[bell-cot]

On the one hand, a seems-solid article by an author I mostly trust.

OTOH... with the recent journalistic scandal at Ars Technica, perhaps Dan should have made sure that he spelled "Ubiquity" correctly? (5th para; it's correct further down.)

[John23832]

That's an easy autocorrect issue. As someone who write Ubiquiti more often than most.

I don't even think most editors would know the difference. That's the problem with using corruptions of real words as your name.

[bell-cot]

> I don't even think most editors would know the difference.

We're talking about Ars Technica, not USA Today. Kinda like MotorTrend editors should know what a Z-rated tire is.

And I assume you've heard about the their AI fabrication scandal? - https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retractio...

Not a great look, if Ars either doesn't know, or can't control what they're actually publishing.

[bookofjoe]

I once suggested HN implement auto-correct because there are so many misspellings here. I was quickly downvoted.

[pinkmuffinere]

IMO spelling mistakes have always been a relatively weak indicator of writing quality, let alone truthiness.

[g-b-r]

I was indeed very surprised to see that it's from Dan Goodin

I only read his articles occasionally, but they always impressed me favorably; this one instead... the paper is probably clearer even for less technical people.