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Blockchain trust is ingenious but costly—scaling it could exceed global GDP.


Would be great if this reader could be integrated with Zotero (maybe as a plug-in?)


Happened to me as well : posted a comment on my friend's picture, and was sent to a page notifying me I had violated community guidelines. Tried to go through the "challenge this decision" process but I got stuck after entering the SMS verification code.


Good Economics for Hard Times, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Great introduction to current social issues and how modern economics can help us make sense of them.


From what I gather from the article, yes: the index is stored on your browser. From the post:

This means that when you have search message content enabled, but your web browser is closed, an attacker with physical access to your device cannot read the contents of the index file. If you are logged in with your ProtonMail tab open, a decrypted version is stored in memory, but at this point, they would have direct access to your emails, anyway.


Aren't these two distinct things? The fact that one could be pro-diversity, while science says the way diversity training is being done so far is not effective, is not incompatible. It might mean that the way diversity training is being delivered and its content need to change, but not that pro-diversity "is wrong".

Imagine flight had not been invented yet. You wouldn't say that the Marquis de Bacqueville [1] attempt is the proof that flight is a bad idea or wrong. We continually improve and strive to find better ways to achieve goals we define as desirable. You might disagree with the latter, but this is a different point.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Boyvin_de_B...


From the FAQ:

What data does Just Walk Out technology collect from my shoppers?

We only collect the data needed to provide shoppers with an accurate receipt. Shoppers can think of this as similar to typical security camera footage.

A rather (wide) open door for Amazon to collect valuable data on customers. And is this really comparable to "a typical security camera footage"?

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