US Customs computer collapse leaves travellers waiting
A nationwide
collapse of the US customs service computer system has left thousands of
passengers lined up at airports awaiting clearance to officially enter the
country, the authorities and US media said.
… A Customs and
Border Protection department spokesman told NBC News that there had been a
disruption at several airports and
was "taking immediate action to address the technology disruption."
Because it’s important to Facebook!
Know What Facebook Can See Inside Your Photographs
When you upload any photograph to your Facebook account,
they look at the actual content of the photograph and try to determine what
objects and scenes are inside the image. You may not have added any description, yet
Facebook can determine what that picture is all about.
Would this scare anyone familiar with guns and teenagers
or just those who considered video games the gateway to mass murder?
Is the take-home message that students
should never criticize school personnel if they’ve ever worn a
Soviet trench coat, or that they shouldn’t criticize gun control
advocates? Is this what we get when DHS
issues lists of “warning signs” or “red flags” that could apply to so many
people? Or was the school right to want
a psychiatric evaluation before letting the student back in school? Would this have been better handled without
police involvement?
Eugene Volokh writes:
From M.V. v. Bd. of Ed. of the Borough of Manville,
2016 WL 7433235, a New Jersey administrative decision that stems from an
incident that hit the news in September:
A teacher found a flash drive
after school hours in a classroom, which she turned into the main office. A staff person in the main office reviewed the
flash drive. It revealed satirical
cartoon materials entitled Gun Control for Dummies. It depicts alleged absurdities of gun control
bans, specifically, various nationwide school incidents involving school
attacks, with the perpetrators considering that the locations of the incidents
had gun bans, providing the perpetrators with a degree of security that, “No
one here can shoot back.” The other
cartoons had similar messages….
The staff person turned the
material over to Ilana Kurtin, one of the school’s guidance counselors. The staff at the main office or Ms. Kurtin,
discovered that the flash drive belonged to [Frank Harvey]. She had previous experience with [Harvey]. She certified she knew him to be a loner,
occasionally wore a Soviet trench coat and hat, and had a fascination with war
and violent video games. She related an
incident from the previous year where [Harvey] critically commented on the
staff’s inability to perform their jobs.
Read more on The
Volokh Conspiracy.
Interesting. Is this
a response to all those nice Trump tweets?
(See Saturday’s blog)
With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent
Ethics Office
House Republicans, overriding their top leaders, voted on
Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set
up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of
Congress to jail.
The move to
effectively kill the Office of Congressional Ethics was not made public until
late Monday, when Representative Robert W. Goodlatte, Republican of Virginia
and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced
that the House Republican Conference had approved the change. There was no advance notice or debate on the
measure.
Don’t we have enough trouble keeping our infrastructure maintained?
States Wire Up Roads as Cars Get Smarter
… Transit planners
say these so-called smart roads will unlock bigger benefits from self-driving
cars, including fewer accidents, faster trips and fuel savings.
So far, the technology is being built into just a few
miles of highway in a handful of states, even as smartcars hit the roads.
Is Amazon taking on eBay and Craigslist? Why start in India?
You can now sell your old products on Amazon India
… Amazon has
launched its "Sell as
Individual" service in India, allowing users to sell their used goods.
The pilot program is currently
operational in Bangalore.
Though still in the early phase, the move should worry
Ebay, Quikr and Olx, some popular platforms in the space that allow individuals
to sell their used products.
On its website, Amazon explains that people in Bangalore
can list the products they want to sell and the company would handle the packaging and delivery of the product.
The products will be listed on the website, and when
someone places an order for it, a representative from Amazon India would visit the seller and collect the
product from their doorstep at their preferred time.
My students probably know all of these devices and
Apps. I sure don’t.
… As the popularity of cutting the cord continues to grow, so too do
the number of apps and channels that offer a more “traditional” TV experience.
In this article, we’re going to introduce you to eight
streaming apps that do all the hard work for you, allowing you to just sit back
and relax while some televisual content washes over you.
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