CrashPlan closed their consumer-facing unlimited storage cloud backup option because of people like this. It wasn't the 98% of the people using the service but the small minority of folks that backed up terabytes of data in collections like those here that made it unprofitable for them to continue operating. The digital hoarders really killed that service, ratter than the regular users.
STOP making bullshit excuses for a company already. Anyone who is wiling to offer an "unlimited" plan should be prepared for exactly that. And if you can't manage to be profitable off "the 98%", then you didn't stand a chance anyway. Your business plan was fucked from Day 1.
They all support it, they just don't like it, whether it's because they think remote workers will just goof off at home, or because they believe face time is important.
Face time? That's a laugh. I hardly ever actually see my co-workers. We're all rather busy with our heads down at our desks. And you probably text or chat with those you want to communicate with throughout the day, even though they're only 37 feet away.
Why is it always gender studies used as the example? What about all the guys playing football, 99.99% of which never get more than a mild brain injury out of it?
Ironically enough, football players are smart enough to go after degrees in finance or business, which can benefit them if they're successful enough to make it in the NFL or any other elite level.
Society has yet to find value with gender studies degrees. The only people actually hiring for that (colleges) are the ones trying to convince us that it's somehow still worth something.
It's not the private companies that are a threat. It's government. I have control over who I do business with provided government doesn't over regulate and interfere with what could be a free market. The problem is government, not free enterprise. I don't do business with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and numerous other companies because I choose not to do business with privacy wrecking entities...
If you use the internet or a modern computer, you do business with damn near every one of the companies you've listed, because whether you like it or not, you are the product.
Women are more likely to get a college degree (in the US anyway) and that has had a knock-on effect in job opportunities and futures for a huge number of US men.
Are women (or men for that matter) also more likely to obtain an actual useful degree?
Even a 100% college graduate rate isn't worth a shit if the end result is a nation full of social justice warriors who majored in transgender studies.
Here, let me point out your first mistake; define "actual data security" for me.
And when I say define, I'm specifically talking in a highly technical and legally binding way that is actually worth a shit in a courtroom.
Infosec SME here. Don't be an ass, the law is not "highly technical" and you know it. The definition you are looking for would take many hours of deposition and a hefty bill, but the short version is this: best practices.
I find it hard to believe you're an Infosec SME who fails to understand exactly what happens after a breach occurs. What the hell do you think lawyers use to nail corporations against the wall with? They're not winning multi-million dollar settlements with generic bullshit statements like "failed to implement best practices". No, they're detailing out exactly how many accounts were hacked, or exactly how many credit cards and/or identities were stolen. And they're getting this detail through the highly technical analysis that occurs after every major breach.
That's also why I challenged the parent to define "actual data security". If you cannot define it, you sure as shit aren't going to defend yourself in a courtroom.
For many young people city living is far more desirable than remote work. Cities offer a wide variety of social, entertainment, cultural and educational opportunities. My own view is that any sufficiently talented young person is foolish for not trying to make it in a big city.
You're right. Cities do offer a wide variety of social, entertainment, cultural and educational opportunities.
That's also why we built them fucking everywhere. Remote work doesn't mean that remote.
Some tech companies don't like you checking your email about 10:00 AM. Let's see wake up in pajamas. Watch some youtube videos, maybe twitter a bit. Maybe some early morning pr0n. Go to lunch. Check some more email about 1:00 PM. Watch some more pr0n. Maybe send some twitters out. Check some more emails. Stop doing anything related to work around 3:00 PM. This is what most work at home tech workers do. Productivity goes to hell yet these types of people manage to stay on the payrolls for months before they are weeded out. Then the cycle continues,
Trying to preach the problems of managing remote workers is like trying to preach the problems of raising a 2-year old. Nothing is a surprise anymore, and if you haven't figured out yet how to properly manage an employee and hold them accountable, then it doesn't really matter how far away they are; you've already proven to be an incompetent manager.
First, you can pick category or small/large icons in Control Panel. Second, Control Panel dates way way way back, and while it is still there, more and more functionality is being moved to the new Settings. If you don't want to learn anything new, ever, then you might want to switch to a Mac where nothing ever changes.
If you really think things have remain unchanged in the Apple ecosystem, I dare you to throw OS 9 in front of the average GenY hipster. They'll be just as clueless.
The jail time would need to be an option for willful negligence where profit was prioritized over actual data security...
Here, let me point out your first mistake; define "actual data security" for me.
And when I say define, I'm specifically talking in a highly technical and legally binding way that is actually worth a shit in a courtroom.
If you can't manage to do that, then you might as well stop bitching about the problem of prison time, because you can't even define the fucking problem to correct.
got to be the most profitable company in the world by selling relatively small amounts of product at very high prices...
Selling over 150 million iPhones a year for the last few years represents "small amounts of product"? I doubt you would even find a billionaire who would share that mentality.
They may enjoy the luxury of high prices (and margins), but they sure as hell didn't get to the top with mediocre sales numbers.
Try explaining to an elderly person who's used to 95/XP/7 how to get around Win10. Everything's hidden, icons that are confusing, and the modern desktop UI just baffles them to the point where they just give up..
Sorry, but I find this hard to believe.
Windows 10 still uses windows. And it still has a desktop that you can put shortcuts on.
Tell me again what the elderly are doing on their 95/XP/7 computers beyond using the desktop, shortcuts, and windows? These days it doesn't matter the demographic. Almost everyone I meet doesn't have a fucking clue as to how to operate their computer, which is part of the reason certain Windows features remain unchanged.
Normally I'm rather dismissive of the smart-asses who try and dismiss this as "First World Problems", but fuck me if that doesn't fit like a fucking glove...
You mean a large Austrian bodybuilder wearing sunglasses and a leather coat isn't going to show up and toss a robot into a recycling incinerator and say some cheesy shit like "You're fired"..?
That's a shame. Shit would make for a great movie...
Removing the headphone jack certainly didn't stop or even slow down iPhone sales when it happened.
Well, we can't really say that. iPhone sales have been coming in under Apple expectations lately, which is part of the reason their stock has taken such a beating. Maybe the effect wasn't immediate, but it might be a lot bigger than we think.
Uh, the key word here is lately.
The headphone jack disappeared from iPhones well over two years ago. Apple only recently showed a decline, and we both know that a $1000+ MSRP and a weak S-grade model release last year had far more of an impact on sales than some delayed reaction to not having a headphone jack.
Instead of runaway cancer, you get runaway obesity? Then you die of a massive coronary.
FAIL
Since we don't measure obese people with a 5-year survival scale and stage-rate their decline, I'd say it's rather obvious which one is more dangerous.
And obesity is pretty much 100% curable. I'd much rather take those chances and work on losing the weight than be dead.
Hollywood saw to that. And it's the law now: "Computer hacking" is criminal, even though the law doesn't say what "hacking" is. Since this "hacking" indubitably involves computers somehow, it must be "computer hacking" and therefore criminal. Don't go "but the law doesn't mean that" on me, you doofus. If the prosecutor feels like it, he can use it that way. That makes it bad law, but it is a law in force, and thus almost anything anyone would care to call "hacking" can get prosecuted.
You can thank the security s'kiddies for that. And hollywood.
Since I can turn on a television and watch TV shows promoting how to Hack My Life, I'm not really inclined to believe your bullshit Hollywood representation of what the general public has obviously accepted when it comes to hacking. There are plenty of legitimate job titles and even computer certifications that contain the term/title "Hacker", so drop the drama already. A few billion people using computers daily can manage to avoid being labeled a criminal, so it's not hard to use these things and avoid your Hollywood courtroom and its overly zealous prosecutors.
This is what happens when you have a solution looking for a problem and trying to fix a problem that doesn't need to be fixed.
Oh, there was a problem to solve alright. That problem was revenue not being obscene enough.
So you remove things like user-replaceable batteries and standardized headphone jacks in favor of sealed designs and proprietary connectors that require more purchases and faster replacements.
So, you don't see any problem with manufacturers deciding to replace perfectly good audio quality with lower quality?
I do. You probably do too. Unfortunately, the other 98% of consumers use Apple earbuds (or worse) to listen to music, which should tell you everything you need to know about the "problem" to solve here.
People listen to a LOT of music on their phones, and not just in their car. The fact that a 2019 flagship phone cannot deliver audio fidelity as good as a 2014 (or 2009) model is absurd.
The only thing that is absurd is assuming that people really give a shit about audio quality (ref. Apple earbuds). Removing the headphone jack certainly didn't stop or even slow down iPhone sales when it happened. Of course, this also highlights the fact that little or no effort is put into music mastering these days, so shitty earbuds and equally shitty wireless solutions are certainly good enough to listen to that mainstream crap.
This technique has been used for still photography for years now, and has the same issue under video (even more so)... There's a very fine line between skin smoothing - and making it look like plastic. When it's overdone, even slightly, you do notice it, and it doesn't look right.
Let's be realistic here. Any amount of digital manipulation isn't going to change the shock value once you meet the actor or actress in meatspace. They're all going to look different/look older/look like shit by comparison.
And the fact that photo manipulation is still alive and well after decades tells you the popularity in which video manipulation will be welcomed with open arms. The world is full of lies, and people love it.
Any company that mas this system in their cars is one I will NOT buy from.
You probably had the same mentality about removable batteries in smartphones. Look what happened.
Resistance, is useless. People don't give a shit about privacy anymore, and industry is gonna continue to rape that mentality in any way they can, especially if there's profits to be wrung out.
You sell us a car and spy on us to make money?
Fuck you. I can't wait to see the industry that pops up having to protect us from THE SHIT WE OWN!
(Circa today) There will still be no such industry. You have to have demand for privacy, and that is obviously evaporating quickly from society based on the products being shoved down our throats. The 0.01% of us who still give a shit about privacy don't stand a chance. Ownership is dying.
(Circa 2035) Automated cars are now everywhere. Human-powered cars have been regulated off the roads due to safety concerns and liability of a human behind the wheel. All car maintenance is now strictly regulated and controlled by the government for the same reason. Only the mega-rich will be able to afford the liability insurance to own or drive a car on private roads. Car ownership is dead. Everything is subscription-based. You WON'T OWN SHIT.
This is why a product as deadly as tobacco is legal in the US. It creates both massive profits and death, which is a win-win for any capitalist country.
That's is definitely NOT why tobacco is legal. Smoking rates are comparable or *worse* in communist nations. Tobacco was popular long before we knew it was dangerous. Humans have been smoking things for thousands of years.
Cannabis was popular too. Then it became illegal. NOT because it was actually dangerous (in fact the government has flipped-flopped on that stance so many times it's practically funny now). NOT because it kills people who use it (the lethal dose is basically humanly impossible). It was outlawed because hemp was poised to become a serious threat to other industries (paper, etc.). It other words, it was outlawed because someone's profits were targeted.
Tobacco helps cull the population. No matter how you want to look at history, that statement is fact. It's also quite obvious that we have NO other legal product on the market today that kills almost half a million people every year, which is the entire reason tobacco is NOT regulated by the FDA, because if it were, it would be illegal.
There are many illegal drugs that are FAR less deadly than tobacco. And then you have Big Pharma who took opium and put it in a prescription bottle, addicting millions. Why is that legal? I can give you a few trillion reasons why. Once again, profits.
Regardless of history, don't sit here and try and convince me why tobacco is legal today in the US. The evidence speaks volumes. And although your link was broken, I fail to see how communist countries and their governments don't have similar responsibilities when it comes to resource management. They have finite resources too. Population control is a global responsibility. Socialist/communist countries still value the death benefit regardless of profit.
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CrashPlan closed their consumer-facing unlimited storage cloud backup option because of people like this. It wasn't the 98% of the people using the service but the small minority of folks that backed up terabytes of data in collections like those here that made it unprofitable for them to continue operating. The digital hoarders really killed that service, ratter than the regular users.
STOP making bullshit excuses for a company already. Anyone who is wiling to offer an "unlimited" plan should be prepared for exactly that. And if you can't manage to be profitable off "the 98%", then you didn't stand a chance anyway. Your business plan was fucked from Day 1.
They all support it, they just don't like it, whether it's because they think remote workers will just goof off at home, or because they believe face time is important.
Face time? That's a laugh. I hardly ever actually see my co-workers. We're all rather busy with our heads down at our desks. And you probably text or chat with those you want to communicate with throughout the day, even though they're only 37 feet away.
Why is it always gender studies used as the example? What about all the guys playing football, 99.99% of which never get more than a mild brain injury out of it?
Ironically enough, football players are smart enough to go after degrees in finance or business, which can benefit them if they're successful enough to make it in the NFL or any other elite level.
Society has yet to find value with gender studies degrees. The only people actually hiring for that (colleges) are the ones trying to convince us that it's somehow still worth something.
It's not the private companies that are a threat. It's government. I have control over who I do business with provided government doesn't over regulate and interfere with what could be a free market. The problem is government, not free enterprise. I don't do business with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and numerous other companies because I choose not to do business with privacy wrecking entities...
If you use the internet or a modern computer, you do business with damn near every one of the companies you've listed, because whether you like it or not, you are the product.
Control is an illusion.
Women are more likely to get a college degree (in the US anyway) and that has had a knock-on effect in job opportunities and futures for a huge number of US men.
Are women (or men for that matter) also more likely to obtain an actual useful degree?
Even a 100% college graduate rate isn't worth a shit if the end result is a nation full of social justice warriors who majored in transgender studies.
Here, let me point out your first mistake; define "actual data security" for me.
And when I say define, I'm specifically talking in a highly technical and legally binding way that is actually worth a shit in a courtroom.
Infosec SME here. Don't be an ass, the law is not "highly technical" and you know it. The definition you are looking for would take many hours of deposition and a hefty bill, but the short version is this: best practices.
I find it hard to believe you're an Infosec SME who fails to understand exactly what happens after a breach occurs. What the hell do you think lawyers use to nail corporations against the wall with? They're not winning multi-million dollar settlements with generic bullshit statements like "failed to implement best practices". No, they're detailing out exactly how many accounts were hacked, or exactly how many credit cards and/or identities were stolen. And they're getting this detail through the highly technical analysis that occurs after every major breach.
That's also why I challenged the parent to define "actual data security". If you cannot define it, you sure as shit aren't going to defend yourself in a courtroom.
For many young people city living is far more desirable than remote work. Cities offer a wide variety of social, entertainment, cultural and educational opportunities. My own view is that any sufficiently talented young person is foolish for not trying to make it in a big city.
You're right. Cities do offer a wide variety of social, entertainment, cultural and educational opportunities.
That's also why we built them fucking everywhere. Remote work doesn't mean that remote.
It's a shame that common sense isn't a smart device. People would actually buy it if is was.
That's a laugh.
Common sense isn't popular because it doesn't come in a cool form factor.
Common sense isn't popular because ignorance and stupidity, is. And society seems to enjoy rewarding stupidity these days.
Some tech companies don't like you checking your email about 10:00 AM. Let's see wake up in pajamas. Watch some youtube videos, maybe twitter a bit. Maybe some early morning pr0n. Go to lunch. Check some more email about 1:00 PM. Watch some more pr0n. Maybe send some twitters out. Check some more emails. Stop doing anything related to work around 3:00 PM. This is what most work at home tech workers do. Productivity goes to hell yet these types of people manage to stay on the payrolls for months before they are weeded out. Then the cycle continues,
Trying to preach the problems of managing remote workers is like trying to preach the problems of raising a 2-year old. Nothing is a surprise anymore, and if you haven't figured out yet how to properly manage an employee and hold them accountable, then it doesn't really matter how far away they are; you've already proven to be an incompetent manager.
If your tech company cannot support remote work in the year 2019, then you're working for the wrong damn tech company.
There's only one way you're going to get prices to revert to semi-reasonable levels in the Bay area; stop feeding that fucking stupidity.
First, you can pick category or small/large icons in Control Panel. Second, Control Panel dates way way way back, and while it is still there, more and more functionality is being moved to the new Settings. If you don't want to learn anything new, ever, then you might want to switch to a Mac where nothing ever changes.
If you really think things have remain unchanged in the Apple ecosystem, I dare you to throw OS 9 in front of the average GenY hipster. They'll be just as clueless.
The jail time would need to be an option for willful negligence where profit was prioritized over actual data security...
Here, let me point out your first mistake; define "actual data security" for me.
And when I say define, I'm specifically talking in a highly technical and legally binding way that is actually worth a shit in a courtroom.
If you can't manage to do that, then you might as well stop bitching about the problem of prison time, because you can't even define the fucking problem to correct.
got to be the most profitable company in the world by selling relatively small amounts of product at very high prices...
Selling over 150 million iPhones a year for the last few years represents "small amounts of product"? I doubt you would even find a billionaire who would share that mentality.
They may enjoy the luxury of high prices (and margins), but they sure as hell didn't get to the top with mediocre sales numbers.
Try explaining to an elderly person who's used to 95/XP/7 how to get around Win10. Everything's hidden, icons that are confusing, and the modern desktop UI just baffles them to the point where they just give up..
Sorry, but I find this hard to believe.
Windows 10 still uses windows. And it still has a desktop that you can put shortcuts on.
Tell me again what the elderly are doing on their 95/XP/7 computers beyond using the desktop, shortcuts, and windows? These days it doesn't matter the demographic. Almost everyone I meet doesn't have a fucking clue as to how to operate their computer, which is part of the reason certain Windows features remain unchanged.
My left shoe won't even reboot...
Normally I'm rather dismissive of the smart-asses who try and dismiss this as "First World Problems", but fuck me if that doesn't fit like a fucking glove...
...since you dont pay robots you cannot fire them
You mean a large Austrian bodybuilder wearing sunglasses and a leather coat isn't going to show up and toss a robot into a recycling incinerator and say some cheesy shit like "You're fired"..?
That's a shame. Shit would make for a great movie...
Well, we can't really say that. iPhone sales have been coming in under Apple expectations lately, which is part of the reason their stock has taken such a beating. Maybe the effect wasn't immediate, but it might be a lot bigger than we think.
Uh, the key word here is lately.
The headphone jack disappeared from iPhones well over two years ago. Apple only recently showed a decline, and we both know that a $1000+ MSRP and a weak S-grade model release last year had far more of an impact on sales than some delayed reaction to not having a headphone jack.
Instead of runaway cancer, you get runaway obesity? Then you die of a massive coronary.
FAIL
Since we don't measure obese people with a 5-year survival scale and stage-rate their decline, I'd say it's rather obvious which one is more dangerous.
And obesity is pretty much 100% curable. I'd much rather take those chances and work on losing the weight than be dead.
Hollywood saw to that. And it's the law now: "Computer hacking" is criminal, even though the law doesn't say what "hacking" is. Since this "hacking" indubitably involves computers somehow, it must be "computer hacking" and therefore criminal. Don't go "but the law doesn't mean that" on me, you doofus. If the prosecutor feels like it, he can use it that way. That makes it bad law, but it is a law in force, and thus almost anything anyone would care to call "hacking" can get prosecuted.
You can thank the security s'kiddies for that. And hollywood.
Since I can turn on a television and watch TV shows promoting how to Hack My Life, I'm not really inclined to believe your bullshit Hollywood representation of what the general public has obviously accepted when it comes to hacking. There are plenty of legitimate job titles and even computer certifications that contain the term/title "Hacker", so drop the drama already. A few billion people using computers daily can manage to avoid being labeled a criminal, so it's not hard to use these things and avoid your Hollywood courtroom and its overly zealous prosecutors.
This is what happens when you have a solution looking for a problem and trying to fix a problem that doesn't need to be fixed.
Oh, there was a problem to solve alright. That problem was revenue not being obscene enough.
So you remove things like user-replaceable batteries and standardized headphone jacks in favor of sealed designs and proprietary connectors that require more purchases and faster replacements.
In other words, this problem was solved long ago.
So, you don't see any problem with manufacturers deciding to replace perfectly good audio quality with lower quality?
I do. You probably do too. Unfortunately, the other 98% of consumers use Apple earbuds (or worse) to listen to music, which should tell you everything you need to know about the "problem" to solve here.
People listen to a LOT of music on their phones, and not just in their car. The fact that a 2019 flagship phone cannot deliver audio fidelity as good as a 2014 (or 2009) model is absurd.
The only thing that is absurd is assuming that people really give a shit about audio quality (ref. Apple earbuds). Removing the headphone jack certainly didn't stop or even slow down iPhone sales when it happened. Of course, this also highlights the fact that little or no effort is put into music mastering these days, so shitty earbuds and equally shitty wireless solutions are certainly good enough to listen to that mainstream crap.
This technique has been used for still photography for years now, and has the same issue under video (even more so)... There's a very fine line between skin smoothing - and making it look like plastic. When it's overdone, even slightly, you do notice it, and it doesn't look right.
Let's be realistic here. Any amount of digital manipulation isn't going to change the shock value once you meet the actor or actress in meatspace. They're all going to look different/look older/look like shit by comparison.
And the fact that photo manipulation is still alive and well after decades tells you the popularity in which video manipulation will be welcomed with open arms. The world is full of lies, and people love it.
Any company that mas this system in their cars is one I will NOT buy from.
You probably had the same mentality about removable batteries in smartphones. Look what happened.
Resistance, is useless. People don't give a shit about privacy anymore, and industry is gonna continue to rape that mentality in any way they can, especially if there's profits to be wrung out.
You sell us a car and spy on us to make money? Fuck you. I can't wait to see the industry that pops up having to protect us from THE SHIT WE OWN!
(Circa today) There will still be no such industry. You have to have demand for privacy, and that is obviously evaporating quickly from society based on the products being shoved down our throats. The 0.01% of us who still give a shit about privacy don't stand a chance. Ownership is dying.
(Circa 2035) Automated cars are now everywhere. Human-powered cars have been regulated off the roads due to safety concerns and liability of a human behind the wheel. All car maintenance is now strictly regulated and controlled by the government for the same reason. Only the mega-rich will be able to afford the liability insurance to own or drive a car on private roads. Car ownership is dead. Everything is subscription-based. You WON'T OWN SHIT.
This is why a product as deadly as tobacco is legal in the US. It creates both massive profits and death, which is a win-win for any capitalist country.
That's is definitely NOT why tobacco is legal. Smoking rates are comparable or *worse* in communist nations. Tobacco was popular long before we knew it was dangerous. Humans have been smoking things for thousands of years.
Cannabis was popular too. Then it became illegal. NOT because it was actually dangerous (in fact the government has flipped-flopped on that stance so many times it's practically funny now). NOT because it kills people who use it (the lethal dose is basically humanly impossible). It was outlawed because hemp was poised to become a serious threat to other industries (paper, etc.). It other words, it was outlawed because someone's profits were targeted.
Tobacco helps cull the population. No matter how you want to look at history, that statement is fact. It's also quite obvious that we have NO other legal product on the market today that kills almost half a million people every year, which is the entire reason tobacco is NOT regulated by the FDA, because if it were, it would be illegal.
There are many illegal drugs that are FAR less deadly than tobacco. And then you have Big Pharma who took opium and put it in a prescription bottle, addicting millions. Why is that legal? I can give you a few trillion reasons why. Once again, profits.
Regardless of history, don't sit here and try and convince me why tobacco is legal today in the US. The evidence speaks volumes. And although your link was broken, I fail to see how communist countries and their governments don't have similar responsibilities when it comes to resource management. They have finite resources too. Population control is a global responsibility. Socialist/communist countries still value the death benefit regardless of profit.