7.06.2019
My homemaking tip for this quarter-Century
Civility is so yesterday
Joe Biden regrets remarks about working with segregationist senators - CNNPolitics
CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that he regrets the comments he made last month about his ability to be civil and work with segregationist senators.
7.05.2019
Well this sounds vaguely ominous
Toilet paper is getting less sustainable, researchers warn | Environment | The Guardian
Oh no, another CSI spin-off
This 33,000-Year-Old Man May Have Been Killed by a Left-Handed Murderer | Smart News | Smithsonian
Last night…
…I watched the DC event long enough to see the Old Guard performance and then switched to the Boston Pops show, where the weather was perfect, the crowd was large and happy, the entertainment was first-rate and the fireworks spectacular. Boston, you may recall, is where what we celebrated started.
7.04.2019
Is this the end of civilization at last?
Also, I went to the local drugstore this morning to buy shaving soap (I use the kind you apply with a brush) and they don't seem to carry it anymore. So that's another thing.
Maybe not the final end of civilization quite, but way too close for comfort.
And it was only a matter of time
Miami police body cam videos up for sale on the darkweb – Naked Security
7.03.2019
But there's no rat fever?
U.S. customs agents seize 32 pounds of African rat meat at O'Hare - Chicago Tribune
Customs officials prohibit the entry of African meats to prevent the spread of African swine fever.
I am relieved, yet strangely confused.
Anonymity and encryption are both good and bad. So is fire. And chocolate. Deal with it.
Anonymity – A Psychological and Practical Perspective - Surfshark
http://bit.ly/2Xpjip5According to a Freedom House report, the UK, Vietnam, Thailand, Russia, Hungary, and China have implemented or passed some laws that require individuals and companies to break the encryption whenever they are requested by the government.
In 2017, Australia pushed the Five Eyes countries to adopt methods that would allow the breaching of secure systems by breaking encryption.…
In 2015, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron proposed that the encryption technology should be banned. This came after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
Countries such as Russia, Saudi Arabia, and UAE already legal mandates for retention of data and forced decryption by technology companies.
And of course, the Trump Administration is now threatening the same thing. It's a dumb idea.
It's also dumb to suggest, as some have begun doing, that the internet is a "human right." It's not. Claiming it is just lulls people into thinking it can't be taken away from them. It can.
This is worth paying attention to.
OK, chocolate isn't very bad. It's mostly good.
Seriously, we'll feed 'em anything as long as it sells milk
Big Dairy is trying to get teens hooked on lattes to boost milk sales | Ars Technica
And this is. not from The Onion…
…a Florida dairy group offers schools grants worth $6,000 to outfit their coffee bars. The campaign is called "moo-lah for schools," which refers to lattes as "moo brew." The group says the coffee bars are an opportunity to "serve 8 oz. of milk with 2 oz. of coffee and added flavorings that fit into your school wellness policy."
Look, I have nothing against lattes…well, didn't until I found out they're 8 oz. of milk with only 2 oz. of coffee. How's that gonna wake anybody up? C'mon.
We need our kiddies wide awake for Algebra.
7.02.2019
Can there ever be too much SPAM?
Endless AI-generated spam risks clogging up Google's search results - The Verge
Well, yes, apparently.
As unlikely as that may sound.
There's good news and bad news on the camera front
Or bad news and good news, however you want to understand it. First, 2,000 "speeding cameras" in the Big Apple which, on the theory that if you're a hammer everything looks like a nail, probably means a lot of people will get nabbed for speeding nowhere near a road…
2,000 Cameras Will Be Watching How You Drive in New York City - The New York Times
…which may be moot because…
Soon, satellites will be able to watch you everywhere all the time - MIT Technology Review
…the eyes have it, no matter what. See you in the movies. Or at least on tape.
7.01.2019
Embarrassing and then some
Yubico Security Keys with a Crypto Flaw - Schneier on Security
Wow, is this an embarrassing bug…
It may turn out that good old passwords, if properly chosen and managed [http://bit.ly/2FJG1kU], may in the long run be a better security choice than fingerprints (you can't change your fingerprint if it gets stolen and you do leave a trail of them wherever you go), facial scans (even a hoodie won't hide your face from everybody), retinal scans (remains to be, ahem, seen), DNA (assuming you don't care about securing that), and, well, there's Yubico…
Do not go gently.
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