I ate pretty good in my younger days when we still had the 4 food groups: Carry-out, Frozen, Pizza, and Ramen. I also had generous servings of Malt, Barley, Hops, and Yeast!
The 3D printing thing is just for show, because the current gun control agenda is targeting 3D printing. The actual charge regarding unregistered rifle as I understand it was that he was found in possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle (SBR). This is a violation of the National Firearms Act of 1934.
Popcorn lung is a likely outcome from vaping, particularly with the flavored vape juice. Your comment is the only one that mentions it. I would mod you up if I had points.
The person who led the team, Bill Stasior, obviously disagreed with the strategy change from above. He likely got into an argument where his pride got he better of him.
It's difficult to quit nicotine when you have it surging through your body every do often. I tried Nicorette lozenges for 2 years. The only thing that ultimately worked for me was... wait for it... COLD TURKEY. Cessation. Anything else and you're kidding yourself. I was a can a day snuff user. Cold turkey works. Get yourself some support. There are a few good forums out there that can help. I have over 10 years since the last time I used nicotine. Period.
Now NetFlix can justify putting previews before ALL of their movie content, just like the MPAA folks do in the theaters and rentals. "They others do it, why can't we?"
I use Hulu's ad free option. Their service has really matured in the many years that I've been a customer. I didn't start with ad free, but eventually the value of their content offerings made it a no-brainer. I dropped my NetFlix subscription in October. It seemed like every month they were dropping things on NetFlix that I liked, and were adding original content that I objected to. No thanks, I'll stick with Hulu and Prime for the time being.
Correct! I also pay the $11.99 to skip the ads. It works and does have good value. We dropped our NetFlix subscription in October due to having objections to some of their original content.
My wife is the libertarian. I'll just say that I have a healthy respect for the power of government, and I want that power to be clearly defined and limited. I've seen firsthand what a totalitarian government looks like and how one governs.
Bringing us full circle. I don't want nor trust Marco Rubio as the one defining the limits of that power as it relates to regulating data collection. I'm not sure it's possible for me to trust anyone in that role at the moment. The U.S. federal government is dysfunctional. Politicians are career. They profit from their service. And, they'd trade our liberty away if it would get them one more term in office.
Where does that leave us? I don't have the answer, but I can speculate that Marco Rubio likely doesn't either!
I still do or have formerly used every one of those things that I said "you don't need", and I am most certain there are nice portfolios with information gathered from those activities; then some. Even perhaps from slashdot. lol There are countless other avenues for data to flow into such portfolios. Perhaps you got my point, but confused me with someone who cares deeply about privacy. The book about me has probably been sold for quite a while. Not a bestseller.
What I care about on this topic is who makes the rules. Where does the power reside? Whenever you cede control of something to a government, that control may be bartered, abused, expanded, manipulated, and even wielded. If you don't like what's happening today with the "fully privatized, fully automated totalitarian surveillance state", just wait until it is converted into the "fully automated totalitarian government with 24/7/365 surveillance". China is building that today. I think it's pretty far along now. I visited the Soviet Union in the 80's, so I was provided with some perspective that some folks may not have.
I'll leave this with one thought. Be careful of the government you ask for, because it might not turn out to be what you expect. Thanks for the engaging conversation. Cheers!
Government would do no better. Government does not innovate. Free markets do. You just defined the problem space nicely: "fully privatized, fully automated totalitarian surveillance state". Innovation brings solutions. You have ways to escape this today if you want to.
You don't need to use "free" e-mail services. You don't have to conduct your home networking in an exposed fashion. You don't need to use social media. You don't need to buy from Amazon. You don't need to use discount cards. You don't need to use credit cards. If you said "yes, I do" to any of these, that is a choice you have made to provide your data. You're exchanging convenient and enjoyment for the right to collect data on your use.
If you'd like to start protecting your data, you can investigate VPN services and their related e-mail solutions. There are open source mobile phones in the works. You can fully build and use information systems that are free of the yoke of big tech like Apple and Microsoft by using and supporting open source.
It seems to me that the solution nowadays is for the Federal Government to get their hands into everything. Why do we need more?
I know in some cases it is difficult to avoid the reach of some companies and their ability to collect data on you. However, you DO have a choice. A free market can solve this. There are already solutions in the works to do just that. All you need to do is make a personal choice that it is important to you. Once you make that choice, it's easy to understand why the Federal Government is the last thing we as data referee. The Federal Government is a poor solution to almost every problem, and their solutions quite often steal the liberty (freedom and choice) of the people.
The last thing we need is the government playing data referee. I'm not surprised that Sen. Rubio, aka "Little Marco", is the one to bring it to the floor.
Let'em bet it. Let'em win or lose. The mechanism or location used for placing the bet and conducting the transaction should not matter. My father always told me never to bet money that I was not willing to lose. If it's a bad bet, and you don't know it, then you're the fool. And, a fool and his/her money will soon be parted. If you're at a poker table and you don't know who the weakest player at the table is, then it's you! Same holds when you're doing things on the internet.
This whole thing about reinterpretation of 50 year old laws strikes me oddly. We in the U.S. have a Congress right now that is more interested in getting re-elected and filling their own pockets than making sound and just laws. Sadly, there may actually be money to be made and fun to be had without this reinterpretation. Too bad. Call your Congress whatchamacallit and tell them you want to place bets and be responsible for your own losses and hunger!
Flash is so 1990's! It's hard to believe that we're still carrying around support for a 90's-style plugin. Nobody writes Java Applets anymore. Flash Player is a similar architecture. Download the full runtime into your browser in order to run the app. Contrast that with the built-in support of newer application frameworks. I've been ready to say goodbye to Flash and its security issues for 15 years!
I would love to move to Chattanooga, TN! It does seem that the U.S. is in somewhat of a manufacturing boom of late. Hopefully they aren't or haven't been given too many incentives. The privilege of being closer to the consumer should be worth it from a competitiveness perspective. VW makes a great product.
Alphabet invested $25 million into CurrencyCloud in 2017. Using its position as a search provider, I think this is a subtle way to influence the market in that direction.
Why does it have to be the U.S. government's job to produce a "World Magnetic Model"? If boats might collide, would it not be better for them to rely on more than one source for this information? This article was politically motivated. When I first saw this article appear, the page was also littered with climate change propaganda.
If the inkjet like product that is applied to the skin is found to cause cancer (and ultimately does), the product was aimed at older people! If the determination takes longer than 20 years, they may not get sued. Even if it takes less, it will be tied up in litigation for years, and the plaintiffs will all be gone. Either way, there is plenty of profit to be made off of vanity. P.S. We already know that it has been found by the state of California to cause cancer, because California has found nearly everything on the planet causes cancer!
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I ate pretty good in my younger days when we still had the 4 food groups: Carry-out, Frozen, Pizza, and Ramen. I also had generous servings of Malt, Barley, Hops, and Yeast!
FFL I know. Had no clue what you meant by FFA. :-)
I don't know what FFA means, but if you mean that I may know something about firearms and associated unlawful infringements, well, yeah. I do.
The 3D printing thing is just for show, because the current gun control agenda is targeting 3D printing. The actual charge regarding unregistered rifle as I understand it was that he was found in possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle (SBR). This is a violation of the National Firearms Act of 1934.
Popcorn lung is a likely outcome from vaping, particularly with the flavored vape juice. Your comment is the only one that mentions it. I would mod you up if I had points.
The person who led the team, Bill Stasior, obviously disagreed with the strategy change from above. He likely got into an argument where his pride got he better of him.
It's difficult to quit nicotine when you have it surging through your body every do often. I tried Nicorette lozenges for 2 years. The only thing that ultimately worked for me was ... wait for it ... COLD TURKEY. Cessation. Anything else and you're kidding yourself. I was a can a day snuff user. Cold turkey works. Get yourself some support. There are a few good forums out there that can help. I have over 10 years since the last time I used nicotine. Period.
AI still would have given us the Yugo. Sometimes, you just don't produce something good. AI will not change that.
They're just going to have to pay now for letting everyone in their neighborhood use their WiFi.
This finding could be similar in scope to when they found that H Pylori was the cause of most stomach ulcers. Time to go brush and floss!
Now NetFlix can justify putting previews before ALL of their movie content, just like the MPAA folks do in the theaters and rentals. "They others do it, why can't we?"
I use Hulu's ad free option. Their service has really matured in the many years that I've been a customer. I didn't start with ad free, but eventually the value of their content offerings made it a no-brainer. I dropped my NetFlix subscription in October. It seemed like every month they were dropping things on NetFlix that I liked, and were adding original content that I objected to. No thanks, I'll stick with Hulu and Prime for the time being.
Correct! I also pay the $11.99 to skip the ads. It works and does have good value. We dropped our NetFlix subscription in October due to having objections to some of their original content.
My wife is the libertarian. I'll just say that I have a healthy respect for the power of government, and I want that power to be clearly defined and limited. I've seen firsthand what a totalitarian government looks like and how one governs.
Bringing us full circle. I don't want nor trust Marco Rubio as the one defining the limits of that power as it relates to regulating data collection. I'm not sure it's possible for me to trust anyone in that role at the moment. The U.S. federal government is dysfunctional. Politicians are career. They profit from their service. And, they'd trade our liberty away if it would get them one more term in office.
Where does that leave us? I don't have the answer, but I can speculate that Marco Rubio likely doesn't either!
I still do or have formerly used every one of those things that I said "you don't need", and I am most certain there are nice portfolios with information gathered from those activities; then some. Even perhaps from slashdot. lol There are countless other avenues for data to flow into such portfolios. Perhaps you got my point, but confused me with someone who cares deeply about privacy. The book about me has probably been sold for quite a while. Not a bestseller.
What I care about on this topic is who makes the rules. Where does the power reside? Whenever you cede control of something to a government, that control may be bartered, abused, expanded, manipulated, and even wielded. If you don't like what's happening today with the "fully privatized, fully automated totalitarian surveillance state", just wait until it is converted into the "fully automated totalitarian government with 24/7/365 surveillance". China is building that today. I think it's pretty far along now. I visited the Soviet Union in the 80's, so I was provided with some perspective that some folks may not have.
I'll leave this with one thought. Be careful of the government you ask for, because it might not turn out to be what you expect. Thanks for the engaging conversation. Cheers!
Government would do no better. Government does not innovate. Free markets do. You just defined the problem space nicely: "fully privatized, fully automated totalitarian surveillance state". Innovation brings solutions. You have ways to escape this today if you want to.
You don't need to use "free" e-mail services. You don't have to conduct your home networking in an exposed fashion. You don't need to use social media. You don't need to buy from Amazon. You don't need to use discount cards. You don't need to use credit cards. If you said "yes, I do" to any of these, that is a choice you have made to provide your data. You're exchanging convenient and enjoyment for the right to collect data on your use.
If you'd like to start protecting your data, you can investigate VPN services and their related e-mail solutions. There are open source mobile phones in the works. You can fully build and use information systems that are free of the yoke of big tech like Apple and Microsoft by using and supporting open source.
It seems to me that the solution nowadays is for the Federal Government to get their hands into everything. Why do we need more?
I know in some cases it is difficult to avoid the reach of some companies and their ability to collect data on you. However, you DO have a choice. A free market can solve this. There are already solutions in the works to do just that. All you need to do is make a personal choice that it is important to you. Once you make that choice, it's easy to understand why the Federal Government is the last thing we as data referee. The Federal Government is a poor solution to almost every problem, and their solutions quite often steal the liberty (freedom and choice) of the people.
The last thing we need is the government playing data referee. I'm not surprised that Sen. Rubio, aka "Little Marco", is the one to bring it to the floor.
Let'em bet it. Let'em win or lose. The mechanism or location used for placing the bet and conducting the transaction should not matter. My father always told me never to bet money that I was not willing to lose. If it's a bad bet, and you don't know it, then you're the fool. And, a fool and his/her money will soon be parted. If you're at a poker table and you don't know who the weakest player at the table is, then it's you! Same holds when you're doing things on the internet.
This whole thing about reinterpretation of 50 year old laws strikes me oddly. We in the U.S. have a Congress right now that is more interested in getting re-elected and filling their own pockets than making sound and just laws. Sadly, there may actually be money to be made and fun to be had without this reinterpretation. Too bad. Call your Congress whatchamacallit and tell them you want to place bets and be responsible for your own losses and hunger!
Flash is so 1990's! It's hard to believe that we're still carrying around support for a 90's-style plugin. Nobody writes Java Applets anymore. Flash Player is a similar architecture. Download the full runtime into your browser in order to run the app. Contrast that with the built-in support of newer application frameworks. I've been ready to say goodbye to Flash and its security issues for 15 years!
I would love to move to Chattanooga, TN! It does seem that the U.S. is in somewhat of a manufacturing boom of late. Hopefully they aren't or haven't been given too many incentives. The privilege of being closer to the consumer should be worth it from a competitiveness perspective. VW makes a great product.
Alphabet invested $25 million into CurrencyCloud in 2017. Using its position as a search provider, I think this is a subtle way to influence the market in that direction.
Why does it have to be the U.S. government's job to produce a "World Magnetic Model"? If boats might collide, would it not be better for them to rely on more than one source for this information? This article was politically motivated. When I first saw this article appear, the page was also littered with climate change propaganda.
They only released this story to bring attention to the inability to act upon the shifting magnetic pole due to the partial Government shutdown.
If the inkjet like product that is applied to the skin is found to cause cancer (and ultimately does), the product was aimed at older people! If the determination takes longer than 20 years, they may not get sued. Even if it takes less, it will be tied up in litigation for years, and the plaintiffs will all be gone. Either way, there is plenty of profit to be made off of vanity.
P.S. We already know that it has been found by the state of California to cause cancer, because California has found nearly everything on the planet causes cancer!