Why not using 7 random letters, this is about 4.5 billion combinations, enough for any country.

Except China and India where 8 should be enough.

I am sure there are reasons but I feel that we overcomplicate.

I do not really understand what conclusion to draw from this.

A friend of mine has 8 childen and none are autistic. All were born at the hospital (this is where you give birth in France), all were notmal weight and so was the mom (and dad)

Most people, no matter the place.

A lot if people are surprised when they discover that 100 + 50% - 59% is not 100.

I do not like percentages myself, I would prefer we say 0.8 of something because the option becomes a simple multiplication and it is easier not to make mistakes

I once wanted to fix a gym position in Google Maps. I bike in front of it everyday.

The response from GM was that they did an investigation and the address is correct. I replied to the dude in whatever country but not mine that I bike there daily and they even have a clean picture on street view.

Then suddenly after a year, or if the blue, I got a Thanks To You It Is Fixed automated email.

This is a weird company.

> [Signal]’s encrypted, but can be hacked.

Kudos to the Pentagone to have technologies that cannot be hacked. As a security professional I hate these programs that put my job in danger.

Thankfully this is just the journalist's and their contact at the Pentagone's imagination.

Fun fact: vi was named after an Aztec word which can be translated as "how the fuck do I get out of this shit".

Little know fact .

I wonder how the landline is used today. I did not even hook up a phone because everything is mobile or apps.

I guess there is a steady slope down.

I maintain my land line so that when a website or business asks for my phone number, I don't give them my mobile. Lots of funny stories with this one.

Good point. The only problem I see with this is that you cannot get a confirmation SMS there

This reminds me of an article in Le Monde (a French newspaper) where they discussed photos of Trump and B Johnson (UK prime minister at that time).

The newspaper does not like either of them but shown how the photo of Trump was manipulated: your could see him and the Japanese PM feeding fish in a temple. The Japanese PM was using two fingers to throw crumbles while Trump turned around his box shaking out the contents. Stupid illiterate Americans and what not.

They than explained that in the whole video of the event both were doing the same thing (two fingers and delicate crumbles, picture of the PM), the PM finished and shaked empty the box. Trump had a look and followed the lead. Picture of Trump.

I liked the fact that despite not liking Trump, they took this example of press manipulation.

The other one was a picture of Johnson putting his feet on a historical table in the Elysée palace when discussing with Macron. Stupid illiterate Brits and what not.

The full video showed that they were joking before the official meeting about the table, Macron said that the height is perfect and Johnson jokingly feigned to put his feet and bam! the photo.

When the Wikileaks came to light, it is also interesting to see which media were invited to work on them.

A woman who is pregnant is tagged by society with "mother". The man who leaves is not. Legally yes, but socially not.

The mixer who abandoned her child is "a mother who abandoned her child". The father is not even in the picture.

I would live to live in a world where the rational words cubby, but culture, history, religion is still very strong.

And I live in France, love of the most free countries in the world in this regard.

Volleyball is also one of the sports most difficult to watch on tv (and to style extend, also live).

I play amateur volley so I know what to expect but still miss the action most of the time because the ball moves too fast.

This is why I prefer by far to watch women's volleyball: since it's slower, they rely more on technical accuracy and you can follow what's going on. The play is also more interesting because it is not a constant bam! supersonic serve, followed by bam! supersonic spike, done.