Today I learned +

[Dannyalcatraz]

See also: rental cars and their oh-so-helpful automatic Bluetooth stereo connections.

You could be sharing more than your music playlist.

I don’t even connect my phone to MY car.

It’s less to do with high-tech data thieves than the fact that I noticed you can often hear the part of the conversation going through the speakers OUTSIDE of the car. Sometimes from several feet away.

No, that’s not really an issue when the car is in motion. But if I’m parked? That’s potentially a breach of attorney/client privilege.

 

[Dioltach]

I don’t even connect my phone to MY car.

It’s less to do with high-tech data thieves than the fact that I noticed you can often hear the part of the conversation going through the speakers OUTSIDE of the car. Sometimes from several feet away.

No, that’s not really an issue when the car is in motion. But if I’m parked? That’s potentially a breach of attorney/client privilege.

People sometimes seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that everyone around them can hear their side of the conversation, and sometimes the other side too, if the volume is loud enough. Once I was sitting in the bus through a posh suburb, and the man behind me - apparently a member of the Supervisory Board of a large company - was having a long discussion about the company's situation and the plans of the Board of Directors.

 

[Ryujin]

People sometimes seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that everyone around them can hear their side of the conversation, and sometimes the other side too, if the volume is loud enough. Once I was sitting in the bus through a posh suburb, and the man behind me - apparently a member of the Supervisory Board of a large company - was having a long discussion about the company's situation and the plans of the Board of Directors.

If you don't work for the company then it's not "insider trading"

 

[Gradine]

Today I learned that one time the Australian Prime Minister went out for a swim and was never seen again.

Then they went and named a swimming pool after him.

 

[trappedslider]

Today I learned that one time the Australian Prime Minister went out for a swim and was never seen again.

Then they went and named a swimming pool after him.

The first fact i knew, the second one...TIL

 

[MarkB]

Today I learned that one time the Australian Prime Minister went out for a swim and was never seen again.

Then they went and named a swimming pool after him.

Well, he does serve as an object lesson in the importance of practicing swimming in a safe environment.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Today I learned that one time the Australian Prime Minister went out for a swim and was never seen again.

Then they went and named a swimming pool after him.

I love Australia, that is amazing.

 

[Blue]

TIL a new word: calumniation
noun. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

A friend had up a quote, likely related to RPGs: "My functions are diplomacy, translation, manslaughter, and calumniation."

 

[overgeeked]

TIL a new word: calumniation
noun. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

A friend had up a quote, likely related to RPGs: "My functions are diplomacy, translation, manslaughter, and calumniation."

That's a good word. It seems almost definitional to internet and modern culture.

 

[Meech17]

Here's what I learned this week...

There's some construction on my commute so I was routed through a section of Pontiac, Michigan I'd never been before called the "Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District".

In short, around a hundred years ago General Motors built a factory out here, but then went "Ah crap. No one actually lives here to come work in the factory." So they decided to build hundreds of houses to sell to their employees.

The idea of buying your home from your employer (And likely your car too) is kind of scary.. But ultimately I think it's kind of neat. It's also interesting, and a bit sad to see how much our communities depend on these corporations. A whole community grew up around a business, and then as the business changed, and started to divest in this area, the community suffered and wilted because of it.

I'm new to Michigan, and I love history, and cars.. So I've had lots of fun learning about the place I now live, as a lot of the post industrial era history here revolves around cars, and the companies who made/make them.