In the comments on science-based medicine, I think you may have mixed up “holistic” and “homeopathic” medicine. “Holistic” refers to medicine that considers the whole person, including lifestyle issues, such as weight, exercise, smoking, etc. “Homeopathic” refers to a pseudo-scientific absurdity: if a lot of something makes you sick, a teeny little eensy bit of that same something will cure you.

As someone who enjoys your podcasts as just a computer user who wants to practice safe hex, I must say, keep up the good work. I have learned a lot of good stuff and unlearned a lot of bad stuff by listening to you.

In a democracy, the idea is this: We citizens agree to let the government enforce the laws; we give the government a monopoly on force. In turn, the government ensures that it won’t abuse that monopoly; these are our liberties.

If you look at the threat, you are much more likely to run into trouble with, say, the police, than you are to run into trouble with a terrorist. As a result, every time somebody takes away your liberties, you become *less* secure.

We are ostensibly being protected from a problem that has a small likelihood of happening (terrorism), but in doing so, protection from a more likely source of problems is taken away from us.

We need to stop using terrorism and similarly unlikely threats as a reason for enacting new laws. It’s just bad security.

At least one person on the podcast is pronouncing it correctly, but not everyone is.

A hundred thanks for tightening up the podcast. Much more listenable. Your technical content really shines through in the last few episodes.

cheers,
Marco