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I agree with the sentiment but for all intents and purposes, pretty much any organ within a State is run like a for-profit corporation. Their "income" is taxation, fines, etc.

https://archive.is/oJfIT

Rosetta 1 was supported for 6 years. I don't think that's too bad.

Never heard of it, thanks https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2017/12/19/the-stra...

> Science and Nature effectively exist because they are Science and Nature. Right, the perception of being associated with authoritative and knowledgeable publishers which follow c…

> The cash is created out thin air. Isn't that the case with every loan?

Companies like Facebook are as big as Nation States. Any positives that come out of this for the author are just a Facebook PR move. If they did care about users, their support sys…

They're called Timed One-Time Passwords or TOTP and they're one form of 2FA

It's really great how the world changes to accomodate those of us who are less fortunate in some physical capacity - for example wheelchair access to buildings and transportation w…

I'd be happy to get reliable delivery at all. Between the occasional lost package/letter and the post office closing for lunch in the summer, it's not the best experience.

Several well researched articles on covid-19 can be found at https://swprs.org/contact/ It's not youtube/facebook/twitter "aproved material" but that's what Science is about, right…

Personally I prefer to use open source software rather than closed source and official closed source rather than torrented files but realistically the difference may not be that bi…

In World War 2 the Allies didn't win because they had the best tanks and airplanes. They won because they - the US, really - could build them much faster than Axis. It's a numbers …

Most people seem to automatically dismiss the link between the military and the civilian world - which is to be expected because when one thinks of the military it's usually planes…

In the last decade, the proliferation of smartphones led to billions of newly "connected" people using the default browser, not knowing or caring about what a "browser" is. Firefox…

In Portugal (and I guess several other countries) fuel economy is defined as "how many liters per 100 km?". In Brazil it's "how many km per liter?".

I'm fine with this. Now if Chrome and Firefox would just add native RSS reading...

Ha! I salute your openess.

For many people - when they already have a lot of money - it becomes boring. That thing billions spend their daily lives chasing after is boring for those who have so much of it th…