Where does the popular phrase “no taxation without representation” really come from? John Hampden, who ignited a resistance against the King of England, is arguably the source. The modern belief — a government should not tax its populace unless represented — was developed in the years leading to English Civil War, following Hampden’s very public … Continue reading British Ship Money: 1630s Origins of “Taxation Without Representation”→
There’s a strange propaganda dump on Barron’s right now trying to pump Tesla investors. Tesla Has the Most Self-Driving Accidents. There’s a Good Reason for That. The reason is Tesla has the worst engineering coupled with deceptive marketing. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s look at the article. First, note the author is Al … Continue reading Barron’s Dumps Tesla Crash Propaganda→
In 2019 I was invited to speak to a San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) about robot dangers. Here’s a slide I presented documenting a long yet sparse history of human deaths. Note, this is known civilian deaths. The rate of death from sloppy extrajudicial Palantir has … Continue reading Robots Been Killing People for Years: USAF Brings It Up And People Get Scared→
A Tesla has been in a crash with a F-150, leaving the Tesla owner dead. It quietly revealed yet again that the “Autopilot crap” is really, and always will be, crap. One of the shocking things in April 2016 was that a man who clearly knew nothing about cars positioned a deceptively named non-working “Autopilot” … Continue reading Brand New Tesla Owner Testing Autopilot Killed by F-150→