In a rush to cast doubt on technology, what many articles fail to mention (this one excluded) is that in the recent tragic autonomous Uber incident, there was a safety driver at the wheel who didn’t have time to respond. As with humans, no autonomous system will be full proof If a pedestrian suddenly veers into their path. Hopefully Uber will learn something and the incident will do some good by saving future lives.
Related Articles
Optimizing iPhone battery life
One of the better articles I’ve read on how to make your iPhone more power efficient and more private. Note that the 1st item around push v. pull email will not be appropriate for many business folk, but the rest of the tips are very practical. http://www.payetteforward.com/why-does-my-iphone-battery-die-so-fast-heres-the-real-fix/
Unraid Media Server Built
I have been running an Unraid as my network attached storage for about 5 years now. Recently I was able to test out its recoverability when a 6g WD Blue went completely belly up. Long story short, the parity protection worked like a charm and I lost no data. Crisis averted! I took the opportunity […]
Murphy’s Law of Annoying Beeps
A historical event just occurred! One of our smoke detectors started chirping about it’s battery in the middle of the afternoon instead of 2AM. For years I’ve wondered if manufacturers secretly included atomic clocks in their detectors to ensure they ONLY start beeping in the middle of the night.


