CNN's media critic, Brian Stelter, says Disney's CEO is in a "no-win" situation because he has to choose between Trump and his company's reputation.
Think about that -- the notion that choosing integrity means losing. Think about what it says about American media in these grotesque times.
Making the honorable choice might mean losing some money. But having history remember you as a quisling to fascists and a traitor to human rights? That's a vastly greater defeat.
"Lack of scalability is enough for us to disqualify QKD outright: if a technology can’t bring security to the whole Internet, we’re not going to spend much time on it."
Quantum Key Distribution (as opposed to post-quantum cryptography) has a number of problems, but this succinctly captures the core issue.
Mit großer Besorgnis beobachtet die Humanistische Union den aktuellen Stand der Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen CDU/CSU und SPD. Während das öffentlich gewordene Verhandlungspapier im Ganzen durchaus auch positive Aspekte beinhaltet – wie eine angekündigte und dringend nötige Reform des Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetzes und der Gemeinnützigkeit –, so finden sich darin auch Abschnitte und Forderungen, die wir aus bürgerrechtlicher Sicht [weiterlesen]
In this collection of tweets, Carson Gross explores unconventional programming principles, including favoring if statements over polymorphism, minimizing abstractions, and prioritizing practical, implementation-driven development. He challenges traditional software design norms, advocating for simplicity, locality, and utility over complexity and abstraction.
Europe followed the US into Afghanistan. Then US voters elected Trump and he pulled the plug.
Europe let the US lead the defence of Ukraine. And now US voters have voted for Trump, who wants Putin to win.
Europe has centered it's security politics around a US led NATO, and American voters have now voted for Trump, who wants to pull out of NATO.
It is time for a stronger, more capable, and fully independent Europe.
For our generation, this is our Churchill moment — it is time to lead.
Dan Gillmor
Filippo Valsorda
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