Here’s something Will wrote that these assholes might want to ponder (though one wonders if they actually know how to think): “There are more things in heaven and earth … than are dreamt dreamt of in your uî hi iiijkj
Cowen’s 17th law: almost all things have origins earlier than you thought, including Covid-19 (WSJ).
You are writing about one of the most prolific and talented writers of our generation. How the hell do you not actually quote them? It’s kinda obvious, really.
The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers over a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $US1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to Hollywood movie studios.
Key points:
- The hackers have allegedly broken into banks across South and South East Asia, Mexico, and Africa
- They're alleged to have deployed malicious applications from 2018-2020 to target cryptocurrency users
- The overall amount of money stolen is not clear because some transactions were halted or reversed - Korean Robbers
‘Genuine change’: Gillard backs Brittany Higgins as she goes to police
Former prime minister Julia Gillard has praised the bravery of Brittany Higgins in going public about her alleged rape in Parliament House, expressing horror at the incident and the way it was handled.
In a powerful statement of support, Ms Gillard called for “genuine change” to the workplace culture of Parliament House to make it safe for all its workers.
Nick Greiner lands in New York for consul-general post
What a Public-Information Act Request Revealed About My College President The Chronicle of Higher Education (dk: “This is like all the terrible small college faculty stories I’ve heard in the last 20+ years all rolled into one.”) My worst imaginings….
Iowa Auditor Rob Sand accuses regents of ‘bad faith’ in keeping utilities deal secrets The Gazette
Ye Hong and William Neilson have solved for the equilibrium:
This paper models cybercrime by adding an active victim to the seminal Becker model of crime. The victim invests in security that may protect her from a cybercrime and, if the cybercrime is thwarted, generate evidence that can be used for prosecution. Successful crimes leave insufficient evidence for apprehension and conviction and, thus, cannot be punished. Results show that increased penalties for cybercriminals lead them to exert more effort and make cybercrimes more likely to succeed. Above a threshold they also lead victims to invest less in security. It may be impossible to deter cybercriminals by punishing them. Deterrence is possible, but not necessarily optimal, through punishing victims, such as data controllers or processors that fail to protect their networks.
AdRorts: Comrade Hunt deploys Communist propaganda tactics in government advertising
“I suspect Orwell would see, as he did back in the 1930s, the rich and outrageous irony of governments using the resources of the people to manipulate them and to keep them acquiescent, passive and apathetic.”
INTERESTING BOOK ON ANTI-AGING: I am reading David Sinclair’s book Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To and am finding the suggestions he makes to live longer very helpful. The book is a bit technical but his tips seem to boil down to taking NAD boosters in the morning along with Resveratrol, Vitamin D, K and 83 mg. of aspirin. He also skips a meal a day or has a very small one, lifts weights and jogs a bit and goes in a sauna at the gym before dunking into a cold pool. I guess one could live longer with this regimen (perhaps) but being cold and hungry doesn’t sound all that fun. If you have tried some of these techniques, have they worked for you?
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