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My comment just meant that I needed 1 hour to find a way to get a shell in a couple of their servers. That is more worrisome to me than the NSA snooping around. And I'm not a great pentester, I probably wouldn't find a bug in Google even if I spent a couple weeks.
If their software and network security is similar now.. then they should spend resources there rather than care too much about modified hardware by a governmental agency.
Also, most of those can be bough on Ebay for a fraction of the cost. I'm very happy with the value offered by 2 year old laptops.
Virtual therapy may be a very good choice for people with addiction or phobias. A cheap way to diminish the cue reactivity in relation to the object of addiction or offer exposure therapy for phobias/anxiety.
I have been working for some time now on the application of CBT techniques and quantified self (for me, modern applied stoicism) with the objective of improving virtuous behavior. I have not been very successful developing an interface which makes it easy/appealing enough to use it multiple times a day. Maybe they're into something converting those CBT exercises into a virtual "game".
Something like a Thinkpad 701C or the Zeos Pocket PC would be my dream for a portable note taking device.
I think they're from 2007 though.
Cooking is not going anywhere. I simply cannot understand why common people with a kitchen would not cook. It just takes some planning and cooking enough food that it last 2-3 days.
I say, let them die. Most newspapers are a joke. I don't subscribe to them because it's actually a way to become misinformed about any specific topic. Or at least that's what I see in their take of any topic I know profoundly.
There are alternatives. Reader-supported news like LWN seem to be working. I get most of my content from topic specific websites, blogs, and mail lists.
About the classified ads. Why is that a problem at all?
"Maybe Google will only accept an European provision, accept European instruments because then, if needed, via the competition law and the European Commissioner for Competition measures, penalties and legal action in case of breach of European rules are possible"
Transcription -> Steal.
I would also like to have more control over what Google does in my Android phone while not losing the ability to install apps easily.
It's used by many people in my social circle (early 20s, techies and non-techies).
Of the five you got there, I would go for Go. Or Clojure as a Lisp. Scala is also a good option.