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07-24-2019

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If Microsoft did not create such insecure software, anti-virus companies like MalwareBytes would not be in business.

It's an industry many of us in my circle of cybersecurity experts refer to as a "self-licking ice-cream cone" because all these companies just feed off the insecurity of the Window's (for the most part) operating system.

It's really a social and economic tragedy when you stop to think about it.

I just finished a GREAT book called "Lost in Math - How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" by Sabine Hossenfelder. In her transformational book, she describes the various biases, including cognitive bias" to which "following the herd" is a subset.

Computer security is so full of cognitive bias that if you really understood the industry, your stomach would turn, realizing how much corporate greed is the root cause of most of the IT insecurity we face in society.

There is yet no "antivirus software" for human greed and ignorance.

IMNSHO, everyone should read (or listen to), Sabine Hossenfelder's book, "Lost in Math".

Neo

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template::plugin::math

Template::Plugin::Math(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Template::Plugin::Math(3pm)

NAME

       Template::Plugin::Math - Plugin providing mathematical functions

SYNOPSIS

	   [% USE Math %]

	   [% Math.sqrt(9) %]

DESCRIPTION

       The Math plugin provides numerous mathematical functions for use within templates.

METHODS

       "Template::Plugin::Math" makes available the following functions from the Perl core:

       abs
       atan2
       cos
       exp
       hex
       int
       log
       oct
       rand
       sin
       sqrt
       srand

       In addition, if the Math::Trig module can be loaded, the following functions are also available:

       pi
       tan
       csc
       cosec
       sec
       cot
       cotan
       asin
       acos
       atan
       acsc
       acosec
       asec
       acot
       acotan
       sinh
       cosh
       tanh
       csch
       cosech
       sech
       coth
       cotanh
       asinh
       acosh
       atanh
       acsch
       acosech
       asech
       acoth
       acotanh
       rad2deg
       rad2grad
       deg2rad
       deg2grad
       grad2rad
       grad2deg

       If the Math::TrulyRandom module is available, and you've got the time to wait, the "truly_random_number" method is available:

	   [% Math.truly_random_number %]

AUTHOR

       Andy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> <http://wardley.org/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley.  All Rights Reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       Template::Plugin

perl v5.14.2							    2011-12-20					       Template::Plugin::Math(3pm)