So, linking to their ToS is a violation and I'm pretty sure that just posting excerpts is even worse than that. Is it like they decided to charge money for the links and keep it secret?
Some parts of Bible specifically say that people guilty of "sex crimes" like cheating on a spouse must be killed, so apparently Bible God is more OK with murder than with "free love".
Well, this is the kind of information they can get on you without loyalty cards. If you have anonymous loyalty card, you are not giving them any extra information on you, while at the same time getting the lower prices.
What kind of my "identity" they have? Name? That does not give them much. OK, with my relatively unique name it maybe is, but in general case it is nothing. And I'm pretty sure Visa does not release my full biography to them when authorizing purchase.
It did occur to me to not fill out the form at all. My Safeway card is anonymous. When I was "signing up" they just handed me over the form and told to fill it out later and bring it back, which I didn't. The card still works though.
To answer you question directly: one. It's an anonymous card for the local supermarket chain. It has been swapped around a bit with other persons across the country, who like to distort profile building.
As one paranoid to another paranoid: how did you do that? I mean, how did you find somebody willing to swap the card?
...he could have gone in there with a baseball bat and still accomplished his goal.
Umm, no, he couldn't have. Of course he could have *tried*, but he would have been brought down pretty quickly.
The bomb requires knowledge, skill and planning. Not that nobody can do this, but nobody can do it in the heat of the moment, when one goes batshit crazy.
Now, lets make another assumption. Lets assume everybody gets a gun for free and can carry it everywhere. Like, right now, on the street, on the train, on highway, everybody has a gun. Would you feel more safe?
Guns give you security in the same way standing up in a movie theater gives you a better view. Or buying bigger car makes driving more safe. It may be good for you, for a while, but eventually, everybody is worse off then at the beginning.
Now, I'm not entirely against guns and all, both extremes are bad probably, but the fact that the mother of a mentally ill boy can have a fucking assault rifle in her house with virtually unlimited amount of armor tells me that the current system is horribly broken.
Totally agree here: everything becomes "obvious" and "clear" only *after* something like this happens. The problem is nobody has any fucking idea how to predict and prevent this kind of thing and nobody trying to figure out how to do it.
It is just politicians trying to score points on their "pet" issues
While this shooting is a tragedy, it's just media glamorizing it that's making headlines.
No, it has nothing to do with media "glamorizing" it.
First of all, don't forget how many kids and parents got mentally scarred for life because of this. The whole community won't be able to get back to normal life for years to come. When I was 20 my college friend was stubbed to death near the campus. There was no media coverage, but the whole college was shocked and it took years for his closest friends to recover. I can't even imagine how hard it must be for Newton right now.
The shocking and most horrifying part of these events comes from the fact that there is absolutely nothing any of us can do about it. I mean directly, on the spot. Want to reduce the number of kids who die in car accidents? Drive safely, help kids cross the street, immediately call 911 if something does happen. Death from malnutrition? This is not something that comes out of the blue, is it? You can at least ask for help.
Second of all, this shooting, like a particular car accident, is just the tip of the iceberg. Look up the stats on how many people get killed by gun every day in US and you won't be disappointed.
Don't forget that those have missed *publicly announced deadlines*. The companies behind them had plenty of time to plan and complete a couple of rounds internally before publicly announcing completion date.
With Kickstarter most deadlines are basically guesses.
The most frustrating part about having to charge the damn thing every day is that very often you end up using a device while it is attached to a charger and you can't fucking go anywhere with it.
I have a pretty good experience with PDFs on my Kindle. I'm reading a book in PDF right now and I didn't notice any problems with rendering speed. The text is easy to read, as usual.
Alarms would be up for pretty much everybody, if you look hard enough. If you go crazy and start shooting at people, the next day a bunch of people will start claiming that your behaviour, otherwise considered normal, was a clue. You need a Bayesian filter, which will only work if you have enough positive inputs...
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Same here.
I think this is the right strategy to let geeks play with it first and solve all the problems. THEN try to sell it to the general public.
Personally, I would definitely want to try this. Hell, I would even buy a new device for this, if needed.
Works pretty well for fashion magazines.
My thoughts exactly.
So, linking to their ToS is a violation and I'm pretty sure that just posting excerpts is even worse than that. Is it like they decided to charge money for the links and keep it secret?
Only if you are a corporation. If you are an individual, you must support our troops.
Some parts of Bible specifically say that people guilty of "sex crimes" like cheating on a spouse must be killed, so apparently Bible God is more OK with murder than with "free love".
The anonymous loyalty card does not change this game in any way.
Well, this is the kind of information they can get on you without loyalty cards. If you have anonymous loyalty card, you are not giving them any extra information on you, while at the same time getting the lower prices.
What kind of my "identity" they have? Name? That does not give them much. OK, with my relatively unique name it maybe is, but in general case it is nothing. And I'm pretty sure Visa does not release my full biography to them when authorizing purchase.
If by "they" you mean FBI, then yes. If you mean Safeway or Macy's store, I seriously doubt that.
It did occur to me to not fill out the form at all. My Safeway card is anonymous. When I was "signing up" they just handed me over the form and told to fill it out later and bring it back, which I didn't. The card still works though.
To answer you question directly: one. It's an anonymous card for the local supermarket chain. It has been swapped around a bit with other persons across the country, who like to distort profile building.
As one paranoid to another paranoid: how did you do that? I mean, how did you find somebody willing to swap the card?
Better 100 children die in a tragedy while free, that 100,000 be enslaved by a tyrant for their entire lives.
Please go to the parents of the murdered kids and explain this to them. If you get out of there alive, I'm ready to have this discussion with you.
Otherwise this is just "not my problem -> not a problem" kind of bullshit I'm not going to talk about.
...he could have gone in there with a baseball bat and still accomplished his goal.
Umm, no, he couldn't have. Of course he could have *tried*, but he would have been brought down pretty quickly.
The bomb requires knowledge, skill and planning. Not that nobody can do this, but nobody can do it in the heat of the moment, when one goes batshit crazy.
Now, lets make another assumption. Lets assume everybody gets a gun for free and can carry it everywhere. Like, right now, on the street, on the train, on highway, everybody has a gun. Would you feel more safe?
Guns give you security in the same way standing up in a movie theater gives you a better view. Or buying bigger car makes driving more safe. It may be good for you, for a while, but eventually, everybody is worse off then at the beginning.
Now, I'm not entirely against guns and all, both extremes are bad probably, but the fact that the mother of a mentally ill boy can have a fucking assault rifle in her house with virtually unlimited amount of armor tells me that the current system is horribly broken.
On average ~23 people are *murdered* with *guns* every day in the US. This does not not include suicides and accidents.
So yeah, other that this shooting it is all sunshine and rainbows when it comes to guns.
Totally agree here: everything becomes "obvious" and "clear" only *after* something like this happens. The problem is nobody has any fucking idea how to predict and prevent this kind of thing and nobody trying to figure out how to do it.
It is just politicians trying to score points on their "pet" issues
While this shooting is a tragedy, it's just media glamorizing it that's making headlines.
No, it has nothing to do with media "glamorizing" it.
First of all, don't forget how many kids and parents got mentally scarred for life because of this. The whole community won't be able to get back to normal life for years to come. When I was 20 my college friend was stubbed to death near the campus. There was no media coverage, but the whole college was shocked and it took years for his closest friends to recover. I can't even imagine how hard it must be for Newton right now.
The shocking and most horrifying part of these events comes from the fact that there is absolutely nothing any of us can do about it. I mean directly, on the spot. Want to reduce the number of kids who die in car accidents? Drive safely, help kids cross the street, immediately call 911 if something does happen. Death from malnutrition? This is not something that comes out of the blue, is it? You can at least ask for help.
Second of all, this shooting, like a particular car accident, is just the tip of the iceberg. Look up the stats on how many people get killed by gun every day in US and you won't be disappointed.
So, yes, this *is* the real problem.
Don't forget that those have missed *publicly announced deadlines*. The companies behind them had plenty of time to plan and complete a couple of rounds internally before publicly announcing completion date.
With Kickstarter most deadlines are basically guesses.
Exactly. I think 14% of projects delivering on time is amazing.
Twitter is Twitter for illiterates.
The most frustrating part about having to charge the damn thing every day is that very often you end up using a device while it is attached to a charger and you can't fucking go anywhere with it.
I have a pretty good experience with PDFs on my Kindle. I'm reading a book in PDF right now and I didn't notice any problems with rendering speed. The text is easy to read, as usual.
Alarms would be up for pretty much everybody, if you look hard enough. If you go crazy and start shooting at people, the next day a bunch of people will start claiming that your behaviour, otherwise considered normal, was a clue. You need a Bayesian filter, which will only work if you have enough positive inputs...
Why No. 2 matters? I mean, I can understand why it matters to employee, but why the employer cares?
This really should be:
Dude, this is the most depressing thing I've heard in long long time...