Please look up the definition of propriety. It doesn't mean what you think it does.
This tends to remind me why so many people consider semantics to be bullshit.
You can make a power cord any shape you want. You can try and claim or advertise it's more than a power cord, but if it turns out all can reliably do is be a power cord, then by functionality it's pretty damn exclusive in it's design.
Within the irony of the textbook definition, turns out USB-C has "exclusive rights" over something alright; power signals.
Guns are more dangerous than phones. Why all this concern over phones? Consider the essential purpose of each item. A gun is meant to kill. It should be banned. A phone is meant to help. It shouldn't be a concern.
Guns: 30,000+ deaths per year (22,000 of those deaths are due to suicide.)
Cars: 40,000+ deaths per year (and you do this activity every day.)
Alcohol: 80,000+ deaths per year.
Cigarettes: 400,000+ deaths per year.
Wake me when you're ready to start talking about banning the real killers.
We've done a great job of reducing risk to manageable levels.
However, reducing risk to zero is unnecessary and astoundingly Orweillein. Stupid people dying is a fact of life and keeping them from killing themselves especially in this day and age of padded safe everything is probably not the best course of action.
Your observation would be relevant, if not for the innocent smart people being harmed and killed.
Or just treat using a phone the same as DUI, if a cop catches you doing it, say goodbye to your license and say hello to several thousand dollars worth of fines. It is fair, phone users kill more people than drunk drivers behind the wheel.
Absolutely the right solution.
The only problem with this is dealing with the massive number of 49cc "DUI" mopeds you would have to navigate around every day on your way to work, since a large percentage of drivers today are smartphone addicts, and would invariably get caught.
If every car had by default some good way to mount a cell phone there would not be nearly so much distraction, since you could see the road and not have eyes diverted to the side for notifications or what have you.
Uh, no. There is no configuration that would be deemed safe for a driver to operate a smartphone, so let's stop pretending there is. And yeah, that goes for mega-infotainment systems too. Surfing your car stereo controls is not any different than surfing your smartphone controls when it comes to distracted driving.
That's another factor the article seems to not consider at all - how much does relying on GPS directions which can be confusing and mean many more sudden movements from divers play into increased traffic incidents?
Been using GPS systems long before smartphones came along, so I've seen many iterations. They continue to improve, both in functionality and accuracy. GPS can easily be navigated with nothing more than audio prompts these days, which does not create near the distraction than an addiction to smartphones and social media does.
Thunderbolt (which the USB-C connector replaces, but still transports) was proprietary... USB-C is an industry standard. So why are you complaining about PROPRIETARY garbage? Apple has changed to a STANDARD connector, that can optionally carry Apple's proprietary protocol - but you can simply choose not to use it if you wish.
The entire point of TFS is the fact that USB-C has essentially turned into garbage for damn near anything other than supplying power.
And when a company decides to remove every other type of I/O and replace it with garbage, you're not left with many options for interfacing devices. The utter lack of actual functionality is exactly what has turned USB-C into proprietary crap. And Apple's latest iterations of hardware bet the fucking farm on it.
Do you think users of hardware really give a shit who holds the patent [proprietary] connector, or if it's standards-based or not? No, they don't. They give a shit if it works or not. And USB-C has failed to deliver as this all-in-one magical solution.
Yeah, that's right. Fuck You, for removing every proven interface off your latest hardware and replacing it with this proprietary crap.
I wish this kind of fucking courage would spell the demise of such stupidity, but chances are Apple's particular flavor of ignorant Greed will force them to double-down on proprietary interface bullshit to maximize revenue streams. Soon, every model will be devoid of tried and true interfaces, and we'll be left with "you're plugging it in wrong."
They're less "snake oil" than "yesterday's solution."
At this point, for Windows users, I'd simply recommend using the built-in AV and some common-sense precautions...
I'm not sure what is the larger risk here; assuming that removing software is going to properly cover your ass in the event of an outbreak, or actually believing that the user community is fluent in "common-sense precautions".
Remember there are times when software is solely used to prevent you from getting fired, particularly when the CxO doesn't see A/V as mere "snake oil".
Given the parties involved in the financial meltdown of 2008, the irony and stupidity of looking to those on the inside to help "fortify markets", fucking kills me.
Congress hasn't done much to prevent another meltdown, so perhaps we should focus on the real threat. Greed N. Corruption is still in charge of Wall Street.
I for one await the day (alas, won't live that long) when all of us will have to voluntarily leave life since technology will make us physiologically immortal. For me there is no greater achievement than conquering death - not ultimately, mind you (that is not only impossible but highly undesirable - imagine being immortal and cannot stop it by your free will!), just temporarily - having a very long and healthy life and quick and painless death at the time of your choosing. Any takers?
Since we've carved up this planet into "yours" and "mine", drawing lines between countries, every government has the burden of resource management. Manufacturing death is part of that job, and our policies support this fact. Our largest man-made killers are legal products today. Perpetual treatments with predictable death is the goal of medicine now, not cures and immortality. Even if we reached an average lifespan of 100 years for every human, it would likely be too much as the population growth would soar above the finite amount of resources we have left on a planet that becomes more and more toxic every day.
Mankind may have survived and thrived for thousands of years to get to this point, but I really don't see us thriving beyond the next few hundred years. Perhaps we'll find a way to solve for the disease of Greed within the handful of elitists that affect the entire planet. Becoming a multi-trillionaire survives and thrives as a (pointless) goal in our capitalistic world, regardless of the impact to long-term survival.
I don't understand why anyone would get a job 1+ hours away from home and then complain about it. Kind of like getting a house next to a train track and complaining about the noise. You probably have that commute because you make more money in that scenario. So fine, that's the trade-off you made, now live with it.
Live with it? An intelligent person understands the value of asking why rather than blindly accepting everything that is thrown at them.
Revenue is negatively impacted if the valued employee is lost due to being forced to partake in a dangerous activity such as pointless commuting. Acknowledging and addressing this, is commonly referred to as Risk Mitigation.
Do they fail to understand or do they not care? It's not their problem if you spend 2 hours a day driving.
Companies will find it becomes their problem when more and more good employees are leaving because of antiquated mentalities.
If a company fails to acknowledge and address problems that ultimately cause a detriment to revenue, then they deserve to fail due to their own ignorance and stupidity.
Adapt or Die is not a new concept. Fuck 'em if they can't learn.
Let me guess, couldn't pass the driver's test now you have a grudge against motor vehicles?
Driving a car is one of the most dangerous things humans do on a daily basis. 40,000 people die every year doing it, so don't be ignorant as to the parents point. The old-fashioned mentality of being forced to drive to a building every day and sit in front of a computer to do a job that could easily be done from home needs to die.
My commute time was at least 2 hours every day. That's 40 hours a month wasted sitting in a car. I told my employer I would give them half of that wasted workweek back in exchange for taking one hour to do exercise every morning if they would allow me to work remotely. Not only do I maintain my health, but I save over $150 per month in fuel costs, and my vehicle will last much longer.
Fucking kills me that companies fail to understand that forced commuting wastes hundreds of productive hours every year and contributes to a considerable death toll.
Well, both only deliver thanks to millions in tax rebates, adding millions more in direct payments for milestones during development, and direct payments for cargo with more limitations than not due to the weak rocket power.
Speaking of rebates, let's remember the government had to deliver a fucking bailout for the competition not long ago.
And when viable rocket alternatives deliver a powerful solution but take twice as long at 3x the cost, what ends up being "weak" here is your argument.
No one is doing a thing about it other than going wahhh wahh wahh.
No one except the President can do anything about it. Pai is appointed, not elected.
"the commission illegally reversed course without proper notice..."
So, I guess when you're "appointed" to a position, you're freely allowed to break the law?
Not even sure how the hell that bullshit is supposed to work. Guess we have completely forgotten about ethics and integrity, and will continue to roll out the fucking red carpet for corruption.
Not only is privacy dead, but the demand for privacy is as well.
Social media addiction has created a world full of narcissists who will gladly share every detail of their lives, and not care at all about inherent risk or impact.
This has fuck-all to do with the OS.
Some people don't care, but a lot of people do.
I challenge you to find even 10 people you know who don't carry around a personal tracking device (smartphone), and refuse to use free (in exchange for privacy) apps. There are far less people than you assume who still care about privacy.
And while the internet is an inherently non-private place, even the over-sharers are not expecting their credit card information to be exposed for the world to see. Or that bulk pack of dildos they ordered.
The utter lack of action that victims take once their credit card or purchasing detail is exposed says a lot as to just how much the over-sharers don't give a shit about privacy. Victims hardly ever change their habits as a result of being a victim. They get pissed when you ask them to change a password they've used since grade school.
Regardless, these over-sharers were not created by social media...
Yes, they were. Social media has turned narcissism into a paid profession. There are far too many idiots on YouTube earning a ridiculous living as a professional narcissist to validate this point. And that's but one social media channel. There are many others now.
If privacy is utmost, we shouldn't be on the internet period. There is certainly a difference between knowing your data is shared, and finding out it isn't anonymized. Anonymization doesn't completely work either, but at least they have to work at it.
Anonymization is in many cases security by obscurity, which isn't really security at all. And the masses would never leave the internet, and will gladly exchange both privacy and security for access to the internet regardless of risk, which re-affirms my initial statements.
Oh, that's right, Android is Linux, and Linux can do no wrong. If this was was Windows or Mac OS, the outrage here would be massive.
Not only is privacy dead, but the demand for privacy is as well.
Social media addiction has created a world full of narcissists who will gladly share every detail of their lives, and not care at all about inherent risk or impact.
Greed and efficiency are related, because one is simply a subjective judgement on the other.
If a craftsman can create a nice pretty and highly functional arrowhead in 18 hours, and an journeyman can make one every hour using simpler techniques, he can build 18 arrowheads in the same time as a craftsman can make in an hour, and that has its own advantages. You can call that "greed" all you want, but when trading time comes, the guy with 18 arrowheads is gonna get more in trade than the guy with only one, even if it is better constructed and prettier. Though the nice one will likely end up with the chief / prince / king as a ceremonial piece that is never actually used.
Greed (subjective interpretation) is, for lack of better understanding, how trade actually works. After all, what does Uggah need with 18 semi automatic arrowheads?
Your arguments and examples are outdated and therefore irrelevant when the next generation of craftsman aren't human. Automation and AI are the next workforce, which society does not have a plan as to how to sustain and reward an unemployable human.
What brings on automation and AI? Obscene Greed does. It's the CEO who refuses to pay a living wage so they can maintain millions in bonuses by replacing human workers with robots. It's the company who labels shitty AI good enough to replace human workers. All in order to feed an ever-widening chasm between the irrelevant 99% and the elitist 1%.
Of course, people will argue that we'll usher in the concept of UBI to pay the unemployable masses in order to survive. Yeah, we'll just ask the elitists to fund UBI. After all, we never have any problems getting the rich to pay their fair share of taxes, right? Yes, I'm sure they won't mind funding plenty of money for everyone to live and prosper. Sarcasm aside, history will dictate reality. Obscene Greed would prefer to let the irrelevant die off instead.
As I said before, unless we solve for the disease of Greed, we will be consumed by it.
The beautiful Howiesons Poort industry with its long, thin blades is replaced at 58,000 years ago by a simple technology that could be rapidly produced.
Skilled craftsmen replaced by cheap labor. Who knew it was a tradition 58,000 years old.
Greed is timeless.
So much so that unless we solve for the disease of Greed, we will be ultimately destroyed by it.
This only gives a person's work history? Far less of an issue than getting a loan in another person's name. Unless someone can show me a hack that makes use of this information that's worse than getting a credit line... Many places are also making a switch to transparent salaries anyway. Again, why is this a big deal?
Many places? Please, feel free to elaborate with a list of the 0.001% of companies doing this.
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Please look up the definition of propriety. It doesn't mean what you think it does.
This tends to remind me why so many people consider semantics to be bullshit.
You can make a power cord any shape you want. You can try and claim or advertise it's more than a power cord, but if it turns out all can reliably do is be a power cord, then by functionality it's pretty damn exclusive in it's design.
Within the irony of the textbook definition, turns out USB-C has "exclusive rights" over something alright; power signals.
Guns are more dangerous than phones. Why all this concern over phones? Consider the essential purpose of each item. A gun is meant to kill. It should be banned. A phone is meant to help. It shouldn't be a concern.
Guns: 30,000+ deaths per year (22,000 of those deaths are due to suicide.)
Cars: 40,000+ deaths per year (and you do this activity every day.)
Alcohol: 80,000+ deaths per year.
Cigarettes: 400,000+ deaths per year.
Wake me when you're ready to start talking about banning the real killers.
We've done a great job of reducing risk to manageable levels.
However, reducing risk to zero is unnecessary and astoundingly Orweillein. Stupid people dying is a fact of life and keeping them from killing themselves especially in this day and age of padded safe everything is probably not the best course of action.
Your observation would be relevant, if not for the innocent smart people being harmed and killed.
Or just treat using a phone the same as DUI, if a cop catches you doing it, say goodbye to your license and say hello to several thousand dollars worth of fines. It is fair, phone users kill more people than drunk drivers behind the wheel.
Absolutely the right solution.
The only problem with this is dealing with the massive number of 49cc "DUI" mopeds you would have to navigate around every day on your way to work, since a large percentage of drivers today are smartphone addicts, and would invariably get caught.
I own a flip phone while I ride the bus with the people who pick up your trash. We aren't all millionaires out here in Silicon Valley.
Given the median price of a home there, not even the millionaires are millionaires...
If every car had by default some good way to mount a cell phone there would not be nearly so much distraction, since you could see the road and not have eyes diverted to the side for notifications or what have you.
Uh, no. There is no configuration that would be deemed safe for a driver to operate a smartphone, so let's stop pretending there is. And yeah, that goes for mega-infotainment systems too. Surfing your car stereo controls is not any different than surfing your smartphone controls when it comes to distracted driving.
That's another factor the article seems to not consider at all - how much does relying on GPS directions which can be confusing and mean many more sudden movements from divers play into increased traffic incidents?
Been using GPS systems long before smartphones came along, so I've seen many iterations. They continue to improve, both in functionality and accuracy. GPS can easily be navigated with nothing more than audio prompts these days, which does not create near the distraction than an addiction to smartphones and social media does.
Thunderbolt (which the USB-C connector replaces, but still transports) was proprietary... USB-C is an industry standard. So why are you complaining about PROPRIETARY garbage? Apple has changed to a STANDARD connector, that can optionally carry Apple's proprietary protocol - but you can simply choose not to use it if you wish.
The entire point of TFS is the fact that USB-C has essentially turned into garbage for damn near anything other than supplying power.
And when a company decides to remove every other type of I/O and replace it with garbage, you're not left with many options for interfacing devices. The utter lack of actual functionality is exactly what has turned USB-C into proprietary crap. And Apple's latest iterations of hardware bet the fucking farm on it.
Do you think users of hardware really give a shit who holds the patent [proprietary] connector, or if it's standards-based or not? No, they don't. They give a shit if it works or not. And USB-C has failed to deliver as this all-in-one magical solution.
You realize that USB-C is in no way proprietary crap, right?
You realize that other than supplying power, the interface is essentially crap, right?
When functionality becomes that crippled, the interface might as well be proprietary crap.
It also tends to make a device rather fucking worthless when your I/O is nothing but a handful of power plugs.
Yeah, that's right. Fuck You, for removing every proven interface off your latest hardware and replacing it with this proprietary crap.
I wish this kind of fucking courage would spell the demise of such stupidity, but chances are Apple's particular flavor of ignorant Greed will force them to double-down on proprietary interface bullshit to maximize revenue streams. Soon, every model will be devoid of tried and true interfaces, and we'll be left with "you're plugging it in wrong."
They're less "snake oil" than "yesterday's solution."
At this point, for Windows users, I'd simply recommend using the built-in AV and some common-sense precautions...
I'm not sure what is the larger risk here; assuming that removing software is going to properly cover your ass in the event of an outbreak, or actually believing that the user community is fluent in "common-sense precautions".
Remember there are times when software is solely used to prevent you from getting fired, particularly when the CxO doesn't see A/V as mere "snake oil".
Given the parties involved in the financial meltdown of 2008, the irony and stupidity of looking to those on the inside to help "fortify markets", fucking kills me.
Congress hasn't done much to prevent another meltdown, so perhaps we should focus on the real threat. Greed N. Corruption is still in charge of Wall Street.
I for one await the day (alas, won't live that long) when all of us will have to voluntarily leave life since technology will make us physiologically immortal. For me there is no greater achievement than conquering death - not ultimately, mind you (that is not only impossible but highly undesirable - imagine being immortal and cannot stop it by your free will!), just temporarily - having a very long and healthy life and quick and painless death at the time of your choosing. Any takers?
Since we've carved up this planet into "yours" and "mine", drawing lines between countries, every government has the burden of resource management. Manufacturing death is part of that job, and our policies support this fact. Our largest man-made killers are legal products today. Perpetual treatments with predictable death is the goal of medicine now, not cures and immortality. Even if we reached an average lifespan of 100 years for every human, it would likely be too much as the population growth would soar above the finite amount of resources we have left on a planet that becomes more and more toxic every day.
Mankind may have survived and thrived for thousands of years to get to this point, but I really don't see us thriving beyond the next few hundred years. Perhaps we'll find a way to solve for the disease of Greed within the handful of elitists that affect the entire planet. Becoming a multi-trillionaire survives and thrives as a (pointless) goal in our capitalistic world, regardless of the impact to long-term survival.
I don't understand why anyone would get a job 1+ hours away from home and then complain about it. Kind of like getting a house next to a train track and complaining about the noise. You probably have that commute because you make more money in that scenario. So fine, that's the trade-off you made, now live with it.
Live with it? An intelligent person understands the value of asking why rather than blindly accepting everything that is thrown at them.
Revenue is negatively impacted if the valued employee is lost due to being forced to partake in a dangerous activity such as pointless commuting. Acknowledging and addressing this, is commonly referred to as Risk Mitigation.
Do they fail to understand or do they not care? It's not their problem if you spend 2 hours a day driving.
Companies will find it becomes their problem when more and more good employees are leaving because of antiquated mentalities.
If a company fails to acknowledge and address problems that ultimately cause a detriment to revenue, then they deserve to fail due to their own ignorance and stupidity.
Adapt or Die is not a new concept. Fuck 'em if they can't learn.
Hey Hollywood, stop making the same shit over again
If Bullshit Sequel #2 makes $50 million in profits, you better believe Hollywood is gonna make Bullshit Sequel #3.
That continues until Bullshit Sequel #8 proves to not-so-profitable. If not, then they'll make Bullshit Sequel #9.
Bottom line is STOP asking or blaming Hollywood. They are doing nothing more than responding to demand.
Let me guess, couldn't pass the driver's test now you have a grudge against motor vehicles?
Driving a car is one of the most dangerous things humans do on a daily basis. 40,000 people die every year doing it, so don't be ignorant as to the parents point. The old-fashioned mentality of being forced to drive to a building every day and sit in front of a computer to do a job that could easily be done from home needs to die.
My commute time was at least 2 hours every day. That's 40 hours a month wasted sitting in a car. I told my employer I would give them half of that wasted workweek back in exchange for taking one hour to do exercise every morning if they would allow me to work remotely. Not only do I maintain my health, but I save over $150 per month in fuel costs, and my vehicle will last much longer.
Fucking kills me that companies fail to understand that forced commuting wastes hundreds of productive hours every year and contributes to a considerable death toll.
Really? These engineers didn't consider that processing power is constantly shrinking and becoming more efficient?
I feel like I'm reading an article from 30 years ago about how computers will never fit inside your home...
Perhaps you meant 50 years ago?
(My Apple IIc is 33 years old, and can fit in a backpack.)
Well, both only deliver thanks to millions in tax rebates, adding millions more in direct payments for milestones during development, and direct payments for cargo with more limitations than not due to the weak rocket power.
Speaking of rebates, let's remember the government had to deliver a fucking bailout for the competition not long ago.
And when viable rocket alternatives deliver a powerful solution but take twice as long at 3x the cost, what ends up being "weak" here is your argument.
No one is doing a thing about it other than going wahhh wahh wahh.
No one except the President can do anything about it. Pai is appointed, not elected.
"the commission illegally reversed course without proper notice..."
So, I guess when you're "appointed" to a position, you're freely allowed to break the law?
Not even sure how the hell that bullshit is supposed to work. Guess we have completely forgotten about ethics and integrity, and will continue to roll out the fucking red carpet for corruption.
Not only is privacy dead, but the demand for privacy is as well.
Social media addiction has created a world full of narcissists who will gladly share every detail of their lives, and not care at all about inherent risk or impact.
This has fuck-all to do with the OS.
Some people don't care, but a lot of people do.
I challenge you to find even 10 people you know who don't carry around a personal tracking device (smartphone), and refuse to use free (in exchange for privacy) apps. There are far less people than you assume who still care about privacy.
And while the internet is an inherently non-private place, even the over-sharers are not expecting their credit card information to be exposed for the world to see. Or that bulk pack of dildos they ordered.
The utter lack of action that victims take once their credit card or purchasing detail is exposed says a lot as to just how much the over-sharers don't give a shit about privacy. Victims hardly ever change their habits as a result of being a victim. They get pissed when you ask them to change a password they've used since grade school.
Regardless, these over-sharers were not created by social media...
Yes, they were. Social media has turned narcissism into a paid profession. There are far too many idiots on YouTube earning a ridiculous living as a professional narcissist to validate this point. And that's but one social media channel. There are many others now.
If privacy is utmost, we shouldn't be on the internet period. There is certainly a difference between knowing your data is shared, and finding out it isn't anonymized. Anonymization doesn't completely work either, but at least they have to work at it.
Anonymization is in many cases security by obscurity, which isn't really security at all. And the masses would never leave the internet, and will gladly exchange both privacy and security for access to the internet regardless of risk, which re-affirms my initial statements.
Oh, that's right, Android is Linux, and Linux can do no wrong. If this was was Windows or Mac OS, the outrage here would be massive.
Not only is privacy dead, but the demand for privacy is as well.
Social media addiction has created a world full of narcissists who will gladly share every detail of their lives, and not care at all about inherent risk or impact.
This has fuck-all to do with the OS.
Greed and efficiency are related, because one is simply a subjective judgement on the other.
If a craftsman can create a nice pretty and highly functional arrowhead in 18 hours, and an journeyman can make one every hour using simpler techniques, he can build 18 arrowheads in the same time as a craftsman can make in an hour, and that has its own advantages. You can call that "greed" all you want, but when trading time comes, the guy with 18 arrowheads is gonna get more in trade than the guy with only one, even if it is better constructed and prettier. Though the nice one will likely end up with the chief / prince / king as a ceremonial piece that is never actually used.
Greed (subjective interpretation) is, for lack of better understanding, how trade actually works. After all, what does Uggah need with 18 semi automatic arrowheads?
Your arguments and examples are outdated and therefore irrelevant when the next generation of craftsman aren't human. Automation and AI are the next workforce, which society does not have a plan as to how to sustain and reward an unemployable human.
What brings on automation and AI? Obscene Greed does. It's the CEO who refuses to pay a living wage so they can maintain millions in bonuses by replacing human workers with robots. It's the company who labels shitty AI good enough to replace human workers. All in order to feed an ever-widening chasm between the irrelevant 99% and the elitist 1%.
Of course, people will argue that we'll usher in the concept of UBI to pay the unemployable masses in order to survive. Yeah, we'll just ask the elitists to fund UBI. After all, we never have any problems getting the rich to pay their fair share of taxes, right? Yes, I'm sure they won't mind funding plenty of money for everyone to live and prosper. Sarcasm aside, history will dictate reality. Obscene Greed would prefer to let the irrelevant die off instead.
As I said before, unless we solve for the disease of Greed, we will be consumed by it.
Skilled craftsmen replaced by cheap labor. Who knew it was a tradition 58,000 years old.
Greed is timeless.
So much so that unless we solve for the disease of Greed, we will be ultimately destroyed by it.
This only gives a person's work history? Far less of an issue than getting a loan in another person's name. Unless someone can show me a hack that makes use of this information that's worse than getting a credit line... Many places are also making a switch to transparent salaries anyway. Again, why is this a big deal?
Many places? Please, feel free to elaborate with a list of the 0.001% of companies doing this.
Now you're being ridiculous. The real world is only 10k.
Speaking of ridiculous, let me know when you find the upper limit on ignorance and stupidity within the real world.
When you do, inform manufacturing and sales. They're rather busy designing and marketing 16K and 32K televisions right now.