Maybe not observable effects. There so many tiny things that must be in our genes that switches that affect anatomy are probably a small percentage. For example, the way people's laughs sound or the fact that almost everyone is attracted to paradisiacal places are probably influenced by genes and not just culture and nurture.
That is one possibility. But with subtle things like that, the trick is to come up with an experiment that either supports or falsifies them. Until such data exist, it remains a mere hypothesis.
Is it not possible to ask them to delete all my DNA data? My subscription will end soon, can I just ask them to delete it completely in a clear worded email to make sure there is no misunderstanding as to what I mean by "deleted"? Will EU laws protect me from this or are they irrelevant since they are a US company?
If you do business in the EU, you must comply to EU laws. And to remove doubt, a person physically located in EU counts as being in the EU. At least that was what I was advised, but IANAL, this is not financial advice etc.
What surprises me is that they consider low fertility rate a problem. There are plenty of people from other countries that would be willing to work in Western countries with low fertility rate.
If fertility rates are below replacement level, then let them be and let immigrants from a third world country work in their place. There are plenty of people in this world already.
That's awfully sanctimonious. Do you cut personal checks to websites who's content you enjoy? If not, they need advertising dollars, and advertising can bring in way more money when anonymized tracking is used.
Yes, actually. If a web site has content worth consuming, and gives me the option, then I make sure they get money. I know I'm not alone - so why do so few sites make this option available? Probably because of the pervasive attitudes like yours that ads are the _only_ way to make money on the internet.
Newspapers are making money hand over fist? Funny, I thought they were being massacred and increasing CPMs on their remnant inventory is one of the few bright spots in their finances.
If you visit someone's website, they're not violating your rights by noting that you visited. You're free to not visit, in fact. Or to register yourself on a do-not-track registry, enable ad block, and visit without contributing towards their bottom line. Whatever you want.
I said "TV, Radio and Newspaper" and I also said "for decades" not just the last decade.
> ...they're not violating your rights...
I didn't say squat about "rights". I simply disagreed that tracking is "required" for web sites to make more money on advertising because that is utter hogwash. The ability to track people is a relatively new thing.
The problem is the "o/s installation" part, while I can install Ubuntu which is fairly easy these days, I'm not a sysadmin and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to configure it properly. Do you recommend any book that'd teach me how to set up a dedicated server from start to finish, including all those little details of OS configuration?
I am a sysadmin, and frankly no book will teach you sufficiently.
Either you use Linux all day every day for some time, or hire someone to consult with you. That's my opinion anyway from years of consulting with people :)
It says that I would have to pay 9 dollars a month. Do you know if I can tell them to charge the whole subscription once instead of 9 dollars every month?
I'd like to ask to anyone who has worked as both, for himself and for the man, which one is more stressful? To the degree that this question can be answered, I realize it would depend a lot on the exact job and that it's not black and white.
I'd say that working for myself is more stressful. There are absolutely no excuses not to deliver quality work on time. Sometimes I find myself working through the night to meet a deadline, something I would never have done when I was regularly employed.
Nevertheless, there is a lot of satisfaction to selecting and organizing your own projects, and having freelanced for a year, I don't think I will be going back to salaried work.
In general, I found working for myself was more stressful. If you work for The Man, then when you screw up, it's generally The Man's problem. If you work for yourself and screw up, there's nobody to blame but yourself, and you're completely responsible for fixing it.
I'd have to agree. People always say that you can make your own hours (which is true for many), but I find myself always on the job, whether it's day or night.
