OT: The News Thread

[BeLeafer]

Big kitty

 

[BeLeafer]

hmm, maybe we shouldn't have built this subdivision so close to this mountainous forest.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Good luck with land planning in the lower mainland.

 

[Killer93]

 

[BeLeafer]

Good luck with land planning in the lower mainland.

It's not about luck, it's about government land use policy.

 

[Killer93]

We dead

 

[Habsy]

Yet another one going to hit Louisiana.

 

[Wayward DP]

Yet another one going to hit Louisiana.

nuke it

 

[lecoqsportif]

nuke it

Louisiana? Harsh, but fair.

 

[Habsy]

Mississippi deserves it more

 

[anne25]

Mississippi deserves it more

Nah. I know you said that in jest but no place deserves it.

 

[MindzEye]

Nah. I know you said that in jest but no place deserves it.

I see your basic humanity and I raise you

 

[Habsy]

Hey now

 

[BeLeafer]

 

[zeke]

 

[Habsy]

Ford is doubling down on testing self-driving cars in Miami-Dade

After landing in Miami-Dade in 2018 with a fleet of self-driving cars, Ford announced Monday that it plans to broaden its presence here as it explores the frontiers of autonomous vehicles.

amp.miamiherald.com

 

[axlsalinger]

The start of a million #FloridaCar memes...

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[zeke]

 

[Wayward DP]

Cadillac Fairview are shady fucks

More than five million images of faces have been collected without the consent or even knowledge of shoppers at Cadillac Fairview-owned malls across the country, according to Canada's privacy commissioner.

The Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Alberta and B.C. announced in a joint statement on Thursday morning that they had concluded an investigation into the major mall operator's alleged use of facial recognition cameras inside information kiosks.

The privacy watchdogs concluded that CF had indeed "embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks at 12 shopping malls across Canada and used facial recognition technology without their customers' knowledge or consent."

So this seems like kind of a big deal. Fully recognizing that BlogTO is a fairly useless rag. I hope CF is fined millions of dollars, but assume they escape with, at worst, a slap on the wrist.