I see value in this piece, but I still think it's overly negative. Nation states with almost unlimited surveillance capabilities is worrisome and do not mean to slight that, but it's operating on leaky bucket model.
A bucket leaks if it has a single small hole somewhere below the waterline. Security of computer systems is sometimes thought about along the same lines in that attackers only need to find a single vulnerability but defenders need to protect against them all. But this ignores resource constraints. Your defenses only need to be strong enough to deter potential attackers, to be too difficult to bother with, to be too costly to breach. There are targets that are "too" valuable to derive protection from this.
The bucket thinking also abstracts out the value of privacy. It's not merely hiding things-it's also about intimacy, avoiding abuses of state power and so on. That's what is lost with bucket thinking.
TBH EVE is one of the best games I solely don't play because I don't want to spend the time on it, not because it's not to my taste. The last time I tried out the trial I had fun (soon before they went free), but playing the game the way I wanted to play it would have taken at least 10 hours a week.
Station trading was my unexpected favorite thing in EVE since you could make a bank in it, it only took a five minute to log in and do your business and it's . Then I'd also wanted to play two other characters, one space pirate menace whose exploits are financed by the trading profits and one goody two shoes to participate in player factions and such.
Also lmao The Mittani is still obnoxious and still playing. A true legend of not logging off.
Having never played the game nor not knowing much about it, I've seen people be horny for the spring fairy, the vaguely fantasy arabic race of buff ladies (?), basically anyone who seems like an adult (I guess). You'd gather that this was some R rated sexploitation game at this point....
My version of So What would be just the names of the Kind of Blue crew written in blocks below a straight line of blocks, with Mario having to do nothing but run right towards a blocky saxophone.
A Fan’s Notes - unsolicited praise for sports writer Jon Bois
THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.
IDK about you but I am somehow feeling major Adventure Time vibes from this plot summary
This sounds a lot like a Sonic stage music: Casiopea - Mint Jams (1982) - Midnight Rendezvous
Tiny Kingdom Builder - puzzle game about building little kingdoms
This bluegrass song samples John Cage's 3'44"
Inspirobot generated "motivational" memes are better than the real thing tbh. Attempt #2.
A New Era: 5 Ingredients Mom Now Considers Taco Stuff
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I see value in this piece, but I still think it's overly negative. Nation states with almost unlimited surveillance capabilities is worrisome and do not mean to slight that, but it's operating on leaky bucket model.
A bucket leaks if it has a single small hole somewhere below the waterline. Security of computer systems is sometimes thought about along the same lines in that attackers only need to find a single vulnerability but defenders need to protect against them all. But this ignores resource constraints. Your defenses only need to be strong enough to deter potential attackers, to be too difficult to bother with, to be too costly to breach. There are targets that are "too" valuable to derive protection from this.
The bucket thinking also abstracts out the value of privacy. It's not merely hiding things-it's also about intimacy, avoiding abuses of state power and so on. That's what is lost with bucket thinking.