Notices by pglpm (pglpm@c.im)

Happy birthday, Euler, "master of us all"! 🎂 🥇 🎓

- You know the notation "f(x)" for functions? – It was introduced by Euler.

- You know the names "sin(x)" etc for trigonometric functions? – They were introduced by Euler.

- You know the notation "Σ" for summation? – It was introduced by Euler.

- You know the "F = m a" formula? – It was written in this way for the first time by Euler <https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euler-works/177>.

- You know *Euler's* formula "exp(ix) = cos(x) + i sin(x)"?

- You know angular momentum and its balance law? Its necessity was definitively demonstrated by Euler <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86647-0_5>.

- You know the notion of internal pressure (precursor of "stress")? - Introduced by Euler <https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euler-works/225>.

- Not to count his many discoveries in mathematics and works in physics.

- Wrote so many papers that the Prussian Academy kept on publishing them until 8 years after his death.

> "Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all" (Laplace)

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@strypey @hisham_hm @pluralistic @aperezdc

Update: from what's reported here: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/issues/2432 it looks like WEI is already undergoing implementation in Chromium. I haven't checked the truth of this report, though.

@strypey @hisham_hm @pluralistic @aperezdc

First, it's very doubtful that the stated goals (for the "user") are the true goals. Second, one should report not only what the user "desires", but what the full consequences for the user are.

The proposal is very deceitful in saying "the user desires...", "the user wants...", and so on. It says explicitly what the "user" desires, but it doesn't say explicitly that the user itself will in fact be abused.

Suppose I want some guard, who reports to me, to constantly follow you and to check what you do. "Wouldn't you like to be safe on the streets?", I ask you. "Of course", you reply. And here's my solution: I'll assign a guard that controls your every movement, when you go out. Funny that this was done "for" you, and yet you feel treated as the problem.