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Comment · 4 years ago
> Please explain why this is different from traveling to any other country.

My guess is that the "trigger" for "any other country" is much higher.

Criticize the US President all you like on every social network: not a problem.

Save a screenshot of Winnie the Pooh: you're playing with fire.

Comment · 4 years ago
> This event happens so rarely

Does it though?

Also: I wear a helmet or a belt every single time I drive even for 1km. Should I not? I never needed them. 0% use rate so far for me, might as well not have done it.

The issue is that when it happens, you're done.

Considering that you probably don't need to keep all your eggs in one basket, why not at least try?

On this note, I wish providers were forced to provide a third-party backup mechanism for important data so that if I were to lose:

- the email: it could forward my email to at least receive them

- my photos: a copy could be kept on multiple hostings

etc

Comment · 4 years ago
Correct. All of our food contains parasites, pathogens, and deadly chemicals, even those we eat the most like pork, salmon and cassava. The difference is that we learned how to deal with those risks. Literally water can be fatal sometimes, this issue is not specific to bugs.

The study at hand specifically mentions that further research is required in order to reach the same level of safety for bugs as well.

I don’t think there’s an exact correlation between safety and “what we eat,” which is rather more a consequence of availability and customs. Lots of countries don’t eat horse meat or snakes. Neither one is particularly unsafe.

Comment · 4 years ago
It’s right there in the document, assuming that the comma here was a typo:

> Despite, food preparation processes parasite allergens may still be detected.

Comment · 4 years ago
> wait at least 10 minutes after detecting an AirTag before causing it to emit a noise

Wait, anyone in my building can make an AirTag go off? Can't wait to annoy a few people at 3am /s

Comment · 4 years ago
I fail to see what part of the story so far changes the ethics of this. Not having privacy is still not great, even if there's little expectation of it where he lives.
Comment · 4 years ago
To be fair, when you lose something, you're not only at the mercy of the person who finds it (if they do), but you're also asking a complete stranger to do something for you.

If I have time I could drive across town to deliver something to you, if I don't I'll leave it there.

Comment · 4 years ago
Probably because there's no veggie as tasty as meat with a sprinkle of salt.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
> Ask yourself why humans refrained from eating them

Plenty of humans don't eat plenty of meats and sea animals either. Traditions don't necessarily contain good wisdom.

I think seeing a bug feast on feces and then having it sneak up on your food stashes might trigger an obvious reaction (similar to pigs and the reason why some don't eat them)

Comment · 4 years ago
> Wish it was a standalone app rather than buried in the settings menu.

I could say the same about Passwords. I'm happy that they * finally * got passwords out of that relic called Keychain Access and into the System Preferences, but they could do even more.

I hope to see an actual "online security" center on iOS and macOS within 2 years, with passwords, temporary emails, even learning material.

Comment · 4 years ago
I had some issues with my iCloud "Hide my email" once too when trying to contact support. Either they weren't getting my emails or they were purposefully ignoring my refund requests until I contacted my card company. It is an extra step to worry about, but if your setup is good enough (e.g. use iCloud and use Mail.app), then it's probably going to be easier.

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