XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-07 21:41, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Take the case of octane ratings, for example, in organic chemistry, where I   
   > was taught in the 1960's what it meant so ever since I could drive, I would   
   > nonchalantly innocently and inquisitively ask the person filling up next to   
   > me "What's the difference between regular and premium?".   
   >   
   > In decades of asking that question, I've only gotten the correct answer   
   > about a half dozen times, which fits with my hypothesis that people only   
   > know about six of the million things that they need to know about anything.   
      
   You do not need to know what is the difference between regular and   
   premium. But I do know it. My father was a chemist and worked in an oil   
   refinery. One of his initial jobs was to measure the octane number of   
   gasoline mixtures. I think they used a small gasoline motor adapted for   
   variable compression and or variable advance. I don't remember exactly   
   and he is no longer in this world to ask him.   
      
   ...   
      
   >   
   > Privacy is a million things, of which people only know about a half dozen.   
   >   
   > You don't protect against what you "think" they'll do.   
   > You protect against what you know they 'can' do.   
   >   
   > If you knew how much hoovering they did, oh, way back in the 80's, you'd   
   likely be shocked with what they can do today on the Internet.   
      
   That they might do things with the contact list, would be breach of   
   contract for starters, and illegal, at least here. I don't have to   
   assume they do and not use the provided contact app and tools. What we   
   do is legal and normal usage.   
      
   Now, if I wanted secrecy, I wouldn't. I would assume the worst.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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