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anon7429··on TSA announces “biometrics vision for all commercial aviation travelers”
Yup. Same tactic as economy plus and biz class... misery to sell upgrades
anon7429··on How law enforcement is trying to avoid disabling Face ID
Re rubberhose security: Face ID and Touch ID were both major security blunders by Apple because these enable security services and criminals to compel anyone to unlock their devices and incriminate/rob themselves. Only what someone knows, rather than what someone has, cannot be chopped off, presented or forcibly-applied to unlock a device... revealing information under duress is a choice, having a fingerprint taken to unlock a device is not a choice.
anon7429··on On Cash
Widening the digital divide and discriminating against people.
anon7429··on A brief romantic encounter at UC-Davis triggered an absurd Title IX process
Never. Trust. A. Woman.

Period.

It ain't worth it.

anon7429··on How to Get Things Done When You Don't Feel Like It
Heavy doses of atomoxetine, clonidine, mirtazapine and procrastination. WFM.
anon7429··on FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals
Exactly. It's a step away from registering paper airplanes.
anon7429··on FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals
Seriously. It's like this phony electronics ban on flights. Eliminating all risks in one are is insane and unreasonable because it's so often to the detriment of everything and everyone else. Next, laser pointers will be outlawed because some idiot might shine them towards a plane. Instead of eliminating RC planes and model rockets for an edge-case that can never happen, maybe the FAA should focus on things that matter like human factors.
anon7429··on The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care
My grandmother, on good days, thinks my mom is her sister, that some mysterious individual is going to buy them all new homes and take her away from the nursing home. Most days though, my grandmother is mean to anyone around. Nursing home staff must grow very thick skin.
anon7429··on Viral “Manspreading” video is said to be staged Russian propaganda
Not "sew," it's not ripped clothing; "sow" as in the seeds of revolution.
anon7429··on Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job to mental health issues
CBD helped me significantly.
anon7429··on Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?
It depends on where one is at in life. I would move to such a place to retire, but not just starting out.

Prague is relatively cheap.

Also, some of the college towns in the US if they're not nestled within major metros.

Tokyo, SF, NYC, London, Moscow, etc. are where the action is at: for people whom can compete and afford a lifestyle unsustainable for anyone else.

anon7429··on Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts (2015)
Secretive? Hardly. Any deca-/centimillionaire can point you toward good tax accountants whose job it is to minimize their client's tax burden within a certain gray zone. For more wholesale tax avoidance, putting it in non-self-destructing art would be far better than hiding it in gems or unstable cryptocurrencies.
anon7429··on Climate report: Scientists politely urge 'act now, idiots'
Enjoy life while you can, it won't be here for long.
anon7429··on Naming the Unspoken Thing:Inside the Bay Area’s crazy secret underground parties
Wow. People these days must be square and boring. Heck, I remember a coworker's birthday bash on a Half Moon Bay beach with turntables, booze and bonfire til 4 am and people trying to steal our rented generator. If that's "pushing boundaries," I want to know where to turn in my cool kids' card.
anon7429··on Naming the Unspoken Thing:Inside the Bay Area’s crazy secret underground parties
Afterparty raves are a "scene" now? smh.
anon7429··on Banksy painting ‘self-destructs’ on podium in auction prank – Financial Times
Banksy is my spirit animal.
anon7429··on Apple Insiders Say Nobody Knows What’s Going on with Bloomberg's Hack Story
Big claims require equally big evidence and big sources, otherwise it's he said/she said. I'm doubtful about the story but not against it entirely until more evidence and sources can be presented. If not, it smells like clickbait trying desperately to get traffic, and they just flushed their reputations down the drain.
anon7429··on Hadoop Needs to Be a Business, Not Just a Platform
Cloudera doesnt have a managed cloud platform with (consulting) prof svcs?
anon7429··on Dear young people, "Don't Vote" [video]
Ralph Nader spoke recently at the Politics and Prose bookstore in DC about how few people it takes leading through action to get change done if public opinion backs them.

https://youtu.be/OWxc_kYmPTE

anon7429··on A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills
Non-Americans may not realize: In America, going to the ER, it's possible and often happens that someone can be billed any random, unlimited amount for 10 seconds of interaction: $3,150 for "consultation." Yes. Heck, you don't even need to be seen to be billed. As soon as they collect personal information, despite not being seen, they can and do still try to bill you randomly regardless. One ER in the Bay Area has a security guard whose job it is to collect Social Security or tax identifiers from people before they can speak to anyone in the hospital.
anon7429··on The Dead Beneath London's Streets
The Cataacombs in Paris are cool, I cannot recommend them as an unconventional tourist attraction enough. Just don't try to steal any bones or you will join them... a simple house rule.
anon7429··on Companies headquartered in California can no longer have all-male boards
Uppercase Liberal politicians and their education wizards (those who forgot liberal values, but would rather inflict collective punishment as a "solution") had forced bussing of kids in Northern California in the 80's and 90's. I had to ride the bus for an hour and a half each way, three hours total per day, because there were "too many" whites and Asians at a better school one block from where I lived. And I got to deal with gangs (XIV and XIII), drug dealers and far worse. Getting up at 4:15 am and not getting home until after 5 pm... at 8-11 years old. Affirmative action, my left foot.