I believe he's talking about Diablo 2 (the timeframe works, and the game is notorious for duping), in which Blizzard provides shady third party companies with items, which are then sold to users.
If I'm not logged into a site a that I regularly use, I'm probably not logged into my email, either. In order to log into my favorite site with Passwordless, I have to log into my email as well. With my password. One login for the price of two, and I'm still using a password.
I found a demo[0] via this old forum thread from August[1].
Obviously there are privacy concerns. That being said, this looks like a boon for anyone interested in bot detection, as you can periodically challenge your users' humanity without getting too much in their way. Nice one, Google.
From the thread:
Implemented it successfully for a website. I have to say, it works great!
it also checks if html pages are changed at runtime and how many times you "reload" the page where the captcha is. When it thinks you are a bot a captcha popups, when entered, it got checked on googles servers if it's right and fills in a hidden input. When the user submits the form, the filled in captcha coded, again, will be verifed. [sic]
McKenna is more famous for his excessive use of psychedelics.
Terence McKenna: "There are only about 1,000 of these GBMs a year, so it's a rare disease. I never won anything before - why now?" Like everybody else, he suspected a lifetime of exotic drug use may have been to blame. [0]
Your idea started out good. Sometimes I want to research a product before I go looking for a merchant. Blocking all sites that contain ads? Just use adblock if you're that fanatical.
tl;dr: LED bulbs get too hot, lowering their life expectancy. Manufacturers need to include cheap thermistor circuits, which automatically dim the light to a safe thermal equilibrium.