Yes they are. In fact, I am in love with a Twitterbot. Her name is Olivia Taters.

The solution has been around for a long time. If people would use password managers, then they could use better (and unique) passwords. I've never had an account compromised, and I believe that is in large part because, thanks to Apple's Keychain, I'm using strong, unique passwords for every account I sign up for. Every Apple computer has come with this integrated password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my oldest passwords go), but idiots don't use it. I have no idea what the situation is like for Windows users, but I'm guessing you'd have to pay for one, and it might not be as well integrated, as far as working with apps. Every OS should come with a password manager, enabled by default, and with a strong password generator.

"Unfortunately many social scientists have long denied that there is a biological basis to race."

This is not my field, but clearly, people from different parts of the world look very obviously different. I've never understood how that could not be biologically, or genetically, based. It just seems logical that there might be other differences. This is true of every other animal, when populations become separated. It is unfortunate that people immediately start ranking traits as superior or inferior.

I haven't read the book, but the author's statement that, "opposition to racism should be based on principle, not on the anti-evolutionary myth that there is no biological basis to race," seems eminently sensible. It's always disappointing when politics influence research, but it happens far more often than many people think.

Computers and code always function perfectly, and never fail. Have you ever had a computer crash while you were doing something important? Of course not. I will happily put my life, (and yours), in the hands of a computer.

Maybe in Lake Wobegon. As someone who drives over 10,000 miles per month, (and has an excellent view of the road), let me assure you that your made-up statistics are wildly optimistic. From what I see, most car drivers are barely conscious of what they're doing, and behave like they're defending territory.

That's right. Give a kid free internet, he has free internet for six months. Teach a kid how to collect and analyze packets, he has free internet for life.

People ought to know by now that the internet is not "private." You can't expect privacy from providers. Everyone is responsible for their own security. You can't store something on someone else's server and expect no one will ever look at it, unless you've encrypted it, and encrypted it on your own machine. The only area where we don't have this control is with email, since it takes two to encrypt. But that's not your email provider's fault.

Wish I had mod points, I couldn't agree more. I liked the web better before the commercial gold rush. Of course, I've been blocking ads since they began appearing, so that's not a big problem - but content was better before, IMO. And the whole spying game began with, and continues to be driven by, advertisers.

I wonder what would happen if we opened the border in both directions? Let their workers come up, let our investors go down, (I'm not talking about maquiladoras, I'm talking about changing Mexican law). It might even out after a while.

I don't really understand why this is an issue. Neither Google nor Facebook ask for IDs. I don't use my real name on either service, or anywhere else on the internet. In fact, their insistence on "real names" kinda gives you some cover. If a potential employer ever asked me for my Facebook password, I can plausibly say that I have no Facebook account, which they can verify by searching under my real name.

If your password manager lives on your own computer, and you don't access it remotely, you have little to worry about. That is, unless you're the kind of person that has to worry about someone willing to break into your home and install a key-logger. This is not a problem for the vast majority of users. Regardless, it's a much better solution than using the same simple password for everything.

Mac OS has come with a very good password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my passwords go, anyway), and it's trivial to use it to generate unique passwords, which is what I do for every account I sign up for. I've never had an account compromised in all that time, yet almost everyone else I know has.

That is, in large part, why it's in there. But, a lot of people are unaware of of acetaminophen's toxicity, and others will use it anyway, out of desperation, making it the "denatured alcohol" of drug prohibition. Instead of Jake leg, you get liver failure.

Myself, I won't take anything except aspirin when I want a simple over-the-counter pain reliever, and always insist on acetaminophen-free opiates.

Soon, you won't be able to. Already, you can't buy a new car without all of that crap, and you can't get Photoshop without connecting yourself to Adobe's servers. TVs are next, and soon enough, everybody selling any kind of appliance will be implementing some kind of so-called "smart" technology, so that shit won't work without an internet connection. Better stock up on appliances now.

Right, what he said. Vacuum-sealing doesn't work, nor does trying to hide the odor among more pungent odors. You can't fool a dog's nose. What you can do is encourage a dog to alert, even when it detects no drugs, (or whatever it's been trained to alert for).

This is great news! (at least for Americans). See? We are not the only idiots denying climate change. Take that, rest of the World!