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143 What Has Come to Fruition

This morning on CEP! We plow through more "ketchup" articles.

We give thanks for some treacherous ones that never came true:

The NTSB wanted to implement breathalyzers in all new cars. It would add massive cost and complexity, blow false alarms, and of course those who want to get around it will find a way.
NY State wanted to implement "intelllligent speeed assistance" in cars, in other words auto-attack if it thought you went too fast.

We also celebrate two really good ones that are still thriving:

Toyota's hydrogen engine for semi trucks: Why reinvent the wheel when you can just make a new engine for preexisting trucks!
The Fairphone - a phone that's not glued together and not designed to die ASAP. You're encouraged to repair it and use it as long as possible!

and two of the usual:

AI designing your next car.
An article from 2015 that exposes how Microsoft tried to retrofit its nagware and legal spyware into its older products.

The book should be coming out this month! Get the preview edition on PDF at thecomputerexorcist.com

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