Canada had a renewed interest in stamp collecting among young people in the late 1980s after the TV movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller came out. But it died out pretty quickly as Canada Post switched to printed stamps, and as kids grew out of it.
I am pretty sure I did standardized tests at 4 or 5 years old. It was one-on-one with an educator and was basic things like how many ways can you classify these random blocks (shape, size, colour), or how to arrange image tiles to tell a chronological story. We didn’t do reading or pencil-in-the-bubble until grade 3.
This doesn’t install hid drivers. This lets you open a connection to a USB device from the browser so that you can talk to it. It’s great because we will finally be able to build web apps that talk natively to USBHID devices like barcode readers and signature tablets. I’m sure chrome is going to have some “authorize this site to connect to USB devices” prompt for security.
Every other service business that isn’t a restaurant doesn’t have tips and they seem to be doing fine. What is it with restaurants that makes workers only provide good service because of money? Do food service workers not have any intrinsic motivation to do a good job?
Your example would be valid if U2F simulated a keyboard, but it doesn’t. The U2F key is a non-keyboard USB-HID device. The browser has special code embedded to identify and communicate with U2F keys using low level operating system USB api calls. The authentication process is a challenge response mechanism where the site challenges and the key signs and responds to the request. The browser adds an additional piece of information to the challenge and embeds the actual URL (and tls session id if supported) and the server verifies this additional information. Phishing and mitm are prevented because the server is validating the actual URL of their own site when checking the signed response. The whole process is really cool when you get into the details and is very well designed for security.
I wonder if we’ll get to the point of having two-factor passwordless authentication. Like you need two of the following methods to access a website (u2f/fido2, TOTP, SMS, Recovery codes, tls client certificate, etc.) and forego passwords altogether.
In single factor mode (passwordless), your token is your password. So if you lose it, someone could access your accounts if they know your username.
The USB tokens don’t store a password, they store a master key pair, and then derives a site-specific key pair based on the URL you are connecting to. The site issues a challenge and the token signs it. This prevents replay attacks, and there is no way to export the secrets from the token. There is also no way to authenticate to a site by just having the key plugged in - you have to press the button on it. There is no way through software, even low level usb-hid commands, to trigger the button press.
Overall it’s really well designed and more secure than passwords, even in single factor mode.
The major downsides are that it requires browser support, and doesn’t work with iOS.
How much does it cost to get wisdom teeth removed in the US and in Taiwan? My dentist in Toronto charges around $400 CAD per tooth for extractions, and that’s with full general anesthesia. The price is the same here with private insurance and without.
Also, if you have time, throw out all food in your fridge and freezer that you aren’t taking with you. If your house ends up being fine, it may be without power for a long period of time and you may not be able to go back home right away. It will save you from cleaning up a real mess afterwards. Also clean your dishes if there is time, for the same reasons.
Yup. And if you, the template provider, had a GST number (you are a business or have sales over $30k), you would also be charging Microsoft the GST for the sale. It is not a problem for MS since they would just claim it back as an input tax credit and it would be net zero for them.
Consumer pays GST to MS. MS pays GST to a GST collecting template provider. MS and template provider both pay GST to government, but MS gets an input tax credit for GST paid to template provider so that government doesn't double dip.
This is what uber should be doing with their drivers but they prefer to have prices 5-15% lower than their competition by applying their own legal interpretation to Canada's tax laws.
Companies that collect GST also get back from the government any GST they spend. So effectively they don't have to pay for GST/HST on fuel, maintenance, even a new car. Companies that don't collect GST/HST (people with sales under $30k, exempt service providers like doctors, etc...) cannot claim any input tax credit and have to pay it just like regular individuals.
That is right. The law in Canada explicitly excludes taxis from the $30k exemption, and taxis must collect gst/hst on all rides, regardless of how much the taxi's sales were in a year. Uber was exploiting this rule by saying their services weren't 'taxis', and each driver was independent, and therefor that rule didn't apply to them. It's a sneaky way to charge most people 5-15% less than their taxi competition.
Same. Whenever I go to the US and they give me pennies, I just give them right back. I have zero use for pennies. I also really wish they switched from dollar bills to coins.
You could easily add a clause that says if you have a useful 4 year degree from the US, the minimum is $75k (or whatever) and 100k for everyone else. Then new grads wouldn't be at an unfair disadvantage for getting jobs.
I'm in Toronto and we're looking for a web developer now with possible mobile (android/iOS) work in a year. Your post seems like you would be a good fit if this interests you.
Is there any movie content that could produce frequencies that low, or has it been filtered out knowing most theatres and homes can't reliably produce frequencies below 20Hz?
I would expect this change to be easier than you say. If they increase fares, I am pretty sure they are able to set the new fares overnight on all their machines and not have a delayed rollout schedule. Imagine the chaos of they couldn't.
Lowes in Canada still doesn't have chip and pin yet. They are one of the last stores in the country that hasn't switched yet. Their readers don't even have chip readers, at least at the stores I've been to.
It is really interesting how people get so concerned when google "reads" their email to target ads at them, but they expect google to "read" their email to filter spam. The machine act of text processing of the email is same in both cases, yet only one is offensive to users.
This notion that mh370 was flying behind the Singapore jet to avoid radar is far fetched. Is the simple explanation much more likely that primary and secondary radar were both tracking the Singapore jet and the data wasn't matched properly? If the two jets were flying in tandem as you suggest, wouldn't you expect two hits on primary radar?