TIL: [not] learning

Today, I learned that one of the best ways to make people learn less is to make them sit on their hands. I guess the effect of sitting still in a rigid pose would be similar.

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When he had gathered the information that he wanted, he called together everyone who suffered from extraordinary need or possessed unusual daring.
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21.The men who listened to Catiline were rich in troubles but had neither resources nor any good hope. Although they thought that the disruption of the status quo was a great reward in itself, still, after they had listened, they demanded that he lay out the terms of the war, what rewards their weapons would be seeking, what resources or hope they could have and where. Then Catiline promised clean slates, proscription of the wealthy, priesthoods, plunder, everything else that war and the caprice of victors can offer.

--- Sallust. The Catiline Conspiracy.

World renown Israeli security experts

Inside that source code was the user names and passwords for the website’s admins. Anyone who found these usernames and passwords could then log into the site and download a database with information for every voter in Israel.

The full names, addresses, and identity card numbers are among the information that was leaked about every eligible voter in the country. In some cases, phone numbers were also leaked.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90462342/every-voter-in-israel-just-had-their-data-leaked-in-grave-security-breach

There should be a law that every time a programmer logs onto a social media service to share their opinion on a hot topic the service should make them review their code first.