countrybama24

>So what is the hack that keeps us from constantly taking our luxuries for granted?

Meditation, traveling to developing countries, constantly reminding yourself how much you enjoy little things like music, coffee, talking to friends etc. Works for me at least.

Nothing like going without a hot shower or first world plumbing for several weeks can make you appreciate all the little luxuries we enjoy.

10M annually, or 3.3% of the US population. Religious charities are great, but they're not a substitute for a national safety net.

I agree. The first thing I thought was that this framing is really just showing people think they'll be happier with more money, which is the orthodox that the 70K study claims to refute.

And when other agents use appearance to form judgements about one another. Part of white/male privilege is having role models that look like you. It makes you feel and be treated as more of an "in-group" member. This shouldn't really be controversial, it's human nature. The response (Black Girls Code) is rational and I think it's sorely needed.

Well looking at the industry overall, I'd be surprised if the conferences met national averages in terms of overall diversity. But why do that when we have a "good mix" according to the dominant group.

But it offends white people by bringing up race. They really would just rather not talk about it.

Ah, the classic appeal to "innate abilities" and "culture" to explain why an oppressed group is disadvantaged. I guess you're asking an epistemogical question of how we can ever really "know" if oppression (slavery, sexual violence, genocide, idk how much history you've read) would explain inequality upon those lines. I don't know the answer, but I'm probably gonna go with occams razer on this one.

The overall number of posts creates the basis for a ratio that demonstrates interests amongst divergent topics. In this case, yours have been placed under suspicion for defending a libertarian viewpoint and separately, one that maintains white privilege. I believe the frequent intersection between these views was the basis for his comment. I'm sure you disagree though.

True.

Bingo. Everyone is replaceable over a long enough timeframe.

Equity analyst here. The people following those companies don't know dick either. And the CFA doesn't give you ANY credentials (certainly not just level I) regarding business strategy. Stop listening to people based on titles and credentials and start evaluating (and critiquing) their arguments.

My opinion? Microsoft is expanding revenue but losing it's core business slowly. I think they'll look pretty good for the next couple of years until viable competitors to Office come along. All these other sources of revenue are contingent upon their traction in enterprise, something that's unlikely to change in the short or medium term but when it does will very unpleasant for them.

So if some of the worlds most elite biometric hacking experts need 48 hours, knowledge of the registered finger AND an almost perfect print left on the phone, I think it actually proves how secure the system actually is. If this was that easy they would have cracked it Friday, but it clearly took them several attempts despite being (some of, if not) the best in the world at forging fingerprints.

Yes you can't change your fingerprint, but you can change which is registered on the device (or with the bank, or whatever) and I'm guessing financial transactions outside of iTunes might require a passcode also. It's just another layer of optional security. Clearly it shouldn't be relied on as a foolproof, 100% secure authentication system but it certainly shrinks to pool of people who can gain access to my phone from "anyone who sees me unlock it several times a day" to "fingerprint forgery experts and highly sophisticated and motivated criminals."

If you're really concerned about this, just register part of the finger that isn't the tip, and get in the habit of smudging the home button afterwards. I usually only touch the phone with my finger tips or palm, and you could register, for example, a part of the finger under the knuckle that almost never touches the device except to authenticate the print.

Of course if CCC knows which finger was registered, AND has a perfect print left on the device AND they know which print corresponds to the finger registered on the device, of course they can crack it. But if they have to guess which print on the device cracks it, I'm willing to bet they trigger the 5 failed attempts which then requires a passcode (and 10 failed attempts wiping the phone, although this is optional).

This means there are more than 10 options (which finger AND what part of each finger) you could use as a print. The oft cited scenario of police being able to compel you to input your print assumes they know what part of your hand unlocks the phone. They can't make me divulge the part of my hand thats registered just like they can't make me divulge my password.