Friday Squid Blogging: 2023 Squid Oil Global Market Report – Source: www.schneier.com

lurker •

August 4, 2023 5:43 PM

@Bruce

From the linked article

Squid oil refers to purified, winterized, and deodorized fatty oil obtained from the body of the squid.

But

The squid oil market consists of sales of fish oil and krill oil, d-alpha tocopherol (vitamin E soy), and rosemary extract.

and

in January 2022, Jinka, a US-based seafood producer, launched the world’s first fully prepared plant-based calamari

The squid is indeed a fish of many colours.

RobertT •

August 4, 2023 8:38 PM

Clearly seeing faults where others see just a fantastic new technology is the domain of the elderly, it’s sort of the stage we reach before we depart this life. I’m certain I have become cynical with age but who isn’t at least somewhat reticent when presented with the absolutely fabulous benefits of new technology.

As a youngster I spent some time in the islands and met my fair share of cargo-cult worshipers (including some who worshipped Prince Philip). These were not stupid people they were just average people who shared some somewhat bizarre beliefs. If you wanted to fit in you quickly learned to ignore their eccentricities and just accept them. Trouble was deep down they knew that you didn’t share their beliefs…

Today I find myself at the same junction. I look at our modern world and see nothing but a cargo-cult. We worship at the alters of Amazon and Alibaba, with little or no concept of how real things are actually made, it’s all magic. Production is magic, Sales is magic, Delivery is magic…stuff just appears on my doorstep if and only if I pray at these same alters. It’s weird it’s like revisiting my youth but only being able to see the world through jaded eyes.

Today it seems that the whole world has gone quantum crazy, it’s obvious that 9 out of 10 people don’t have the foggiest idea of why/how quantum processes / algorithms function but that doesn’t mean they keep their mouths shut, matter of fact there is zero correlation between real knowhow and how loudly their gums flap. As I said for me it’s all like revisiting the cargo cults…you want to get along but how can you when the very foundation of their belief is some form of craziness?

The real laugh comes when they want your opinion on whether this or that system is secure.