SURVIVAL: Sometimes you just have to cut your losses; like in this case, your phone or your life?

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13985661/NSW-woman-gets-trapped-two-giant-boulders-dropping-iPhone.html

NSW woman gets trapped between two giant boulders after dropping her iPhone

  •     Woman slipped down three-metre crevice  
  •     Rescuers had to move 500kg boulder 

By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:49 EDT, 21 October 2024 | Updated: 01:08 EDT, 22 October 2024

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A woman who got wedged between rocks for seven hours after she tried to retrieve her phone has been rescued.

Emergency services were called to bushland in the Hunter Valley wine region earlier this month following reports of a woman being stuck between two boulders.

The NSW woman had tried to retrieve her phone from between the rocks but had slipped, fallen down a three-metre crevice, and was hanging upside down.

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I’m not sure what the ill effects of hanging upside down trapped for SEVEN hours might be.  Humans aren’t designed for that challenge.  

I hate to be crass  —  or is it cravass  — but who pays for the rescue?  I’ll bet the Taxpayers.

Sigh!

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RANT: “Click to cancel” is a good rule

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

https://www.androidauthority.com/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-3491150/

FTC cracks down on subscription tricks with click-to-cancel rule

  • From streaming services to gym memberships, the new rule will make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up.

By Matt Horne
October 16, 2024

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TL;DR

  •     FTC’s new click-to-cancel rule will ensure canceling subscriptions is as easy as signing up.
  •     The rule targets deceptive subscription practices and applies to renewals, free trials, and continuity plans.
  •     Businesses will have 180 days to comply or face a fine.

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The broader rule goes on to address misleading advertising practices and provides other protections against deceptive negative option marketing. Most parts of the rule will go into effect 180 days after publication, giving businesses time to comply and avoid potential penalties.

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Why did it take them so long and why did the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah have to do it first?

What all does it cover?

Didn’t see that banks and credit cards were included.

Now what about “misleading advertising” by the media as well as politicians and bureaucrats?

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INSPIRATIONAL: Ultimately, life ends in a loss – the loss of you

Monday, October 21, 2024

https://www.casinocitytimes.com/frank-scoblete/article/quit-when-youre-ahead-68816

casinocitytimes.com
Quit When You’re Ahead
Frank Scoblete 

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When it comes to casino games? Here is the truth: You will lose after a few decisions or you’ll lose today or tonight or after a few days or finally at some time or other or after your very first bet never to get to the world of the winner.

The casino knows that too. And you should know that too if you understand how the casino structures the games to give themselves the edge.

Ultimately, life ends in a loss – the loss of you. So, enjoy your time in a sane way and don’t give yourself an impossible criterion to live up to. You have enough crazy things to live up to.

All the best in and out of the casinos!

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Pretty “inspiring” advice.  But, taken to heart, it makes one not take “stuff” to seriously.

As I reach “the end of my personal trail” as the cowboys say in the old TV westerns, I’m becoming much more “philosophical’.

New tires, sure who cares.  More political “Barbara streisand”, why tolerate it.  Maybe this is the new me?  Look forward to more rants!

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VOCABULARY: Luck — “circumstantial, “resultant or outcome l”, and “constitutive”

Sunday, October 20, 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/07/the-big-idea-should-we-be-thinking-about-luck-differently?utm_placement=newsletter

The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?

  • We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?

David Spiegelhalter
Mon 7 Oct 2024 07.30 EDT

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Luck has been called “the operation of chance, taken personally”.

Luck comes in three main flavours. Philosophers have identified “circumstantial luck”, meaning being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time – such as Stephen’s family taking that particular flight. Then there’s “resultant or outcome luck”, where in a particular situation some people have good and some have bad outcomes due to factors beyond their control. Stephen had the good resultant luck of surviving.

But perhaps the most important is “constitutive luck”, which covers all the fortunate or unfortunate circumstances of your very existence; the period of history in which you were born, your parents, background, genes and character traits. So where was Stephen’s constitutive luck? He told me that his father’s experiences in the RAF led him to insist that the family sat at the back of the plane – and the only survivors were seated at the back. He had the right parents.

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A very philosophical view of luck.  

How does that jibe with my experience?

My sainted passed wife of 40 years was always “lucky”.  Especially in things with wheels or balls.  I, otoh, was always “unlucky”.  She used to tell me to “Go away and take your bad luck with you”!  And, I did.  She’d hit more often than not.

I always felt she had “precognition”.  She would get upset before bad things happened (i.e., father’s death; car accident; my trip ’n’ fall).

So, I’m not sure how to define “luck” but I know I don’t have that “magic touch”

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PEACE: Using a nuclear bomb should be unthinkable; Hibakusha’s peace prize should remind us of that

Saturday, October 19, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/world-news/japans-nihon-hidankyo-wins-2024-nobel-peace-prize/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3

Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
By Reuters 
Published Oct. 11, 2024, 5:15 a.m. ET

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Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not to use them.

Witnesses to the only two nuclear bombs ever to be used in conflict, members of the group, also known as Hibakusha, have dedicated their lives to the struggle for a nuclear-free world.

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Using a nuclear bomb should be unthinkable.  But when in a war and you’re losing, suddenly the unthinkable becomes very thinkable.

The USA Gooferment should IMMEDIATELY tell Ukraine and Israel that they will no longer supply money and weapons for their wars.  

Russia, who much to my surprise, seems to be the “adult in the room” and has offered to negotiate peace.

Israel and the Arab world must come to the peace table.  And. Since the Gooferment loves twisting arms so much, let that become their number 1 priority.

Finally, NATO, which has long outlived its intended purpose, should shut down and give everyone a “peace dividend”.  

Dona Nobis Pacem

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RANT: All frequent flyer programs should allow donations

Friday, October 18, 2024

I have a of points at McD’s and other places. I’d like to donate them to Western North Carolina. Victims or responders don’t care. But no way to do it. Argh!

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RANT: A tax on the poor

Friday, October 18, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/mega-millions-ticket-price-more-than-doubling-to-5/

Mega Millions ticket price more than doubling to $5 — with promise of bigger jackpots and higher odds
By Allie Griffin 
Published Oct. 8, 2024, 2:50 a.m. ET

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Mega Millions tickets will more than double in cost next April from $2 to $5 a pop, lottery officials announced Monday, adding that the new price tag will come with higher cash prizes.

The price increase will come with greater odds of scoring bigger jackpots as part of a “mega overhaul” of the lottery launching in April 2025, Mega Millions said. 

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Sorry, but this is just a tax on people’s hopes and dreams.  And the tax collector is the biggest winner.

I’d like to see the Gooferment make some regulations to bring back “fair play”.  

  • No taxes on winnings.
  • No repayment of welfare benefits on any “small” winnings.
  • No unclaimed prizes should go the Gooferment; throw it in the next pot for drawing,
  • Strict regulation on “employee compensation”.
  • Strict privacy for big winners.
  • And all numbers from 0 to 99.

Then, maybe it would be “fair”.

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SECURITY: Once again, a warning to “firewall” and “air gap” personal technology from your employer

Thursday, October 17, 2024

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/09/do-not-use-iphone-mirroring-corporate-mac/

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use iPhone Mirroring on a Corporate Mac

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:31 am PDT by Tim Hardwick

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Apple’s new iPhone Mirroring feature in macOS Sequoia might seem like a convenient way to access your phone from your work computer, but security firm Sevco has uncovered a significant privacy risk that should make employees think twice before enabling this feature on company-owned Macs, at least for now.

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When executed in a Terminal window that has been granted full disk access without setting up iPhone Mirroring, the command returns a normal list of macOS applications. But when executed in that same Terminal window after setting up iPhone Mirroring, it also returns personal iOS applications and metadata.

For employees, this means that apps they use privately could become visible to their employer’s IT department without their knowledge or consent. This could potentially reveal sensitive personal information, such as dating apps, health-related apps, or VPNs used in countries with restricted internet access.

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Your employer, their network, and their tools should NEVER be used for your private purposes.  

The easiest way to ensure that separation is to maintain a strict “air gap” (i.e., strictly never connecting anything by wire, bluetooth, or network wifi to something “corporate”).  

If for no other reason than when your employer gets hit with a virus, ransomware, or some corporate security “tool”, then it would get your hardware in its grasp.

Argh!

Don’t forget that the employer can claim your hardware is suspect of having their data on it!

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HEALTH: But the Food and Drug Administration’s “pronouncements” should not be construed as medical advice

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

https://worldhealth.net/news/cheeky-discovery-predicting-risk-of-mortality/

Predicting Mortality With A Promising Cheeky Discovery

  • New epigenetic clock based on easy-to-collect cheek cells accurately predicts mortality

October 2, 2024

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As with anything you read on the internet, this article should not be construed as medical advice; please talk to your doctor or primary care provider before changing your wellness routine. WHN does not agree or disagree with any of the materials posted. This article is not intended to provide a medical diagnosis, recommendation, treatment, or endorsement. Additionally, it is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. 

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I’d say after Covid demonstrated the regulatory capture of the FDA, CDC, and NIH, that they are the tools of Big Pharma and just another source of advertising propaganda.

Instead of DOJ applying anti-trust break up to Google, like they did with AT&T and unsuccessfully with IBM, they should focus on BigPharma and the damage it does as a cartel.

Argh!

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POLITICAL: CBS is an arm of the DNC

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/media/ex-cbs-news-reporter-says-theres-precedent-for-releasing-full-transcript-when-it-came-to-donald-trump/

Media  —  exclusive details
Ex-CBS News reporter says there’s ‘precedent’ for releasing full interview transcript — when it came to Donald Trump
By Ariel Zilber and Alexandra Steigrad 
Published Oct. 9, 2024, 7:45 p.m. ET

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CBS News remained mum Wednesday amid mounting pressure to release the full transcript of Kamala Harris’ interview with “60 Minutes” — even as a former correspondent said there’s “precedent” for the network doing so when it came to Donald Trump.

Ex-CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge — who was laid off earlier this year as she investigated the Hunter Biden laptop scandal — said the network released the full, unedited transcript of her interview with Trump when he was president in 2020.

The Republican presidential candidate has demanded CBS News publish the full interview with Harris after accusations that the Tiffany Network edited her “word salad” answers during the sit-down with Bill Whitaker.

“As Trump campaign calls on @60Minutes to release ‘full, unedited transcript’ of Kamala Harris interview… There is precedent,” Herridge posted on X on Wednesday.

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This demonstrates once again, like in the Hunter Biden laptop story, CBS and the rest of the corporate media is an arm of the Obama DNC.

Walter Cronkite, who was a shill too, at least pretended to be fair and balanced.

Argh!

No wonder the traditional media is being ignored.

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