* Posts by CtrlAltDel

4 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Jul 2020

After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite

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Re: Speech recognition...

Some kind technologist has obviously heard the collective sighs of the Scots; when I lived in Sydney, Australia, my mobile phone company (Optus) had a voice-activated menu system for support, and it could not understand my soft southern English accent at all. It was only when I affected a Scottish accent (no promises as to the quality of the accent) that it would understand me at all.

To the relief of Scots everywhere, as well as myself, I soon dropped Optus for mobile and never looked back.

'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall

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Re: Could be good uses for this.....

How about Judas Priest’s “Breaking The Law” as you approach a traffic camera?

UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050

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Refloat the Cutty Sark

Sailors were using renewables long before fossil fuels came along.

Regular surface vessels powered by hydrogen wouldn’t be a bad idea; the industry is already well practised at building ships that can store large quantities of volatile gases safely anyway.

Having seen the monster diesel engines that have been built to power commercial vessels, it would be interesting to see what they come up with for an equivalent scale electric motor

Bill Gates debunks 'coronavirus vaccine is my 5G mind control microchip implant' conspiracy theory

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Re: Both in the news - Gates vs Drumph

I think you’ll find both are equally known for their shady business practices... BillG-era Microsoft practically wrote the book on it.