Yes, yes. Come back when there is a quantum computer that can actually do a real-world calculation as fast and reliable as a normal computer, and not just some random quantum-bechmark.

There is a famous book about a mentally deranged man fighting windmills…

Me neither, I just watch the shit show from the bleachers.

The sad thing is that you now have to protect yourself against the OS you are using. Feels a bit like in the movie TRON.

I would not try to access a server from China. Can’t you let someone else take care of the machine in the meantime? It’s always a good idea to have some backup admin just in case.

“Voluntary” guidelines are none.

If it is really only voluntary, it is a failure from the word go. Voluntary never worked with predatory buisinesses.

Meta does not want to comply? Well, fine them to kingdom come, and if they still don’t come to heel, block them at IP level.

You’ll still be able to access content. But for how long?

Of course they will try to get everything from your phone. They are neither better nor worse than their American counterparts.

I would never take a personal PC or phone into either country, and whatever I’d bring back I would consider compromized.

So it is not an attack, just a stealth way to move data unmonitored by most nanny systems.

A “few” people? The problem is not a handful of loudmouths, but the masses hanging on their lips. An influencer is not influencing without a mass of followers.

I wonder what kind of concentrating optics they use. Simple Fresnel lenses won’t do, unless you closely follow the sunlight to stay in focus.

Absolutely. If they don’t care to actually read the texts, they have to accept the risks of not reading it.

When they fight it, it’s a law that we need.

Took her quite long to come to the conclusion that X is not worth working for.

Thanks! I hadn’t noticed!

So, basically, it is more like “normal” Twitter posts since then?

What took her so long?

This depends on what you are actually looking for, and how you are looking for it.

Do you really need pattern matching, or do you only look for fixed strings? Then other tools may be faster.

If you need case independent search on an upper- and lowercase data set, make a copy that is all upper or all lower, and search there.

If you only search in certain columns, make a copy that only includes these.

Or import the data into a database.