The nice thing about little or no human review is that your app can go live in minutes or hours, whereas it used to take days on the Apple App Store. Maybe they've improved things recently. It does have its downside though.
Jamming cellular voice calls is illegal, but jamming data is not, as long as you do not use too much power.
I don't know why this idea is so popular, but it's not true.
"Federal law prohibits the operation, marketing, or sale of any type of jamming equipment that interferes with authorized radio communications, including cellular and Personal Communication Services (PCS), police radar, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS)."
Yes I agree with all that. Even if he had thought to jam the thing (not likely given the intelligence level he is exhibiting), he probably wouldn't have been able to do it successfully (see above), and even if he had it probably wouldn't have ended up helping him anyway.
This is a very good comment. I just want to add one thing. There are some concerning stories about wait times in countries with nationalized health care, but it is important to consider that the US spends FAR more per patient than other industrialized nations. We could switch to a national system, substantially reduce our spending compared to what it is now, and still not encounter those problems to the extent seen elsewhere, simply by virtue of still throwing way more money at the problem.
They didn't have the time to complete the other half of it (requiring everyone to be charged that same price) before the Administration was pulled out from under them.
That's a strange way of phrasing "they lost the election".
"The Register understands that a batch of 23,000 computers, the GeoBook 1E running Windows 10, made by Shenzhen-headquartered Tactus Group, contained the units that were loaded with malware."
I have a red Red Hat baseball cap (a red Red Hat hat if you will). I didn't think about whether I can still wear it in public without being mistaken for a MAGA idiot.
True, but the other types he mentioned require more overhead and makes less sense than using actual GPS.
If I'm not mistaken, they use both GPS and cellular internet. The former to determine location, the latter to report it.
Especially if he's correct about it being legal to block those other methods but not legal to block GPS.
He is not.
Maybe if he's thinking they need to "phone home" to report the data but doesn't raise that devices cache historical location locally
It would make sense for the device to save up location data when offline, and send it when available. It would also make sense that an alert is raised if the device doesn't check in for a while. I don't know if either of those is actually true though.
I can't think of any logical need to use anything other than GPS for a device that by nature is not meant to be managed by the person wearing it.
It needs to send data out so parole violations can be detected, and GPS is receive only.
"Among the world's best-selling music artists, with over 170 million records sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the RIAA. He has won four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, a record 27 Billboard Music Awards, two Brit Awards and three Juno Awards. Drake also holds several Billboard chart records; he has the most top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the most charted songs (209) of any artists ever on the Billboard Hot 100, the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs in a single week (27), the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks), and the most Hot 100 debuts in a week (22). He also has the most number-one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs, and Rhythmic Airplay."
Sounds pretty mega to me.
You may or may not like them, but everyone knows who they are.
I doubt there is anyone who is known by everyone. In fact it would probably not be difficult to find people under 30 who have never heard of Tyson or Redford, and only know Streisand because of Mike Masnick. You think they are mega celebrities because they were hugely famous when you were young, whereas among teens and twentysomethings, Drake is currently far better known.
Add in the fact that the EU had no intention, from day one, to allow the UK to have anything that was beneficial to it and would only accept whatever was beneficial to the EU!
Remember that time when the UK presented a list of demands to the EU, and the EU agreed to all of them, and then the UK parliament rejected their own proposal?
If the Harris / Biden / Pelosi / Schumer team get their way and pass some kind of "Domestic Terrorism" law, this kind of thing will quickly become commonplace
You seem to know a lot about a bill that hasn't been written yet.
Show me where the Constitution explicitly guarantees the absolute right to privacy.
The constitutional right to privacy is a real thing but it comes from Supreme Court decisions. However as far as I know it is a right to privacy from the government. I don't think a private entity can violate it.
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Advantages and disadvantages
The nice thing about little or no human review is that your app can go live in minutes or hours, whereas it used to take days on the Apple App Store. Maybe they've improved things recently. It does have its downside though.
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Re: Hmm, seen this movie before...
You think establishment vs populism started in 2015?
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I'm not sure what that has to do with radio communications, but ok.
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I don't know why this idea is so popular, but it's not true.
"Federal law prohibits the operation, marketing, or sale of any type of jamming equipment that interferes with authorized radio communications, including cellular and Personal Communication Services (PCS), police radar, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS)."
https://www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement
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Yes I agree with all that. Even if he had thought to jam the thing (not likely given the intelligence level he is exhibiting), he probably wouldn't have been able to do it successfully (see above), and even if he had it probably wouldn't have ended up helping him anyway.
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This is a very good comment. I just want to add one thing. There are some concerning stories about wait times in countries with nationalized health care, but it is important to consider that the US spends FAR more per patient than other industrialized nations. We could switch to a national system, substantially reduce our spending compared to what it is now, and still not encounter those problems to the extent seen elsewhere, simply by virtue of still throwing way more money at the problem.
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Re: Re: Great Old Plan
That's a strange way of phrasing "they lost the election".
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Re: The Great Procurement
I know this is a joke but...
"The Register understands that a batch of 23,000 computers, the GeoBook 1E running Windows 10, made by Shenzhen-headquartered Tactus Group, contained the units that were loaded with malware."
Shenzhen is in China.
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Re: Re: Leave CENTOS out of this!
I have a red Red Hat baseball cap (a red Red Hat hat if you will). I didn't think about whether I can still wear it in public without being mistaken for a MAGA idiot.
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Koby
You know it's bad when even Koby doesn't try to defend the lawsuit.
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If I'm not mistaken, they use both GPS and cellular internet. The former to determine location, the latter to report it.
He is not.
It would make sense for the device to save up location data when offline, and send it when available. It would also make sense that an alert is raised if the device doesn't check in for a while. I don't know if either of those is actually true though.
It needs to send data out so parole violations can be detected, and GPS is receive only.
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After reading this article, you still think that value is real?
Since that is the definition of gambling...
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He said wireless internet but he did not say wifi.
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Jamming any wireless communication is categorically illegal. That includes wifi, mobile internet, and GPS (and yes GPS signals can be jammed).
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It's not just a tradition, it's specified by statute.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/15
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If he were smart enough to figure that out...
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Re: Mega-celebrities?
"Among the world's best-selling music artists, with over 170 million records sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the RIAA. He has won four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, a record 27 Billboard Music Awards, two Brit Awards and three Juno Awards. Drake also holds several Billboard chart records; he has the most top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the most charted songs (209) of any artists ever on the Billboard Hot 100, the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs in a single week (27), the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks), and the most Hot 100 debuts in a week (22). He also has the most number-one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs, and Rhythmic Airplay."
Sounds pretty mega to me.
I doubt there is anyone who is known by everyone. In fact it would probably not be difficult to find people under 30 who have never heard of Tyson or Redford, and only know Streisand because of Mike Masnick. You think they are mega celebrities because they were hugely famous when you were young, whereas among teens and twentysomethings, Drake is currently far better known.
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Remember that time when the UK presented a list of demands to the EU, and the EU agreed to all of them, and then the UK parliament rejected their own proposal?
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Re: Likely to get worse
You seem to know a lot about a bill that hasn't been written yet.
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The constitutional right to privacy is a real thing but it comes from Supreme Court decisions. However as far as I know it is a right to privacy from the government. I don't think a private entity can violate it.
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