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Comment Sorry if this is a bit unrelated... (Score 1) 169

While it seems that generally this act does seem a bit overexcessive (the reactions here seem somewhat overblown, though), with regards to the actual issue of sex trafficking, are there any numbers on what part of the field are consenting entities and what fraction are being exploited? That might shed more light on whether or not this law is a necessary precaution against exploitative trafficking crimes.

To be clear, well, I think that prostitution of the legal sort, that is, between consenting adults, is not much of a problem (I mean, in today's society, I think that we'd be less fearful of sexuality), but vulnerable people being exploited is a very important issue to be addressed, and in many places people still have to get over their misconceptions about sex and in addition empower people, as through feminism, to be educated enough to help avoid those sorts of exploitation and reduce that kind of scenario.

Comment Thanks, Prof. Hawking! (Score 1) 307

Computer reboot jokes aside, thanks for all your contributions to science and inspiration to all those students of science everywhere. And of course, all the handicapped people who are given hope by your story. May you finally be at peace and rejoin the cosmos you devoted yourself to studying.
See you at your time travel party; in the meantime, so long and thanks for all the fish!

Comment Re:Why? (Score 2) 74

AppOps allowed you to control some permissions, but it got remove/disabled in later Android versions. XPrivacy, which also allows some finer permission control, still functions well, and it has the ability to pass fake data to applications that request it. If you have CM it will probably have the PrivacyGuard tool built in, which also can restrict app access to data, like contacts and other personal stuff.

Comment Re:It was dumb at first glace (Score 1) 139

Generally higher education teachers don't allow excessive Wikipedia usage in research, and if they make it clear why not to use it, even better. And with the large numbers of students in the system, having every one of them go to the library for research is more impractical, especially if you live in a smaller town with a library that isn't as big, without as many resources.

Comment Re:Who will get (Score 1) 360

That likely won't bother the government. They can easily perform operations through other countries.
Considering the majority likely don't even get internet (or they get the NK Govt's version of it), this probably wouldn't be that bothersome to their govt. as they probably have their own backup systems in place for access. In a way, NK has been already "cut the cable" on many things.

Comment Re:The missing information here: is it feasible? (Score 1) 189

Corning Glass did a test regarding it, but they are probably a little biased toward themselves, as they manufacture Gorilla Glass. Nevertheless, there are some advantages Gorilla Glass does have over sapphire.
I suppose sapphire glass solutions can possibly be implemented, but without some major improvements it'll probably just be a more expensive end-product with a bit more benefit.

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