here. They have every right to record you in public view, and you can ask nicely to avoid being caught in their view. This does NOT include threatening violence. What gets me is you only care about the 1 camera out of hundreds because there's a person behind it you can immediately see.

You are exactly the type of person who needs Civics.

Side note: If drones become a problem for hikers I expect to see certain areas like state parks adopt rules about drone usage to curb bad behavior. Hopefully such bans on drone operation will be carefully enacted, as drones have done a LOT to enable new perspectives on tired landscapes.

I had a few friends making money on it - I was a dreamer for sure...

At the time I remember there was a team working on hashing functions in hand-tuned assembly for the PS3's Cell processor that would take advantage of it's vector capabilities. I wanted to take their implementations and learn assembly well enough to write my own bitcoin miner. This was long before ASICs became a thing so the PS3 looked like a big money-making opportunity. :-)

My grandfather has a theory that it's the PG&E Smart water meters that have been rolling out that's doing this...

I'm not a radio guy, so I don't know how plausible that sounds.

As an aside:

I'm really hoping as drones become mainstream people will be made aware of their right to privacy and where they have it. I spend a fair amount of time watching clips of ignorant people attacking cameramen and drone operators in public.

This irks me. Like somehow you can claim this public space because you're in it? Every kid should be enrolled in a Civics class.

What really pisses me off about this is I can't provide proof anymore that I made use of OtherOS. The later updates removed that functionality.

I remember at that time I was so excited thinking I'd get to use my PS3 as my main machine, my game console, and for bitcoin mining -- and a bluray player. I desperately wanted it to be my entertainment center for all purposes.

Sony didn't want me to be a happy customer.

Well you'd think it's not really necessary to run Android in a VM. The Android x86 project should make it easy to run atop an existing Linux in a container.

Just as an aside: Docker doesn't seem very security-focused, I would not [yet] count on its containers being properly sandboxed. :>

When you reframe it, what she experienced with the TV is minor - but I'm saying the bigger issues seem even more serious when you deal with minor stuff too? It's like if you forgot to do a chore and you stub your toe while doing that chore?

As a followup to the thing I went through: I did confront my coworker. I spent a few weeks feeling like I couldn't bring it up because it's so small. This particular lady had always treated me funny so I didn't expect the conversation to go well. She said this was how they did it at her house (separating mugs) and I shouldn't care about it. I was the only dude on the staff so it just felt like I was being isolated from the group with mugs! I felt immature for even bringing it up. She stopped doing it for a while but when she switched shifts I'd get in the next day and see she'd done it again... it still makes me irrationally angry.

Now I just don't drink coffee, haha. XD

I think she blogged about this because it's a very small incident, but it had a very powerful effect on her.

I worked at a womens' clothing store for a while and I often felt like my opinion wasn't valued. The staff was mostly made up of women and I was treated inappropriately in the form of sexual harassment and unprofessional workplace conversations. I tried my best to keep out of it but I must admit I made mistakes.

Anyway, in the morning we often had a 'ritual' that we'd all get coffee in the backroom and talk about anything the store needed that day. I really liked what seemed like a time for open communication in the beginning. Everyone would have their coffee mugs lined up next to the machine - but for some reason another gal always moved my mug to the other side - she'd often separate property by gender? It was strange, to say the least... I always just put my mug with the others, but I started noticing that she would separate them. Over time this began to really bother me simply because of how small and benign it should have been. I'd come in, glance over, see that my mug was off to the side by itself... and it was easy to feel like I wasn't part of the team.

It just felt like... after all the serious problems there had to be dumb small ones too. Like not being able to enjoy Friends after long day of working on Microsoft Flight Sim. Everything had to be a problem, no matter how small the thing was. A coffee mug. A favorite TV show.

I don't think it helps to say we can share much worse experiences. Sexism or whatever this is doesn't go away because by comparison she had it easier than others. It's clear she felt undervalued in her team and that's a problem - especially in terms of how her productivity (may) have suffered. Microsoft should be working to reduce dumb stuff like this so everyone can work at their peak productivity - with the side-benefit of feeling camaraderie among their colleagues.

Personally I'd just go buy my own damn TV and watch alone in my office? :p

Maybe I don't have social skills either. :-)

I'm with you - Docker has done an excellent job of showing application developers the minimum they need for a runtime.

Side-thought: Can Android be dockerized?

I wonder if those license plate scanners could be considered stalking.

I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly - it should already be supported by the spec, but was misreported on by this other tech blog?

I don't see a way we can have a direct democracy without facing the dangers of online voting.

We either trust in our politicians to represent us well, or trust in software we will lobby to peer-review.

Beyond that we trust the majority won't vote for stupid things.

Does anybody have any confidence in GTK over Qt at this point?..

I am thinking..:

- Intel is working on adding analog audio over some unused pins on USB 3.1 (sfaik)

- Even if USB gets analog audio we will probably see the DAC+amp in computers and phones go away so they have more room for a battery

- With USB 3.1 headphones there would be a DAC+amp in/on the headphones

- With a DAC+amp on the headphones we could select to use the host computers' DAC+amp or the headphones' DAC+amp. Choice between quality or battery life?

- DRM sucks dicks - but there will always be a way to get between the DAC and the speaker for recording. Let's just limit consumer choice, amirite?

- Phones and laptops are all going USB, but there aren't nearly enough ports - I thought we killed fucking docks in the 90s. They're BACK?!?!

- USB and keyboard-cases became so expensive when tablets became popular... docks for more ports and audio will similarly be $100 and above.

- We might see the DAC+amp become another accessory to interchange between the digital audio source and the speakers. Another $100 device for enthusiasts.

- Lightning seems way better than USB type-c (physically better), but no way am I buying it just to be in the Apple crowd.

- Cash grab or DRM blitz? or both?

Something something private information changing hands in buyouts...

I think part of this future robot company would be making robots that understand what they're being trained for.

Like, you can make the robot mimic your movements of screwing on a lid to a jar on a production line - but you also need to make it understand that the lid needs to be reasonably tight on there. It can't just perform the motion of the task without knowing what the objective is.

The company making the robots would become competitive by saying "look how easy it is to program our robots compared to x-competitor!"

This is how I see a way to transition into that all-automated future.

I definitely agree that corporations would not want to put power in the hands of the workers.

However, I think a fleet of robots would be expensive for most companies - and the robot-making company might make far more money offering robots to individuals?

I'm sort of imagining a general-purpose robot that looks like the ES5's in iRobot and you could train them like the mimicked movement in Real Steel (2011).

I just wanted to add 2 things:

1) Whether you have a disability or not - I have always wondered if I was hired because I was young and could be 'molded' or if I was qualified. Maybe it's at the forefront of your mind if you're disabled, but I'm sure everyone wonders if they got a pass for a superficial reason.

2) It has been my experience that those with a disability overcompensate in other abilities to appear as qualified as their non-disabled colleagues.

I wish there were a clear separation between passive surveillance and active.

I'd be happier if the NSA merely analyzed signals coming from foreign nations, rather than trying to penetrate the networks of said nations - even if it's North Korea.

If I were someone working for the NSA, I would not feel like a "good guy". Maybe I'm just a naive young person who hasn't lived through the brutality of a world war to know why this penetration is necessary.

I equate this to invading a foreign country. I don't feel good -- as a citizen -- waking up in this country knowing this goes on.

Kids have it so easy these days, amirite? :D

People fear that the subscription model is an easy grab for continued revenue.

I do think that Zombies, Run! is an example of an app that justifiably fits the subscription model. The continued added content makes that make sense. (I am a fan!)

I just hope subscription doesn't become the norm - I'd hate to see a calculator on a subscription model.

Like Pepperjack? :o)

I agree - it's too much effort to be young :(

You really put that in the right perspective for me. I've always thought of Jobs as a sociopath, but I also thought it was because of his demeanor that his employees created such amazing things.

No. You are right - he succeeded despite being a douche.

So... I'm expecting surveillance like driver fingerprinting + that shit Progressive is doing with "Snapshot" to be used to really penalize drivers in the future for the slightest mishap.

I hate driving - especially in California. Automate all the things.

Yeah... I really misread the title XD (whoops)

This is kind of fun for me being a 90s kid. I learned to code when imperative frowned upon (maybe it was never in style?) - and now OOP is falling from its pedestal (but still useful to understand). I'm looking forward to the next decade when people become disillusioned with functional programming. :-)

I like how you ripped out any positivity around the topic :D You are my hero

I agree. PR pivot at its finest.