Gun violence is more prevalent in Chicago then neighboring cities due to the large number of gang members (drug sales) and a city and county government that lacks the political will to crack down on people of "color" who commit crimes.
Do you even live in Chicago? I've got news for you, it isn't the legal gun owners who are shooting people. It's the gang-affiliated felons who are already prohibited from owning a weapon.
I think the ingredients for Ayahuasca can be possessed and used legally for religious ceremonies in the US, but I generally hear about people going to South America for that experience. VOX had an article about it a few weeks ago.
There are also some new compounds available that are hypothesized to metabolize into LSD inside the body.
This also brings another very difficult question: how do we know if we are the same person when we wake up in the morning or after we were put under during general anesthesia?
The simple answer is there's no way to know that your memories are real. There's also no way to know that other people really exist. All that you can know for sure is that you exist, "I think therefore I am". Go read "Meditations on First Philosophy" by Rene Descartes.
Additionally it's unlikely you have ever been the target of true hate or prejudice, otherwise you would understand how powerful that data is in the hands of a powerful advisary.
Where I live you don't have to declare a political party for the regular elections, but you do for the primaries. There have been rumors that some of the Aldermen and city workers are discriminating against people based on what ballot they take. Work for the city and take a Republican ballot? You just might be passed over for that next promotion. If you're a homeowner the Alderman might just ignore your complaints. We even have one that has his staff monitor people's social media postings that are critical of his projects and then file false complaints against them.
The thing is it's not "your" data if you live in the United States. Europe has strict data protection laws, the data belongs to the person who provides it and you may only use it for purposes they have already agreed to. This actually causes problem with things like medical research where it's actually illegal to use new techniques against old samples because people did not agree to the new use. You have to go back to them and get consent which can be inconvenient, costly or even impossible if they are deceased.
In the United States data belongs to the person who collects it. If you give an app permission to trawl your contacts, that data now belongs to them to do whatever they want. In this case the app developer did have an agreement with Facebook, but Facebook has absolutely no ability to prevent the developer from doing whatever he wants with the data he collected. They can sue him for breaching the agreement, but there's no way they can get the data back. It's already out there. There's no way to prove someone else doesn't have copy; that's the whole nature of electronic data. Of course none of this is ever mentioned when the story is covered by the media.
I really don't understand why this story is getting so much attention. From the coverage I've seen it seems to be because this can be linked to a firm that the Trump campaign used. Facebook is already well known to not be trustworthy with your private data. You really shouldn't put anything you don't want made publicly available on a social media website, even if you think you've restricted who can view it. Haven't most Facebook users had the site auto-post something without their consent? I know I once used an app that wanted to use photos from my Facebook albums. I uploaded a picture to my mobile album so I could import it in the app and Facebook posted the damn thing to all of my friends. But it's kind of silly to single out Facebook when there are thousands of smartphone applications, retailers and other companies that are doing the same thing. Some of the applications available for download are nothing more than trojan horses used to gain access to your information.
I think he's saying he doesn't want to run a power cord to whatever he plugs into his TV to receive the video signal.
I don't understand why a power cord is a problem since the television needs one. Most people just connect a small computer. I have an Intel NUC at home, at work we use Apple TV's and just got an Intel Compute Stick. All of which require a separate power connection.
I think the Amazon Fire Stick and the Chromecast devices can be powered from the USB port on a television.
I got into Bitcoin and Litecoin back in 2014. At current prices I have made 30 times my money back. Anyone who got in when the first story about Bitcoin was posted to Slashdot (2011?) and held on to their coins is likely worth millions, even billions.
Why would you go back to a Casio after having used a Pebble? I backed the Time Steel and it's my favorite watch by far.
I love the ability to change watch faces, the always on e-paper display and the 5+ day battery life. If I get a text, a Hipchat message or an email, I can just look down at my wrist instead of fishing my phone out of my pocket and then keying in the passphrase. It sounds simple, but is extremely convenient. I can reply by talking into the watch or selecting a canned message. I also run Music Boss so I get album art on my wrist for whatever I'm listening to on Spotify and can change tracks and adjust volume with the watch.
Now that Fitbit's destroyed Pebble I'm kind of stuck. I won't buy an Android watch because the battery life is unacceptable. I can't buy an iWatch because they only work with iPhones. I won't buy a Fitbit because I want a smartwatch and not a fitness tracker. I really liked that Sony watch with the e-paper wristband, but it's only sold in Japan. The Pebble Time Steel met my needs perfectly and there's nothing else on the market like it.
I have my alarm clock tuned to WBEZ which is an NPR affiliate. The morning shows like "All Things Considered" can be very left leaning and stick to the liberal talking points. They only invite guests who repeat these talking points and you'll never hear from competing viewpoints. For example, the coverage of the Parkland shooting was all about gun control and how dumb it would be to arm teachers. There has been no coverage of things like the FBI not following up on leads, the school not contacting police about the prior violent incidents, lack of campus security, unlocked doors, etc.
Other shows on NPR are pretty balanced, "Marketplace" is good. My favorite show is probably "Under the Influence", but that's produced by the CBC.
The argument that's used in my city is that people have a right to continue to live in the neighborhood they've been living in, even if they can no longer afford it.
Some of our Alderman will even intervene and try to prevent a property owner from selling his property to a developer if his current tenants complain they are being priced out of the neighborhood.
However, Macias hasnâ(TM)t sold the existing building to Plati yet because of a conflict with his tenants, who were on month-to-month leases (which have been shown to make tenants more susceptible to evictions), and paying only $500 a month in rent. After Macias gave them 30-day notices to leave the building, in late September residents, supported by the activists, vowed to fight the evictions and stopped paying rent, arguing that they needed more time to find housing in the increasingly expensive rental market of Logan Square.
DNAinfo is reporting that First Ward alderman Joe Moreno has threatened not to approve the required zoning change for the TOD unless Macias cooperates, which would effectively block the sale of the property. âoeBy refusing to work with me on a resolution that would allow for a dignified and humane relocation of the tenants, [Macias] has chosen to pursue an opposite, heavy-handed tactic,â Moreno said in a statement to DNA. âoeBy doing so, he has revealed himself to be a bad community partner, who may no longer merit the granted city zoning privileges that are enabling the sale of his property on his terms,â Moreno said.
It sounds like some people "logged in" to a look-alike website which enabled a third-party to login to the real website with their credentials/MFA and create an API key to allow trading. People are reporting their coins had been sold to buy viacoin.
I own both the Bose Quiet Comfort 20 (ear bud) and 25 (wired cans). The noise cancellation is great, it eliminates road noise when I'm out walking and the noise of the tracks when I'm on the train. My office can get noisy and I can't hear the person next to me talking when I have them on.
The ear buds block external noise a little better since they seal against your ear. The cans are okay, but they're bulky; not something you want to be carrying around with you. The cans have a removable/replaceable cord and run for hours off a single AAA battery. The ear buds unfortunately use a non-replaceable battery and the cord is attached so don't let your dog get ahold of them.
I don't know why people keep saying there's no intrinsic value.
There's quite a bit of value in being able to send BTC anywhere in the world without first getting an intermediary's permission.
There's value in no one being able to take your BTC without either getting your permission or obtaining the private key. A court judgment can seize you bank account, but not your BTC.
Transactions fees are paid by the sender, they don't depend on new money entering the system. Those fees don't flow out of the system.
A lot of the miners are located where they don't need to pay much for power. Either because it's very cheap to purchase where they are, or because there's unused capacity they can utilize. Think on-premise power plants.
I suspect that's why manufacturers didn't initially include them, that and the additional cost.
I'd pay extra for a phone with real physical switches that interrupt current flow to things like the camera, microphone, GPS, radios, etc. Software based buttons can't be trusted.
Even something simple that prevents button presses while the phone is in my pocket would be welcome. Back in the day things like portable CD players had lock switches on the back of the device for exactly that reason.
To be honest I was stretching the truth. Taxi medallions in Chicago were auctioned off, the City does not lease them out for hours at a time. However, the medallion holders do have multiple drivers for a single vehicle so in a sense the drivers are leasing the medallion from the owner while they drive. I couldn't tell you what the owner's cut of the deal is.
Chicago has had problems in the past with taxi drivers not wanting to take credit cards (high fees) and with certain communities not being served (crime). We don't really have livery cabs out and about, you have to order them ahead of time. I've never had problems with dispatchers and some of them have upgraded from telephone based systems. I still usually call in and get a call or text back with the taxi number and an ETA. The people I see taking Uber and Lyft are either younger or from the suburbs where you have to call for a car. I'm middle-aged and live in the city so I'm used to just hailing a cab on the street.
I'm amazed that so few storefronts are actually using the chip readers. Most large retailers have had them since the Target hack, but then there are some places like Mariano's who still don't have them. I'm kind of surprised they're willing to eat the losses from fraud.
They really should modernize the medallion system to allow companies to lease out the medallions by the hour.
That is basically how it works today. A business owner purchases a medallion and then hires drivers to operate his vehicle. Local law limits drivers to a maximum of 12 hours per day.
I'll choose an option where I can hop into the car and hop out with payment handled electronically instead of actual money or credit cards changing hands.
Taxis are required to take credit card where I live, there's a reader in the back seat of each car.
I'll choose an option where the vehicle will be clean and reasonably well maintained, and the driver reasonably courteous.
Usually not a problem with taxis either.
I'll choose an option where the names of both parties involved are known, and all details of the ride can be recovered in case something goes wrong.
Every taxi I've been in lately has video and audio surveillance and the taxi number and driver's license are posted in the back seat.
And most of all, I'll choose Uber because I know that if they ever start to go bad, another ride sharing company can compete with them, instead of them being protected as a government-regulated monopoly.
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Gun violence is more prevalent in Chicago then neighboring cities due to the large number of gang members (drug sales) and a city and county government that lacks the political will to crack down on people of "color" who commit crimes.
Do you even live in Chicago? I've got news for you, it isn't the legal gun owners who are shooting people. It's the gang-affiliated felons who are already prohibited from owning a weapon.
This type of piracy depresses me because they're both struggling to make any sort of profit.
That was my first thought. A premium subscription is less than $10 dollars per month and is worth much more than that IMHO.
I think the ingredients for Ayahuasca can be possessed and used legally for religious ceremonies in the US, but I generally hear about people going to South America for that experience. VOX had an article about it a few weeks ago.
There are also some new compounds available that are hypothesized to metabolize into LSD inside the body.
This also brings another very difficult question: how do we know if we are the same person when we wake up in the morning or after we were put under during general anesthesia?
The simple answer is there's no way to know that your memories are real. There's also no way to know that other people really exist. All that you can know for sure is that you exist, "I think therefore I am". Go read "Meditations on First Philosophy" by Rene Descartes.
Additionally it's unlikely you have ever been the target of true hate or prejudice, otherwise you would understand how powerful that data is in the hands of a powerful advisary.
Where I live you don't have to declare a political party for the regular elections, but you do for the primaries. There have been rumors that some of the Aldermen and city workers are discriminating against people based on what ballot they take. Work for the city and take a Republican ballot? You just might be passed over for that next promotion. If you're a homeowner the Alderman might just ignore your complaints. We even have one that has his staff monitor people's social media postings that are critical of his projects and then file false complaints against them.
The thing is it's not "your" data if you live in the United States. Europe has strict data protection laws, the data belongs to the person who provides it and you may only use it for purposes they have already agreed to. This actually causes problem with things like medical research where it's actually illegal to use new techniques against old samples because people did not agree to the new use. You have to go back to them and get consent which can be inconvenient, costly or even impossible if they are deceased.
In the United States data belongs to the person who collects it. If you give an app permission to trawl your contacts, that data now belongs to them to do whatever they want. In this case the app developer did have an agreement with Facebook, but Facebook has absolutely no ability to prevent the developer from doing whatever he wants with the data he collected. They can sue him for breaching the agreement, but there's no way they can get the data back. It's already out there. There's no way to prove someone else doesn't have copy; that's the whole nature of electronic data. Of course none of this is ever mentioned when the story is covered by the media.
I really don't understand why this story is getting so much attention. From the coverage I've seen it seems to be because this can be linked to a firm that the Trump campaign used. Facebook is already well known to not be trustworthy with your private data. You really shouldn't put anything you don't want made publicly available on a social media website, even if you think you've restricted who can view it. Haven't most Facebook users had the site auto-post something without their consent? I know I once used an app that wanted to use photos from my Facebook albums. I uploaded a picture to my mobile album so I could import it in the app and Facebook posted the damn thing to all of my friends. But it's kind of silly to single out Facebook when there are thousands of smartphone applications, retailers and other companies that are doing the same thing. Some of the applications available for download are nothing more than trojan horses used to gain access to your information.
I think he's saying he doesn't want to run a power cord to whatever he plugs into his TV to receive the video signal.
I don't understand why a power cord is a problem since the television needs one. Most people just connect a small computer. I have an Intel NUC at home, at work we use Apple TV's and just got an Intel Compute Stick. All of which require a separate power connection.
I think the Amazon Fire Stick and the Chromecast devices can be powered from the USB port on a television.
You can send it anywhere in the World without needing a third-party's approval/assistance and no one can take it from you without the private key.
I got into Bitcoin and Litecoin back in 2014. At current prices I have made 30 times my money back. Anyone who got in when the first story about Bitcoin was posted to Slashdot (2011?) and held on to their coins is likely worth millions, even billions.
Why would you go back to a Casio after having used a Pebble? I backed the Time Steel and it's my favorite watch by far.
I love the ability to change watch faces, the always on e-paper display and the 5+ day battery life. If I get a text, a Hipchat message or an email, I can just look down at my wrist instead of fishing my phone out of my pocket and then keying in the passphrase. It sounds simple, but is extremely convenient. I can reply by talking into the watch or selecting a canned message. I also run Music Boss so I get album art on my wrist for whatever I'm listening to on Spotify and can change tracks and adjust volume with the watch.
Now that Fitbit's destroyed Pebble I'm kind of stuck. I won't buy an Android watch because the battery life is unacceptable. I can't buy an iWatch because they only work with iPhones. I won't buy a Fitbit because I want a smartwatch and not a fitness tracker. I really liked that Sony watch with the e-paper wristband, but it's only sold in Japan. The Pebble Time Steel met my needs perfectly and there's nothing else on the market like it.
I remember listening to the Rock back in high school. Didn't they play a 3 or 4 hour tape loop?
Speaking of historic radio stations, did you know WLUP is gone?
I have my alarm clock tuned to WBEZ which is an NPR affiliate. The morning shows like "All Things Considered" can be very left leaning and stick to the liberal talking points. They only invite guests who repeat these talking points and you'll never hear from competing viewpoints. For example, the coverage of the Parkland shooting was all about gun control and how dumb it would be to arm teachers. There has been no coverage of things like the FBI not following up on leads, the school not contacting police about the prior violent incidents, lack of campus security, unlocked doors, etc.
Other shows on NPR are pretty balanced, "Marketplace" is good. My favorite show is probably "Under the Influence", but that's produced by the CBC.
Anyone know of any benefit related to cryptocurrencies?
You can transmit value around the world without first getting a third-party's approval.
The unbanked can transmit and receive value using their cellphones.
Court judgments can't seize your coins/tokens without your permission unlike your bank and investment accounts, home, cars, etc.
The argument that's used in my city is that people have a right to continue to live in the neighborhood they've been living in, even if they can no longer afford it.
Some of our Alderman will even intervene and try to prevent a property owner from selling his property to a developer if his current tenants complain they are being priced out of the neighborhood.
There's a Reddit thread here.
It sounds like some people "logged in" to a look-alike website which enabled a third-party to login to the real website with their credentials/MFA and create an API key to allow trading. People are reporting their coins had been sold to buy viacoin.
I know it's a silly question, but what are those 3,000 employees doing?
Why would you need more than like six people to build the Snapchat app?
I own both the Bose Quiet Comfort 20 (ear bud) and 25 (wired cans). The noise cancellation is great, it eliminates road noise when I'm out walking and the noise of the tracks when I'm on the train. My office can get noisy and I can't hear the person next to me talking when I have them on.
The ear buds block external noise a little better since they seal against your ear. The cans are okay, but they're bulky; not something you want to be carrying around with you. The cans have a removable/replaceable cord and run for hours off a single AAA battery. The ear buds unfortunately use a non-replaceable battery and the cord is attached so don't let your dog get ahold of them.
I don't know why people keep saying there's no intrinsic value.
There's quite a bit of value in being able to send BTC anywhere in the world without first getting an intermediary's permission.
There's value in no one being able to take your BTC without either getting your permission or obtaining the private key. A court judgment can seize you bank account, but not your BTC.
Transactions fees are paid by the sender, they don't depend on new money entering the system. Those fees don't flow out of the system.
A lot of the miners are located where they don't need to pay much for power. Either because it's very cheap to purchase where they are, or because there's unused capacity they can utilize. Think on-premise power plants.
You omitted the block rewards.
I suspect that's why manufacturers didn't initially include them, that and the additional cost.
I'd pay extra for a phone with real physical switches that interrupt current flow to things like the camera, microphone, GPS, radios, etc. Software based buttons can't be trusted.
Even something simple that prevents button presses while the phone is in my pocket would be welcome. Back in the day things like portable CD players had lock switches on the back of the device for exactly that reason.
To be honest I was stretching the truth. Taxi medallions in Chicago were auctioned off, the City does not lease them out for hours at a time. However, the medallion holders do have multiple drivers for a single vehicle so in a sense the drivers are leasing the medallion from the owner while they drive. I couldn't tell you what the owner's cut of the deal is.
Chicago has had problems in the past with taxi drivers not wanting to take credit cards (high fees) and with certain communities not being served (crime). We don't really have livery cabs out and about, you have to order them ahead of time. I've never had problems with dispatchers and some of them have upgraded from telephone based systems. I still usually call in and get a call or text back with the taxi number and an ETA. The people I see taking Uber and Lyft are either younger or from the suburbs where you have to call for a car. I'm middle-aged and live in the city so I'm used to just hailing a cab on the street.
I'm amazed that so few storefronts are actually using the chip readers. Most large retailers have had them since the Target hack, but then there are some places like Mariano's who still don't have them. I'm kind of surprised they're willing to eat the losses from fraud.
They really should modernize the medallion system to allow companies to lease out the medallions by the hour.
That is basically how it works today. A business owner purchases a medallion and then hires drivers to operate his vehicle. Local law limits drivers to a maximum of 12 hours per day.
I'll choose an option where I don't have to worry about being cheated by the driver, and he won't have to worry about me robbing him.
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I'll choose an option where I can hop into the car and hop out with payment handled electronically instead of actual money or credit cards changing hands.
Taxis are required to take credit card where I live, there's a reader in the back seat of each car.
I'll choose an option where the vehicle will be clean and reasonably well maintained, and the driver reasonably courteous.
Usually not a problem with taxis either.
I'll choose an option where the names of both parties involved are known, and all details of the ride can be recovered in case something goes wrong.
Every taxi I've been in lately has video and audio surveillance and the taxi number and driver's license are posted in the back seat.
And most of all, I'll choose Uber because I know that if they ever start to go bad, another ride sharing company can compete with them, instead of them being protected as a government-regulated monopoly.
You think there's a taxi monopoly?! There's more than 20 companies operating in my city!
You've clearly drunk the "ride-sharing" Kool-Aid, but taxis are not nearly as awful as you make them out to be.