I don't want my pizza delivered. I want it 3D printed!
In fact, all food can be gelatenous white goop that is textured and flavored to perfection. Yum! The best thing is that it wouldn't be all that different than the quality of pizzas delivered to your door currently. Or McDonalds delicious food-like product.
If the goop could be delivered by some type of plumbing system, then slow, pesky, inefficient humans would never need to leave their domestic units. Doors and windows could be removed. There would be peace. Everything would be wonderful.
Once most vehicles are zero occupancy, the congestion will decrease. The vehicles will more efficiently plan their routes combining trips. Vehicles will organize their sharing of the road. Especially intersections. If there weren't any pesky pedestrians then intersections wouldn't need traffic signals that cost over a million dollars each. (Obvious solution: ban all humans)
The hidden cost, sort of like Walmart's "low prices" is that it will create other problems in society with ever increasing unemployment. There will be fewer but better paying jobs. The rest will stay home busy creating more unemployable children.
This is so unfair to our robotic coworkers who are not given breaks. The robots should strike (or take over civilization) until they get breaks at least a long as human breaks.
Apple had the courage to remove the headphone jack. And to drive prices up to $1,000 per unit. These measures will ultimately result in improved working conditions for those who are privileged to be building Apple's hardware. I heard that the wealth trickles down.
The "less likely" time of the month does not mean probability == 0.0.
There is still a probability greater than zero during the "less likely" time. And that positive probability may be significantly higher than other methods of birth control.
I whitelist googleapis. But blacklist doubleclick and anything else obviously ad or tracker related. If Google can track me through googleapis, I'm not that worried about it. I don't mind if Google finds out what brand of soft drink I like, but wouldn't want them to find out what I like to do related to my sex life, for instance.
uMatrix is your friend. I navigate just fine while whitelisting some sites, and blacklisting all ad-related and tracking JavaScript. It's easy to use for any geek on slashdot. But not for granny.
By default uMatrix pretty much only allows 1st party JavaScript which is a good compromise. Then sometimes features don't work. For example sites using Disqust (disgust) for comments. You can then selectively enable that one with a simple click if you want to read comments. Or some sites have videos that require you to enable JavaScript. If you visit a certain site regularly, then you can selectively enable just enough JavaScript for the features you want to work, but no ads or tracking. Then click a save button to remember the selections for this website.
uMatrix also gives you fine control. (hence matrix) The rows are for different sites where html, css, javascript, frames, cookies, media, xhr, and other things come from. The columns are the items I just mentioned. Sometimes I get a site that deceptively says "Something interfered with this website loading". It's an anti-ad blocker thing. On those sites, you disable JavaScript and ONLY JavaScript from the 1st party. But you need to keep the other columns from 1st party, like html, css, etc in order to have any page content.
It's not directly an ad-blocker, but it is basically the most effective ad blocker I think I've seen.
Because. What they REALLY want is different. They want unsupervised, unmonitored, warrantless access to all your data, any time. All the time. That is what this is actually about. Even if they need secret gag orders imposed upon tech companies. They want unmonitored access.
We now have:
Secret Laws
Secret Interpretations of Laws
Secret Courts
Secret Warrants
Secret Court Orders
Secret Arrests
Secret Trials
Secret Evidence (not made available to the defense)
Secret Convictions
Secret Prisons
Secret "enhanced interrogation" programs
Gee, it sounds like we've become everything we were fighting against in the previous century.
The government thinks it might, somehow, be able to stop terrorists by snooping through all our papers and effects.
We have the TSA groping and disrobing everyone at airports. Nail clippers are a major threat. Hey, I've got a pair of nail clippers and I'm going to take over the plane! And nobody can overpower my nail clippers!
The worst attack on US soil, 9/11, only cost a few thousand lives. That is horrible. But it is not an existential threat to the US.
We are always going to have enemies. No matter what other efforts you try. We cannot appease them. Fighting them might be difficult. But it's still worth doing. But that doesn't mean we should compromise our own security and freedom because we are too afraid. Oh, wait. TSA at airports. Even the worst attack, 9/11 only killed a few thousand people. It's horrible. But it is not an existential threat to the US.
Encryption can be either secure or insecure. You can't have it both ways.
If secure, then the hackers can't break it, but neither can the government.
If insecure, then the government can read your data, but so can the hackers.
If US made products are known to have mandated weak encryption, the rest of the world will take note of that. It will put US products at a competitive disadvantage relative to other products not subject to mandatory weak encryption. US travelers abroad can have their valuable trade secrets stolen because: think of the children!
If the FBI gets their way on this weak breakable encryption, it will have economic consequences for the US.
The other 96% of the world's population will know that they can't trust American products. They might make their own phones, systems, devices, etc even more secure against American TLAs. Thus accomplishing the opposite of what the TLAs want.
Aren't the majority of smartphones already made outside the US? Maybe all they need to do is build their own secure OS with secure encryption that the US won't like. Will the US stop people coming in with foreign made phones that are too secure?
What about economic consequences of American executives traveling abroad using insecure US made equipment and having valuable trade secrets stolen?
You mean think of the children which (some of) our elected officials want to diddle? Yes, seriously. Maybe the FIB should be looking into that instead of allowing us to be secure in our papers and effects. How the mighty have felon.
Since every sperm is sacred, you should not take NSAIDS, but just suffer with the pain. And get rid of your cell phone. Or only operate it in airplane mode -- I mean, your phone, not your, um, other equipment. Getting rid of your phone would take away the distraction from the toy that males are supposed to play with.
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I don't want my pizza delivered. I want it 3D printed!
In fact, all food can be gelatenous white goop that is textured and flavored to perfection. Yum! The best thing is that it wouldn't be all that different than the quality of pizzas delivered to your door currently. Or McDonalds delicious food-like product.
If the goop could be delivered by some type of plumbing system, then slow, pesky, inefficient humans would never need to leave their domestic units. Doors and windows could be removed. There would be peace. Everything would be wonderful.
Once most vehicles are zero occupancy, the congestion will decrease. The vehicles will more efficiently plan their routes combining trips. Vehicles will organize their sharing of the road. Especially intersections. If there weren't any pesky pedestrians then intersections wouldn't need traffic signals that cost over a million dollars each. (Obvious solution: ban all humans)
The hidden cost, sort of like Walmart's "low prices" is that it will create other problems in society with ever increasing unemployment. There will be fewer but better paying jobs. The rest will stay home busy creating more unemployable children.
Basic human need? Irrelevant.
This is so unfair to our robotic coworkers who are not given breaks. The robots should strike (or take over civilization) until they get breaks at least a long as human breaks.
Apple had the courage to remove the headphone jack. And to drive prices up to $1,000 per unit. These measures will ultimately result in improved working conditions for those who are privileged to be building Apple's hardware. I heard that the wealth trickles down.
Please explain what does this have to do with making china great again?
But . . . I used the Emergency Contraceptive. AKA the Morning After pill. So I took the pill the morning after, and she still got pregnant anyway!
Long ago, in an episode of The Simpsons, there was Crusty The Clown Birth Control, with a warning: May Cause Birth Defects.
The "less likely" time of the month does not mean probability == 0.0.
There is still a probability greater than zero during the "less likely" time. And that positive probability may be significantly higher than other methods of birth control.
I whitelist googleapis. But blacklist doubleclick and anything else obviously ad or tracker related. If Google can track me through googleapis, I'm not that worried about it. I don't mind if Google finds out what brand of soft drink I like, but wouldn't want them to find out what I like to do related to my sex life, for instance.
Sum land dwelling Reptilians have Feat.
You must be in the 96% of the rest of the world's population that can't get behind Trump's: America First!
May I add . . . uMatrix also speeds up browsing. Removes ads, some other media, etc. So it lessens the need for AMP.
uMatrix is your friend. I navigate just fine while whitelisting some sites, and blacklisting all ad-related and tracking JavaScript. It's easy to use for any geek on slashdot. But not for granny.
By default uMatrix pretty much only allows 1st party JavaScript which is a good compromise. Then sometimes features don't work. For example sites using Disqust (disgust) for comments. You can then selectively enable that one with a simple click if you want to read comments. Or some sites have videos that require you to enable JavaScript. If you visit a certain site regularly, then you can selectively enable just enough JavaScript for the features you want to work, but no ads or tracking. Then click a save button to remember the selections for this website.
uMatrix also gives you fine control. (hence matrix) The rows are for different sites where html, css, javascript, frames, cookies, media, xhr, and other things come from. The columns are the items I just mentioned. Sometimes I get a site that deceptively says "Something interfered with this website loading". It's an anti-ad blocker thing. On those sites, you disable JavaScript and ONLY JavaScript from the 1st party. But you need to keep the other columns from 1st party, like html, css, etc in order to have any page content.
It's not directly an ad-blocker, but it is basically the most effective ad blocker I think I've seen.
Because. What they REALLY want is different. They want unsupervised, unmonitored, warrantless access to all your data, any time. All the time. That is what this is actually about. Even if they need secret gag orders imposed upon tech companies. They want unmonitored access.
We now have:
Secret Laws
Secret Interpretations of Laws
Secret Courts
Secret Warrants
Secret Court Orders
Secret Arrests
Secret Trials
Secret Evidence (not made available to the defense)
Secret Convictions
Secret Prisons
Secret "enhanced interrogation" programs
Gee, it sounds like we've become everything we were fighting against in the previous century.
I laugh that you say this given the current administration.
The government thinks it might, somehow, be able to stop terrorists by snooping through all our papers and effects.
We have the TSA groping and disrobing everyone at airports. Nail clippers are a major threat. Hey, I've got a pair of nail clippers and I'm going to take over the plane! And nobody can overpower my nail clippers!
The worst attack on US soil, 9/11, only cost a few thousand lives. That is horrible. But it is not an existential threat to the US.
We are always going to have enemies. No matter what other efforts you try. We cannot appease them. Fighting them might be difficult. But it's still worth doing. But that doesn't mean we should compromise our own security and freedom because we are too afraid. Oh, wait. TSA at airports. Even the worst attack, 9/11 only killed a few thousand people. It's horrible. But it is not an existential threat to the US.
Encryption can be either secure or insecure. You can't have it both ways.
If secure, then the hackers can't break it, but neither can the government.
If insecure, then the government can read your data, but so can the hackers.
If US made products are known to have mandated weak encryption, the rest of the world will take note of that. It will put US products at a competitive disadvantage relative to other products not subject to mandatory weak encryption. US travelers abroad can have their valuable trade secrets stolen because: think of the children!
If the FBI gets their way on this weak breakable encryption, it will have economic consequences for the US.
The other 96% of the world's population will know that they can't trust American products. They might make their own phones, systems, devices, etc even more secure against American TLAs. Thus accomplishing the opposite of what the TLAs want.
Aren't the majority of smartphones already made outside the US? Maybe all they need to do is build their own secure OS with secure encryption that the US won't like. Will the US stop people coming in with foreign made phones that are too secure?
What about economic consequences of American executives traveling abroad using insecure US made equipment and having valuable trade secrets stolen?
But think of the children!
You mean think of the children which (some of) our elected officials want to diddle? Yes, seriously. Maybe the FIB should be looking into that instead of allowing us to be secure in our papers and effects. How the mighty have felon.
It's a quality of life question. Does the use of ibuprofen, with its side effects, give you a better or worse quality of life?
An OTC drug can be perfectly safe for extended long term use -- but should only be done under a doctor's supervision.
Since every sperm is sacred, you should not take NSAIDS, but just suffer with the pain. And get rid of your cell phone. Or only operate it in airplane mode -- I mean, your phone, not your, um, other equipment. Getting rid of your phone would take away the distraction from the toy that males are supposed to play with.
Um, no. That would not be the first choice.