Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - February 11
Since the second inauguration of T-rump to the presidency, we have seen all manner of unqualified people being placed in positions of great power. It doesn't matter if they have skills, experience, or aptitude for the job; anyone can hold any position!! With that in mind, I am applying for the CEO position at your company, I have never led a company. I am probably unqualified for it. Nevertheless, I urge you to place me in the role because I was bold enough to ask! I am declining to post or send a resume, because that simply doesn't matter. Please reach out to schedule my start date. Thank you, and I look forward to leading your company in a direction. |
There are very many privacy concerns these days. Not the least of which is that cars collect data about you - from tracking where and how you drive to recording conversations on the integrated microphones. And at present, there is no way to opt out. And they can do with it as they please, from selling it to unknown 3rd parties, to sharing it with insurance companies, to releasing it to law enforcement if they see fit. Back at the new year, there was the incident with the cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas, which the media was quick to pounce on - with incomplete or erroneous information. But, then Elon Musk proudly told everyone that he would retrieve all the info from this vehicle, in order to help law enforcement piece together what happened. There are so many concerns with this. He arbitrarily offered to pull up some personal type data and share it (generally, anyway) with the world. How is that okay? And in the position of power he has, how will he abuse that ability? And as an aside: I take exception to Elon's recent comments that he wants to help the police, and believes in law enforcement. That sure sounds nice, but isn't he sucking up to the convicted felon who was able to make an additional series of charges that may have led to additional convictions and jail time go away? What about enforcement of the laws that man broke? And, lest we forget, he came into this country illegally himself. So I suppose he supports law enforcement when it suits him? |
Here's a story about a man who discovered that many of the license plate cameras in use are actually not behind any layer of security. Anyone can simply access them and track vehicles in real time. Which he proceeded to do in order to make a point. Privacy is not something that is generally given a second thought when there's money to be made with little effort. https://www.404media.co/researcher-turns-insecure-license-plate-cameras-into-open-source-surveillance-tool/ That's the world we live in. |
Macy's recently announced a plan to close underperforming stores. They made the announcement and listed off the stores. That got picked up and media outlets ran with a headline "Macys closing!" and proceeded to list locations of stores, most of which sure didn't seem to fit with "underperformance." Since that didn't seem right, I looked at the addresses for stores in Florida. And discovered that these were not Macy's stores, but rather Macy's Furniture stores, which are not your traditional storefronts. I guess technically they are Macy's stores, but they were created as stand alone stores that only sell furniture. They are large and expensive to run - and have been considered for closure for quite some time. But the headline that Macys is closing is more salacious and requires no research. That is just lazy and sad. And again shows that no one can do an ounce of research. And on another note, there was this headline, which appears to be missing a word. Feel? Cause? Regret? Use?  |
I subscribe to a mailer about the Walt Disney company, and in particular their work in the central Florida area. While its self-promotional, it is encouraging to see a large company share some good in the world. Thought I'd share.
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Bonus item: a few years ago there was a guy who steaked onto the field during the superbowl. He talked about that in the week leading up to the game.
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