Anyway, it's always a good time for something like this.
Experts share their (mostly) hassle-free security tips
8.31.2019
Taking one more step toward a Minority Report
The Plan to Use Fitbit Data to Stop Mass Shootings Is One of the Scariest Proposals Yet
The general idea is clear: collect a wealth of personal data in order to flag mental status changes in individuals and determine whether those changes can predict mass violence.
8.30.2019
Works for me
There's a guy at one of the checkout aisles at the grocery store who usually says "have a good rest of your day" (not wanting to spread it on too thick, I suppose). Today he just said, "have a rest of your day."
Which sounds somewhat more realistic, if not encouraging.
Which sounds somewhat more realistic, if not encouraging.
8.29.2019
ORGY weekend
Five straight nights of college football, starting this evening, with an afternoon game or two on Saturday thrown in. Not to mention, the entire NFL is playing it's last pre-season pretend game this very evening, Thursday, so that too. It's epic.
I have laid in supplies, chips and cookies. I though I was buying those cookies made by elves but I got some look-alike house brand instead; I will force myself to eat them anyway. Somebody's got to do it.
Time to get serious.
I have laid in supplies, chips and cookies. I though I was buying those cookies made by elves but I got some look-alike house brand instead; I will force myself to eat them anyway. Somebody's got to do it.
Time to get serious.
8.28.2019
Take the plunge
Boston Market is giving away a 1-ton tub of mac and cheese
Whoever wins can decide if they want to play the long game and get their prize in sensible side dish portions until the dishes total 2,000 pounds — or, for those who relish the finer things, all at once, in a bowl big enough to swim in.
I just want it on the record here…
…before we get even close to 2020, I think this whole Russian election interference thing has been way, way overhyped, and Trump's stolen votes business too, and if the nightmare depicted in this article (below) does come to pass we will have no one to blame but our own gullible selves.
Why November 4, 2020 could be a very bad day - CNNPolitics
There's been polling evidence for some time that Americans are losing faith in the ability of Americans elections to be conducted fair and squarely.
Start digging now (you might need a very deep hole)
Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrency | ZDNet
This incident isn't the first time that state employees have abused their access to large sources of electricity or computing power to mine cryptocurrency.
8.27.2019
From the Montagues and the Capulets to the Sharks and the Jets…
…and plenty of places in between, and before, and after, stories about lovers from different places, families, gangs, and whatnot are littered through the history of Lit.
This one is about vampires and witches. Not. Kidding.
It's A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness. It's definitely outside my normal scope of reading and I'm not putting it on the list (because this is just between us, OK?), but I read it on the urging of some friends and I kind of liked it, in an exploratory way (no, I'm not going to admit to much). It's the first book in a trilogy, the second of which is set in Elizabethan England, which sounds tempting enough to read as well (but not right away).
If you like books about vampires, witches, the occasional human, and, well, lots more kissing than necessary, you might want to give it a look.
This one is about vampires and witches. Not. Kidding.
It's A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness. It's definitely outside my normal scope of reading and I'm not putting it on the list (because this is just between us, OK?), but I read it on the urging of some friends and I kind of liked it, in an exploratory way (no, I'm not going to admit to much). It's the first book in a trilogy, the second of which is set in Elizabethan England, which sounds tempting enough to read as well (but not right away).
If you like books about vampires, witches, the occasional human, and, well, lots more kissing than necessary, you might want to give it a look.
Just a note
Google filing says Gmail users have no expectation of privacy - CNET
Google goes on to say that courts have held that all e-mail users "necessarily give implied consent to the automated processing of their emails."
This claim applies not only to gmail but to all email, the sending of which is about as private as sending a postcard by snail. In practice, there's so much email in the system and so few people who actually want to read it that it's safe enough to handle everyday info, but if your message includes something of high importance that somebody else might want very much to read (ahem, politicians), your only safe option is to encrypt.
8.25.2019
OK, I give up on these guys.
Democratic National Committee votes against allowing 2020 candidates to participate in climate change debate - CNNPolitics
I really do. We need a third party. Bad.
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