Miscellaneous Tech News

Reid Cooper

Finally, a good use for AI.

mlnews

LEDs just two atoms thick!!

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/researchers-craft-an-led-just-two-atoms-thick/

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Amazon Echo Dot... for your car...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/garmin-speak-is-a-tiny-echo-dot-for-your-car-made-by-garmin-and-amazon/

StrongBad

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Amazon Echo Dot... for your car...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/garmin-speak-is-a-tiny-echo-dot-for-your-car-made-by-garmin-and-amazon/

Alexa, please start the engine.

dafyre

@strongbad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Amazon Echo Dot... for your car...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/garmin-speak-is-a-tiny-echo-dot-for-your-car-made-by-garmin-and-amazon/

Alexa, please start the engine.

I'm sorry, Dave. I cannot do that. Your BAC is 0.88, which is eleven times the legal limit.

scottalanmiller

Amazon, Google, Facebook... they probably have enough info from the things that you buy to figure out if you are drunk or not based on that alone!

mlnews

Ubuntu 17.10 is due tomorrow.

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Fedora 27 is under final freeze...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-27-Frozen

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/new-neural-network-teaches-itself-go-spanks-the-pros/

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/charter-accuses-its-employees-of-cutting-cables-125-times-during-strike/

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Tim Cook says that the Mac Mini isn't dead.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/the-mac-mini-isnt-dead-yet-says-tim-cook/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/denuvos-drm-ins-now-being-cracked-within-hours-of-release/

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Google Fiber, now in Kentucky

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/google-fiber-is-now-in-louisville-thanks-to-new-fiber-deployment-strategy/

coliver

Nope... no way this could possibly go wrong.... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/microsoft-rolls-out-system-level-anti-cheating-tech-for-windows-devs/?comments=1

DustinB3403

@coliver the reactions to it are all over the place from "good" to "are you freaking serious" and worse.

Danp

Citrix sues former Raleigh employees over noncompete clause

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/10/20/citrix-sues-former-raleigh-employees-over.html

scottalanmiller

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Citrix sues former Raleigh employees over noncompete clause

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/10/20/citrix-sues-former-raleigh-employees-over.html

That's what happens when you quit, rather than taking a layoff. She didn't move, change industries, or wait for Citrix to severe the relationship. Of course they went after her.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Citrix sues former Raleigh employees over noncompete clause

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/10/20/citrix-sues-former-raleigh-employees-over.html

That's what happens when you quit, rather than taking a layoff. She didn't move, change industries, or wait for Citrix to severe the relationship. Of course they went after her.

I was going to say the same thing. The one question I have is the other 6 employees. Were they terminated or did they up and leave?

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Citrix sues former Raleigh employees over noncompete clause

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/10/20/citrix-sues-former-raleigh-employees-over.html

That's what happens when you quit, rather than taking a layoff. She didn't move, change industries, or wait for Citrix to severe the relationship. Of course they went after her.

I was going to say the same thing. The one question I have is the other 6 employees. Were they terminated or did they up and leave?

My guess would be that they quit. Once terminated, non-competes become essentially impossible to enforce. Not always, but basically. Especially if it is a no-fault fire (layoff.)

coliver

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Citrix sues former Raleigh employees over noncompete clause

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/10/20/citrix-sues-former-raleigh-employees-over.html

That's what happens when you quit, rather than taking a layoff. She didn't move, change industries, or wait for Citrix to severe the relationship. Of course they went after her.

I was going to say the same thing. The one question I have is the other 6 employees. Were they terminated or did they up and leave?

My guess would be that they quit. Once terminated, non-competes become essentially impossible to enforce. Not always, but basically. Especially if it is a no-fault fire (layoff.)

How enforceable are they to begin with? I've seen even tiny companies require a non-compete... seems like it's a waste of paper.