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Beeper will know only a small number of valid serial numbers

If it ever becomes popular, there will be a lot of duplicate serial numbers. That's easy to detect and ban.

Apple can break Beeper without relying on the secure enclave: If Apple devices just send their serial number (IMEI for their GSM products), their servers can refuse to talk to hardware they didn't manufacture.

I'm only suggesting password complexity as a compromise so that websites wouldn't need to implement OAuth. (Do you have a better comprise ?)

Password complexity encourages the use of password managers. They in turn remove the need to reuse passwords.

Cookie consent is just a nuisance.

Like the cancer warnings in California.

Isn't it time governments start to regulate passwords ? (They already regulate a lot of privacy issues like medical and financial history. Some governments even regulate the use of finger print authentication of employees)

For example, any website that allows users to choose normal, easy to remember passwords should meet a long list of requirements: For example security audits, bug bounties, capital reserves to deal with class action suits.

Then small websites will start either implement Open ID or encourage their users to use password manages.

If a property asks you to cancel your booking on Booking, please make sure that Booking knows the real reason.

(I'm leading a very nomadic lifestyle and I've used Booking over 50 times)

Then they should lead by example and buy carbon offsets from a reputable source.

AFAIK, Bill Gates is the only 1% er who does this.

Chinese millionaires are not leaving because they fear instability.

They are leaving because they want the luxuries of the West: Suburban lifestyle with cars, freedom to travel, freedom to invest globally, access to the best universities, access to technology like Facebook, Google and latest gadgets.

If all the millionaires moved to the same country, global inequality won't change. But the wealth of the individual countries will equalize.

Many countries would no longer have the tax revenue to pay for education, healthcare, feeding schemes etc.

Humans have been cultivating grapes for millennia and dogs were there, literally enjoying the wind fall.

So feeding your dog a few grapes doesn't make you a bad person.

Even toasted whole wheat bread is marked as toxic.

Unless you add raisins. Then suddenly it's okay.

In the real world (third world) street dogs thrive of garbage.

He gets downvoted because the real question is if burning wood causes climate change. Instead, he prefers to debate the exact meaning of closed loop.

Wood burning does not cause climate change provided it's matched by reforestation efforts.

As others point out, the real problem with wood burning is it's effects on air quality.

With the advent of Star Link, those 45 hours will be somewhat productive.

The most valuable use case is not emergencies, search and rescue.

It's tracking vehicles (big and small) in third world countries with the aim of support, crime detection, asset recovery and law enforcement.

In China, the life expectancy already exceeded that of the US. They don't need to spend more on healthcare!

Europe may have many cars, but they are smaller and drive shorter distance.

Perhaps air travel is cheaper. But wages are lower meaning people need to work more hours before they can take a flight.

Europe doesn't have food insecurity. Health is pretty good and there's a safety net. Even China scores pretty well on those points. Yet their per capita emissions are much lower than the US.

The cats I met will just take the 5 th.

Lights and TVs need a fraction of the power than they did 30 years ago.

That means they can run off USB C even though it's only speced to 180 W.

Converting an electric geyser to run from USB C should even be practical: Especially if it's a bachelor who typically only use it for showering.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#USB_Power_Deliv...

Governments regularly do terrible things in the banking system: Printing money, capital controls and mind boggling amount of red tape. With this red tape they can punish anyone who disagrees with them.

Is it "white savior complex" or is it a belief in laissez faire capitalist ideas ?

I registered a domain, paid for word press hosting, learned the set up and started writing my travel journal there. The photos display in full HD without ads.

But most family and friends forget to visit it, because Facebook is not promoting my website.

The CS101 implementation of a Vector is that the data is only moved when the size of the vector reaches k*a^n where n is an integer and a is usually 2.

Then the time it takes to move the vector to a new location is amortized as the vector grows. Then push() takes constant time.

So the CS101 is optimal for the study of computer science.

If we start doing it at scale, a lot of people will assume it will work and think it's okay to make cross country trips in a big RV.

Already there are people who think recycling will save the planet.

"An inconvenient truth" and Greta Thunberg hardly had any effect in changing policy.

So don't tell me the lies of the oil companies had any effect on policy. Congress saw the conflict of interest, but didn't want to do anything that raise gas prices.

Oil companies also know that their products are critical to the production and distribution of food and a long list of other modern day necessities. Should they cease operation and let us starve ?

Also ask them who the indigenous people of Southern Africa are. They will never acknowledge that it's the Khoisan and that the Bantu are colonizers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan

Agreed! Next they will arrest anyone critical of the government and lock them up for using end to end encryption on WhatsApp.

Yes, Microsoft really need the brand exposure /s

I'm guessing it will also make airline passengers more productive.