Maybe instead of Apple we'd have a diverse collection of smaller computer companies working off of common chipsets and creating computers that better fit a lot of niche roles than the ubiquitous generic winbloze box has.
Apple, Google and Microsoft say they have fixed many of the vulnerabilities alluded to in the CIA documents,
Of course they would say that, because it's in their interest to claim that they defend their customers' privacy. That's what the whole San Bernardino iPhone debacle was about: Apple wants to keep being perceived as the Mercedes of computers.
The main problem is that many people use the same password for some stupid forum as their bank. So when the forum is compromised, instead of punishing the forum users with annoying password rules, they should reach out to users and make sure that they change their other passwords. And if they didn't use salted hashes in the first case, they should lose their nerd cards.
Right now technical trades are mostly overrrun by greedy jerks. If we quit paying a few movie stars and ball players millions of dollars a gig, then even more kids will fantasize about taking over technical industries and droves of new greedy people might completely overwhelm us.
I don't know too much about the culture of working for the gov. Is it possible that this is forgivable on account of it's someone from NASA and not say DOD?
Personally i think this methodology would be unethical. Besides, if someone is ever expected to carry any material that sensitive, precautions should be taken that preclude one agent caving in from releasing the sensitive data. I would buy 2 or 3 microSD cards, copy the data onto them in a hidden encrypted partition, hide them in the strap of my carry-on luggage, and never let it out of my sight.
When Are Averages Useless
I'm not disagreeing with the idea that beer has utility in public health in certain contexts. I just don't like poor arguments.
Although, as to your argument, I may have an amendment. Besides boiling, there's some scientific credence to the idea that fermenting can help to protect humans from food poisoning. Here's a sample. Of course, there's some notorious caveats with that, e.g. coconut tempeh is not legal to sell in some places due to its propensity to foster a lethal type of food poisoning: Toxic Tempeh contaminated with Burkholderia cocovenenans.
This is a known myth, listed on the Wikipedia page for common misconceptions. It's based on the mean lifespan of humans, which for most of human history is heavily skewed by infant mortality. Humans who survived infancy have always routinely survived into their 60s.
I perused the ~275 comments here, and didn't see anything about this, so here goes:
The main reason you'd want to focus on quinoa is its productivity. Sure, it's about 1/4 of corn right now, but corn is the most modified and perfected crop on the planet. Quinoa and amaranth are in the beet family, which for whatever reason (probably C4 fixation + a lot of adaptability) sets some records for edible stuff per acre, especially with limited irrigation. There's strains of quinoa and amaranth that produce close to 2 pounds of seeds per plant. Anything with remotely that potential ought to be worked up sooner or later. So, right now, a farmer can produce maybe 1 ton/acre of quinoa compared to 3.5 or so of corn, but that number is going to go way up. Since the C4 pathway is the main reason corn is so productive, I'd expect quinoa yield to be on par with corn sooner or later.
Let's take detente the other way, and fight wars with swords, bows, and cavalry. Guns are a slippery slope. Then we only have to worry about stabby drone swarms, instead of shooty ones.
I think you should move up the food chain. And if a coworker or a relative you like gets infected, then tell them you can fix it with your tech skills, and put in the secret decryption code when they're not looking. So you'll either make $B$ or you'll be a hero.
Every race that populates the universe enters this period. 99% of them blow themselves up with fission bombs or poison their worlds before they come up with practical fusion. 99% of the survivors who came up with fusion blow themselves up before they realize that technology is fucked and we should just chill and grow vegetables.
One strain of one plant could easily take over a huge swath of land, displacing hundreds of diverse plants and commensal insects, fungi, etc. Then one disease could wipe out the entire patch, erosion would set in... fun times!
If there is no cash, and every transaction is traced, it becomes much more difficult to run a criminal activity.
Okay, let's take bicycles. Most people don't even know that their bicycle has a number stamped into it. Even if they do, and they bother to take a picture, the person who buys it would need to note that number in the transaction record. Say you're the chief of police, there's a wave of bike thievery, and you've spent months making sure that every person who might buy a bike knows the procedure. So the theives switch to stealing seats, wheels, derailleurs, and you're back to square one. Or they find a way to smuggle them out, and you're back to square one.
You could try to implement some kind of UPC registry for every single item, but anyone with any sense would run screaming from that.
Whats all the love for tax cheats in america? In canada, its mostly immigrants who use all cash to specifically avoid paying taxes. I say lock em up! they are defrauding our society for their own gains.
Can I trade places with a Canadian if they support Trump?
Sure, pardon Snowden, I'm all for it, but also I join Birgitta Jonsdottir when I say, Obama can still do one thing right, he can pardon Chelsea Manning! Please!
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Maybe instead of Apple we'd have a diverse collection of smaller computer companies working off of common chipsets and creating computers that better fit a lot of niche roles than the ubiquitous generic winbloze box has.
How can I exude it?
Apple, Google and Microsoft say they have fixed many of the vulnerabilities alluded to in the CIA documents,
Of course they would say that, because it's in their interest to claim that they defend their customers' privacy. That's what the whole San Bernardino iPhone debacle was about: Apple wants to keep being perceived as the Mercedes of computers.
People will compromise with them, and the compromise will be to put them in charge of us.
I don't see any non-radical solution to these problems.
The main problem is that many people use the same password for some stupid forum as their bank. So when the forum is compromised, instead of punishing the forum users with annoying password rules, they should reach out to users and make sure that they change their other passwords. And if they didn't use salted hashes in the first case, they should lose their nerd cards.
Right now technical trades are mostly overrrun by greedy jerks. If we quit paying a few movie stars and ball players millions of dollars a gig, then even more kids will fantasize about taking over technical industries and droves of new greedy people might completely overwhelm us.
I don't know too much about the culture of working for the gov. Is it possible that this is forgivable on account of it's someone from NASA and not say DOD?
Personally i think this methodology would be unethical. Besides, if someone is ever expected to carry any material that sensitive, precautions should be taken that preclude one agent caving in from releasing the sensitive data. I would buy 2 or 3 microSD cards, copy the data onto them in a hidden encrypted partition, hide them in the strap of my carry-on luggage, and never let it out of my sight.
When Are Averages Useless
I'm not disagreeing with the idea that beer has utility in public health in certain contexts. I just don't like poor arguments.
Although, as to your argument, I may have an amendment. Besides boiling, there's some scientific credence to the idea that fermenting can help to protect humans from food poisoning. Here's a sample. Of course, there's some notorious caveats with that, e.g. coconut tempeh is not legal to sell in some places due to its propensity to foster a lethal type of food poisoning: Toxic Tempeh contaminated with Burkholderia cocovenenans.
and died at 22-25.
This is a known myth, listed on the Wikipedia page for common misconceptions. It's based on the mean lifespan of humans, which for most of human history is heavily skewed by infant mortality. Humans who survived infancy have always routinely survived into their 60s.
I perused the ~275 comments here, and didn't see anything about this, so here goes:
The main reason you'd want to focus on quinoa is its productivity. Sure, it's about 1/4 of corn right now, but corn is the most modified and perfected crop on the planet. Quinoa and amaranth are in the beet family, which for whatever reason (probably C4 fixation + a lot of adaptability) sets some records for edible stuff per acre, especially with limited irrigation. There's strains of quinoa and amaranth that produce close to 2 pounds of seeds per plant. Anything with remotely that potential ought to be worked up sooner or later. So, right now, a farmer can produce maybe 1 ton/acre of quinoa compared to 3.5 or so of corn, but that number is going to go way up. Since the C4 pathway is the main reason corn is so productive, I'd expect quinoa yield to be on par with corn sooner or later.
You're assuming that future wars will have front lines.
Let's take detente the other way, and fight wars with swords, bows, and cavalry. Guns are a slippery slope. Then we only have to worry about stabby drone swarms, instead of shooty ones.
vital appendages
An organ is not an appendage, and appendages are not vital.
There isn't "free speech legislation", there's the First Amendment
I'm being super-pedantic, plus I agree with you, but I have to say that the First Amendment is technically in our current free speech legislation.
magnetic rays
Magnets don't make rays, magnetic fields have divergence of 0
obsessively_correcting_factual_errors_while_substantially_missing_actual_point
I think you should move up the food chain.
And if a coworker or a relative you like gets infected, then tell them you can fix it with your tech skills, and put in the secret decryption code when they're not looking. So you'll either make $B$ or you'll be a hero.
Every race that populates the universe enters this period. 99% of them blow themselves up with fission bombs or poison their worlds before they come up with practical fusion. 99% of the survivors who came up with fusion blow themselves up before they realize that technology is fucked and we should just chill and grow vegetables.
One strain of one plant could easily take over a huge swath of land, displacing hundreds of diverse plants and commensal insects, fungi, etc. Then one disease could wipe out the entire patch, erosion would set in... fun times!
If there is no cash, and every transaction is traced, it becomes much more difficult to run a criminal activity.
Okay, let's take bicycles. Most people don't even know that their bicycle has a number stamped into it. Even if they do, and they bother to take a picture, the person who buys it would need to note that number in the transaction record. Say you're the chief of police, there's a wave of bike thievery, and you've spent months making sure that every person who might buy a bike knows the procedure. So the theives switch to stealing seats, wheels, derailleurs, and you're back to square one. Or they find a way to smuggle them out, and you're back to square one.
You could try to implement some kind of UPC registry for every single item, but anyone with any sense would run screaming from that.
Whats all the love for tax cheats in america? In canada, its mostly immigrants who use all cash to specifically avoid paying taxes. I say lock em up! they are defrauding our society for their own gains.
Can I trade places with a Canadian if they support Trump?
Sure, pardon Snowden, I'm all for it, but also I join Birgitta Jonsdottir when I say, Obama can still do one thing right, he can pardon Chelsea Manning! Please!
The protests will be better if you go to them. Seriously, we need people in the streets right now.
yippee
I hope natural diamonds are abandoned by most consumers and the only people who buy them are people who believe in crystal magic.
Let's take some of Tim Cook's cash to Tijuana and pour it out of windows into a busy street and see how they feel about apple pay.