Jasper Janssen
@jasperj.bsky.social
He/him, like so many a twitter refugee. One time regular at rec.arts.sf.written.Robert-Jordan and a few other places.
The machines can be 100 times safer than humans and they will still have a bodycount dwarfing Gacy and the zodiac killer combined. That doesn’t make them bad drivers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The machines can be 100 times safer than humans and they will still have a bodycount dwarfing Gacy and the zodiac killer combined. That doesn’t make them bad drivers.
Certainly does, but they’re not tracking based on phones. They’re tracking based on all those other things. The only people they’re tracking based on the phone is the cops that use these apps.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Certainly does, but they’re not tracking based on phones. They’re tracking based on all those other things. The only people they’re tracking based on the phone is the cops that use these apps.
That said they are apparently hosting the app on the public app stores and not just internally on the government intranet, but they could without any loss of functionality, so the level of collusion in this area is fairly minimal. Blocking the anti ice tracking apps is a bigger deal.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That said they are apparently hosting the app on the public app stores and not just internally on the government intranet, but they could without any loss of functionality, so the level of collusion in this area is fairly minimal. Blocking the anti ice tracking apps is a bigger deal.
It doesn’t say they’re tracking with push notifications — they’re tracking people using all the other tools of the surveillance state, and then they send push notifications to the cops when they’re in the neighborhood of the surveilled people.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It doesn’t say they’re tracking with push notifications — they’re tracking people using all the other tools of the surveillance state, and then they send push notifications to the cops when they’re in the neighborhood of the surveilled people.
Why do you say they’re facilitating it? This is unlikely to be in either of the App Stores. Corporate apps bypass that.
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Why do you say they’re facilitating it? This is unlikely to be in either of the App Stores. Corporate apps bypass that.
What, IBM not willing to sell Hollerith machines any more?
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What, IBM not willing to sell Hollerith machines any more?
Given that it’s a coffeeshop and probably not licensed to sell beer, I think it’s (sticker based) graffiti. Notoriously copyright law abiding, that bunch.
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Given that it’s a coffeeshop and probably not licensed to sell beer, I think it’s (sticker based) graffiti. Notoriously copyright law abiding, that bunch.
Oooooh. Wait. So he can get to 2.5 terms instead of 1.75. Got it.
October 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Oooooh. Wait. So he can get to 2.5 terms instead of 1.75. Got it.
Why? There’s nothing special about that day.
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Why? There’s nothing special about that day.
No more kings? No! No, bring in the king! That’s what the framers wanted!
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
No more kings? No! No, bring in the king! That’s what the framers wanted!
The Geneva bucket list, you mean?
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Geneva bucket list, you mean?
So from those graphs it looks like “Japan is now back in fourth after a brief blip where California overtook it”, but also the longer term trend lines seem positive for Cali even in that respect.
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
So from those graphs it looks like “Japan is now back in fourth after a brief blip where California overtook it”, but also the longer term trend lines seem positive for Cali even in that respect.
Here in the magical land of the EU, operators are *required* to let you “roam like at home” at least within the borders of the EU. Go further afield and things do still get hairy.
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Here in the magical land of the EU, operators are *required* to let you “roam like at home” at least within the borders of the EU. Go further afield and things do still get hairy.
(Machine 2 machine applications and data only tablet SIM cards are often on 12 digit 097, IIRC. Those aren’t really “real” numbers so they feel okay breaking the ten digit limit for them)
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
(Machine 2 machine applications and data only tablet SIM cards are often on 12 digit 097, IIRC. Those aren’t really “real” numbers so they feel okay breaking the ten digit limit for them)
So a few decades ago everything else moved out of 06, and even starting with 0611 is now just another million mobile phone numbers. The 100 million available mobile phone numbers under 06 just about cover the 18 million population of the country.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
So a few decades ago everything else moved out of 06, and even starting with 0611 is now just another million mobile phone numbers. The 100 million available mobile phone numbers under 06 just about cover the 18 million population of the country.
As long as it’s a cell phone, you should just get the right operator. With landline it’s more of a crapshoot.
Back when emergency numbers first started here in NL, it was “0611”. 06 being the prefix for Special Things. Unfortunately one of the Special Things was “mobile phone numbers”…
Back when emergency numbers first started here in NL, it was “0611”. 06 being the prefix for Special Things. Unfortunately one of the Special Things was “mobile phone numbers”…
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As long as it’s a cell phone, you should just get the right operator. With landline it’s more of a crapshoot.
Back when emergency numbers first started here in NL, it was “0611”. 06 being the prefix for Special Things. Unfortunately one of the Special Things was “mobile phone numbers”…
Back when emergency numbers first started here in NL, it was “0611”. 06 being the prefix for Special Things. Unfortunately one of the Special Things was “mobile phone numbers”…
112 and 911 are really the only two you need — and cell phones will typically connect all the common ones to <local emergency number>, they don’t dial the actual number they just recognize it’s for EMS and have a special connection to EMS that doesn’t go through the regular phone number scheme.
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
112 and 911 are really the only two you need — and cell phones will typically connect all the common ones to <local emergency number>, they don’t dial the actual number they just recognize it’s for EMS and have a special connection to EMS that doesn’t go through the regular phone number scheme.
Dogs are probably not very good tasting meat, given what they eat.
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dogs are probably not very good tasting meat, given what they eat.
3100 and 3550, doing actual math now. I thought the difference was a lot bigger, so my mental math must have been bad.
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
3100 and 3550, doing actual math now. I thought the difference was a lot bigger, so my mental math must have been bad.
If you do the long division there is a *lot* more squiffet in the new one.
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you do the long division there is a *lot* more squiffet in the new one.
It’s not perfectly reasonable. It’s far too cheap and can’t possibly be decent quality.
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s not perfectly reasonable. It’s far too cheap and can’t possibly be decent quality.
I own several Sperry XT clones.
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I own several Sperry XT clones.
But really, what were you expecting?
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
But really, what were you expecting?