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Yes-- That's why they want the big platforms and chat apps to voluntarily put backdoors in their cryptography.

Try "Oh, he woundn't want that".

Biometrics are a userid, not a password.

Zen and art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the most readable book on philosophy I've ever read.

I already feel stupid about using P-256 a few years ago!

It looks like they're only supposed to look for murderers and rapists.

Old quote, can't rememeber where I first heard it:

"At universities, the employees get better parking than the customers".

Although it wasn't true at my alma mater, where the only difference was that for staff and faculty the university would deduct the parking fees from your paycheck. For your convenience.

The neatest thing about "It's only a paper moon" was that it had almost none of the main DS9 characters in it. It was a Nog and Vic story, both only recurring characters.

The US constitution says that presidential electors are chosen in a manner prescribed by the state legislature. They change the prescription, just as some have changed it now.

If the popular vote favored, say Trump, and if California could change the election by pulling out of the compact, they would. In a heartbeat.

That's why I'm not too worried about it. If it would really change the result, it's easy for a State to hit the pause button.

I can't remember the book now, but it was about a 1984-like state. There was a passing reference to their revision of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the Wizard gave Dorothy, Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow tools (weapons) they needed to defeat the wicked witch.

Until then, I'd taken the Wizard of Oz at face value.

I had the same thought, but then noticed that the jackets are company jackets.

Living in Phoenix amounts to becoming a desert animal of sorts-- you prefer to go outside at night. In the day, you sort of scurry from air conditioner to air conditioner.

The non-summer weather is why everyone stays.

Restaurants are notorious for failing. Even ones that are always full of customers can still lose money.

Yea, I was thinking they shouldn't throw stones...

"Seattle campaign finance program gives voters $100 to donate"

... Of their own money, lol.

The SAT is (well, was) supposed to predict academic success at a college/university. The idea being that an institution could admit students who would likely graduate, as opposed to students who did not.

It's heading away from that.

It was such a great documentary, I saw it twice. A tiny detail I picked up the second time around-- they gave Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin cinematography credits.

I have a work friend who dislikes our company 401k plan. Every year, he rolls the money into another 401k that he likes.

... and if you don't have anything of value, they came, looked and left.

The ultimate remote embedded system!

... And in 1942, the US had the 1940 census that enabled sending citizens of Japanese ancestry to camps.

Today they'd use 23andme, and only your relatives have to sign up for them to get you.

Sure, during a crash you have to draw down. But in a 10% growth year, you can get it back. Averages.

Betting on the stock market (mutual funds) over timescales in decades is about the least risky thing you can do. You don't need a 5% return every year (that won't happen), you just need it to be the average.

... and for about the millionth, time I'm glad the US has that pesky First Amendment.

There was a part in Kon-Tiki where Heyerdahl says that after a month or so out in the ocean, they realized that it was easy to navigate between islands. First sail north or south to the latitude of your destination. Then sail east or west, maintaining the latitude to the destination. If you were confident about your position and heading, you could mix N/S and E/W motion to get there faster.

They are, but "Mormon" is being phased out in favor of "LDS".

The 3270 was the terminal, not the mainframe itself. Many happy memories...

When I was a graduate teaching assistant at a 4-year university, the re-entry students never failed to impress me. They were the most determined students I had. They weren't afraid to confront me when I made a mistake, and I made a few.

They did both real measurements and simulations that they could compare against.