{"id":28824,"date":"2012-08-08T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=28824"},"modified":"2014-01-08T15:16:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:16:36","slug":"bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-07.html","title":{"rendered":"Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-07"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Guess I was microblogging a lot yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Serious Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Race, Origin, and other census labels<\/a> – The Census Bureau reexamines the hornet’s nest of race\/ethnicity classifications.<\/li>\n
  2. If this doesn’t make you paranoid about living online<\/a>\u00a0… – Recent social hacks into Apple, Amazon, and thence to other systems are … worrisome for someone who does a lot online. \u00a0I’m considering our options.<\/li>\n
  3. Google Two-Factor Authentication<\/a> – Looking very hard at this security option for myself. \u00a0Probably not as necessary for a lot of folks, though.<\/li>\n
  4. At the risk of siding with Facebook on something …<\/a> – Yes, clicking on a “Like” button should be considered free speech. \u00a0Of course.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Fun stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The Art of the “Avengers” title sequences<\/a> – A lot more thought goes into those titles than you’d think.<\/li>\n
    2. Facebook becomes not only normal, but expected<\/a> – Because if you’re not on Facebook … then what are you hiding?<\/li>\n
    3. Amazon lockers<\/a> – Amazon continues to make forays into the real world. \u00a0I can imagine some folks for whom this would be pretty helpful.<\/li>\n
    4. Easy links to your Google+ profile<\/a> – So, for the record, you can always get to me via http:\/\/gplus.to\/davehill .<\/li>\n
    5. Nothing can be done<\/a> – Experts agree!<\/li>\n
    6. Airline luggage delivered to your door<\/a> – Another way for airlines to make money from you. Though I can imagine cases where this could be handy.<\/li>\n
    7. AVENGERS DIRECTOR, REASSEMBLE!<\/a> – Joss Whedon to return as the writer\/director for Avengers 2. \u00a0Huzzah! (And, not incidentally, to develop at least one Marvel-based TV property … Alias \/ Jessica Jones,<\/em>\u00a0perhaps?)<\/li>\n
    8. Whedon’s vision of “Avengers 2”<\/a> – Sounds good to me. Though I’m sure there will still be plenty of things blowing up real good.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Guess I was microblogging a lot yesterday.   Serious Stuff \u00a0Race, Origin, and other census labels – The Census Bureau reexamines the hornet’s nest of race\/ethnicity classifications. If this doesn’t make you paranoid about living online\u00a0… – Recent social hacks into Apple, Amazon, and thence to other systems are … worrisome for someone who does … Continue reading “Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-07”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,3,133,375,20,525,41,9,26,40,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging-technical","category-blogging","category-censorship","category-computer-security","category-hi-tech","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-movies","category-politics-law","category-travel","category-media-tv","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/miscellany.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136030,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/03\/census-data-abused.html","url_meta":{"origin":28824,"position":0},"title":"When Census Data Was Abused","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Apr-18 11:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The inclusion of a \"citizenship\" question in the 2020 US Census has been highly contentious -- but supporters note that census information could never, ever be used to identify individuals, and so any concern by resident aliens or even illegally present aliens -- who are actually supposed to be counted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/internment.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51488,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/17\/the-us-census-and-race.html","url_meta":{"origin":28824,"position":1},"title":"The US Census and Race","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Jun-15 8:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking back over historical timeframes at the US Census, the basis for identifying the race of individuals -- especially for blacks -- varied widely over time (and often had a high level of subjectivity from the census taker). 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