One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter, and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app.
Some of the proposals/ideas being put forward here already exist... It's called XMPP.
But they (google, facebook, microsoft, apple, et al.) don't want you to talk to other people outside their walled gardens. Which is why they killed off XMPP.
And people inside these walled gardens didn't even notice, that people they used to be able to talk to, just suddenly disappeared.
The XMPP network uses a clientâ"server architecture; clients do not talk directly to one another. The model is decentralized - anyone can run a server. By design, there is no central authoritative server as there is with services such as AOL Instant Messenger or Windows Live Messenger. Some confusion often arises on this point as there is a public XMPP server being run at jabber.org, to which a large number of users subscribe. However, anyone may run their own XMPP server on their own domain.
And I am on the Outside looking at you people inside these walled gardens with Schadenfreude.
Because companies refer to people, who buy and use their shit (actually: not buy but rent, since we do not really own any of their shit no more), no longer as CUSTOMERs but as consumers.
ugh... what's up these days with the mentality that everything that has been around for a few years is ol' fashioned and needs to be replaced and re-innovated?
These fucking things called "emojis" are images and should be treated as such.
They have no business being added to Unicode.
And I can not believe that there is actually a "Unicode Emoji Subcommittee".
For crying out loud. What's this world coming to?!?!?!
Definition of Unicode:
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems.
Do you even remember what Text is? Can you even Write anymore?
It's almost as if that was a relevant fact that should have been included in the summary of the article.
Well - that's where Slashdot has gone downhill.
Same with the article about the gear shifter. What the summary should've mentioned is:
Though shift patterns â" things like P-R-N-D â" are standardized, the designs of shifters themselves are not. FCA's shifter was unusual in that it resembles a classic floor-mounted gear selector that can be physically moved between different transmission modes, but FCA's lever always returns to the center position, making it impossible to tell by feel alone which gear you're in.
It always returns to the center position. Why wasn't this mentioned in the summary?
Same as with this article's summary: why did it not mention that the filmmakers admitted that anybody in that foster care home could've downloaded stuff. And therefor this ruling makes sense.
A lot of people actually do put up with this crap and will continue to do so, because they think (or actually - they're being told) they need this shit that is being shoved down their throats and up their asses.
Don't you have those videos on your device so you can watch them any time you want to?
You paid money for them, right? Why aren't these videos on your device then?
Why do you people accept such a business model (i.e. renting stuff) in the first place?
Btw - the title is wrong, You did not buy anything. You don't own anything. You rented it. Your lease can and will be terminated anytime.
Why do people spend money on things they really actually don't like / want? Examples: - cars with gear shifters that have a weird design and don't work right. - iphones that can be controlled by 3rd parties with ir. - media (dvd, etc.) where I am being told not to pirate even though I paid for it. - etc.
Companies (Apple, Paramount, Universal, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) - Your products suck! And I will not buy them until you listen to me. And do as I say!
You remember - Customer is King! Customer is always right! You seem to have forgotten that rule from a distant past.
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SIA quickly allayed his fears of unwanted surveillance by assuring Kamluk that the cameras have been disabled
Too late ... I already do not trust you anymore.
These cameras should not be there in the first place.
Just disabling them will not do it !!!
One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter, and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app.
Sounds like Genisys.
https://download.virtualbox.or...
No more support for 32-bit host os.
And this fact is not mentioned anywhere. Stupid.
Some of the proposals/ideas being put forward here already exist ... It's called XMPP.
But they (google, facebook, microsoft, apple, et al.) don't want you to talk to other people outside their walled gardens. Which is why they killed off XMPP.
And people inside these walled gardens didn't even notice, that people they used to be able to talk to, just suddenly disappeared.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Decentralization and addressing
The XMPP network uses a clientâ"server architecture; clients do not talk directly to one another. The model is decentralized - anyone can run a server. By design, there is no central authoritative server as there is with services such as AOL Instant Messenger or Windows Live Messenger. Some confusion often arises on this point as there is a public XMPP server being run at jabber.org, to which a large number of users subscribe. However, anyone may run their own XMPP server on their own domain.
And I am on the Outside looking at you people inside these walled gardens with Schadenfreude.
Why don't people drop google, facebook, et al. like a hot potato?
Because people are inert, hopelessly dependent on the system. They fight to protect it.
That is why nothing will change.
We don't need/want governments to enact laws (Macron, etc.).
People need to look themselves in the ass and take their own lives into their own hands.
Same with the new visa requirements for the US. Just don't go !!! Just don't do it !!! For crying out loud - how difficult can it be ?!?!?!
Because companies refer to people, who buy and use their shit (actually: not buy but rent, since we do not really own any of their shit no more), no longer as CUSTOMERs but as consumers.
Big difference.
And airlines are no different ...
Lynx
That would be John Connor.
John Connor is leader of the Worldwide Resistance and last hope of humankind.
it only works when someone cuts the lock
Why do you want to cut the lock if you wanna steal a bicycle?
so... what's the point again?
But but ... Evil ain't hip.
ugh ... what's up these days with the mentality that everything that has been around for a few years is ol' fashioned and needs to be replaced and re-innovated?
I am sick and tired of that mentality.
It's just a fucking ordinary Emacs add-on.
Typical hipster marketing talk.
These fucking things called "emojis" are images and should be treated as such.
They have no business being added to Unicode.
And I can not believe that there is actually a "Unicode Emoji Subcommittee".
For crying out loud. What's this world coming to?!?!?!
Definition of Unicode:
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems.
Do you even remember what Text is? Can you even Write anymore?
What else?
It's almost as if that was a relevant fact that should have been included in the summary of the article.
Well - that's where Slashdot has gone downhill.
Same with the article about the gear shifter. What the summary should've mentioned is:
Though shift patterns â" things like P-R-N-D â" are standardized, the designs of shifters themselves are not. FCA's shifter was unusual in that it resembles a classic floor-mounted gear selector that can be physically moved between different transmission modes, but FCA's lever always returns to the center position, making it impossible to tell by feel alone which gear you're in.
It always returns to the center position. Why wasn't this mentioned in the summary?
Same as with this article's summary: why did it not mention that the filmmakers admitted that anybody in that foster care home could've downloaded stuff. And therefor this ruling makes sense.
Slashdot editors: do it right or don't do it all.
A lot of people actually do put up with this crap and will continue to do so, because they think (or actually - they're being told) they need this shit that is being shoved down their throats and up their asses.
Make up your own damn mind. Trust nobody.
Don't you have those videos on your device so you can watch them any time you want to?
You paid money for them, right? Why aren't these videos on your device then?
Why do you people accept such a business model (i.e. renting stuff) in the first place?
Btw - the title is wrong, You did not buy anything. You don't own anything. You rented it. Your lease can and will be terminated anytime.
Why do people spend money on things they really actually don't like / want? Examples:
- cars with gear shifters that have a weird design and don't work right.
- iphones that can be controlled by 3rd parties with ir.
- media (dvd, etc.) where I am being told not to pirate even though I paid for it.
- etc.
Companies (Apple, Paramount, Universal, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) - Your products suck! And I will not buy them until you listen to me. And do as I say!
You remember - Customer is King! Customer is always right! You seem to have forgotten that rule from a distant past.
So?
What's the problem?
You don't want me to see your webpage. Then I simply don't.
I don't give a flying fuck.
You do know there is a "Preview" button when writing a post.
I whitelist cookies and javascript as needed (my whitelist is very very short really).
And I just now was asked to "Please complete the security check to access alpha.wallhaven.cc" when trying to go to http://alpha.wallhaven.cc/wall....
Fuck em. You don't want me to look at your site. Then I simply don't. I don't give a shit.
A fucking "security check" to look at some desktop wallpapers??!!?? For crying out loud!!
The Open Internet is indeed getting smaller and smaller by the day.
So how is this different from what the UK and the US and other governments want?
http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
etc.
Belonging is important.
You have pointed out one of civilization's biggest problems - besides a few others.
People are afraid.
People are afraid of being alone; afraid of not fitting in; afraid of making decisions for themselves by themselves.
Which is the main reason for "social media" and "amazon reviews", etc.
Belonging is important.
Maybe to you - but not to me.
it would serve you well to understand a bit about "these people".
No! I will not lower myself to that level.
You are in the minority
Thank you! And I am proud of that fact!
Why do people sign up for every website they come across?
This is a website about some japanese cat for crying out loud.
Why do people sign up for something like this? I guess it's the same people who sign up for safeway cards, starbucks cards and other discount cards.
I just don't get it.
You go into the store, you buy the shit you want and you leave. Just leave it at that for crying out loud. What's wrong with these people?
but only if it agrees with anonymous' way of thinking/talking.
uh huh ...