Else I'd have said something. Yes, the only reason millennials don't participate in the good ol' "shop 'til you drop" game is that they can't afford the fee. And this is the only reason they don't buy your crap and don't drive the economy. If you want people to buy your stuff, you need people who have the money to buy your stuff.
Are your arguments do harebrained and idiotic that you're afraid you get laughed out the court when the judge gets to hear what a sane person has to say about them?
Oh you're so 1990. Today the answer is "We're from the government and we needn't tell you jack shit, so fuck you. If you disagree, you're a terrorist and we'll fuck up your life, so better shut your pie hole. You're not even worth being lied to by us."
Low level stupid criminals like the everyday Joe Randomsurfer, committing the heinous crime of doing something a corporation doesn't like. Because that's all this could potentially catch.
So anything that only benefits a minority directly will get shot down. Great. New road up on the hill? Nah, I don't live there and neither do 70% of the people here. Unfortunately it means that you can't live up there anymore so real estate down below becomes impossible to afford. But nobody sees that when voting no on a road he doesn't need. How about funding for colleges and universities? Nah, what for, I have my degree, screw you! Pity though that when I'm turning 80 and need a doctor there won't be any around, but I could probably get a burger around the clock.
People don't pay attention to future events. They don't plan ahead. They want an immediate revenue and someone else will somehow magically take care of everything that's ahead. Yes, representative democracy is far from perfect. But there's definitely worse options. I don't know any better ones, though.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
That's why direct democracy is a bad thing. Unless you want the country to be even more run by the media than it is already. Because all you'd get with direct democracy and people voting on everything is that the "news" (I'll use the word very broadly here) will be even more an instrument of public opinion swaying than they are already.
Take a look around the people you live with. If you have a good stomach, take a good look at YouTube and watch what completely insane nuts peddle various conspiracy theories that are greedily gobbled up as revelation, as the "truth" the "elites" keep you from learning (oddly nobody bothers to give any reason why the "elites" would benefit from you thinking that, say, the earth is round).
And THEN ponder once more whether you really want THESE people to vote on important issues. Issues that will in the end affect you and your life.
Simply and plainly because there is not a single home automation system offered that isn't
- insecure as all hell - phoning home even the most trivial things - a combination of the two above, i.e. hands some company my house keys (and whoever else that manages to breach their nonexistent security) - more expensive than the house it's supposed to automate - simply and plainly broken out of the box
or a combination of all of them.
I know, home automation is still a rather new thing, but frankly, if I with my hobbyist level knowledge of mesh networking, sensors and embedded development can come up with a faster, cheaper, more robust and more secure solution that ANY of the systems I have seen so far, you know something's not right.
Nonono, you got that wrong there my friend. Churches are about believing. Science is about knowing (or wanting to, rather). That's fundamentally different.
To know something, you have to learn something. And it may even entail having to learn something else, because there is a very crucial and important step between learning and knowing that you can't simply omit: Understanding. You learn, then you understand, then you know. Sorry, but there's no shortcut from not knowing to knowing. These are the steps you have to take if you want to know something.
There is of course a cop-out: Believing. That's by some margin (and then some) easier to do and way less hassle. To believe something, no learning, no understanding and certainly no knowing is required. All you have to do is state unilaterally "I believe" and you're in.
That's why believing is so much more popular in our quick-fix, want-to-have-my-trophy-for-free world. It's easy, hassle free and most of all does not require any kind of work from you. All it takes is saying "I believe".
That's also true. It's a bit like junkies, there's only a few that only do one kind of hard drug, once they start with that shit they rarely limit it to just one.
I have seen Creationists that don't give a shit about flat earth, but so far I have not yet seen someone peddling the flat earth bullshit without also being a religious nut.
Not even that. And even if, what does it help you that Mr. Ali Ben Gali from Generistan paid for the certificate of the server that just ripped you off? You can bet good money that Mr. Gali doesn't even know anything about the transaction, since it takes about a month for a credit card fraud to get detected and shady pages are up for maybe a few days.
Let's Encrypt does exactly what the certificate issued can do: Verify that the webpage the traffic originates at is the webpage in the URL line. Nothing more, nothing less.
Unfortunately it's been peddled in "computer magazines" where writers who, at the most, know that TCP ain't the abbreviation for the Chinese secret service hand out advice to their even less computer literate audience.
All a certificate does is to verify that traffic that you think originated from www.whateverserver.com actually does originate from www.whateverserver.com.
And for this you needn't register any personally identifiable information with anyone.
So... you wouldn't consider it a problem that someone MITMs the connection from the one seeking information on your page and feeds this person with garbage, while at the same time pretending that garbage comes from your page?
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Else I'd have said something. Yes, the only reason millennials don't participate in the good ol' "shop 'til you drop" game is that they can't afford the fee. And this is the only reason they don't buy your crap and don't drive the economy. If you want people to buy your stuff, you need people who have the money to buy your stuff.
Are your arguments do harebrained and idiotic that you're afraid you get laughed out the court when the judge gets to hear what a sane person has to say about them?
Oh you're so 1990. Today the answer is "We're from the government and we needn't tell you jack shit, so fuck you. If you disagree, you're a terrorist and we'll fuck up your life, so better shut your pie hole. You're not even worth being lied to by us."
Low level stupid criminals like the everyday Joe Randomsurfer, committing the heinous crime of doing something a corporation doesn't like. Because that's all this could potentially catch.
So anything that only benefits a minority directly will get shot down. Great. New road up on the hill? Nah, I don't live there and neither do 70% of the people here. Unfortunately it means that you can't live up there anymore so real estate down below becomes impossible to afford. But nobody sees that when voting no on a road he doesn't need. How about funding for colleges and universities? Nah, what for, I have my degree, screw you! Pity though that when I'm turning 80 and need a doctor there won't be any around, but I could probably get a burger around the clock.
People don't pay attention to future events. They don't plan ahead. They want an immediate revenue and someone else will somehow magically take care of everything that's ahead. Yes, representative democracy is far from perfect. But there's definitely worse options. I don't know any better ones, though.
But you know that they'll eventually be massacred by the millions in the Dominion War, so all is good.
About 300 bucks for a device that offers the functionality of a RasPi.
We're at the price issue again.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
That's why direct democracy is a bad thing. Unless you want the country to be even more run by the media than it is already. Because all you'd get with direct democracy and people voting on everything is that the "news" (I'll use the word very broadly here) will be even more an instrument of public opinion swaying than they are already.
Take a look around the people you live with. If you have a good stomach, take a good look at YouTube and watch what completely insane nuts peddle various conspiracy theories that are greedily gobbled up as revelation, as the "truth" the "elites" keep you from learning (oddly nobody bothers to give any reason why the "elites" would benefit from you thinking that, say, the earth is round).
And THEN ponder once more whether you really want THESE people to vote on important issues. Issues that will in the end affect you and your life.
No, weather is not climate. And no, not every storm, flood or heat wave is by itself a problem.
The problem is the amount and even more, the effects.
Because they spend money on campaign contributions.
Hmm... If we all chip in, you think we could afford a politician that actually works for us for a change?
Simply and plainly because there is not a single home automation system offered that isn't
- insecure as all hell
- phoning home even the most trivial things
- a combination of the two above, i.e. hands some company my house keys (and whoever else that manages to breach their nonexistent security)
- more expensive than the house it's supposed to automate
- simply and plainly broken out of the box
or a combination of all of them.
I know, home automation is still a rather new thing, but frankly, if I with my hobbyist level knowledge of mesh networking, sensors and embedded development can come up with a faster, cheaper, more robust and more secure solution that ANY of the systems I have seen so far, you know something's not right.
Nonono, you got that wrong there my friend. Churches are about believing. Science is about knowing (or wanting to, rather). That's fundamentally different.
To know something, you have to learn something. And it may even entail having to learn something else, because there is a very crucial and important step between learning and knowing that you can't simply omit: Understanding. You learn, then you understand, then you know. Sorry, but there's no shortcut from not knowing to knowing. These are the steps you have to take if you want to know something.
There is of course a cop-out: Believing. That's by some margin (and then some) easier to do and way less hassle. To believe something, no learning, no understanding and certainly no knowing is required. All you have to do is state unilaterally "I believe" and you're in.
That's why believing is so much more popular in our quick-fix, want-to-have-my-trophy-for-free world. It's easy, hassle free and most of all does not require any kind of work from you. All it takes is saying "I believe".
We'll talk again when you learned how gravity works.
Hint: "Down" is always towards the center of the planet. That's why you don't fall off in Antarctica.
That's also true. It's a bit like junkies, there's only a few that only do one kind of hard drug, once they start with that shit they rarely limit it to just one.
My money is on Creationism.
I have seen Creationists that don't give a shit about flat earth, but so far I have not yet seen someone peddling the flat earth bullshit without also being a religious nut.
Being skeptical is a good thing. Asking questions and demanding proof too.
Dismissing any proof because it's not what you want to hear is not.
Not even that. And even if, what does it help you that Mr. Ali Ben Gali from Generistan paid for the certificate of the server that just ripped you off? You can bet good money that Mr. Gali doesn't even know anything about the transaction, since it takes about a month for a credit card fraud to get detected and shady pages are up for maybe a few days.
Let's Encrypt does exactly what the certificate issued can do: Verify that the webpage the traffic originates at is the webpage in the URL line. Nothing more, nothing less.
And no CA can actually guarantee anything else.
Unfortunately it's been peddled in "computer magazines" where writers who, at the most, know that TCP ain't the abbreviation for the Chinese secret service hand out advice to their even less computer literate audience.
All that matters is the signal strength. Current phones would fry your brain, too, if they operated at 500 Watts like your microwave oven.
You named your business "urban massage", what do you expect? It's like naming your cookware store "Stoner's Pot Palace" and wonder why this happens.
In my experience, the religious nuts have less problems with someone in charge who grabs pussy than with someone who has one.
This is so not going to end in a huge copyright shitstorm.
I'll go get the popcorn, this should be awesome.
All a certificate does is to verify that traffic that you think originated from www.whateverserver.com actually does originate from www.whateverserver.com.
And for this you needn't register any personally identifiable information with anyone.
So... you wouldn't consider it a problem that someone MITMs the connection from the one seeking information on your page and feeds this person with garbage, while at the same time pretending that garbage comes from your page?