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I believe “She” here refers to the original owner (the victim). Apple offers a feature to remotely wipe your device if lost, and that was what I understood the owner to have done. I’ve done the same thing for a stolen iPhone.

I was at this talk, someone (you I guess) left at the beginning of this talk. To the audience it was not clear what happened,

Millionaires are 7% of the us population (22 million people).

There are less than 1000 billionaires in the US.

Just because these words rhyme doesn’t mean they are remotely similar.

Starling is not being provided at “no cost”.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/01/...

If you are not familiar with the Elf on the Shelf that you put in your home to "report" to Santa, I guess I consider you lucky. The Gummy Bear on the Chair is HN friendly kind of answer. It sells nothing and promotes science and a maker culture. Happy Holidays.

From just the headline I bet it was going to be Greg Egan, author of Permutation City. Was not disappointed.

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That’s a lot of trouble, more than straight piracy and more than straight commercial “purchase”. That seems an unreasonable burden to impose on normal people.