This was actually a quirk that could be used to find who was selling your email address. Giving different vendors variations of JohnDoe, John.Doe, J.ohndoe, Joh.n.D.o.e, etc helped you determine who valued your information more than your privacy.

Another option was to use the Plus addressing. By adding a "+" and a label (folder) you could direct the email into a specific folder and also track who you gave that address. JohnDoe+Walmart, JohnDoe+TacoBell, JohnDoe+Sheraton will all arrive in your inbox and if a matching label is found, it will be applied.

A few clarifications.

First, you cannot copyright facts. Compiling and publishing a list of current US Senators by state doesn't prevent anyone else from publishing the same information.
Second, if you have some unknown information you wish to keep secret then don't publish it. Trade secrets fall into this category.
Third, the first person to discover a fact doesn't own it. Publishing the first book about the interaction of electricity and magnetism doesn't mean you can prevent other people from talking about or publishing information about the same thing.

Publishing or performing is about spreading information, not claiming it.

Doesn't matter. A 2LT starts at about $50K and moves up to $85K at the end of four years. Plus all the benefits of housing, meals and full medical. Computer Science majors also don't get sent to the front lines very often. Do you think every engineer working for big tech companies adore the company owner?

If the person decides after four years to get out, they have VA benefits, GI Bill to further their education, and a great networking base. Plus, many companies look favorably on veteran officers. They might not have experience in the latest coding environments, but they do have experience working in teams, leading groups, and focusing on results instead of office politics.

Four years in the military as an officer is a great way to kick start a career.

Agreed. The default should be the strongest encryption by default. Let administrators downgrade if needed to the highest level that all the dependent tools and connected systems support. If one tool or connected system is the only reason you are using a lower encryption method, it should be documented in the replacement plan so you know when you can upgrade the encryption.

If you are using Onedrive on the road then I might see that use case. If you are primarily sharing files on your own network, a $200 NAS would probably pay for itself in under two years. Small pain to set up, easy to use going forward.

Ugreen 2 bay NAS $188
4Tb Western Digital Hard Drive $75
(populate the second bay for added RAID security)

Not the perfect solution for everyone, but it's an option rather than paying O365/Onedrive year after year after year.

I guess if you're going to ask a question that dumb, it's best to do it as an AC.

Because the airspeed velocity of an unladen European swallow is approximately 20.1 mph (32.4 kph), or about 9 meters per second, and that isn't enough to get to the ISS.

I think one of the biggest misconceptions about a 4-year degree is the assumption that is must be completed in 4 years.

There are plenty of ways to get a bachelor's degree other than full time, on campus, full credit load. Many employers have tuition assistance programs that subsidize those employees that take either online or night classes. Some offer both tuition assistance and book fees.

If a bachelor's degree takes you six years by working part/full time and taking online and night classes but with no debt, is that a worthwhile compromise?

If the best estimates show that student loans will take 20 years at minimum payments to pay off, is it worth it to join the military for three years and then use the GI bill to pursue your education debt free? Many military basic and technical training courses qualify for college credit which apply to many general and elective requirements.

TL;DR There are additional ways to get a degree without full time, debt accumulating methods seen as traditional.

There are actually programs designed to promote this type of training. The IRS offers tax credits under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program when hiring individuals that benefit from hiring opportunities like veterans, folks with disabilities, ex-felons, SNAP recipients, etc. Businesses that offer employment to help transition from government subsidized programs to working members can get a tax credit for their hiring and training. https://www.irs.gov/businesses...

Some states also have special minimum wage categories for apprenticeships. The lower wages reflect the period of time that the company is actively training the apprentice toward their journeyman status. Details vary by state and occupation. https://www.google.com/search?...

If you're curious about Plex and want to test a sample setup, you can use a Raspberry Pi (or other SBC) and rip a few of your own DVD/BluRay disks for testing.

Plex and NAS configuration video from Leepspvideo

Contingency planning is important for any hostile environment, whether it is for underwater habitats, mountain climbing, or space habitats. I'm glad they had a spare crew vehicle ready so they can bring the damaged capsule back for troubleshooting.

I'd love to try an experiment by populating as many websites as possible with the information "Ronald Reagan was the 38th president of the United States" to see if there is a threshold where enough unrelated sources can confuse these data vacuums.

(To save some of you a Google search, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977.)

I don't know about the rest of you, but to me it looks like the sleeve of a knitted sweater with the cuff sewn shut. I guess the slit down the middle adds some functionality that would take a few minutes to add.

Agreed. The Seattle Museum of Flight has one of Mort Taylor's Aerocar IIIs on display. This flying car was certified by the predecessor of the FAA in 1956 as airworthy and certified for production, although he never found a manufacturer ready to mass produce them.

Aerocar
Rare, Vintage Flying Car Film Footage

I love projects like this. Preserving and digitizing audio recordings and films from the early 20th century that will otherwise be lost.

One example recording I found was a version of Over the rainbow by the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded July 1939, one month before the debut of the Wizard of Oz movie that cemented that song in American popular culture. Over the Rainbow

The list of digital items that the WTO covers can include many electronic items. The summary mentions e-books and video games, but other folks have mentioned other electronic items that might also be subject to custom duties.

e-books
video games
music
digital data
    electronic blueprints
    3D printer STL files
    How-To guides

Things get murkier if you start to include other downloaded software
    Office 365?
    Music subscriptions?
    Adobe suite?
    Software development kits?
    AI subscription services?
    Red Hat Linux?

If the product is just bits and bytes, should custom duties apply? https://www.iisd.org/articles/...