[QUOTE=kladner;464225]AND...it will send your floor plans to the company so it can sell more info on you.[/QUOTE]

The amusing thing to me is that every cell phone anyone owns is already doing this. And, also, outside of the house....

I regularly get notices from Google saying "Would you be willing to improve our user's experience? Post your pictures...

Usually the pictures are of my "junk", from my pocket. But they have the exact LAT/LONG. But usually very low-light pictures of my junk. And I wear underwear.

No wonder there has been a ~60% loss of fertility amongst western men....

[QUOTE=chalsall;464228]The amusing thing to me is that every cell phone anyone owns is already doing this. And, also, outside of the house also....

I regularly get notices from Google saying "Would you be willing to improve our user's experience? Post your pictures...

Usually the pictures are of my "junk", from my pocket. But they have the exact LAT/LONG.

No wonder there has been a ~60 loss of fertility amongst western men....[/QUOTE]

Taking pictures of the inside of your pocket can not be good for your fertility. Just saying.

[COLOR="White"]Where is the tinfoil hat emoji?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=masser;464229]Taking pictures of the inside of your pocket can not be good for your fertility. Just saying.[/QUOTE]

Oh, I don't know. I don't see a real downside of taking pictures from within my pocket which could possibly affect my reproductive strategy.

Are you talking about the photons which show I am only average?

Or the photons which might cause my sperm to be inactive?

Please answer.

[QUOTE]
New Zealand's government has confirmed that Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, is a dual citizen.
Dual citizens are not allowed to run for public office under Australia's constitution.
Mr Joyce revealed earlier that he may have New Zealand citizenship by descent, but said he will take his case to the nation's High Court.
PM Malcolm Turnbull's government risks losing its grip on power if Mr Joyce is ruled ineligible.
[/QUOTE]Press article: [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40920141[/URL]

This sounds suspiciously like a logical error in Australia's constitution.
Any country wishing to pressure an Australian government minister could simply threaten to make them a citizen.

[QUOTE=Nick;465492]Press article: [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40920141[/URL]

This sounds suspiciously like a logical error in Australia's constitution.
Any country wishing to pressure an Australian government minister could simply threaten to make them a citizen.[/QUOTE]

well the last constitutional ties to Britain apparently weren't severed until 1986 ( wikipedia)

I was reminded of this oldie-but-goodie today:

[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_paradox"]The smallest integer that cannot be expressed in less than thirteen words.[/URL]

[QUOTE=masser;465608]I was reminded of this oldie-but-goodie today:

[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_paradox"]The smallest integer that cannot be expressed in less than thirteen words.[/URL][/QUOTE]I really fail to understand why this is regarded as a paradox.

Consider all possible strings of thirteen words with repetition taken from a specified dictionary. Arrange them according to a defined lexicographical ordering and let the integer value of that string be its position in that ordering. On the assumption that all words in the so-called paradoxical string are contained within the dictionary, the string "[I]The smallest integer that cannot be expressed in less than thirteen words[/I]" uniquely defines a single integer and there is no paradox because there is but a single mapping.

I guess I'm a constructivist. Intuitionism, a la Brouwer, also has a great appeal to me.

[QUOTE=xilman;465619]... the string "[I]The smallest integer that cannot be expressed in less than thirteen words[/I]" uniquely defines a single integer and there is no paradox because there is but a single mapping..[/QUOTE]The statement itself is twelve words long so ...

[QUOTE=retina;465620]The statement itself is twelve words long so ...[/QUOTE]So what? It uniquely defines a single integer, as does any other string of words from the dictionary of admissible words.

As I see it, the so-called paradox arises from sloppy reasoning which confuses mathematical constructs with natural language semantics. Remove that confusion and the paradox disappears. Natural language is full of such ambiguity. For a well-known example, consider the following English sentence and its French translation:

Time flies like an arrow.
Chronométrez-vous les mouches comme une flèche.

[QUOTE=xilman;465653]So what?[/QUOTE]At twelve words long it describes a number that cannot be described in fewer than thirteen words. Looks to me like a paradox. What did I miss?

[QUOTE=retina;465658]At twelve words long it describes a number that cannot be described in fewer than thirteen words. Looks to me like a paradox. What did I miss?[/QUOTE]You missed the difference between defining integers in a rigorous manner and giving a description in an ambiguous language. Definition is not identical to description. The paradox arises from the ambiguity. Ambiguous language very easily produces paradoxes and the "proof" of falsities.

Another nice example: it is well-known and widely accepted that the pope is a Catholic and bears shit in the woods. I ask you, has anyone any evidence whatsoever for the pope bearing shit in the woods?