Does it include blocking third party sites? It's the main reason I block ads - and I'm not using adblocker, but third party site blockers like RequestPolicy and DNS blocking.

I don't mind seeing non-intrusive ads, but I don't like being tracked by third parties.

...who cares, given that we have a backup of life?
It's not like their "good life" is making it worse here. (Quite the opposite, given investment on earth.)

""Never before in our history have enemies outside the United States been able to propagate genuinely dangerous ideas on American territory in such an effective way"

I first thought he was talking about the idea that people might go to jail for merely visiting webpages.

When did "open" become "you need to be certified"?

Would they also like to force everyone to buy guns that can only shoot blank ammunition?

I'd like to see that debate.

I wonder, what kind of roads and tyres are involved here?

I can't remember having a problem with wet roads while driving in a way that wouldn't be seriously uncomfortable - unless there's a few inches of water on the road or I'm driving crazy cars (like that 700hp Cadillac test car with slicks that didn't want to move with or without traction control). Am I just getting way too good tyres?

Unless the "wet" is frozen. But that's a completely different game.

But if anyone builds me a car that warns me of black ice in advance, I'd like it.

People just get so angry when bad driving is identified by sound.

...I know I haven't managed to replace serial ports. I haven't found any stable RS232 converter on USB...

Either drivers don't work, or everything I get is badly made (fake?).

Kind of weird that *serial* ports don't work well on an *universal serial bus*. But ah well.

Footnote: I work with OS-less devices (ARM7, 32kB RAM/256kB ROM). If a worm manages to target these IoT devices I will be _very_ impressed.
It will probably happen eventually, but I _will_ be impressed.

"The worm is detected by almost all security vendors, but it seems that it is still being used because modern day IoT devices can't yet run security products."

I thought Conficker worked on *Windows* OS. That can run antivirus.

"but it seems that it is still being used because modern day IoT devices can't yet run security products."

I'll allow you to say this when a worm is targeting Receivers or Fridges. Or even Raspberry PI. Not when the targeted item is running Windows.

If Rust, the compiler and everything is written in Rust, then I would trust it.

It looks like it's written in big parts in C and C++.

Don't know if it's glue to the rest of the system or that Rust wasn't good enough.
Maybe someone can elaborate?

I thought Bosch wrote that code and told WV not to use it like that. Anyway, it's probably written in Simulink.

Personally, I think humanities majors should be good at math too. (And, for that matter, journalists and politicians.)

Of course the level of math you need to have varies. But I don't think you can be a "good" programmer without understanding logic.

Certainly you don't need the single spearhead knowledge of a single or a few topics that a "math major" gets. And you can probably ignore most of calculus and analytic algebra. But knowing trigonometry and signal theory will most likely make you better and higher paid pretty quickly. Being able to look up and study the math you need at the moment, quite certainly so.

But that doesn't mean that a lot of girls that think they are bad at math should stay away from trying programming. Girls specifically have a tendency to undervalue their own knowledge. (While guys tend to overvalue.) (I personally think this behaviour is social training.)

If you think you are bad at math but programming comes easy, you might find that you weren't actually bad at math.

Interesting.

A problem I have (and a temporary solution) is that ads come from a third party site. Usually the same few networks. I don't like being tracked by third party sites and I see no reason to view their content, so I simply DNS block common ad networks and third-party-content block them in the browser. This is causing the problem that I don't pay for the sites I visit (the adblock problem) and of course I can't visit sites that demand the third party site content to show (DNS block),
but there is at least very low risk for tracking and third party malvertising.

A solution as I see it would be that ads are given as images and reported as statistics, so that the main site can repack them (removing any exploits), display them without tracking me more than usual and report the displays to the advertisement network. (It would also have the benefit that any annoying flash ads and popups would go away, which would benefit the advertisers in the long run - less ad blocking.) (I presume clickthroughs can go to the advertisement network so they can keep track of that part.)

...they could start by eliminating everything that makes it hard to concentrate and focus when you actually want to.

I have a hard time concentrating when the environment is noisy.
Interruptions can totally ruin my _day_ of production.
Lack of motivation ruins my creativity.

So if you want a productive environment, I really don't think forcing people to stare at an IDE is the solution.
Get rid of the cubicles, let people be in personal spaces (rooms) with 1-2 people. Make sure fans and other noise sources are silent. Get rid of drafts. Make the environment friendly and not sterile.
Make sure you don't schedule meetings during the day when people need to stay focused. Put them in mornings or late afternoons (before or after a long creative period).
Make sure your people feel involved in the project and the company. Give praise on any progress. Get involved and try to understand what's going on (details are not needed for this). Listen to them, the needs (for projects and for the workplace environment and need for time off). Send people on educations, workshops and courses to keep the skills updated (after their needs and wishes).

Trust them or the motivation is lost. Never micromanage. Get bosses and leaders that are good at being bosses leaders. (Don't promote to incompetence.)

It's not that hard.