Not really...make saving the PIN/decrypt key optional. People in high risk situations would gladly forgo the ability to review pictures (it would be trivial to keep the 2-5 second preview) in order to be sure that no one can access their photos. Heck, if you keep the decrypt key secret from the photographer (i.e. for reporters) then it would be impossible to force them to give them up even.
This isn't a smart gun debate for so many reasons...death is not a likely outcome from the use of encryption on cameras for one. Plus this is available in levels and easy disable entirely. Plus, unlike a gun, most people who use a camera WILL have advance notice and are unlikely to die if they are unable to point a camera back at someone pointing one at them.
Way to bring unrelated but hotly debated topics into the discussion though.
Nothing. If the dealer model is inefficient, it will die.
Not necessarily. Look at he RIAA and MPAA. Their models are horrible inefficient and actively anti-consumer / anti-artist. However they've gotten enough laws passed protecting their business model and essentially outlawing any competition with extreme fines to enforce those laws...that they get to continue.
Car sales are of a similar ken...and Tesla is coming in and turning them all upside down. They're just... ignoring most of the 'rules' in the industry they're entering and carving out their niche quite nicely. Those who play by those rules are fighting back though and we can all enjoy some popcorn while we see who wins.
Any car mfg who doesn't do that will lose out in advertising, publicity, and sales.
I'd actually see it more like, mfgs provide 'test drive' cars to various sales/repair service companies. Those companies contract warranty repair and service for the cars and also have a 'new car lot' where you can see and test drive vehicles which the mfg pays to have put there and shown. It doesn't diverge greatly from the existing method of sales except you skip the sleezy salesman and haggling over price.
No I am simpler. My phone runs my diabetic equipment.
Just because you're suicidal doesn't mean you should use your phone at a concert.
Oh and quit lying. There's no life dependent system in the world that is approved for medical use if it requires to be tethered to a phone.
JFC do you really not have the decency to google two words like "diabetes smartphone" before accusing someone of lying about a medical condition and device? Any who does (or, ya know, has or knows someone with diabetes) will know how completely wrong your bold declarative statement actually is.
And to the person that needs to bring all that equipment to a two hour concert: Have your dinner before going to the venue, measure your glucose level, pop your Insulin accordingly, and you're going to be fine for the next hours (unless you actively try to kill yourself by slurping lots of softdrinks or beer while you're there, but maybe, just maybe, that same lack of self discipline is what brought you your metabolic syndrome in the first place).
Are you kidding? No, you're just an idiot who doesn't know what they're talking about so let me clue you in. Type 1 diabetics - the ones who need to closely monitor their glucose levels and use insulin - didn't get that way because of their diet. They also wouldn't check their levels *right after* dinner. In fact, doing that then NOT checking for several hours is dangerous. There's cumulative damage from high blood sugar and the danger of passing out *or dying* from low blood sugar.
So climb back down off that pillar of righteousness you've got over there.
Except over the last 5-ish years US OIL production has GREATLY increased. To the point the US is the largest hydrocarbon producing country in the world. I don't think solar panels exactly were killing them even with discounts.
Our oil production vs consumption gap has nearly closed recently as well. Wind and solar combined has hit about 10% of the total US energy production..so the overall impact of making US producers competitive with government sponsored manufacturers with lax regulation factors out to about a 3% delta, which is actually creating jobs and income for Americans.
Google is going out of their way not to provide a free service on devices sold by a company that's intentionally being anti-competitive.
I've got my money on Amazon "giving in" later this year after they've used that time to fully establish the Alexa environment and cement their place...to the point where it doesn't matter if they sell chromecast v1.2.3.4 pro UHD 3D 480Hz direct-to-mind-video beaming. No one will want them because they won't work with the closed ecosystem of Alexa.
Then google sues, amazon counter-sues. Billions later in judgements that are overturned in both directions 3-4 times they agree on some nonsense open standard that's so far out of date that no one cares and all the while...the consumer can't get his bedroom light to turn off without clapping twice.
I fail to see how it reduces piracy. If TPB and other torrent sites are any indication, plenty of people are still avoiding the upfront or license costs just fine.
Now, some people MAY swallow a $100 sub over a $1500 license a bit easier but I really question how much they've really improved their income from those not inclined to spend money in the first place.
Last I checked, you can still buy lightroom outright. It's one of the few adobe licenses you can... and I've no idea why.
Not that I'm complaining. $150 to buy or $100 for a cloud license (with a pitiful amount of storage). Yeah, i'll just buy it. Sadly they *just* announced they are no longer providing updates to the fixed licenses (Dec 2017). But if your camera is already supported then who cares?
How about "you think it's stupid to give up a standard connector that's more broadly accepted and ubiquitous than the mains socket"?
Until apple had a stupid, it was literally THE standard for lower power consumer audio connection (i.e. headphones and similar) worldwide. Every-freaking-where. For decades and through multiple complete generations of technology across every audio product.
The changes to USB-C or lightning or whatever the F else some idiot wants to dream up don't even improve on the connector. I'd say they should have added something like magsafe if they were going to 'improve' but I actually like having something to catch my phone with when I drop it...
For once I'm happy to yell at the kids to get off my lawn.
I mean, Samsung gave up the replaceable battery but otherwise...uSD card? Check. Headphones jack? Check. Stylus with storage? Check(Note). Standards-based connector? Check.
I've learned to do without the replaceable battery... and TBH I very, very rarely replaced them even in the BB days when they were. I'd gladly give up an extra 1-2mm for another 20-30% of battery life though.
Actually, people do. People dislike other people who can easily understand things that they struggle with...because it points out their inadequacies.
Now, it's made over 9000x worse by the more intelligent people showing off or being smug in their interactions...but often intelligent people substitute their smarts for social skills. You don't need to learn how to get a friend to help you with something you're not smart enough to do...when you're usually smart enough to do it yourself in less time than asking someone else. So intelligent people don't develop the same social skills and, often, actually develop anti-social skills (aka P Guru: MOOOOVE).
People who *think* they're intelligent but aren't... are better off than you think. They've developed the social skills to make others appreciate their abilities and intelligence (despite their actual limitations) and that's how you get functional but poorly skilled people worshiped by those around them as the savior and hero. These are often your leaders.
You might want to look up what TOTP actually stands for. Hint: the first word is Time.
You can configure as many devices with the same seed as you like. Your wife simply needed to turn her phone back on and give it a moment to sync time with the cell network.
Exactly how many times are you going to point out the SMS requirement to set up TOTP in a/. posting?
SMS also provides a fallback if your auth token goes poof...and if you're a PAYG cell user and want the security then you spend the 10c on an SMS or two.
BESIDES all that...google already knows your phone number if you use their services. Guaranteed. It's extremely unlikely they haven't parsed it from one of your emails, order receipts, account setup forms, signature lines, etc. already...or that of someone else you're associated with. Stamping your feet and 'refusing' to give that info up is as childish as it is pointless.
Or, ya know, don't use a free TOTP on a free email service. Go pay for something that suits your particular needs.
They aren't worthless, but they are worth LESS for the lower paid employees (apple store etc.) who are unlikely to stick around long enough for them to vest...which are the same people who would see MUCH greater benefit from $2500 than your typical $6-figure engineers.
Company execs get a lot of their pay in stock, but not all of it is immediately available for sale. In fact, even the parts that are, are rarely sold immediately. Execs are expected to hold the majority of their stock longer term to show their belief/support of the company. Plus if the stock price goes up, the $10m in stock they got appreciates along the same lines. Win-win for them...not that it matters much for us peons.
RSU's are common incentive pay in... almost any publicly traded company. Vesting is usually on a sliding scale depending on company performance and ranges 3-5 years.
If you had 20k shares collected over 10 years you did pretty well. Adobe stock was ~$30 in 2010 so assuming they vested them all as part of the layoff you walked away with about $600k.
If you meant you had $20k in RSU's...well $2k/year is actually pretty low. 5-15% bonus in RSU (separate from cash bonus) is pretty typical for people below VP.
And you pretty much summarize why 'teh stock marketz' are killing progress in the US.
Oh, and add into that the fact that most senior management has a large portion of their income as a bonus which is typically tied directly to corporate income and stock price (both directly - higher price means larger bonus - and indirectly - high stock price means # of shares they own are worth more). So yeah, cut 10% of your staff for a better P/L and an extra $millions bonus? Sure, I'd do that too even if it was a bonehead move in every other aspect.
No, but it probably will mean a lot to people working in Apple stores, Apple's corporate cafes, other non-engineering personnel, etc. For the engineers, not so much.
You'd think, but that's not likely to be the case. Unless this is an outright, fully vested stock grant that can be sold... it's going to be RSU's which typically vest over a few years (3 is common). What percentage of low-wage workers at Apple do you think will remain for 3 years? More than McDonalds perhaps but the people who would most benefit from this will likely be the least likely to actually realize any income from it.
Everyone would prefer cash...and it's kind of a dick move to announce this great bonus if no one will actually GET it for months to years depending on the terms.
You want to prop up the economy and increase spending by the middle class? RSU's are probably one of the worst ways to do that.
So basically he did nothing but keep the lights on?
This is a huge cop-out. Either the president LEADS the nation or... well no, that's his F*CKING job and he should be doing it. There's no excuse of 'well this is how I found it'... if it's broken then fix it. As the commander in chief he had an awful lot of say in how our military acted in the war-not-war on 'terror'. Well, should have.
His handling of stimulus was abysmal. It perpetuated most of the actual impacting negative aspects of the recession while propping up big corporations who just went on to pocket the money and cry poverty - which of course meant limiting wages (oh, did I already mention the actual impacting part? hmm).
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Not really...make saving the PIN/decrypt key optional. People in high risk situations would gladly forgo the ability to review pictures (it would be trivial to keep the 2-5 second preview) in order to be sure that no one can access their photos. Heck, if you keep the decrypt key secret from the photographer (i.e. for reporters) then it would be impossible to force them to give them up even.
This isn't a smart gun debate for so many reasons...death is not a likely outcome from the use of encryption on cameras for one. Plus this is available in levels and easy disable entirely. Plus, unlike a gun, most people who use a camera WILL have advance notice and are unlikely to die if they are unable to point a camera back at someone pointing one at them.
Way to bring unrelated but hotly debated topics into the discussion though.
Nothing. If the dealer model is inefficient, it will die.
Not necessarily. Look at he RIAA and MPAA. Their models are horrible inefficient and actively anti-consumer / anti-artist. However they've gotten enough laws passed protecting their business model and essentially outlawing any competition with extreme fines to enforce those laws...that they get to continue.
Car sales are of a similar ken...and Tesla is coming in and turning them all upside down. They're just ... ignoring most of the 'rules' in the industry they're entering and carving out their niche quite nicely. Those who play by those rules are fighting back though and we can all enjoy some popcorn while we see who wins.
You mean like the destination charge fee you already pay? :)
Why even REQUIRE it? Just allow it.
Any car mfg who doesn't do that will lose out in advertising, publicity, and sales.
I'd actually see it more like, mfgs provide 'test drive' cars to various sales/repair service companies. Those companies contract warranty repair and service for the cars and also have a 'new car lot' where you can see and test drive vehicles which the mfg pays to have put there and shown. It doesn't diverge greatly from the existing method of sales except you skip the sleezy salesman and haggling over price.
No I am simpler. My phone runs my diabetic equipment.
Just because you're suicidal doesn't mean you should use your phone at a concert.
Oh and quit lying. There's no life dependent system in the world that is approved for medical use if it requires to be tethered to a phone.
JFC do you really not have the decency to google two words like "diabetes smartphone" before accusing someone of lying about a medical condition and device? Any who does (or, ya know, has or knows someone with diabetes) will know how completely wrong your bold declarative statement actually is.
And to the person that needs to bring all that equipment to a two hour concert: Have your dinner before going to the venue, measure your glucose level, pop your Insulin accordingly, and you're going to be fine for the next hours (unless you actively try to kill yourself by slurping lots of softdrinks or beer while you're there, but maybe, just maybe, that same lack of self discipline is what brought you your metabolic syndrome in the first place).
Are you kidding? No, you're just an idiot who doesn't know what they're talking about so let me clue you in. Type 1 diabetics - the ones who need to closely monitor their glucose levels and use insulin - didn't get that way because of their diet. They also wouldn't check their levels *right after* dinner. In fact, doing that then NOT checking for several hours is dangerous. There's cumulative damage from high blood sugar and the danger of passing out *or dying* from low blood sugar.
So climb back down off that pillar of righteousness you've got over there.
Except over the last 5-ish years US OIL production has GREATLY increased. To the point the US is the largest hydrocarbon producing country in the world. I don't think solar panels exactly were killing them even with discounts.
Our oil production vs consumption gap has nearly closed recently as well. Wind and solar combined has hit about 10% of the total US energy production..so the overall impact of making US producers competitive with government sponsored manufacturers with lax regulation factors out to about a 3% delta, which is actually creating jobs and income for Americans.
Home depot sells lots of their branded stuff right alongside other name brands. So does Safeway, target, and almost every general retailer.
Apple is their own manufacturer and retailer - so they specifically sell their own products (and select others that fit their ecosystem).
Sprint sells phone service - and the compatible products (from several mfgs) that work with their service.
You can get food at HD from the truck outside :)
This is Amazon using their dominant power in the marketplace to edge out competition in a new area they want to be in.
Actually a lot of them around me (NYC area) do have a semi-fixed food truck/trailer parked outside.
Pretty sure their main patrons aren't the HD shoppers but the day laborers that hang out at HD looking for work...but that's besides the point.
Google is going out of their way not to provide a free service on devices sold by a company that's intentionally being anti-competitive.
I've got my money on Amazon "giving in" later this year after they've used that time to fully establish the Alexa environment and cement their place...to the point where it doesn't matter if they sell chromecast v1.2.3.4 pro UHD 3D 480Hz direct-to-mind-video beaming. No one will want them because they won't work with the closed ecosystem of Alexa.
Then google sues, amazon counter-sues. Billions later in judgements that are overturned in both directions 3-4 times they agree on some nonsense open standard that's so far out of date that no one cares and all the while...the consumer can't get his bedroom light to turn off without clapping twice.
I fail to see how it reduces piracy. If TPB and other torrent sites are any indication, plenty of people are still avoiding the upfront or license costs just fine.
Now, some people MAY swallow a $100 sub over a $1500 license a bit easier but I really question how much they've really improved their income from those not inclined to spend money in the first place.
Last I checked, you can still buy lightroom outright. It's one of the few adobe licenses you can ... and I've no idea why.
Not that I'm complaining. $150 to buy or $100 for a cloud license (with a pitiful amount of storage). Yeah, i'll just buy it. Sadly they *just* announced they are no longer providing updates to the fixed licenses (Dec 2017). But if your camera is already supported then who cares?
How about "you think it's stupid to give up a standard connector that's more broadly accepted and ubiquitous than the mains socket"?
Until apple had a stupid, it was literally THE standard for lower power consumer audio connection (i.e. headphones and similar) worldwide. Every-freaking-where. For decades and through multiple complete generations of technology across every audio product.
The changes to USB-C or lightning or whatever the F else some idiot wants to dream up don't even improve on the connector. I'd say they should have added something like magsafe if they were going to 'improve' but I actually like having something to catch my phone with when I drop it...
For once I'm happy to yell at the kids to get off my lawn.
I mean, Samsung gave up the replaceable battery but otherwise...uSD card? Check. Headphones jack? Check. Stylus with storage? Check(Note). Standards-based connector? Check.
I've learned to do without the replaceable battery ... and TBH I very, very rarely replaced them even in the BB days when they were. I'd gladly give up an extra 1-2mm for another 20-30% of battery life though.
Actually, people do. People dislike other people who can easily understand things that they struggle with...because it points out their inadequacies.
Now, it's made over 9000x worse by the more intelligent people showing off or being smug in their interactions...but often intelligent people substitute their smarts for social skills. You don't need to learn how to get a friend to help you with something you're not smart enough to do...when you're usually smart enough to do it yourself in less time than asking someone else. So intelligent people don't develop the same social skills and, often, actually develop anti-social skills (aka P Guru: MOOOOVE).
People who *think* they're intelligent but aren't ... are better off than you think. They've developed the social skills to make others appreciate their abilities and intelligence (despite their actual limitations) and that's how you get functional but poorly skilled people worshiped by those around them as the savior and hero. These are often your leaders.
You might want to look up what TOTP actually stands for. Hint: the first word is Time.
You can configure as many devices with the same seed as you like. Your wife simply needed to turn her phone back on and give it a moment to sync time with the cell network.
Nah, it's just a straw man and proof that someone will always find fault no matter what is done.
Exactly how many times are you going to point out the SMS requirement to set up TOTP in a /. posting?
SMS also provides a fallback if your auth token goes poof...and if you're a PAYG cell user and want the security then you spend the 10c on an SMS or two.
BESIDES all that...google already knows your phone number if you use their services. Guaranteed. It's extremely unlikely they haven't parsed it from one of your emails, order receipts, account setup forms, signature lines, etc. already...or that of someone else you're associated with. Stamping your feet and 'refusing' to give that info up is as childish as it is pointless.
Or, ya know, don't use a free TOTP on a free email service. Go pay for something that suits your particular needs.
About $300m in RSU's vs. ~$250b in offshore, tax-sheltered profits?
It's a comically small blip.
They aren't worthless, but they are worth LESS for the lower paid employees (apple store etc.) who are unlikely to stick around long enough for them to vest...which are the same people who would see MUCH greater benefit from $2500 than your typical $6-figure engineers.
Company execs get a lot of their pay in stock, but not all of it is immediately available for sale. In fact, even the parts that are, are rarely sold immediately. Execs are expected to hold the majority of their stock longer term to show their belief/support of the company. Plus if the stock price goes up, the $10m in stock they got appreciates along the same lines. Win-win for them...not that it matters much for us peons.
RSU's are common incentive pay in ... almost any publicly traded company. Vesting is usually on a sliding scale depending on company performance and ranges 3-5 years.
If you had 20k shares collected over 10 years you did pretty well. Adobe stock was ~$30 in 2010 so assuming they vested them all as part of the layoff you walked away with about $600k.
If you meant you had $20k in RSU's...well $2k/year is actually pretty low. 5-15% bonus in RSU (separate from cash bonus) is pretty typical for people below VP.
And you pretty much summarize why 'teh stock marketz' are killing progress in the US.
Oh, and add into that the fact that most senior management has a large portion of their income as a bonus which is typically tied directly to corporate income and stock price (both directly - higher price means larger bonus - and indirectly - high stock price means # of shares they own are worth more). So yeah, cut 10% of your staff for a better P/L and an extra $millions bonus? Sure, I'd do that too even if it was a bonehead move in every other aspect.
No, but it probably will mean a lot to people working in Apple stores, Apple's corporate cafes, other non-engineering personnel, etc. For the engineers, not so much.
You'd think, but that's not likely to be the case. Unless this is an outright, fully vested stock grant that can be sold ... it's going to be RSU's which typically vest over a few years (3 is common). What percentage of low-wage workers at Apple do you think will remain for 3 years? More than McDonalds perhaps but the people who would most benefit from this will likely be the least likely to actually realize any income from it.
Everyone would prefer cash...and it's kind of a dick move to announce this great bonus if no one will actually GET it for months to years depending on the terms.
You want to prop up the economy and increase spending by the middle class? RSU's are probably one of the worst ways to do that.
So basically he did nothing but keep the lights on?
This is a huge cop-out. Either the president LEADS the nation or ... well no, that's his F*CKING job and he should be doing it. There's no excuse of 'well this is how I found it' ... if it's broken then fix it. As the commander in chief he had an awful lot of say in how our military acted in the war-not-war on 'terror'. Well, should have.
His handling of stimulus was abysmal. It perpetuated most of the actual impacting negative aspects of the recession while propping up big corporations who just went on to pocket the money and cry poverty - which of course meant limiting wages (oh, did I already mention the actual impacting part? hmm).