It really does work best only once the rigor starts increasing for grades. So unless the kid seriously struggles in grade school, I wouldn't start paying them for grades until at least 6th grade. Probably more like 8th or 9th grade, when GPAs for college entrance starts to count.
It is very sad indeed that there are care facility companies that take advantage of the elderly. But the same goes for the US prison system.
At least in prison, inmates have done something wrong to get them there. The only thing people in nursing homes have done is live long enough to lose the ability to care for themselves.
Border control agents can seize your device at the border (which is legally 100 miles from any international border) with probable cause (which is a pretty low barrier) and then lawyer or no lawyer they can do what they want with it. Best approach at the border is probably to have all your important information in the cloud, and then wipe your device before you go through.
Yep, Firefox and Edge are the two most common non-Webkit based browsers out there (Blink is still relatively close enough to Webkit to call it the same thing). Firefox changing engines would make no serious reason to use them anymore, as the UI and extensibility will be so Chrome-like that the two will be nigh indistinguishable to the average user. And even a few hundred thousand power users out there aren't enough to sustain a big browser project like Firefox. And worse, we'll be back to the days where a single rendering engine is a monopoly (Webkit + derivatives) to the expense of any and all others, leading to poor site design and bad coding habits that code to Webkit's idiosyncrasies and bugs, and not to web standards. Firefox changing engines would start a second dark ages for web design, and just be bad all around.
Even straight search queries fail with code terms most of the time (RIP Google Code, it was the one thing it was good for). Periods, parentheses, dashes, spaces, a lot of these are ignored with straight searches and make it difficult to find code-related results for common terms that happen to be API method names or syntax terms.
To be fair, Walmart ordered the same granola bars from its supplier at less than the cost you paid. Sure, they order in bulk, but they also have to open boxes, stock shelves, and staff their stores so you can find all the products in one convenient location. Are you upset that they figured out a way to make a profit on you?
These things are always a risk. If you're going to put your money in a company for a yet-to-be released product, make sure they have an existing track record. If they're on Kickstarter (or similar), check their previous campaigns; were they successful? are their products useful? did they deliver what they promised? If they're an established company, maybe question why they're turning to crowdfunding instead of investor backing; is the product all it's cracked up to be? is the company doing well financially? is their leadership stable?
And at the end of the day, make sure the money you spend is money you can lose, unless what you're getting is something you can hold in your hand or guarantee a refund.
To "brick" a device is to make it worth nothing more than a brick, it just sits there and does nothing. That's totally accurate and appropriate for the article. This one simply happens to come with a ceveat that reverts the brick status.
It could also depend on the hash function, if similar combinations produced the same hash then it would be easy enough to determine similarity. Plus you can do other things like saving statistics about the password before hashing it and losing the plain version forever, like recording length, counting characters and types, etc. Compare that to the new password and look for similarities. It may mean a few more false positives, but if the password guidelines you're enforcing are absolutely strict about no password reuse, then it's probably worth the trouble.
Then that's the lesson you should have taught the Millenials in their childhood. Instead, the boomers encouraged (read: demanded) their children get participation trophies, were told they can do anything they want to, to pursue their dreams, etc. You made your bed.
Nice round of victim shaming from the boomers, as expected. Clearly the fault must all lie with the applicant, if they were turned down from a job, there must be something wrong with them, right? Nevermind that hiring for companies has become more stringent, automatic resume scanning can remove legitimate candidates from the process, and some companies go months without filling a role due to changes at the top creating uncertainty about the job description and who to look for.
The simple fact is, the job market is saturated with candidates in many fields, and getting started these days is an uphill climb. Companies want candidates with specific skills that can be exclusive to their field, or candidates with a few years of experience for an entry level job, or soft skills that they don't know how to interview for and can't be conveyed properly on a resume. It's not hard to wonder why people entering the job market may take an unpaid internship to earn experience that they otherwise wouldn't have to land their first paying gig. That a company takes advantage of their lack of a salary is a douchebag move on their part, and usually has nothing to do with the candidate for the role at all.
True, although the male skirt, as part of a tunic or other masculine garb, is an ancient garment. The Scots were hardly the first to come across the innovation, and won't be the last to make it popular. It was the horse that made trousers a necessity for men.
Obama was known for asking Congress to "put a bill on [his] desk" long before he would sign an executive order to do the same thing. He tried constantly to get them to do their jobs, but they were too busy arguing about trivial political points instead.
You forget that all the occupants of ships on Star Trek were members or guests of a paramilitary organization. They'd have to give up their privacy in that respect when they joined or boarded the ship, in order to make use of such conveniences for Starfleet's purposes. This easily sidesteps today's privacy concerns since Starfleet owns and operates the ships of its own fleet. Rarely do we see civilian homes in the shows, and I can't recall a time when a civilian had a computer system like Starfleet.
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It really does work best only once the rigor starts increasing for grades. So unless the kid seriously struggles in grade school, I wouldn't start paying them for grades until at least 6th grade. Probably more like 8th or 9th grade, when GPAs for college entrance starts to count.
At least in prison, inmates have done something wrong to get them there. The only thing people in nursing homes have done is live long enough to lose the ability to care for themselves.
I can't cross my eyes...
Border control agents can seize your device at the border (which is legally 100 miles from any international border) with probable cause (which is a pretty low barrier) and then lawyer or no lawyer they can do what they want with it. Best approach at the border is probably to have all your important information in the cloud, and then wipe your device before you go through.
Unless the police already know what they're going to find on your phone, like this guy's case. I mean, that can't be abused at all, right?
Yep, Firefox and Edge are the two most common non-Webkit based browsers out there (Blink is still relatively close enough to Webkit to call it the same thing). Firefox changing engines would make no serious reason to use them anymore, as the UI and extensibility will be so Chrome-like that the two will be nigh indistinguishable to the average user. And even a few hundred thousand power users out there aren't enough to sustain a big browser project like Firefox. And worse, we'll be back to the days where a single rendering engine is a monopoly (Webkit + derivatives) to the expense of any and all others, leading to poor site design and bad coding habits that code to Webkit's idiosyncrasies and bugs, and not to web standards. Firefox changing engines would start a second dark ages for web design, and just be bad all around.
Even straight search queries fail with code terms most of the time (RIP Google Code, it was the one thing it was good for). Periods, parentheses, dashes, spaces, a lot of these are ignored with straight searches and make it difficult to find code-related results for common terms that happen to be API method names or syntax terms.
I wonder why you don't use something like Duck Duck Go or Ask if you dislike Google so much.
And Firefox on Android has never had a separate search bar. This is irrelevant.
That time was about three seasons of GOT ago.
To be fair, Walmart ordered the same granola bars from its supplier at less than the cost you paid. Sure, they order in bulk, but they also have to open boxes, stock shelves, and staff their stores so you can find all the products in one convenient location. Are you upset that they figured out a way to make a profit on you?
These things are always a risk. If you're going to put your money in a company for a yet-to-be released product, make sure they have an existing track record. If they're on Kickstarter (or similar), check their previous campaigns; were they successful? are their products useful? did they deliver what they promised? If they're an established company, maybe question why they're turning to crowdfunding instead of investor backing; is the product all it's cracked up to be? is the company doing well financially? is their leadership stable?
And at the end of the day, make sure the money you spend is money you can lose, unless what you're getting is something you can hold in your hand or guarantee a refund.
Basically. You need not even be a student of the law to figure this one out.
To "brick" a device is to make it worth nothing more than a brick, it just sits there and does nothing. That's totally accurate and appropriate for the article. This one simply happens to come with a ceveat that reverts the brick status.
It could also depend on the hash function, if similar combinations produced the same hash then it would be easy enough to determine similarity. Plus you can do other things like saving statistics about the password before hashing it and losing the plain version forever, like recording length, counting characters and types, etc. Compare that to the new password and look for similarities. It may mean a few more false positives, but if the password guidelines you're enforcing are absolutely strict about no password reuse, then it's probably worth the trouble.
Selecting from a pre-determined list of passwords sounds like a security nightmare.
None of the people making these decisions were technicians, of course.
When are they ever?
If the pilots are shouting move names as they battle.
Then that's the lesson you should have taught the Millenials in their childhood. Instead, the boomers encouraged (read: demanded) their children get participation trophies, were told they can do anything they want to, to pursue their dreams, etc. You made your bed.
Nice round of victim shaming from the boomers, as expected. Clearly the fault must all lie with the applicant, if they were turned down from a job, there must be something wrong with them, right? Nevermind that hiring for companies has become more stringent, automatic resume scanning can remove legitimate candidates from the process, and some companies go months without filling a role due to changes at the top creating uncertainty about the job description and who to look for.
The simple fact is, the job market is saturated with candidates in many fields, and getting started these days is an uphill climb. Companies want candidates with specific skills that can be exclusive to their field, or candidates with a few years of experience for an entry level job, or soft skills that they don't know how to interview for and can't be conveyed properly on a resume. It's not hard to wonder why people entering the job market may take an unpaid internship to earn experience that they otherwise wouldn't have to land their first paying gig. That a company takes advantage of their lack of a salary is a douchebag move on their part, and usually has nothing to do with the candidate for the role at all.
True, although the male skirt, as part of a tunic or other masculine garb, is an ancient garment. The Scots were hardly the first to come across the innovation, and won't be the last to make it popular. It was the horse that made trousers a necessity for men.
We could solve this by switching from trousers to skirts. The Scots proved it to be a viable male garment.
Obama was known for asking Congress to "put a bill on [his] desk" long before he would sign an executive order to do the same thing. He tried constantly to get them to do their jobs, but they were too busy arguing about trivial political points instead.
If you always expect something bad, you'll be genuinely surprised when someone does you a kindness. I'd rather be surprised by kindness than by evil.
You forget that all the occupants of ships on Star Trek were members or guests of a paramilitary organization. They'd have to give up their privacy in that respect when they joined or boarded the ship, in order to make use of such conveniences for Starfleet's purposes. This easily sidesteps today's privacy concerns since Starfleet owns and operates the ships of its own fleet. Rarely do we see civilian homes in the shows, and I can't recall a time when a civilian had a computer system like Starfleet.