I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

8 Replies to “I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords”

1. I wouldn’t say he stepped over the border. Waddled, maybe.

2. “Tertan I am, but what is Tertan? Of this time, of that place, of some parentage, what does it matter?”

   Lionel Trilling

3. Regarding North Korea, I saw this today – ‘In a historic moment, North Korea’s dictator crosses into South Korea for the first time since the end of the Korean War.
   Meaning it’s time for another Stormy Daniels segment on CNN ‘

   Sharyl Attkisson had a number of tweets about it. She said ‘As someone who worked at CNN, CBS, etc. I can say that in my estimation if this were happening 5 years ago under Obama, or even under a Bush, this would be getting — and would merit — live primetime coverage.’

4. You don’t have to do the DNA test. If your cousin does one they’ve got you. I had Ancestry do a DNA test and hundreds of relatives showed up. I was able to tell who all my 1st and 2nd cousins were who were tested and most of my 3rd cousins. I was only able to identify one common ancestor for 4th cousins. He was born in 1787. Most people’s genealogy isn’t very complete that far back and most people who are tested don’t provide a genealogy.

   Not my doing but, based on a DNA test, someone else provided one of my cousin’s identity to a kid she gave up for adoption over 50 years ago whether she wanted it done or not. They didn’t actually know she had a baby. By the process of elimination, she was the only likely candidate.

5. Not to mention, things might be a bit messy in the collection process:

   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dna-blunder-creates-phantom-serial-killer-1655375.html

6. ..and isn’t it curious; none of the data bases from ancestry.com on down the alphabet would admit to providing the cousin’s DNA information that nailed the killer.

7. The benefits of being able to sequence your own genome vastly outweigh the negatives. They can get your DNA regardless it is quite easy. If you’re nervous about being compromised, switch with someone. Scramble the identity.

8. I was talking to a friend who did the DNA because of his interest in genealogy and he’s telling me all about his different bloodlines and the % of each and he tells me he’s 7% Afghani and I’m thinking to myself what the hell does that even mean? If a country has been conquered and reconquered many times in its history how is it possible to determine exactly what an Afghani’s DNA sequence should look like?