No, but if you're claiming it's wrong then you need to provide that argument.
Otherwise it's inaccessible features for no additional cost and no detrimental impact to the end users but with the OPTION to upgrade if they choose. No downside, but greater flexibility for the customer. Feel free to explain why this is a bad thing for anyone involved.
I wonder how many extra miles Tesla owners would get off a full charge if they weren't hauling around effectively the dead weight around for those crippled batteries.
Zero. The answer is zero giver or take a rounding error. EVs are far less weight sensitive than ICE-based cars because of regenerative braking. This is the same reason that EVs typically have higher MPGe in city driving over highway driving...which is the complete opposite of 'normal'.
And beyond that, using less than the full capacity leads to noticeably slower wear (i.e. capacity reduction) of the battery over time as well.
So, no...there's very, very little difference in MPGe and a small benefit of slower degradation of the battery pack.
No one forced consumers to buy a tesla either. It's easy to make the opposite argument - by selling a version with fewer features for less money Tesla has made it easier for those of lesser means (giggle, $70+k car) to afford one.
It's not like they lied to consumers - the OTA update is readily available if you don't buy it with purchase. Same for several other features on their cars. Hell, they openly state that all the cars have the hardware for autopilot but you don't get autopilot unless you pay for it - either before delivery or afterwards.
I don't see any issues with any of this. In fact, I rather doubt tesla is going to fuss over people hacking the firmware to run some custom code. With the exception of 1) end users distributing modified tesla code (which is copyrighted) and 2) a GTFO on related warranty claims for cars using hacked firmware.
But yes, they most certainly do software-lock their tractors. They've also taken to suing people over trying to break the firmware locks and are causing quite a stir over it. They'll likely be the example case for SCOTUS to decide on ownership vs. DMCA anti-circumvention bullshit.
With a 12-page disclaimer/EULA that no one will ever read but basically says 'you're going to kill your $20k battery by doing this. Hope you live and we're happy to sell you the replacement'
Then people will get upset because they survived the blizzard on those last 2% of charge, didn't die, and now have to buy a new expensive battery since they aren't dead and want to be able to drive the car again.
TL;DR - people will never be happy, but they're good at being stupid.
Honestly, using SSN in the US is a horribly broken and insecure system.
It's fairly trivial to get the information on anyone (name, DOB, SSN, address) and even additional info isn't all that hard to come by (DL, passport, etc.) either. There's so little security built into the system that it's laughable. What we need is a better system as a whole. 'Which of these 4 addresses were yours in the past' is really a horrible security check in the modern age of FB, google, and data collection.
I'm sure they will call SEVERAL meetings to discuss this. Probably in a very nice country club with catered food and high end champagne to toast a successful conclusion of the meeting.
Oh, sorry to interrupt. Your limo is here to take you to your chartered flight back home sir. Whenever you're ready. The plane is standing by and at your disposal of course.
Oh please, anyone affected already gets a free year of monitoring...with some hidden fine print that it also auto-enrolls them in PAID monitoring the following year unless they opt out at just the right time, etc.
It's actually egregiously bad behavior and hopefully something the courts use to bash them even harder.
If this is true and even somewhat provable, those execs have a good chance of winding up in jail.
Granted insider trading happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME but it's generally subtle or can be explained by other means. Something like a dumping shares days before announcing a company-wide disaster that you already knew about...is not something so easily overlooked. And TBH it's a perfect stick to bash them with while not actually taking or enforcing any corporate responsibility for the actual breach.
Nothing to see here, move along. Just your token sacrifice for the masses. No real change coming.
I could be wrong, but isn't the large majority of the SR-71 fuel and engines? I don't think the recon pod takes up all that much room because there isn't all that much room to begin with.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were testing various things including some cameras and optics. Granted anything that can see a place to spy on it can also be seen from that place.
TBH I think it may be part of a long term plan for a space-based drone fleet of some sort. Either for space based warfare or other high-altitude warfare. If you could park a dozen ships in storage orbits for multiple years you could have one available over anywhere in the world faster than an ICBM could hit the USA from NK.
I'd rather go backwards and show them all the cool stuff...granted I'd be hanged as a heretic in about 15 minutes (or die from the plague) but who cares?
Sure...and with that in mind please do try walking through Times Square with a shotgun across your back. Catch up with us in 5-15, 3 with good behavior.
I don't disagree with the sentiment, but there are many restrictions placed on otherwise constitutionally protected rights. Speech has held up much better than the right to bear arms. Assembly is somewhere in the middle.
Each of them have their own reasons - some are more justified than others. Restricting gun ownership arbitrarily in each state is stupid. Requiring a permit to stage a large planned protest that will require closure of certain areas or significantly restrict traffic, require security, involve erecting stages, etc. is reasonable to require a permit. Heck, just building a stage requires it's own permit(s) in the first place. These are things where a group of people doing something (the protesters) requires another group or groups (police, general public, cars, vendors, etc.) to take certain actions or be inconvenienced/restricted in some way. So yes, a permit is reasonable if you want to close down a street since you're restricting others from using it.
I do no believe any city has an (enforced/enforceable) restriction on someone standing on a corner holding a sign and telling people about the next coming of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. That's reasonable use of public property which the public is entitled to fair use thereof.
You interviewed for two separate positions that you had zero experience in the key skills/knowledge base. On what planet do you think they'd continue an interview in a situation like that? Even an entry level position requires some familiarity at a minimum.
If a recruiter did something like that to me I'd blacklist them on the spot (I have in the past). It's a waste of time for everyone involved.
Go apply for positions you're qualified for or at least get some rudimentary experience so you can fake it!
The level of bureaucracy is hurting everyone and while it 'creates' jobs, it also chokes out money better spent on actually doing something.
But much bigger than that - most large companies are beholden to the larger stockholders (which coincidentally often include senior management and the board of directors) and stock price is the name of the game. Corporate profit is too, to a degree but only as an influencer on stock price.
Why worry about your $5 million salary when you can bump up the share price of your 17 million options by a few dollars in a given year? Oh, and if that means laying off 10% of your workforce instead of retraining them and diversifying then oh well...point to your at-will employment, shurg, and enjoy your new P/L that drive your stuck up 5% overnight.
Yes and no. For every open position I've ever had available, I get at least a dozen or two really crappy resumes - AFTER being filtered by two different levels before I even see them.
I know there's talent out there. I also know there's a huge amount of people who are pitifully under-qualified (or just lying) for the jobs they're applying for. There's also the people who don't care and expect every job to accommodate their individual quirks and blame 'the man' when they aren't hired. No, sorry, pink dreads are not going to be acceptable at a management meeting in this company and neither is that gauged septum piercing that goes with your forehead tattoo. Oh, and no you can't work from home 80% of the time in a hands-on position... etc.
I'm not in the habit of hiring clowns since I don't work for the circus. I wish more people would realize that.
It's not a recession when you take a depression in comparison that they refused to label anything BUT a recession.
Talk to joe q public and most people will tell you that our economy is not out of the deep end yet. They put the dow jones back on track and cemented up lots of big business interests but in the process gave them all excuses....erm reasons...for limiting wages, raises, and similar.
Companies are far more focused on preserving their bank accounts and stock price than their employees making a fair wage.
It depends a lot where you live and what industry you're in. Corporate america, finance, etc. you can certainly expect to be drug tested in most places.
I've been working since I was 15 and every job I've had except my first one (mom&pop camera store) drug tested. Several did background checks and my current does a full fingerprint scan and FBI criminal background check.
The AC's logic is completely flawed, irrespective of his actual point which is equally flawed.
I will say there are quite a few people who are dependent on pot, and arguably some are addicted according to at least some definitions of addiction. Most fall under varying levels of recreational use though and I'm at a loss to find any actual argument about how using "drugs" makes you a degenerate.
With that in mind, just about every rock star, many politicians, most actors, and a very substantial portion of society as a whole are degenerates. And that's without opening up the definition of 'drugs' to any casual use of otherwise controlled substances (oh, did aunt mary give you a xanax at dad's funeral? guess you're a chemically dependent degenerate)
I'm not a fan of drugs in general but they aren't some automatic indicator that someone is a problem child. Hell, it's trivial to scam most drug tests anyway (hint: why do you think the welfare drug tests failed so miserably) so there's not really much point in doing it besides to keep away otherwise honest people looking for a job that recreationally use some form of drug.
You can glance at the sun briefly - your blink reflex is going to overwhelm you before you manager to do any damage generally.
The problem is near totality, the overall brightness is greatly reduced and isn't enough to trigger a hard blink reflex, but the spot brightness of the exposed portion of the sun is still just as dangerously bright and will cause damage despite it not hurting to look at.
You could stare at the sun for the full three hour eclipse with proper viewing glasses on and not have any artifacts beyond the ghost effect you get from looking at a black and white picture or a camera flash. It will last a few moments and nothing more - and it's not anything related to damaged retinas from staring at the sun without eye protection.
Oddly enough, I have glasses that don't have the ISO numbers stamped on them and never got a recall notice.
Seems to have been a very inconsistent reporting/notification but that's not entirely surprising given how many different products were being added/removed/changed in the last couple weeks.
They do mix stock, but not always. it's cheaper for sellers to do it, but many who sell legit versions of often-counterfitted goods know better and don't bother.
My experience has been mixed. 3rd party seller directly shipped me a (very bad) knock-off for a designer pictureframe/shadowbox. It wasn't comingled as they mailed it themselves...but the re-order as a direct amazon purchase came exactly as described.
I know better than to order apple chargers or wires from amazon (but that's what anker is for).
Fill up 400GB? Sure, depending on your use this isn't extremely difficult. Read it back? Yes, I've pretty good faith in Sandisk selling a product that has been tested and actually works.
How much wear leveling do you expect to need on a card you don't even believe people will be able to fill up in the first place though? You can't argue both sides and not be wrong on at least one anyhow. You seem to confuse this with knock-off 256GB cards that were (or are) for sale from knock-off chinese vendors that don't actually have that capacity.
Slashdot Mirror
No, but if you're claiming it's wrong then you need to provide that argument.
Otherwise it's inaccessible features for no additional cost and no detrimental impact to the end users but with the OPTION to upgrade if they choose. No downside, but greater flexibility for the customer. Feel free to explain why this is a bad thing for anyone involved.
I wonder how many extra miles Tesla owners would get off a full charge if they weren't hauling around effectively the dead weight around for those crippled batteries.
Zero. The answer is zero giver or take a rounding error. EVs are far less weight sensitive than ICE-based cars because of regenerative braking. This is the same reason that EVs typically have higher MPGe in city driving over highway driving...which is the complete opposite of 'normal'.
And beyond that, using less than the full capacity leads to noticeably slower wear (i.e. capacity reduction) of the battery over time as well.
So, no...there's very, very little difference in MPGe and a small benefit of slower degradation of the battery pack.
No one forced consumers to buy a tesla either. It's easy to make the opposite argument - by selling a version with fewer features for less money Tesla has made it easier for those of lesser means (giggle, $70+k car) to afford one.
It's not like they lied to consumers - the OTA update is readily available if you don't buy it with purchase. Same for several other features on their cars. Hell, they openly state that all the cars have the hardware for autopilot but you don't get autopilot unless you pay for it - either before delivery or afterwards.
I don't see any issues with any of this. In fact, I rather doubt tesla is going to fuss over people hacking the firmware to run some custom code. With the exception of 1) end users distributing modified tesla code (which is copyrighted) and 2) a GTFO on related warranty claims for cars using hacked firmware.
The tractor is not free.
But yes, they most certainly do software-lock their tractors. They've also taken to suing people over trying to break the firmware locks and are causing quite a stir over it. They'll likely be the example case for SCOTUS to decide on ownership vs. DMCA anti-circumvention bullshit.
With a 12-page disclaimer/EULA that no one will ever read but basically says 'you're going to kill your $20k battery by doing this. Hope you live and we're happy to sell you the replacement'
Then people will get upset because they survived the blizzard on those last 2% of charge, didn't die, and now have to buy a new expensive battery since they aren't dead and want to be able to drive the car again.
TL;DR - people will never be happy, but they're good at being stupid.
Honestly, using SSN in the US is a horribly broken and insecure system.
It's fairly trivial to get the information on anyone (name, DOB, SSN, address) and even additional info isn't all that hard to come by (DL, passport, etc.) either. There's so little security built into the system that it's laughable. What we need is a better system as a whole. 'Which of these 4 addresses were yours in the past' is really a horrible security check in the modern age of FB, google, and data collection.
I'm sure they will call SEVERAL meetings to discuss this. Probably in a very nice country club with catered food and high end champagne to toast a successful conclusion of the meeting.
Oh, sorry to interrupt. Your limo is here to take you to your chartered flight back home sir. Whenever you're ready. The plane is standing by and at your disposal of course.
Oh please, anyone affected already gets a free year of monitoring...with some hidden fine print that it also auto-enrolls them in PAID monitoring the following year unless they opt out at just the right time, etc.
It's actually egregiously bad behavior and hopefully something the courts use to bash them even harder.
If this is true and even somewhat provable, those execs have a good chance of winding up in jail.
Granted insider trading happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME but it's generally subtle or can be explained by other means. Something like a dumping shares days before announcing a company-wide disaster that you already knew about...is not something so easily overlooked. And TBH it's a perfect stick to bash them with while not actually taking or enforcing any corporate responsibility for the actual breach.
Nothing to see here, move along. Just your token sacrifice for the masses. No real change coming.
I could be wrong, but isn't the large majority of the SR-71 fuel and engines? I don't think the recon pod takes up all that much room because there isn't all that much room to begin with.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were testing various things including some cameras and optics. Granted anything that can see a place to spy on it can also be seen from that place.
TBH I think it may be part of a long term plan for a space-based drone fleet of some sort. Either for space based warfare or other high-altitude warfare. If you could park a dozen ships in storage orbits for multiple years you could have one available over anywhere in the world faster than an ICBM could hit the USA from NK.
I'd rather go backwards and show them all the cool stuff...granted I'd be hanged as a heretic in about 15 minutes (or die from the plague) but who cares?
I'd still have my 15 minutes.
Sure...and with that in mind please do try walking through Times Square with a shotgun across your back. Catch up with us in 5-15, 3 with good behavior.
I don't disagree with the sentiment, but there are many restrictions placed on otherwise constitutionally protected rights. Speech has held up much better than the right to bear arms. Assembly is somewhere in the middle.
Each of them have their own reasons - some are more justified than others. Restricting gun ownership arbitrarily in each state is stupid. Requiring a permit to stage a large planned protest that will require closure of certain areas or significantly restrict traffic, require security, involve erecting stages, etc. is reasonable to require a permit. Heck, just building a stage requires it's own permit(s) in the first place. These are things where a group of people doing something (the protesters) requires another group or groups (police, general public, cars, vendors, etc.) to take certain actions or be inconvenienced/restricted in some way. So yes, a permit is reasonable if you want to close down a street since you're restricting others from using it.
I do no believe any city has an (enforced/enforceable) restriction on someone standing on a corner holding a sign and telling people about the next coming of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. That's reasonable use of public property which the public is entitled to fair use thereof.
You're part of the problem, not the solution!
You interviewed for two separate positions that you had zero experience in the key skills/knowledge base. On what planet do you think they'd continue an interview in a situation like that? Even an entry level position requires some familiarity at a minimum.
If a recruiter did something like that to me I'd blacklist them on the spot (I have in the past). It's a waste of time for everyone involved.
Go apply for positions you're qualified for or at least get some rudimentary experience so you can fake it!
It's not even that.
The level of bureaucracy is hurting everyone and while it 'creates' jobs, it also chokes out money better spent on actually doing something.
But much bigger than that - most large companies are beholden to the larger stockholders (which coincidentally often include senior management and the board of directors) and stock price is the name of the game. Corporate profit is too, to a degree but only as an influencer on stock price.
Why worry about your $5 million salary when you can bump up the share price of your 17 million options by a few dollars in a given year? Oh, and if that means laying off 10% of your workforce instead of retraining them and diversifying then oh well...point to your at-will employment, shurg, and enjoy your new P/L that drive your stuck up 5% overnight.
Yes and no. For every open position I've ever had available, I get at least a dozen or two really crappy resumes - AFTER being filtered by two different levels before I even see them.
I know there's talent out there. I also know there's a huge amount of people who are pitifully under-qualified (or just lying) for the jobs they're applying for. There's also the people who don't care and expect every job to accommodate their individual quirks and blame 'the man' when they aren't hired. No, sorry, pink dreads are not going to be acceptable at a management meeting in this company and neither is that gauged septum piercing that goes with your forehead tattoo. Oh, and no you can't work from home 80% of the time in a hands-on position ... etc.
I'm not in the habit of hiring clowns since I don't work for the circus. I wish more people would realize that.
It's not a recession when you take a depression in comparison that they refused to label anything BUT a recession.
Talk to joe q public and most people will tell you that our economy is not out of the deep end yet. They put the dow jones back on track and cemented up lots of big business interests but in the process gave them all excuses....erm reasons...for limiting wages, raises, and similar.
Companies are far more focused on preserving their bank accounts and stock price than their employees making a fair wage.
It depends a lot where you live and what industry you're in. Corporate america, finance, etc. you can certainly expect to be drug tested in most places.
I've been working since I was 15 and every job I've had except my first one (mom&pop camera store) drug tested. Several did background checks and my current does a full fingerprint scan and FBI criminal background check.
AC is just setting up silly straw man arguments and horribly flawed logic...either out of stupidity or a bad attempt to troll
The AC's logic is completely flawed, irrespective of his actual point which is equally flawed.
I will say there are quite a few people who are dependent on pot, and arguably some are addicted according to at least some definitions of addiction. Most fall under varying levels of recreational use though and I'm at a loss to find any actual argument about how using "drugs" makes you a degenerate.
With that in mind, just about every rock star, many politicians, most actors, and a very substantial portion of society as a whole are degenerates. And that's without opening up the definition of 'drugs' to any casual use of otherwise controlled substances (oh, did aunt mary give you a xanax at dad's funeral? guess you're a chemically dependent degenerate)
I'm not a fan of drugs in general but they aren't some automatic indicator that someone is a problem child. Hell, it's trivial to scam most drug tests anyway (hint: why do you think the welfare drug tests failed so miserably) so there's not really much point in doing it besides to keep away otherwise honest people looking for a job that recreationally use some form of drug.
You can glance at the sun briefly - your blink reflex is going to overwhelm you before you manager to do any damage generally.
The problem is near totality, the overall brightness is greatly reduced and isn't enough to trigger a hard blink reflex, but the spot brightness of the exposed portion of the sun is still just as dangerously bright and will cause damage despite it not hurting to look at.
You could stare at the sun for the full three hour eclipse with proper viewing glasses on and not have any artifacts beyond the ghost effect you get from looking at a black and white picture or a camera flash. It will last a few moments and nothing more - and it's not anything related to damaged retinas from staring at the sun without eye protection.
Oddly enough, I have glasses that don't have the ISO numbers stamped on them and never got a recall notice.
Seems to have been a very inconsistent reporting/notification but that's not entirely surprising given how many different products were being added/removed/changed in the last couple weeks.
They do mix stock, but not always. it's cheaper for sellers to do it, but many who sell legit versions of often-counterfitted goods know better and don't bother.
My experience has been mixed. 3rd party seller directly shipped me a (very bad) knock-off for a designer pictureframe/shadowbox. It wasn't comingled as they mailed it themselves...but the re-order as a direct amazon purchase came exactly as described.
I know better than to order apple chargers or wires from amazon (but that's what anker is for).
I'd look to the various amazon guarantees they offer to help determine their level of culpability.
Assuming they warranty everything "we stand behind every amazon purchase" or similar, then yes...they stand behind those purchases.
Fill up 400GB? Sure, depending on your use this isn't extremely difficult. Read it back? Yes, I've pretty good faith in Sandisk selling a product that has been tested and actually works.
How much wear leveling do you expect to need on a card you don't even believe people will be able to fill up in the first place though? You can't argue both sides and not be wrong on at least one anyhow. You seem to confuse this with knock-off 256GB cards that were (or are) for sale from knock-off chinese vendors that don't actually have that capacity.
It's probably 384GB plus magic maths where 1KB doesn't need the last 24 bytes to be legit...which makes it 410GB and leaves 10GB of overhead.
If they had a 512GB uSD card they would definitely be selling that.