Vehicle collaboration. Skynet precursor?
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5078616/cars-v2x-connected-vehicles-transportation-dot-nhtsa
GenX hard truth. We miss front bench seats in cars you could slide back and forth sideways on. When did all front car seats become individual buckets seats with annoying center giant consoles between the seats. Not as fun!!
Well...getting and driving my very first all electric car tomorrow, a brand new KIA 2024 EV6, as a longterm free loaner vehicle while my KIA Niro PHEV plugin hybrid car continues to be stuck dead at the dealership service garage due to dead giant lithium battery pack. On day 6 of still no definitive answers on repair etc, and no car, I had to raise he'll to finally get the free loaner car. Which according to them could be for up to SIX MONTHS due to backlogged orders and production delays
1994. Picture it. San Francisco. Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on top of DOS 5/6 with Trumpet Winsock TCP/IP and PPP/SLIP ISP dialog using 56k US Robtics modem over a POTS landline phone connection with Netscape Navigator as first web browser
Best thing ever
No more countless usb flash drives with various ISO individual operating systems.
Put them ALL ON ONE USB FLASH DRIVE and select which iso to boot from all those on the flash drive. Genius
https://www.xda-developers.com/ventoy-the-best-program-for-bootable-isos-youve-never-heard-of/
Charlemagne is my 33rd great-grandfather, so I am related to a vast network of European royalty and nobility due to the extensive intermarriage among royal families over the centuries. Here are some significant historical and royal figures you could be related to or descended from:
### 1. **Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 996)**
- Founder of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France for many centuries. Many European monarchs are descendants of Hugh Capet, including the kings of France, Spain, and Portugal.
### 2. **William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 1087)**
- The first Norman King of England. As a descendant of Charlemagne, it's likely that you would also be related to William the Conqueror, whose descendants include nearly all of the English and British monarchs.
### 3. **Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 – 1204)**
- One of the most powerful and wealthy women of the Middle Ages, she was the queen consort of France and England and the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John of England.
### 4. **Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain (15th century)**
- The Catholic Monarchs whose marriage united Spain and whose support enabled Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. They are ancestors of many European monarchs.
### 5. **Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500 – 1558)**
- Ruled over an empire so vast that it was said the sun never set on it. He was a descendant of Charlemagne through both his paternal and maternal lines.
### 6. **King Louis IX of France (1214 – 1270)**
- Also known as Saint Louis, he was a Capetian king and a descendant of Charlemagne. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
### 7. **Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819 – 1901)**
- Often called the "grandmother of Europe," Queen Victoria is a descendant of Charlemagne through many lines and is an ancestor of many European royal families.
### 8. **The Habsburgs**
- The Habsburg dynasty, which produced many Holy Roman Emperors, Spanish, and Austrian rulers, is also connected to Charlemagne. The Habsburgs were one of the most influential royal houses in Europe.
### 9. **The Plantagenets**
- The English royal house that ruled from the 12th to the 15th century, including famous figures like Richard the Lionheart and Henry V.
### 10. **Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 – 1861)**
- The consort of Queen Victoria, and through him, the modern British royal family claims descent from Charlemagne.
### 11. **Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821)**
- While not a direct descendant, Napoleon, who married into the Habsburg family and established many noble families across Europe, often invoked Charlemagne's legacy to legitimize his own rule.
### 12. **Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 – 1918)**
- The last Emperor of Russia, whose ancestry connects him to many European royal families, including those descended from Charlemagne.
Given the interconnectivity of European royal families, Charlemagne is an ancestor of nearly all modern European royalty and many historical figures. This connection would ties me into a broad and illustrious genealogical lineage spanning over a millennium of European history.
Current King Charles III of England is my distant cousin, as is the current King Philippe of Belgium.
Yasssssssss 😆 THANK YOU. HITLER HAS BEEN HACKED. HALLELUJAH 🙏
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/10/politics/trump-campaign-blames-iran-for-hack/index.html
We are waist deep in very dangerous times. Far right wing neo nazi xenophobes are everywhere. Mostly dumb, scared, straight white men. Beware.
Elon Musk is provocateur in chief worldwide.
He is beyond disgusting.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/tech/elon-musk-civil-war-uk-riots/index.html
Coolest new thing but of COURSE USA monopoly electric local utility providers will never allow this. But Europe 30-50 years ahead of usa in electric grid infrastructure and consumer rights and all th8ngsvgreen does allow it.
Check it out.
The usa SUX.
https://www.theverge.com/24150901/ecoflow-powerstream-review-diy-balcony-solar-microinverter
Desktop and laptop computers and distinct monitors are also so luddite last century. With a 14 inch Android tablet with 16gb ram and over 1tb in storage, why the f would I ever want or even need a "computer?" Stationary computing? Ugh. No. I can use my giant fast tablet anywhere, and can even project its screen and audio wirelessly to my even more giant 85 inch smart tv. Even a laptop feels old fashioned although a dual screen laptop with 2 14 inch hinged touchscreens with no physical keyboard is something I'm considering. I'm real tired of typing though as input to my smartphone or tablet. I should be able to control these devices entirely with my VOICE without typing or pushing even a power on off or volume button. Seriously. THAT is what AI needs to accomplish FIRST. Stop with all this damn TYPING ON KEYBOARDS. 
Keyboards and typing are sooooo last century. Voice input output AI with optional floating mid air holographic screens make more sense and are now technically DOABLE.
Ok so this app connects me SUPPOSEDLY federated to mastodon, bluesky, and nostr but grrrrr why then do I need 3 separate id accounts, passwords if they're fucking FEDERATED??? HELLO???? Way goofy. Kinda dumb.