Archive for September, 2020
Google Proposes New Campus Billed as a ‘Neighborhood’ with Homes, Shops and Parks
September 17th, 2020I’m sure that this wouldn’t be creepy at all. In fact, I’m doubleplus sure. Via: SF Gate: Google wants to build a new corporate campus in Mountain View, California, aiming to develop a 40-acre site with a mix of office buildings, housing, shops and public spaces. The plan, unveiled Tuesday, would expand the company’s presence […]
Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods
September 17th, 2020Amazon wants landlords to pre-wire apartments with Alexa. How about if they just cut to the chase and build Amazon Burbclaves. Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs all over the U.S., according to people familiar with the plans. The facilities, which will eventually number about 1,500, […]
“You Are Not Anonymous On Tor”
September 17th, 2020Via: The Hacker Factor Blog: Last February, my Tor onion service came under a huge Tor-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. I spent days analyzing the attack, developing mitigation options, and defending my server. (The Tor service that I run for the Internet Archive was down for a few hours, but I managed to keep it […]
Alan Jones on Resignation of Victorian Department of Finance and Treasury Economist Sanjeev Sabhlok: “This Virus Is Not a Pandemic”
September 17th, 2020Via: Sky News Australia: Related: Victorian Government Economist Quits in Protest of Dan Andrews’ ‘Police State’
Armed Militias in Louisville
September 17th, 2020Via: ITV News:
From Blue Shirts to Brown
September 16th, 2020Via: Off-Guardian: And here we get to the crux of the SARS-CoV-2 scam. Sure, there’s a virus out there. It’s real and it certainly kills people but we know enough about it now to know that the draconian response taken by Premier Danial Andrews is scientifically indefensible. So why is he persisting with the lockdowns? […]
RAND Study Uncovers Massive Income Shift to Top 1%
September 16th, 2020The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually—if some $2.5 trillion wasn’t being “reverse distributed” every year away from the working class. Via: FastCompany: Just how far has the working class been left behind by the winner-take-all economy? A new analysis by the RAND Corporation examines what rising inequality has cost Americans […]
Microsoft Will Build $100 Million Data Center in Auckland
September 16th, 2020Via: New Zealand Herald: Microsoft has gained Overseas Investment Office approval to build a giant cloud computing data centre in Auckland. The applicant was Microsoft NZ – 100 per cent owned by a Bermuda entity but ultimately controlled by Microsoft Corporation in the US.
Britain: How the Government Is Wading Into the Swamp of Despotism
September 16th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: The Government has no legal right to impose the severe and miserable restrictions on our lives with which it has wrecked the economy, brought needless grief to the bereaved and the lonely and destroyed our personal liberty. This is the verdict of one of the most distinguished lawyers in the country, the […]
GM to Manufacture Own “Family” of EV Drive Systems, Motors
September 16th, 2020Via: Reuters: General Motors Co GM.N is set to announce plans on Wednesday to put into production an interchangeable “family” of electric vehicle (EV) drive systems and motors, boosting manufacturing efficiencies as it transitions to a fully electric lineup. The move, which follows earlier GM initiatives on next-generation batteries, comes as the Detroit automaker looks […]
