Category Archives: Tech

I find this a little disturbing.

Posted on September 28, 2022 by On the North River
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The smart home company Insteon has vanished.

Posted on April 21, 2022 by On the North River

This is going out of business with flair! The entire company seems to have abruptly shut down just before the weekend, breaking users’ cloud-dependent smart-home setups without warning. Users say the service has been down for three days now despite the … Continue reading →

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Thorium Reactors, interesting to some, boring to most.

Posted on December 31, 2020 by On the North River

Why didn’t the US Government promote Thorium in 1945?  Because you can’t make a bomb with it.  The only Thorium reactor in the world today is in China, using American designs from the 1950’s.

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Got no dog in this fight.

Posted on March 31, 2020 by On the North River

“Apple to pay $500 million settlement for throttling older phones” Don’t have a smart phone, don’t want a smart phone, wouldn’t use a smart phone.  I think they’re time waster and a constant distraction.  

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Doesn’t surprise me.

Posted on February 20, 2020 by On the North River

Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85mph. (no link, AD blocking-blocking site) Most roads that are posted for slower speeds are quite obviously (to the human … Continue reading →

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Robocalls

Posted on January 30, 2020 by On the North River

DOJ sues US telecom providers for connecting Indian robocall scammers One provider connected 720 million calls in 23 days. The US Department of Justice has filed lawsuits (PDF and PDF) against two small telecommunications providers that have allegedly connected hundreds … Continue reading →

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Run from the Deere.

Posted on January 17, 2020 by On the North River

(This goes for new cars too) The Tractor Backlash – EPautos – Libertarian Car Talk eric peters 7-8 minutes John Deere, like Ford and GM and all the rest, is forced by the government to build tractors as complicated as … Continue reading →

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I think I’ve bought my last new car.

Posted on October 23, 2019 by On the North River

Rearviews in the Rearview Elon Musk wants you to pay more for your next new car – even if you don’t buy one of his cars. The CEO of Tesla is “petitioning” the government to allow him – and everyone … Continue reading →

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This is what I was expecting from the 21st Century!

Posted on October 19, 2019 by On the North River
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We shall see.

Posted on August 4, 2019 by On the North River

FCC bans robocalls, texts The Federal Communications Commission voted to approve laws that ban fraudulent text messages and international robocalls last week. The new rules in effect neutralize loopholes in the Truth in Caller ID Act, which banned spoofing domestic calls but made … Continue reading →

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