"Company that cares nothing about customer privacy suddenly cares about customer privacy."

They sell every single text message you send to third parties with analyze and resell your data in order to screw you. And now we're just concerned about hackers with 4 pieces of information.

...not if any of these volunteers have anything to say about it:
https://themodernmodem.wordpre...

Perhaps something like this?
https://themodernmodem.wordpre...

Or perhaps we're ignoring the inherent insecurity of current cell networks. Granted, an alert like this is most likely akin to a broadcast radio alert, but we're still ignoring cell security.

A NASA engineer googled, "is there an 8th planet"

Before you start to dislike this comment, I am an American, so this is just a self-critical look. Just hear me out.

Our society (at least in the western world) is a very "me" focused society. Our computers are very personal; snooping in someone else's account feels very violating.

So it's only natural that we try to keep people out. Locks on our doors; security cameras on walls; passwords to lock computers. Individualism drives our desire for security.

But in other cultures (and maybe people in non-Western countries can expound on this) an person's mindset is more community-minded. If one person is in trouble, the whole community rallies around the person; it comes so naturally that it's odd to hear about.

So maybe the key to security is expelling our Western mind; Maybe we can obtain a more perfect security if we do some other sort of authentication, like group authentication. Perhaps I press a button to log in, then at least three of my friends have to okay that request. Terrible idea to begin with (a whole host of problems undoubtedly follow), but perhaps if we start there we can get somewhere.

The economy's just "recovering."

Article says

> Presidential candidate Marco Rubio recently "fired off a letter (PDF) to the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to *allow states* to block municipal broadband services.

This is nothing about Rubio being anti-broadband. He's only supporting state governments having a say in what economy they want. To people not living in the U.S., this is what makes America different.

Yes, he's being funded by a large corporation, but what candidate isn't?

I just use the desk I have. Whenever I need to stand I just put my monitor on one box and my keyboard and mouse on another box. I have a tall box for my monitor (so that it's at eye level) and a short, wide box for my keyboard and mouse (so they're about hip level).

For intervals I usually have a chime on my watch as a cue to stand. Then I stand for 15 minites (or longer, if I'm feeling like a champion) and sit down again until the next chime.

The debate that keeps raging is an all-or-nothing debate. To be completely wide open and give the entire Internet your fridge or live in a stone home without even a PC?

Why not just leave things interconnected within the home without any way (physical or remote) to access out from the outside? Or if a user wants updates, include an Ethernet cable that can be easily unplugged when not updating and plugged in when updating.

This is security + convenience at its best. :-)

With this design the only way that the system can be cracked is if someone was in the home, I which case the homeowner would have a lot more to worry about than a cyber cracker.

This is simple, people. Stupid simple.

When Columbia had a mild winter that's linked to climate change.
When Scandinavia got more rain than usual in November that's linked to climate change.
When Canada experienced an unusually warm winter that's linked to climate change.
OMG, GUYS! THID IS SERIOUS! WE LIVE ON A PLANET WHERE THE CLIMATE CHANGES!

The app will detect when you know what product you want and inform store associates to harass you and ask if you need any help... ...and detect when you're lost and tell the employees it's their lunch break.

Argh! I've always hated these math problems!

Man, science is getting weird!

Well, my company is recuiting an army of mutant squirrels! We'll see who wins!