England too, and I think many cultures world over, actually.
But in the UK we had a scandal some years ago because retailers sold 'beef' that was actually part horse. So it was misleading customers into eating a meat they'd find objectionable.
Food regulations are (mostly) about restricting food producers in ways that I already want/approve. Food safety, so I know there isn't mercury in my baby's formula.
It's necessary especially because companies want their profits, more than they want to produce good food.
"Government dictating what I can eat" is restricting me about my own body, in ways perhaps I disagree with.
Most cryptographic protocols include some form of endpoint authentication specifically to prevent MITM attacks. For example, TLS can authenticate one or both parties using a mutually trusted certificate authority.
For most purposes, doesn't HTTPS thwart MITM attacks? It's designed to be resilient against MITM for the whole chain through your ISP and other gateways to the destination, no?
You make a fair point. Perhaps it's just the cultures I've lived in, though, but my impression is that the vast majority of people value some amount of what might be considered small talk. So for those of us who don't take to it naturally (and I am also one who's had to learn small talk... I'm okay at it in many situations now but not all) it's probably worth having a feel for it for the sake of friendly relationships with many people around us.
Linux is one option for the core, central part of how a computer works, called a 'kernel'. All programs talk to Linux, which talks to the physical computer.
Windows has its own version of that kernel, Mac has another.
Linux is special because it's free for people to use, change, and check what it's doing.
There's a lot of programs built to work with Linux: together they are what you use to use your computer. Like, Windows is actually lots of smaller programs working together, and Mac OS is lots of smaller programs working together. Most people say 'Linux' meaning all these programs running together, with Linux at the core.
In other words, Linux is a system that runs on your computer, so you can run the programs you want (like Emacs, or Inkscape) on top of that.
Am I indeed? But at least, if I can observe a difference between hands off the steering wheel and hands on, with the car swerving accordingly, then something seems to be going on. Perhaps the adult is moving the toddlers hands too; or perhaps the toddler truly has agency.
No, you can often see what's going on and adjust your speed a little to let merging work well, without causing risk to other traffic.
Well, I can at least.
You can also move in one lane if it's empty to let merging cars enter the outside lane easily.