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Watch Dennis Prager’s opening testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding Big Tech censorship.
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How Much CO2 Did That Turbine Save?
Wind turbines create ‘clean’ energy and do not release evil CO2 or dirty carbon into the atmosphere. This, we are told, is a wonderful thing. But what is the net CO2 output or saving when a wind turbine catches fire and burns 242 acres of brush and scrubland that was
You Thought You Had Been Busy Online?
Very interesting graphic from Domo. Utterly mind-boggling numbers. Remember this is every minute, every day, 24×7.
Fully Self Driving Cars by next year?
Elon Musk has recently promised to send an ‘over-the-air’ software update that will turn hundreds of thousands of Tesla vehicles into fully automated, self-driving cars. Many of the vehicles are already theoretically able to do this, having been spec’ed with the appropriate hardware. Many of today’s vehicles are
Hello Cognitive, Have You Met Dissonance?
Information Satire My name is Weibe Wakker, and I empty the pockets of stupid people. You won’t believe how clever I am. All I have to do is claim to drive an electrically-motivated car from coal-fire generated electricity Holland to across the world, taking advantage en-route of the gas-fired
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* Palantir, Facebook Fines, Prime Day, and more… * Top Stories This Week: * — Facebook fined $5 billion, the stock goes up $6 billion * — The dark side of Facebook’s pivot to privacy — Trump vs anti-conservative bias on social media * — Instagram vs bullies * — Prime Day deals and dilemmas * — Amazon is building a robot
Of Course, the Rules Don’t Apply to Us
Facebook got all high and mighty and banned crypto currency advertisments to look after their users, who obviously could not possibly think for themselves. Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting crypto-currency products and services. The company said it was open to emerging technologies but many companies were
E Sports: Pro Gamer Moves
In the classic Martin and Lewis comedy The Caddy, Dean Martin plays Joe, son of an Italian fisherman who dreams of being a golf pro. His father is outraged that his son wants to do something as frivolous as “hit the little-a ball-a with a stick!” The appeal of sports
Nix the Zuck Sez the Woz
Our own SB has ditched Facebook and put up a handy how-to for the rest of us who want to follow suit. As it turns out, all the smart kids are thinking alike. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took time out of his day to warn us all to delete Facebook.
Brmm, brmm – Brmm, brmm
One more reason not to buy an electric vehicle. Why not the noise of a throaty V8 or something equally reeking of toxic masculinity? One more reason for Brexit as well. New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.
Air Powered: Oh la la!
Press Release: [A ghastly translation from French it would seem.] On June 22, 2019, MDI delivered to Veolia the Air’Volution for the metropolis of Lille. This non-compacted waste collection vehicle is the first industrial vehicle powered by compressed air on public roads in the 21st century. It’s a
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The LG Wallpaper TV is the thinnest display I’ve ever seen or held. It’s thinner than a smartphone and I can easily pick up the 65-inch! It uses LG’s OLED technology so you’ve got super dark blacks, vibrant colors and the overall picture quality you’ve