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This was well worth the read. Should have gotten more attention.

6x±1: 5,7,11,13,17,19,23,25,29,31,35,37,41,43,47,49,53,55,59,61,65,67,71,73,77,79,83,85,89,91,95,97,

101,103,107,109,113,115,119,121,125,127,131,133,137,139,143,145,149,151,155,157,161,163,167,169,173,175,179,181,185,187,191,193,197,199,203,205,209,211

Is this just a poor sieve for odd-number pairs or is there something more going on within the factors of 6x±1?

Is indefinite retention and archival of all the shit put online really good for anyone other than AI feeding? When encryption eventually breaks and all our old private emails, AIMs, and other junk can be searched as easily as Shodan are we really going to be glad we have an extensive digital history?

I don't think it's as simple as more data = better.

One is owned and operated in a country of authoritarian-level data-collection and massive public propaganda and the other is owned and operated by a company in Russian which isn't any better but still determines the media narrative.

Too many environmentally minded people are under the impression that environmental preservation means holding an ecological system in stasis to prevent change. I think this is a decent article showing a few of the reasons that those ideas need a little rethinking on what it means to help the environment.

I promise you that for the most commonly used TSA approved locks, this is not true. Many models consist of 2-3 pins and can be open in 1 second by jamming anything that fits into the the channel and wiggling.

I don't think writing to Congress has really ever been the problem, I think the problem is accountability.

The two things we need to see in one place are our representatives voting records for a given topic, and accurate data about what the constituents of that representative desired.

I'm not saying this is an easy thing to solve, mostly because getting accurate data about what constituent want, and doing it correctly, essentially means building an online voting system. That isn't easy, but that is exactly what we need.

Real. Transparent. Democracy.

[Edit] The accountability application wouldn't need to be binding, it just needs to accurately show if the representative is actually representing the will of the people. It should provide one citizen one vote per pole/bill, provide information about the percentage of the constituency that's registered and voted, and compare those results to the representatives actual vote. I believe that authenticating citizens and public participation would be the biggest hurdles to a system like this.

At the very least this would raise awareness and stimulate conversations between representatives and constituents.

Encrypting everything promotes individual agency, the freedom of an individual to communicate solely (encryption) and certainly (MAC) with whomever that individual chooses. Cryptographic protocols do not inherently cause performance or logistics complications (Resource usage, content isolation) as these are side effects of other underlying issues with the technology upon which we implement cryptography and can be fixed without compromising the security of cryptography.

The only argument against pervasive solid encryption with potential validity is external-party bypassing; where the external-party is outside the intended group of involved parties (Bob & Alice) and wishes to access or manipulate the secured communications. The most obvious situation being some external authority wishing to prevent or prosecute a crime.

Traditionally, in the US, you (and your property) have agency until a warrant, subpena, or probable cause arises. At this point, and no sooner, the acting authority suspends some part of that agency for the assumed greater good of the society and begins collecting evidence through an established process. Without this suspension of agency the authority, traditionally, cannot and should not be treating you or your property with reduced agency; the authority should not be preemptively diminishing your agency by starting that evidence collection process (compromising protections) with zero probably cause.

It is the problem and responsibility of that authority, as set out by the social contract of free agents comprising our society, to reduce agency and collect evidence AFTER probably cause arises and NOT as the default against every citizen.

I agree, the fact that they are selling asymmetric internet plans should show that they're clearly aware that the average internet user pulls down far more data than they upload, but (according the Verizon) Netflix's asymmetric traffic is a complete surprise and a burden so Netflix should also pay Verizon for the additional asymmetric traffic being requested by Verizon's customers (who already paid for it).

I think this is a refreshing approach to a game. As others have mentioned, a lot of recent game development has a focus on smashing your enemies to bits with increasingly powerful moves or weapons while this game is attempting to depict the nuances of navigating a much more complex reality.

You can't just sneak up on your snarky condescending peers and squash them with a giant squeaky hammer. You have to figure out ways to coexist with them, and even sometimes cooperate, while avoiding their toxic natures.

Sometimes the solution involves finding the good peers among the bad, other times it may involve finding common ground, and perhaps sometimes it involves recognizing a lost cause and making your interactions with particularly toxic people minimal.

There are a number of reasons I'm happy to support this game. It may not get everything right, it may not become a top seller on release, but it does have a target audience and message that I personally would like to see more of in the game industry.

I don't agree with your 3rd option, I think it encourages the incorrect notion that social status == happiness.

>Tentatively concludes that priority service offered exclusively by a broadband provider to an affiliate should be considered illegal until proven otherwise.

This is still not a good proposition though. They're saying you can't offer improved service to "exclusively" your affiliates, but you can allow anyone with enough money to pay for "improved" (aka normal) service.

Things are very confusing right now but we have not made progress on Net Neutrality yet. Keep contacting the FCC and let them know that this is not good enough.

When trying to pay cash for several pre-paid cards in order to place an anonymous online order for a stroller on Amazon, the transaction was rejected and possibly reported to the authorities for suspicious behavior.

Though I agree, I think many people mistakenly interpret direct suggestions as being commentary on the junior-person/company Y's flaws and might be seen as more aggressive (asshole-ish)than having a senior-person/company X point out their own flaws. That makes X seem more humble, and more importantly, depicts success in the face of struggle as more attainable. I really think that's what provides the most benefit from his new approach; successful person/company X is not some mysterious deity that simply exists, it is the product of actions taken throughout the same process junior person/company Y has recently faced, is facing, or will face. Junior person/company Y may make, or have already made, different decisions or actions at various steps and, for better or worse, will be different because of it.

Care to cite anything about this? From a Biochemist's perspective, when done properly, chemical analysis is extremely accurate and provides a great deal of information.

"...it demonstrates that organised(sic) crime groups are acquiring technology...to produce the next generation of weapons."

Do people really think that some relatively low resolution plastic extrusion will be used to manufacturer high tech weapons?

No sources cited and a bunch of uninformed sensationalist BS.

NotTheTruthAboutGMOs.

The valve is based on the Venturi effect. The fluid flow through a constriction lowers the pressure at the constriction point. An inlet at the low pressure point will allow addition fluid at atmospheric pressure to enter through the inlet in the constriction thus adding to the total fluid through the outlet. Pretty clever use of fluid dynamics!

Dwolla started implementing some policy changes a few weeks ago regarding Mt.Gox which was a pretty good tell about something bigger coming along. I'm glad that I took the opportunity to move my funds away from Dwolla at the time and avoid this mess.

|"You know how arsenic goes inorganic—and thus poisonous—in chickens' guts?"

Correct chemistry but perhaps misleading to non-chemist readers. This is one reason that I oppose product labels advertising "green, organic, natural" products. I cannot help but think that some fickle readers will draw some association between inorganic and poisonous.