BlickSilly's comments

I found builtwith.com way too late for the internet age... See https://builtwith.com/?https%3a%2f%2fsecretsantagenerator.ne...

I kinda respect this part:

"The Rules

Its important that all the player in the campaign work at cost and there be no special interests in the financing structure. This means that all vendors work at cost and there is a separate auditing function to ensure no one is profiting unfairly from the campaign. All investments and conflicts of interest would have to be publicly disclosed. The rules of the audit should include caps on individual salaries and no investor profits from the campaign function. (For example, this rule would apply to me.)"

>Is it really, really too much to expect from any consumer to take 5 minutes to set up a device?

yup

relevant Joy of Tech web comic titled: "The Internet of Ransomeware Things"

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2340.html

just became a patron myself patreon.com/joyoftech

IANA Security Expert, but simple advice from Krebs:

>Anyone looking for an easy way to tell whether any of network ports may be open and listening for incoming external connections could do worse than to run Steve Gibson‘s “Shields Up” UPnP exposure test.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/who-makes-the-iot-things...

another thing to remember... ALL IoT devices have admin credentials, its just a matter of whether or not they can be connected to, whether the credentials are compromised, and whether the device is susceptible to brute force.

just tried my monthly delta route for a M-F out and back. no results, changed week, no results. I likely wont be returning to the site.

I miss d3.js at nyt. I would consider a few dollars a month if digital media meant digitally interactive. same goes for you Economist. let's agree to use the power of the web for all our web publishing, not just some of it.

just use a cruise ship to bring cheap labor 5 miles off shore ala http://www.sea-code.com/

"I don't see a good reason to make reusable systems 'disposable'"

what if one semi-truck could deliver the contents of 10x vans?

what if one semi-truck could deliver the contents of 10x vans in significantly less time than any one of the 10 vans by never getting off the highway?

what if one semi-truck could deliver the contents of 10x vans in significantly less time than any one of the 10 vans by never getting off the highway and be back to the warehouse ready for another round of deliveries within a 2 hours?

Removes - Reloading in the van (people?). Recharging/swapping in the van. Return trip to van. Truck waiting nearby 10 drones go out, what if one gets stuck somewhere? when do you abandon? 9 drones are just idling here and they are critical for the next stop's deliveries.

Adds - Warehouse preparation of drones for flight. more frequency of deliveries, as single truck can cover more ground in shorter time, making hourly delivery (pick your hour: 8.9.10.11 & 12 etc) an option for a much larger audience outside of cities. More Drone Losses - Getting the cost of these oneway units down would be key to offset this.

I think of it like a drone bomber from the sky, but on the ground and simpler to operate (direct operating costs for an airplane anyone.. its prohibitive).

...because they were shipping a digital product via the mail, and a new delivery format arrived. they went from shipping their digital goods physically to shipping their digital goods digitally.

It is a good prediction that we will someday be receiving our newly ordered toothbrush digitally, and have it physically printed in your home, but for now we still need physical goods to move from factory-warehouse-home

some of Flightradar24 and FlightAware clients include: Airlines, other aircraft operations, Freight services using aircraft. Airport Flight status display boards, Airport services, Tax officials etc.

updated my comment for clarity.

Recycle some of the components, and put the power/brain/battery unit in your mailbox.

I believe oneway drones are next so that the van doesn't have to stop moving. Then upgrade to a truck on a highway - just keep launching as the truck is maintaining 55-65 mph. Unit lands in your yard. When you get home, Remove your item, fold up the power unit, recycle the cardboard/plastic components and stick the reusable portion of the unit in your mailbox. Unit is self addressed and postage included to go back to the nearest facility.

Not an expert but seeing the quick rise in popularity in anything makes me nervous. eg. Index funds and ETFs. When Apple is the Number 1 holding of all index funds, and investors are blindly driving up aapl stock becuase they continue to want 'index' funds.. how do we protect ourselves and our economy from a major reset/correction?