The internet of sh*t things sure has a lot of downside. Read about another example of awful.
Discarded smart lightbulbs reveal your wifi passwords, stored in the clear
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Poof!
Quadriga CX is a crypto-currency exchange. The only person who knew the password died and now the exchange cannot access $140 million dollars of bitcoins. Stories abound of people forgetting a password and losing their bitcoins. But this is an exchange that has lost the password. Read more.
One problem is that bitcoins are ether—not tangible. However, I never see or touch most of the dollars in my paycheck, which is electronically deposited in my and mostly goes to the many electronic bills. The primary problem is that the exchange was badly managed.
Raptor vs. Leaf Blower
Edmunds compared a Ford Raptor to a Fiat 500 to leaf blowers. The Raptor had lower emission than the others. Most impressive, in terms of hydrocarbons, the Raptor actually cleaned the air: “the ambient air contained 2.821 ppm of total hydrocarbons, and the amount of total hydrocarbons coming out the Raptor’s tailpipe measured 2.639 ppm.”
Coal
The worst part about getting coal in you socking isn’t the indignity; it’s the notice of violation from the EPA.
[from The Week]
Best thesis advisor ever
In this article Lund professor freed student from Islamic State war zone, we learn about a student who returned to his native Iraq when his wife and children were threatened. You see they are Yazidi and ISIS kills Yazidi. His professor and Lund University arranged for mercenaries to rescue the family.