Introversion is not unhealthy. Being introverted means preferring a small group of close friends over a wide group of more casual friends. It is not the same as agoraphobic, which is what many people wrongly conflate introversion with. They are not the same thing.

Introverts tend to be more creative and intellectual; would you seek to 'fix' them all with mental electroshock therapy (logical fallacy used deliberately)? Differences are fine. I have no problem with fixing serious diseases with techniques such as this, but it seriously bothers me when instead people start talking about stamping out difference and individuality. Not everyone needs to fit in. We are stronger as a race for our variety.

This is not quite true. True one-time pads are not able to be brute forced, but the pad must be as long as the message (10MB file = 10MB key). This is not how quantum key exchange is expected to work. The quantum key will be measured in KB, to encrypt a secure session or file measured in MB or GB. This means that it is damn secure, but could be brute forced given enough time.

The bit rate on these quantum links is not high enough for it to be practical to exchange pads the size of the file.

One notable point is that the primary FOV of the device has double or triple the resolution of the peripheral. In other words, the point you aim at is sharper than you would expect given just a resolution of 640x400. Resolution is still an issue to be improved on, for certain, but don't dismiss it based on this alone.

Such as Google. As long as their Kansas deployment is successful, expect to see it duplicated across the US.

Redhat > Gentoo > Ubunto

Redhat because I knew no better (it was popular, and it was 1997, and I was just starting to use Linux).

Gentoo as an informed choice after being displeased with the maintenance of RPM based systems and the kludgy /etc that Redhat used.

And Ubuntu now, because I just wanted a Desktop fast without a bunch of configuration.

In the near future, I expect I'm going to switch again to another Debian based system, but with a saner default WM. I may go back to a Gentoo based distro... the compile pain gets less with every processor generation, and even more so with the switch to SSD storage.

This actually has a good chance to work. Just because Bob raped someone doesn't mean Bob's dad knows. Bob's dad goes in, gets tested, and shows up as a very close match... they have now narrowed the suspect list from 8000 to under 10.

Valve has indicated, in their public statements on the issue, that piracy has has a negligible impact on their bottom line in any market they make their product available in. Notably, they indicated that when they made their products available on day 1 in the Russian market, Russian piracy dried up.

Any bets on whether Ubisoft checks the IPs and ignores 'piracy' in areas they are not making the game available in? No takers? Didn't think so.

Are there no pesticide spraying planes NOT owned by the Emergency Management department? I can't imagine that it is that complicated or expensive to hire crop dusters.

This may be in the ToS, but it is not a practical requirement. Most parents would not want to buy 3 copies of a game for ONE COMPUTER just so their kids could play too.

Valve has, numerous times, banned users from Steam for violating policies (such as cheating). When only games are affected this is draconian, but understandable. However, what about when your kid cheats, and that gets your copy of Office taken away? All the documents you created?

This is something that will have to be addressed in the TOS before I would be comfortable putting too much in their care.

I should note the same issue affects Google... this is not unique to Steam.

I would be fine with the trackers if they stored only the most recent location a particular car was detected, and retrieving that location required either the registered owner to report it stolen, or a warrant.

As long as locations can be stored forever, and retrieved at a whim, abuse will be significant.

I have 7 sets of them. Well... technically about 6.7 sets. It's hard not to lose one here or there when you play with them nearly daily. I'm just glad that I got them now, before the ban... they are my third favorite toy, behind my computer and my phone. I make bracelets out of multiple colors as transient art (lost as soon as they stretch out and get rearranged), play with them on my desk, and use them as temporary tie tacks if I leave my mine at home.

Yes, tie tack. Don't knock it, it works!

This outlook is common, and unfortunately it is fundamentally bigoted.

"I am deserving of this job, but that brown skinned person is not! He's willing to work for less than me, and live in worse conditions than me, therefor I'm a better person. Having to compete with people who demand less sucks."

It does suck, but globalization fundamentally equalizes things. You forget that you live on 30-50K a year, while billions of people live on under $5000 a year. If some of those people currently living in such horrible conditions are able to learn enough despite the hardships of their lives in order to compete on an equal footing with you, who grew up with better access to education, sanitation, and protection than they could ever hope for, that's something to praise, not belittle.

Yes, it sucks for you, and for me, that we have to compete with people who have far lower standards than us. But get off your fucking high horse. The absolute best and most effective foreign aid that is possible for people in impoverished countries is the ability to work, and better themselves, and send some of that money home to their family. There is almost no corruption on foreign aid that comes in the form of a check from your son working stateside. It reaches the people who need it most, directly, with no graft.

Personally, I think we should end all foreign aid immediately, and also open our borders up the way they used to be. We are the land of plenty indeed, despite that it doesn't seem that way sometimes... but that's only because we have so much, we can't even imagine those who have so little.

Driving faster is not an improvement. Mileage will rise significantly if we slow down a bit. Not only that, but if it takes 45 minutes to get home doing the speed limit and reading a book, versus 38 minutes driving normally and having to watch the road, I will happily take a few extra minutes and let the car go the speed limit.

Stop downloading free apps. If you want something to work in your interests, then pay them.

I know that if someone came to my house and started doing my garden and cleaning my kitchen, and I wasn't paying them, I'd be mighty suspicious of their motives and what they were getting out of the deal. But if I'm paying them, then it's a pretty straightforward deal.

So stop installing tons of free apps, and get the paid ones instead, and worry less.