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Why You Probably Shouldn’t DIY a Car Airbag

https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/why-you-probably-shouldnt-diy-a-car-airbag/

Why You Probably Shouldn’t DIY A Car Airbag

Car airbags are both a very simple concept and a marvel of engineering, replacing the bone-shattering impact of unforgiving plastic and steel with a relatively soft landing in a funky-smelling air …

Hackaday

Paul Dot X 1d ago

here's a non-legal opinion.....run you AI local and you will have a better argument for privilege
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/business/dealbook/ai-notetakers-legal-risk.html

All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.

A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege.

The New York Times

Paul Dot X 3d ago

nixCraft 🐧3d ago

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia executive says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/nvidia-executive-cost-of-ai-is-greater-than-cost-of-employees/

Nobody is saying the loud part because they are too deep into AI now. They know teh only way to keep going is to pretend everything is working as promised. This is how the dot-com era happened & the upcoming AI bubble crash will too. They are disconnected from our reality. There is no cure for AI psychosis at CEO levels 😂

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia executive says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers

Big Tech has announced $740 billion in capex this year, but AI has yet to show evidence of widespread increased productivity.

Fortune

Paul Dot X 3d ago

We have this URGENT work thing we need your team to focus on

Also don't expect us to actually allow you to do that b/c the stupid BS requests won't stop

Paul Dot X 4d ago

of course this new "corp organizational model" came out of McKinsey it explains SO much

Paul Dot X 4d ago

Radical thought....a CISO needs to report to CEO if you have them report to CIO security will always be subservient to making it run no matter what

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Paul Dot X Apr 27

Car salesman pointed out a feature of automatic notification of 1st responders for a crash and my immediate thought wasn't that's great it was who is getting all this data to enable it and can I turn it off?

Paul Dot X Apr 27

On vacation at a car dealer looking at new car primarily for wife..... won't walk away with anything with all credit frozen

Also primary concern for today is how she likes the seats

Paul Dot X Apr 24

why I don't fear AI taking over anything ....my "smart" speaker does a pretty good job when it actually decides to set a timer...but when I ask it how long since the last timer went off it dumbly responds "how long would you like to set a timer"

Paul Dot X Apr 23

the disconnect of large orgs......
management: it is CRITICAL you devote your time to this high priority task

also management: here is all this pointless paperwork that you need to complete RIGHT NOW, and oh a dozed meeting sprinkled through you day meaning you will never have a chance to actually think or devote time to that REALLY CRITICAL THING!!!!