>> Australia passes world’s first law authorizing encryption backdoors
First only as far as a law known to the state's citizens.
I was working on a compression and encryption idea late 80s, very early 90s albeit with too higher a price on compute power which I was hoping to improve -- fortunately I bumped into a bloke though attending a module to improve design who also worked for a company developing software which used encryption, primarily targeting a particular market overseas which would also see sales flow into other countries eventually. On telling him what I was working on he took the time to have a long chat as he lay out the difficulties he and the company he worked for had to deal with especially in regard to this country; as to be able to market the product there, the programs would need a back door ... from what I heard, I'd assume that all sold there at that time had a back door. It was a significant moment for it changed the path I was on, being apparently more or less pointless, I reluctantly moved on as it wasn't worth any more time to provide a free open source program that got around the sale aspect.
Funny thing is, myself online I couldn't give a rats if whomever in those 3 and 4 letter organisations around the world could see my emails, mailing lists etc.
Well one can be sure that social media that doesn't target and then funnel vulnerable kids into dark areas, or doesn't disregard child welfare and safety for a few bucks or doesn't use algorithms to create endless engagement, isn't hurting the kids that much.
However to those who can point to people they know who've been to taken to court by their kid basically because they wanted their kids to get off the fucking smart phone and do some homework set by school or catch on an area they've not understood so well ... maybe addictive social media is an agent of harm.
In Australia the public was very much unhappy with social media and where recommendations where taking their more vulnerable children - reportedly some pretty dark morbid areas, not a thing that slowly evolved, just in a short time, wham. The govt iirc end 10's, asked social media to do something about it - too hard.
The laws here have now changed, no more tv stations posting car stealing videos of kids streaming their crimes for cred. Now just like cars, and now some ebikes in Australia, those under 16 should not be using them in public areas. Of course parents of the more robust and capable kids, permit them to ignore these laws, confident the likelihood of harming themselves or others is near zero.
I would say the culture one exists in, has a greater impact on what the norm is for time outside of work. I'd also note one can be surrounded by people but still unable to form any deeper friendship than what exists with the average work associate, so for some guys it should be no surprise their best friend ever is their own spouse.
>Julie Menanno, a couples therapist and attachment-theory expert who is the author of the best seller Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime, thinks the larger issue is that men, married or not, don’t even process the fact that they crave connection. “They’re so disconnected from their emotional-relationship needs that they don’t realize, ‘Hey, I feel lonely.’”
Maybe cultural differences is why I think that has to be the oddest thing to hear a relationship specialist claim.
A lot of married guys I've known (I am myself perpetually single, though seem to be some sort of sounding board for whatever reason) are generally acutely aware if their wife or someone they consider a close friend has withdrawn without any apparent good reasons [1] and are frustrated they not able to connect with their spouse or friend as they once did.
Single guys who've missed finding their sweethearts by their early mid 20s, until a time they still feel not too old to consider the possibility of a wife and perhaps children are generally not about to admit how lonely they feel or immerse themselves in that loneliness - they're more likely to be too busy to notice, life just happens as they work, look for work and spend their moments away from work, with friends and family, fleeting relationships, and casual hookups, while perhaps dwelling on reasons, fate or providence, a need to have a better job, etc, for why they can't seem to find that special someone.
[1] extra commitments due to more work, community involvement, club, P&C (school) association or charity events ...
Not in Australia [1] :) but loss of insects has been observed globally for a few years. [2]
Each year in my locale - Central North Queensland, we've observed less and less insects around the lights at night, less waves of seasonal beetles ... apart from flying ants, it's been about 2 years or more since I've experienced a period where the nights brought a gathering, albeit small in number of little moths.
If only mosquitoes and horse flies in my parts would go the same way ... but that's probably all the little birds and bats are living on.
It's an interesting take / observation on why various people adopt some information from a hard source and later updates or suggestions towards what might be a more accurate explanation are more or less dismissed.
I however reading the article found only what I would consider an abstract: the basis of what sort of new data was later dismissed, hard figures, and an actual study are not included and the article reads more as a thought exercise with appropriate explanations. Still for a certain set of people, I feel it is a very good take like those who've built their role or identity around being right / point of authority in that field, and in an ongoing process of adopting new information quickly by fitting it in around what they already know.
The article however does not delve into mechanisms like denial, and completely misses an important area, more so given the rise of a global anti science cult which has gained great political power over the last decade, any measured level of scepticism on the part of a person who might disregard a correction due to a form of political interference from high above.
The idea all wrong doings should be forgiven ... but with things that defy the norms, IMHO the best one can do is arriving at an understanding for the why, factoring in the reasons and circumstances can be a huge help to one's mental well being, and finally move to a point were one can be civil to the wrongdoer, but always guarded around them or their friends.
Those like myself that choose to view dead posts do see these posts. Not everyone will go back to the last time they visited, maybe a couple of pages of submissions. If from my limited background an otherwise dead topic feels it might meet the site's requirements I can then vouch for. Sometimes there are some sites the algorithm or mods have ... put aside ... that vouching does not help, it stays dead.
Given a long term member (akerl_) replied with what I also think is the troublesome domain - that reply has been marked dead - a guess dead just for containing the site's details ... If I were to guess, no amount of vouching would help. I see another you've submitted since, but from my perspective using the ruler of a good member, it does not meet the threshold - it is about converting some video of a lecture the reader has little idea how interesting it might be for them.
HN has some guidelines regarding the nature of topics it would like ... and how to present them. Better results to be had if the lecture topic is something you think HN members would find interesting.
Edit: too much hurry, not read properly ... skimming always gets me into trouble.
Things that fit the purpose, work, still just as relevant or are very nostalgic keep an interest.
Digital receipts may be nice, but there's an old saying along the lines that to really foul things up just use a computer. It shouldn't be that way, a well managed database with sure fire back ups isn't a problem ... the problems fall more often to, poor backups, an inability to quickly search the database either being a poorly designed database or one with a very poor limited interface ... at other times it's just PEBKAC.
But paper receipts are also easy to lose if one has entrusted a clown to pick up supplies, as well as theft if the receipt is more than just a general invoice.
Smart phones though ... ymmv ... after having an android ... or two fubar unexpectedly, suddenly with little apparent hope of retrieving any data ... email dockets stored in some secure stable email server [never the fubar prone device] are decidedly a better option.
As for memory - It did remind me though of a song parody by John Safran - Not The Sunscreen Song
>If you're nervous about an exam, ring up your school to schedule time, and make a bomb threat. [1] [2]
[1] https://www.songlyrics.com/john-safran/not-the-sunscreen-son... [lyrics with clickable load for video]
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n67i-QbJaw [parody song]
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