"Were nut allergies always so high and just not reported or is this a more recent development?"
In the 70s at summer camp the government sent us more surplus peanut products than we knew what to do with. The place was littered with open #10 cans* of peanuts. I've never eaten so many peanuts in my life.
No-one ever said the word "allergy".
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* that's not "hashtag 10", kids. It's "number 10", a size corresponding to about 110 ounces. It's probably an LD50 quantity of peanuts:-)
"Tell everyone that ad-supported hardware will be going away, and that new fancy cell phone will cost $900 on top of the contract."
The problem with your statement is that it implies that there is someone other than the consumer who pays for advertising.
If advertising went away tomorrow, the aggregate cost of all goods sold would go down as a result (and we would stop paying for crap that *nobody* wants).
"having to carry another device...is just not practical when Authy and Google Authenticator etc are available."
It's the size of a thumb drive. Calling that "not practical" is ridiculous. Also, I cannot imagine a scenario where I would entrust the authentication of a brokerage account to a third party.
"When every piece of marketing-subsidized hardware in the future looks and smells like today's whored-out smartphones, attempting to secure said hardware will be rather difficult"
You can't do better than 'when this mythical event happens...' ?
We throw away ~half the food we produce in this country. We burn it or bury it, but god forbid we give it away.
Likewise, we happily pay to incarcerate a larger percentage of our population than any other country in the world, but we'll be *damned* if we will let people have a little apartment - which would be cheaper.
I have used Apple software since the early 00s. Like any software, there have always been bugs. There always will be.
I have had no more problems (and possibly less) with Yosemite and iOS 8 than with any other release. Those who use words like 'nosedive' either have short memories or are in need of clicks.
Let us recall the software update of a decade ago that erased every external drive with a space in the volume name - and let us be happy that things like that do not happen any more.
As robots make it less and less necessary for people to work, we have to get rid of our outmoded notion that in order for a person to be a respected member of society, be fed, have housing, that person must have a 'job'.
"If you air gap email and financial systems, you're stepping right back into the mid-1900s."
But it's not all or nothing; I 'airgap' some things at home, in the sense that I keep all my financials on a separate computer than the one I play on. Its turned on and connected to the network only when it has to be (it does get connected, so its not really airgap). There is plenty of middle ground.
"Why is this any different than counties that don't allow the sale of alcohol adjacent to counties that do?"
I think the difference here is that marijuana is illegal under federal law. It is not a law the states created, and so they are complaining about the disproportionate burden placed on them.
"YOU WOULD HAVE TO WHITELIST TO ACCESS THEM @ ALL (you're talking a practically never ending battle there))."
For the love of Pete, did you not read my original post?
For casual exceptions to the whitelist you use a free filtering proxy. My example was Startpage.com/ix-quick. You don't need to update your whitelist except for sites that you have an ongoing relationship with.
Once again, I *do* this. It's mostly a set-and-forget. And the great thing about it is that if some new tracker/adfarm thing comes along I don't have to do anything about it - it's already filtered.
"Actually, no. Web surfing involves visiting a multitude of sites."
Sorry, but blacklisting involves blocking a lot *more* sites, and ongoing maintenance to keep that list updated to account for changes that are out of your control. A whitelist needs initial setup, and only requires changes based on your needs.
My browser is whitelisted. I do what I described.
It is not 'painfully difficult', your wife acceptance factor notwithstanding. I (and I expect most people) visit the same sites day after day. I am not claiming it is for everyone, but if you want to stop the trackers, the best way is to never let your browser contact them.
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"Yeah, okay... What did you do with the bodies?"
Not our problem - with all those open cans, nobody with a peanut allergy could have survived long enough to reach the property...
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"Were nut allergies always so high and just not reported or is this a more recent development?"
In the 70s at summer camp the government sent us more surplus peanut products than we knew what to do with. The place was littered with open #10 cans* of peanuts. I've never eaten so many peanuts in my life.
No-one ever said the word "allergy".
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* that's not "hashtag 10", kids. It's "number 10", a size corresponding to about 110 ounces. It's probably an LD50 quantity of peanuts :-)
"An even worse joke is when people believe NSA is operating rouge..."
And just think if they were wearing eyeliner - the mind boggles!
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"AdBlock to the rescue"
I'd also suggest something like StartPage.com, and make use of their proxied results.
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"I am sure most of you don't remember the internet before ads."
The Internet before ads was a technology in its infancy. Ads did not make the Internet better, time did.
(and, as someone who *does* remember the Internet before ads, it was quite wonderful)
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"Tell everyone that ad-supported hardware will be going away, and that new fancy cell phone will cost $900 on top of the contract."
The problem with your statement is that it implies that there is someone other than the consumer who pays for advertising.
If advertising went away tomorrow, the aggregate cost of all goods sold would go down as a result (and we would stop paying for crap that *nobody* wants).
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"AAC is by far the best audio codec that I have come across...Too bad its proprietary"
Proprietary in what way? It's an ISO standard, among other things:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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"having to carry another device...is just not practical when Authy and Google Authenticator etc are available."
It's the size of a thumb drive. Calling that "not practical" is ridiculous. Also, I cannot imagine a scenario where I would entrust the authentication of a brokerage account to a third party.
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"When every piece of marketing-subsidized hardware in the future looks and smells like today's whored-out smartphones, attempting to secure said hardware will be rather difficult"
You can't do better than 'when this mythical event happens...' ?
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"You want to keep it? Then keep it on your own hardware."
Exactly.
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If you're going to bleat about Schwab, you should at least acknowledge that they:
1) Support two-factor authentication, and
2) Will send you a security token free, for the asking.
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20 comments and no reference to The Terminal Man?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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With the possible exception of #3, I think voicemail has this covered.
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Any reason not to just do this on your phone? e.g: my phone doesn't ring unless the caller is in the address book / contact list.
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"Unwilling != incapable"
This.
We throw away ~half the food we produce in this country. We burn it or bury it, but god forbid we give it away.
Likewise, we happily pay to incarcerate a larger percentage of our population than any other country in the world, but we'll be *damned* if we will let people have a little apartment - which would be cheaper.
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I have used Apple software since the early 00s. Like any software, there have always been bugs. There always will be.
I have had no more problems (and possibly less) with Yosemite and iOS 8 than with any other release. Those who use words like 'nosedive' either have short memories or are in need of clicks.
Let us recall the software update of a decade ago that erased every external drive with a space in the volume name - and let us be happy that things like that do not happen any more.
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As robots make it less and less necessary for people to work, we have to get rid of our outmoded notion that in order for a person to be a respected member of society, be fed, have housing, that person must have a 'job'.
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"If you air gap email and financial systems, you're stepping right back into the mid-1900s."
But it's not all or nothing; I 'airgap' some things at home, in the sense that I keep all my financials on a separate computer than the one I play on. Its turned on and connected to the network only when it has to be (it does get connected, so its not really airgap). There is plenty of middle ground.
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We could wish. But these states apparently don't want to do this, and so this is their response (one which I hadn't considered, actually).
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If you're going to be dark, be Dark:
User-agent:*
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"Why is this any different than counties that don't allow the sale of alcohol adjacent to counties that do?"
I think the difference here is that marijuana is illegal under federal law. It is not a law the states created, and so they are complaining about the disproportionate burden placed on them.
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Sorry, not chasing your moving goalposts. Use the solution that works for you - I do.
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"YOU WOULD HAVE TO WHITELIST TO ACCESS THEM @ ALL (you're talking a practically never ending battle there))."
For the love of Pete, did you not read my original post?
For casual exceptions to the whitelist you use a free filtering proxy. My example was Startpage.com/ix-quick. You don't need to update your whitelist except for sites that you have an ongoing relationship with.
Once again, I *do* this. It's mostly a set-and-forget. And the great thing about it is that if some new tracker/adfarm thing comes along I don't have to do anything about it - it's already filtered.
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"Actually, no. Web surfing involves visiting a multitude of sites."
Sorry, but blacklisting involves blocking a lot *more* sites, and ongoing maintenance to keep that list updated to account for changes that are out of your control. A whitelist needs initial setup, and only requires changes based on your needs.
My browser is whitelisted. I do what I described.
It is not 'painfully difficult', your wife acceptance factor notwithstanding. I (and I expect most people) visit the same sites day after day. I am not claiming it is for everyone, but if you want to stop the trackers, the best way is to never let your browser contact them.
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"Now if someone can tell me the full list of domains I need to block to prevent DoubleClick (also from Google) from serving ads, I'd appreciate it."
I gently suggest that you're doing it wrong. Block everything *except* those sites you actually want to use. The list will be far, far shorter.
For random exceptions, you might use startpage/ix-quick proxies, which filter JavaScript.
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