There’s 100+ Computers in a Car

Mar 6 2013

There are more than 100+ computers (ECUs) in a new luxury vehicle.

Millions more lines of code than a fighter jet, than Facebook even; and up to 20% of the total vehicle cost is for the computers. It runs on the CAN bus network, learn more here.

Read in online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

Some luxury vehicles contain as many as 100 individual computers.

And:

It takes up to 100 million lines of software code to make this happen. To illustrate the complexity, consider that an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter operates on 1.7 million lines.

Neat photo, eh.

It’s a test of all the computers and software inside a Cadillac.

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The World’s Worst Facebook and LinkedIn

Feb 5 2013

I’m proud that I didn’t get on Facebook until 2013.

I’ve been online since 1996, it’s not that. I watched Facebook arrive, and didn’t like what I saw it do it people, like a parasite.

I wanted nothing to do with it, so I didn’t. Probably to the detriment of my career.

But think how many more hours of life I’ve lived, than a daily 5-year user.

Below: documenting the “Before”,
before I renovate.

Total photos from 2012 = 10.

Only 1 was uploaded by me (newspaper one – first car review I wrote).

Apparently I have a fan page?

Do people still do these? It makes me feel kinda dumb, having one.

“No photos to show.”

My LinkedIn is even worse. Might be even more proud like, got this far without one, or an About page come on.

Friending my profile probably pulls down your own ranking.

Despite nothing of substance being listed I’ve actually done a lot of cool stuff, have a few firsts and onlys to my name, am highly educated… even KeriBlog.com isn’t listed lol.

Trying to Defeat Facial Recognition Software

Oct 15 2012

To be clear: I don’t know if this actually works.

Makes sense though, eh? I do know though, that this is why you are instructed not to smile in your drivers licence or passport photo – you don’t walk around smiling.

To be serious: you realize that everything you post online is likely added to a face database. Facebook is the perfect example.

This summer, US Senator Al Franken said, “Facebook may have created the world’s largest privately held database of face prints, without the explicit knowledge of its users”.

And people are getting upset. Germany is suing Facebook over their use of facial recognition software, saying it’s illegal. They’re also ordering the site to stop sharing their faces database with third-party applications.

Apple and Google do it too, but their services are opt-IN, Facebook’s default is opt-OUT.

Has it ever occurred to you to opt-out? Maybe. What about a housewife in Iowa? Not a chance. And with over 60 billion photos on Facebook’s servers…