Or you could just take a little bit of personal responsibility for your own actions and decide not to install something. I know it is hard. Having to deny yourself a free Tetris game or slugging through the description of the app on the store to actually read the permissions requested before downloading.
I feel for you, I really do. I think that is a true shame that you were allowed to grow up in an environment that made you such an entitled person. One day if you are lucky life will step in and teach you why being responsible for your own actions is a really good thing.
It did. But let me state right off the bat. For each individual that downloaded and ran Google App Stoy... Good. Let your bank account be pwnd. Let your email get taken over. I am ok with your life being ruined because you are an unthinking being. Bye.
Yes. Gas is too cheap so the government must artificially raise the price.
Umm. Fuck you.
We have set aside funds for infrastructure. 18.4 cents of every single gallon of gas sold in the US! Where does that money actually go?
Well over 25% of gas tax funds go to side walks and bike trails and shit like that. How about we start with this.
States have gas taxes as well. In California I have to pay 71 cents/gal in gas taxes. Then because that is not enough sales tax on gas is calculated after the fuel tax so we get to pay sales taxes on or fuel tax.
What do we get for this. Shit ass roads that ruin our cars. Then we have fees at the DMV.
Money grabs are money grabs. They never make our lives better.
Fuck the GOP. Who the hell are they? They were not being targeted. The tea party is the enemy of the GOP and the Dems. They have a bit more in common with the conservatives than the liberals but they consider both sides to be wrong. The IRS was targeting the Tea Party. A group of people that wants the IRS to have much less power. If you think that the IRS does not see the Tea Party as an enemy with or without the help of any administration, current, past or future then you are blind.
The Tea Party is on one side. The Libs, Conservatives, IRS, EPA, Dept of Ed, Dept of Energy, BLM, ICE, Fusion Centers, NSA, and quite a few more are on the other side.
You may be right. Problem is if you tell liberal the are not human you will told how offensive and racist you are. If you tell the conservatives they will tell you that Jesus makes them human. Every once in a while you will run into a person who will let you know that you are wrong but are entitled to your opinion and move on about their day. Those would actually be the humans.
You are missing the point. None of the tea party groups were denied status. You are correct. They have not been denied because they were doing nothing wrong. There was no basis for a denial. So the IRS just delayed and demanded massive amounts of crazy information. There are still groups waiting years to get approved!
The fact that the IRS is out of control is obvious. The idea that it will swing its crazyness in the preferred direction is a given. If you either believe that the IRS is doing a fine job and does not wield too much power then you either have a vested interest in the system as it stands (Employed by the IRS or a Tax profesional) or you are deluded. If you think that groups that want to see the IRS and many government jobs get deleted or reduced are not targeted specifically by those they want to destroy then you have no idea how humans behave and I call you out as an alien impostor.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
Because people like power, and don't like giving it up. (If you really had to ask that, then you're too young to vote.)
The question is not "why do people who have power want to keep it". The question is "Why do the people keep voting for the last commercial they saw on TV?"
Actually I think there was never a real need to communicate directly with the Whitehouse about it. If they did I am sure they did it face to face and not over email.
What I do believe is that she was wielding her power with a purpose. She went out to get those tea party people. We already know that Senator were demanding that the IRS "Investigate" these groups.
Is it really a surprise that people who believe that the ends justify the means would do this? You don't have to go to congress. You can prosecute the laws you want to. You can decide what laws to defend and which ones not to. You can lie. You can omit. You can obfuscate. All of these things are business as usual. We have just come to a conclusion as a people that if you are a politician you can do criminal things and not be a criminal. We should just write it in the statute and accept what we accept.
I am fairly sure that they are not out destroying evidence that would exonerate them. I am fairly certain that power was being wielded with a purpose over there.
So then are you stating that the story is a lie? Are you saying that this story is all over the other media outlets?
Maybe you think that most major IT departments using exchange servers can lose a ton of the emails from 6 people being investigated? I am sure that happens all the time. If you do not see how crazy that excuse is you really have no business on/.
I only stated that the "added benefit" of the walled garden approach had no value to me. I did not state that it had no value to others.
Before I download stuff to my phone I check the number of downloads, publisher and permissions requested. Then I make my decision. I am safe on Android. Now if I did not want to go through all that and still be relatively safe I could pay extra for the Apple experience and be mostly safe downloading what ever was available.
Now if you want to talk about the parent to the post I was replying to then yes. I in the post you are not replying to (maybe Apple has decided this was the post you wanted) I did make the statement that I think Apple users are stupid. Let me amend that... Apple users come in three flavors. the Stupid, the Vain, the Lazy and those 8 people that actually think that dumping every app installed onto a screen is the awesome UI.
The phone is more expensive, smaller screen, less power, offers almost no customization and has just lately come around to the thinking that maybe that screen real estate can be used for something other than an icon dumping ground.
What you get for making those trade offs is that "It just works" except for when it does not and an App store you do not have to think in. For some it may be a trade off that is worth it. For most it is just laziness or an inability to see the limits put on you.
Like I said. These guy were in way over their heads. You just can not be responsible for the hard work of a bunch of people and do what these guys did.
The real problem was that they still had access to their stuff and never bothered to look at the number of accounts on the system before changing the password.
The concept was good but the people in charge were in way over their heads and it became suddenly clear to them that they had no business securing other peoples data. Good for them. At least they know what they suck at.
Well luckily he does have some skills and ambition and does not have to count on his income from his "both babe" duties. Let the no talent pseudo whores do what they are good at.
So stop trying to catch and jail the people "solving" crime and poverty by "redistributing" wealth.
Contrary to shallow thinkers popular belief, wealth is something that can be created. If you want more people to have more money then what you need to do is create wealth. Making people not want to create it by calling them names and stealing their shit really helps much less than you think it does.
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All motorcycle riders know that is not a motorcycle. It is in fact a 2 wheeled car. The DMV can lic it however they want though.
That is awesome.
which is easier on the driver's legs than putting a foot down the way you do while riding most motorcycles.
First all motorcycles. Not most. Second. Who the hell ever pulled up to a stop while riding and thought "Fuck. I have to put my feet down again!"?
Who needs to pay a fucking gas tax so you can walk. Pay a fucking shoe tax if you want better sidewalks.
I feel for you, I really do. I think that is a true shame that you were allowed to grow up in an environment that made you such an entitled person. One day if you are lucky life will step in and teach you why being responsible for your own actions is a really good thing.
It did. But let me state right off the bat. For each individual that downloaded and ran Google App Stoy ... Good. Let your bank account be pwnd. Let your email get taken over. I am ok with your life being ruined because you are an unthinking being. Bye.
I am a right leaning libertarian and I think Musk is doing well. It is his business and he can try to accomplish whatever he wants.
Umm. Fuck you.
We have set aside funds for infrastructure. 18.4 cents of every single gallon of gas sold in the US! Where does that money actually go?
Well over 25% of gas tax funds go to side walks and bike trails and shit like that. How about we start with this.
States have gas taxes as well. In California I have to pay 71 cents/gal in gas taxes. Then because that is not enough sales tax on gas is calculated after the fuel tax so we get to pay sales taxes on or fuel tax.
What do we get for this. Shit ass roads that ruin our cars. Then we have fees at the DMV.
Money grabs are money grabs. They never make our lives better.
The Tea Party is on one side. The Libs, Conservatives, IRS, EPA, Dept of Ed, Dept of Energy, BLM, ICE, Fusion Centers, NSA, and quite a few more are on the other side.
You may be right. Problem is if you tell liberal the are not human you will told how offensive and racist you are. If you tell the conservatives they will tell you that Jesus makes them human. Every once in a while you will run into a person who will let you know that you are wrong but are entitled to your opinion and move on about their day. Those would actually be the humans.
The fact that the IRS is out of control is obvious. The idea that it will swing its crazyness in the preferred direction is a given. If you either believe that the IRS is doing a fine job and does not wield too much power then you either have a vested interest in the system as it stands (Employed by the IRS or a Tax profesional) or you are deluded. If you think that groups that want to see the IRS and many government jobs get deleted or reduced are not targeted specifically by those they want to destroy then you have no idea how humans behave and I call you out as an alien impostor.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
Because people like power, and don't like giving it up. (If you really had to ask that, then you're too young to vote.)
The question is not "why do people who have power want to keep it". The question is "Why do the people keep voting for the last commercial they saw on TV?"
What I do believe is that she was wielding her power with a purpose. She went out to get those tea party people. We already know that Senator were demanding that the IRS "Investigate" these groups.
Is it really a surprise that people who believe that the ends justify the means would do this? You don't have to go to congress. You can prosecute the laws you want to. You can decide what laws to defend and which ones not to. You can lie. You can omit. You can obfuscate. All of these things are business as usual. We have just come to a conclusion as a people that if you are a politician you can do criminal things and not be a criminal. We should just write it in the statute and accept what we accept.
I am fairly sure that they are not out destroying evidence that would exonerate them. I am fairly certain that power was being wielded with a purpose over there.
Maybe you think that most major IT departments using exchange servers can lose a ton of the emails from 6 people being investigated? I am sure that happens all the time. If you do not see how crazy that excuse is you really have no business on /.
Before I download stuff to my phone I check the number of downloads, publisher and permissions requested. Then I make my decision. I am safe on Android. Now if I did not want to go through all that and still be relatively safe I could pay extra for the Apple experience and be mostly safe downloading what ever was available.
Now if you want to talk about the parent to the post I was replying to then yes. I in the post you are not replying to (maybe Apple has decided this was the post you wanted) I did make the statement that I think Apple users are stupid. Let me amend that ... Apple users come in three flavors. the Stupid, the Vain, the Lazy and those 8 people that actually think that dumping every app installed onto a screen is the awesome UI.
The phone is more expensive, smaller screen, less power, offers almost no customization and has just lately come around to the thinking that maybe that screen real estate can be used for something other than an icon dumping ground.
What you get for making those trade offs is that "It just works" except for when it does not and an App store you do not have to think in. For some it may be a trade off that is worth it. For most it is just laziness or an inability to see the limits put on you.
Nothing is as fun as plunging a 3/4" end mill 1" deep into some tooling aluminum and dialing up the feed rate to watch the chips fly.
Like I said. These guy were in way over their heads. You just can not be responsible for the hard work of a bunch of people and do what these guys did.
So you have to take some responsibility for the security of your users data in spite of the fact that there are criminals out there.
More of us are becoming aware all the time. There is a need for people to fill political offices. There is no need for politicians.
The concept was good but the people in charge were in way over their heads and it became suddenly clear to them that they had no business securing other peoples data. Good for them. At least they know what they suck at.
Well luckily he does have some skills and ambition and does not have to count on his income from his "both babe" duties. Let the no talent pseudo whores do what they are good at.
Contrary to shallow thinkers popular belief, wealth is something that can be created. If you want more people to have more money then what you need to do is create wealth. Making people not want to create it by calling them names and stealing their shit really helps much less than you think it does.
You are off there by a bit. The run about 18,000 FPS at that resolution. They get 1850 FPS at 640x480.
Is it just a complete refusal or inability to see the facts.