The fact is, though, that both Photoshop and Gimp are complex, feature-rich applications that have very different user interfaces. I suspect that if someone has been using these tools for a long time, then the one they use the most is easiest for them.
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I can't speak for any of the commenters here, but I do personally know people who sincerely believe that the cops are close to infallible and that an effective police state is a desirable thing (although they'd never phrase it that way). Oddly, these people are also ones who claim to detest "big government". Go figure.
This. The supreme court is mostly a political body, so how they will rule on any given case depends a great deal on which way the political winds are blowing.
For $300, your thermostat could provide every single feature that the Nest does without involving any servers or software that aren't in your possession and control.
You won't see this, though, because it eliminates the ability for them to continue to monetize you over time.
To my eyes, his comments are certainly hyperbolic -- but nothing in them implies the he is personally thinking about going out to shoot up any cops. My read of it is that he's saying that the behavior of the cops will encourage someone, sooner or later, to engage in an act of vigilante "justice".
However, I do completely understand why the cops would be concerned and want to take a closer look. And I don't have a problem with that, so long as they behave well while they're doing it.
But I do wonder how many resources they are burning doing this kind of thing. I see comments of a similar sort all the time across the internet -- they can't possibly spend time and money investigating them all.
They do?? Not that I don't believe you, but I've spent years going to great lengths to avoid giving my fingerprints to banks. Including refusing checks drawn against certain ones such as Bank of America.
Even better, detection dogs should be legally recognized as being the same sort of thing as polygraph tests: so unreliable as to be completely worthless.
Single individuals can make a comment the first/last word. The group as a whole has nothing to say about it, so it's a mistake to assume that such comments are reflective of the majority here.
While I agree, participation in the process is essential, it's also true that the legal process is stacked against us. As such, it's equally essential to work around it as well.
You don't even have to be forced to provide a fingerprint. It's reasonably easy (but not always trivially so) to unlock those phones using a latent print lifted from something you've touched.
Fingerprint authentication is a terrible idea on all fronts. It's not very secure, it can't be easily changed or revoked when desired, and you can suffer many kinds of injuries that will alter your prints.
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And here's where we disagree. I'm not seeing a legal blockage that should not be acceptable.
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The fact is, though, that both Photoshop and Gimp are complex, feature-rich applications that have very different user interfaces. I suspect that if someone has been using these tools for a long time, then the one they use the most is easiest for them.
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As well it should.
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Re: Crappy Workaround
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You won't see this, though, because it eliminates the ability for them to continue to monetize you over time.
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However, I do completely understand why the cops would be concerned and want to take a closer look. And I don't have a problem with that, so long as they behave well while they're doing it.
But I do wonder how many resources they are burning doing this kind of thing. I see comments of a similar sort all the time across the internet -- they can't possibly spend time and money investigating them all.
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Re: Maybe someday we can hope that
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Re: Holding my comment for moderation?
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Indeed. We should only advocate for justice and the rule of law when it benefits saints. What could possibly go wrong?
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Fingerprint authentication is a terrible idea on all fronts. It's not very secure, it can't be easily changed or revoked when desired, and you can suffer many kinds of injuries that will alter your prints.
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Ummm, no. Just no.
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Re: This works today for internet access
That's because the entire security argument the cable companies are making is 100% pure industrial-grade bullshit.
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Yes, this.
Do not use cloud-operated services or devices that you can't afford to have vanish without warning.
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