Miscellaneous
The Sticky Wi-Fi Problem: Why Your Phone Hangs Up On You (#GotBitcoin?)
The best Wi-Fi hotspots our phones can ‘see’ are often a mirage, yielding dropped calls and frustrated users. And the incentives to fix the problem are misaligned. Every day, all across the world, people experience the same frustrating glitch with their mobile devices—one that cripples them until they move beyond…
Readers Speak-out On Robot Phone Interviews (#GotBitcoin?)
Readers largely critical of one-sided phone interviews; ‘This is pure corporate laziness’. Readers Speak-out On Robot Phone Interviews (#GotBitcoin?) Reader reaction to automated job interviews is swift and mostly negative. Hundreds of people sounded off via email, comments and posts on social media, writing about the practice of companies screening…
Ultimate Resource On “Havana Syndrome” Including New Cases of The Mysterious Illness (#GotBitcoin)
Canada said Thursday another Cuba-based diplomat is experiencing mysterious health symptoms, prompting officials to review their diplomatic presence in the country. Ultimate Resource On "Havana Syndrome" Including New Cases of The Mysterious Illness (#GotBitcoin) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1meGH0Dts9M[/embed] The envoy is experiencing mysterious health symptoms, prompting Ottawa to review its diplomatic presence in…
Drive-In Movie Theatres Face Day of Reckoning (#GotBitcoin?)
On a moon-filled Saturday night, D. Edward Vogel stood in the projection room of Bengies Drive-In Theatre, surveying a field of cars that turned out for a chilly November triple feature. Drive-In Movie Theatres Face Day of Reckoning (#GotBitcoin?) “How many think we should return ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ next week? Flash…
China Has Early Lead On Electric Commercial Vehicles (#GotBitcoin?)
Employees Work On An Electric-Bus Production Line At A Factory In Liaocheng In China's Shandong Province. Chinese makers produced 99% of electric buses deployed globally from 2014 to 2017. A national project to replace millions of gasoline-fueled taxis, buses and trucks with new electric models is boosting China’s ambitions to…
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California Rethinks Firefighting Tactics, Evacuation Routes for Future Wildfires (#GotBitcoin?)
The Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, has left communities around the state reevaluating everything from their evacuation routes to communications systems. California Rethinks Firefighting Tactics, Evacuation Routes for Future Wildfires (#GotBitcoin?) Communities across state work to improve preparedness for ‘new normal’ following devastating Camp Fire. James Gore,…
When Your Boss Steals Your Ideas(s) At Work And What You Can Do About It (#GotBitcoin?)
Nothing frustrates employees more than a manager taking undue credit—here’s how to navigate one of the trickiest elements of office politics. You share an idea with your boss, only to see him present it in a meeting as his own. Or you slave through the night on a presentation, and…
California’s Privileged Use Private Fire Departments To Save Their Homes (#GotBitcoin?)
When the Woolsey fire swept into the exclusive neighborhood of Bell Canyon, resident Yen Hsieh grabbed her late music teacher’s 200-year-old cello, some belongings and her son’s betta fish Sparky and fled, not sure whether her home would be destroyed. More than 30 homes in the gated Ventura County community…
A Warming Climate Brings New Crops To Frigid Zones
Longer growing seasons help lead northern farmers to plow up forests for crops such as corn that were once hard to grow in chilly territories. A Warming Climate Brings New Crops To Frigid Zones The farm belt is marching northward. Upper Alberta is bitter cold much of the year, and…
California State Board of Equalization vs DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com LLC
This is just another example of how this government will do anything and say anything to ruin small and medium size businesses. California State Board of Equalization vs DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com LLC The visit as mentioned above actually never took place. When I called the Board of Equalization as mentioned in the…
Life Sentence for British Student Draws Criticism For U.A.E. (#GotBitcoin?)
The U.K. Foreign Office said the verdict wasn’t what it expected from a friend and trusted partner. The United Arab Emirates sentenced a British academic it accuses of spying to life imprisonment, a decision that has drawn condemnation from Western academics and politicians against a Gulf nation that wants to…