Typical journalists have such a kids-world view of intelligence. “Wouldn’t the big important people be the only ones allowed to see the big important secrets?”, recently on major broadcaster.
Obcure New Law
§ Any internet entity requiring an identity test to use their services must provide, in visual proximity to main user interface elements, another such element that a) provides complete activity log and content of the account as downloadable, b) provides an option to delete the account, the log, and the content immediately.
ServePro is the straight version of those heavy-set guys ambling into their bosses' crime scene with bubble wrap and shop vacs, right?
Defending against AI Lobbyists - Schneier on Security
This piece is by Nathan Sanders, guest blogging on Bruce’s site. A decent read and the comments aren’t all batshit crazy, which is nice.
A lot of “White America” is really freaking the fuck out, huh? 😀
This is somehow poetically apt, almost selbstsatire for Twitter’s impending implosion into irrelevance.
[ Note: this is recent and apparently for real. The ad I mean. Not the content they’re hawking, Carol. ]
I am really glad I like crullers because it is so much fun to say ‘crullers’.
What Makes Polly Tick?
“Let’s not make this political!” is the best way to ensure that the discussion will remain almost exclusively political. Polly want a cracker…? Let’s face it. Some people believe the weak and unlucky deserve, or have at least earned, their fate. You are poor or sick or dead because of what you did. Others believe weakness and ill-fortune are symptoms and temporary, not permanent causes, not inevitable cosmic justice. They are the outcome of capitalism’s relentless algorithm busily harvesting human value, unrestrained by reason or empathy.
Jack Herren Band — Casino
“I have a tiny head!”
Disclosure re Mind:
When I say the word “mind” out loud, in my head I am often saying “idea banger” instead.
Sometimes it is how my brain deals with ideas, other times it is my little sausage state of mind.