Miscellaneous Tech News
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The Roomba lawnmower is finally happening
17 years after the Roomba, iRobot tackles the great outdoors.
A Roomba lawnmower has been rumored for years. The company has robomower patents going all the way back to 2008, and as recently as 2015 the company was petitioning the FCC to allow it to make its outdoor beacon navigation system legal. The original Roomba was introduced in 2002, when iRobot mostly had the home-robotics market to itself. Waiting 17 years to tackle the great outdoors means iRobot is now jumping into a crowded field of competitors, and it will have to do battle with Robomow, Husqvarna's Automower line, Honda's Miimo, and a line of mowers from Worx, among others.
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I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Honey I shrunk the kids?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
The snippet clearly states that they are entering a crowded field.
How would you even infer any except that other units are out?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Nope, they've been out for 20+ years. A friend has one. I just works based on a wire you put in the ground.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I thought that someone had one of these out a long time ago. Did I imagine that? What that a movie?
Nope, they've been out for 20+ years. A friend has one. I just works based on a wire you put in the ground.
Oh that I know, I mean the ones that know their way around and discover the yard.
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A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
Except it's pretty much just that.
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Facebook got sat down
https://media.giphy.com/media/Acju6AOdvEyEU/giphy.gifApple promptly revoked Facebook's Enterprise Certificate yesterday evening. This had the effect not only of preventing further use of the app to collect user data but also of removing Facebook's ability to use Apple's Enterprise Developer Program internally. Facebook employees must now use Apple's App Store to download the apps they have developed onto their own iPhones or iPads until the situation is resolved or a new solution is adopted. Apple's move not only affects distribution of new apps but makes existing apps inoperable within the organization.
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@nadnerB Whoops, lol
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Microsoft blames chip supply issues for drop in Windows revenue
Surface nearing $2B in revenue, cloud continues to be strong.
Microsoft has posted the results of the second quarter of its 2019 financial year, which runs up to December 31, 2018. Revenue was $32.5 billion, up 12 percent year-on-year; operating income was $10.3 billion, up 18 percent; and net income was $8.6 billion, as compared to a $6.3 billion loss due to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act one year ago. Earnings per share were $1.08, as compared to a loss of $0.82.
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@mlnews chip supply issues would also be on MS for chooses chips that can't be delivered.
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Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
It's odd because I actually liked Google+. I enjoyed the layout and how it was meant to be used. But then they made some changes to Facebook-ify it and it just got super weird.
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Xen Orchestra 5.31
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
It's odd because I actually liked Google+. I enjoyed the layout and how it was meant to be used. But then they made some changes to Facebook-ify it and it just got super weird.
I'm always amazed that it is still around. I always found it awful, and deserted.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
again?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
again?
I don't believe it was ever fixed. This issue is still open.
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OPNsense 19.1
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11398.0OPNsense 19.1 is now based on HardenedBSD instead FreeBSD.
