tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post903630641489668441..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Tuesday LinksStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-63079486050960572742013-03-27T00:20:03.302-07:002013-03-27T00:20:03.302-07:00Hi Stuart,
using the lastest EIA graph about US o...Hi Stuart,<br /><br />using the lastest EIA graph about US oil production and population adjusted vehicle miles driven, try to <a href="http://ac.blog.sme.sk/c/324516/Vyrieste-paradox.html" rel="nofollow">solve this paradox</a><br /><br />cheers,<br /><br />AlexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-92103890786888324622013-03-26T16:23:45.903-07:002013-03-26T16:23:45.903-07:00I suppose that tracking might sometime become of u...I suppose that tracking might sometime become of use to more than just advertisers, or that the advertisements might become so prevalent that they displace content. But all the concern about targeted advertising prompts me to ask the question: are most web users sheep? Do they unquestioningly click on links that advertise something the user once looked at?<br /><br />I say, track me all you want, if it supports the content providers. But don't expect me to buy anything.WwoofBumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712163011945865209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-4409562937139632002013-03-26T15:08:00.575-07:002013-03-26T15:08:00.575-07:00I like Bruce Schneier's changes. I hope other...I like Bruce Schneier's changes. I hope other bloggers adopt them.<br /><br />I'm using a Firefox extension called Facebook Disconnect which says that it does the same sort of thing (for Facebook only), but I haven't figured out how to verify that yet.<br /><br />Until Google announced the end of Reader, I was using Ghostery, which is recommended by the EFF.<br /><br />I disabled Ghostery because, I decided, I'd rather that advertisers continue to fund the services I use. In particular, search: I could accept the loss of Facebook from the Web, but a Web without Google search would be much poorer. <br /><br />Also, I wondered about Ghostery's business model. How does Evidon generate cashflow? If I can't find or don't understand the answer to the cashflow question, I'm reluctant to use a service. After reading the information provided in the links from Ghostery's FAQ, I'm still doubtful.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939046017258198038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-13771621676174481792013-03-26T14:23:45.991-07:002013-03-26T14:23:45.991-07:00A follow up eight hours later...
Facebook just su...<br />A follow up eight hours later...<br /><br />Facebook just suggested a "Social Security Disability Income Help" page to me in my news feed.<br /><br />I wonder where, oh, where they got the idea I was interested in that subject?!? <br /><br />I guess Schneier might be on to something.Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-62589392211183878202013-03-26T05:52:46.574-07:002013-03-26T05:52:46.574-07:00Having worked with behaviorally-challenged kids wi...Having worked with behaviorally-challenged kids with mental health disorders for over a decade now, I've been around long enough to see what happens to them when they are old enough to work and from what I've seen a good deal of them have ended up graduating into a life based on an SSI disability check rather than a job.<br /><br />It's either that or they end up on the streets terrorizing the rest of society.<br /><br />I realize that what I am talking about isn't quite what you and Joffe-Walt are getting at in that you are referring to more able-bodied or minded workers, but I do think there is a relationship to what I see, for if the economy still offered more menial work to people, I think more of my former clients could participate in the economy more fully than is the case now.<br /><br />The future rise of AI as discussed in your other blog entry is only going to push many in society even further down the disability path.<br /><br />In a way, I am glad I'm middle aged because, perhaps rather pessimistically, I don't see these trends being dealt with in a pleasant manner and I'd just assume not be around. Of course, maybe society will work around this all in a very humane, equitable manner, but somehow I doubt it.Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.com