1) What difference does privacy make here? People are still using Gmail, Google Maps, Facebook, etc... on their iPhone. Same data collected by the same people. 2) At what cost? As features are added the phone *feels* slower, battery life drops, more crapware added (I don't use a majority of the Apple developed apps because they are just that bad.) 3) I'll twist this one to Security. Apple does have the upper hand on maintaining device security and user privacy, though Android has made some strides with fingerprint readers and auto-wipe.
I can't find the gas cap on my computer. How do I know which Optane to put in it? Will putting in a higher Optane make it go faster? If I put in a higher Optane do I have to change my mineral oil every 5000 hours?
Fair point. Most companies/agencies I've worked for typically want to own you for the duration of your education + 1/2 years. It's a contract between employee and employer, breach typically means the employee must pay back the past 1-2 years of tuition paid for by the employer.
I would assume Wal-Mart would be similar. Reimbursement for full-time school up to N dollars, half-time up to N/2 dollars, per year. Should the employee quit or otherwise stop working for Wal-Mart, I'm sure WM will recoup at least N dollars in some way.
Based on this example, if I am looking to hire and using Facebook, then it falls on me to select the appropriate demographics. It isn't Facebooks fault I picked 18-35, so the blame would fall squarely on me.
Sounds like the blame goes to those listing the jobs, though Facebook might have some work to do regarding clarifying what categories on their platform really mean.
We can bicker about this a bit more. Facebook is a "social media" platform, not a job searching/application service. Companies like Monster or Indeed would certainly be hit with some government clubs if they biased hiring/promotion based on any protected classes. If people are truly looking for work, then Facebook isn't the only place to look and no site should be solely relied upon to find your next job. The crux of this is *who* sees *what* ads.
Would anybody really care if Facebook decided to only show cartoony ads catered to young children? What about only geriatric care ads?
More to the point, would older people really want to see "Chik-fil-a, Now Hiring!"? Are older folks - who typically have already started a specific career path - really that offended that they aren't seeing Wal-Mart job ads?
Time to make Facebook/Social Networks government-owned and privately operated.
Why can't people get it through their thick skulls that Facebook is a corporation? It does not have to cater to everyone equally. If Zuck wanted Facebook to only connect African women between the ages of 35 and 50, he could and there's not a damned thing anyone could do about it. Sure he would lose advertising revenue, but its HIS COMPANY.
I had heard they were closing down some factories in the past few years. Could it just be that they had a lot of older line workers? How many young people fired does it take to prove this allegation wrong?
Just how should the intentional misleading of the heavily armed/armored police force be considered a "prank"?
It's impossible for police to be everywhere at once - much less know enough detail to be able to spot a prank. The fact that there are terrible people out there that do unspeakable things to fellow citizens (or friends/family) is the whole reason SWAT exists. Every SWAT call wastes hundreds/thousands of taxpayer dollars. They go in with ONLY the knowledge of the phone call.
What if someone really was threatening the lives of everyone else in the house?
How many hostages would need to die before it's okay for a cop to take the offender down?
How are the police supposed to be able to tell the difference *before* taking any actions?
A prank is ordering 2 dozen pizzas to an address. Telling police about a machete-wielding maniac that has already killed 6 people IS NOT.
This is a great tactic for talking down car salesman. The buyer has nothing to lose and the salesman has everything to gain. The salesman comes back with a higher number than you're willing to pay, you walk.
It pushes the onus back to the salesman to come back with a better offer if they want to gain anything.
Now, politically... that's a whole different beast. Saying "we're in, we're in, we're in.... WE'RE OUT" comes across as fickle and childish.
If the phone were more substantial, you wouldn't need the case. I've bought otter box cases for every phone I've had for the past 10+ years because of how flimsy the damned things are. I dropped one phone from a height of 2.5 feet onto tile and having the screen shatter and case bend, then I decided I needed hard plastic cases for *every* phone.
Some delicate snowflakes baby their phone for years. Wipe it down every night and likely tuck it in while charging and singing some lullaby's before bed. I am not one of those people, I run, kayak, mountain bike, and chase my kids around. I'd rather spend $600 toward family fun than replacing my phone that shattered after i hit a bump on my bike.
Lets create an un-advertised domain that is connected to the internet and allows full access to account information! Even better, lets make sure there's no authentication required!
Seriously, why isn't this only on some T-Mobile intranet that is locked down to only those people with appropriate need-to-know and signed agreements? Most list-reader monkeys don't need access to anything more than my name and zip code. Billing may need stuff like bank accounts, but nobody really needs to maintain tax information. They aren't sending me a 1099 come January - mark a credit check as approved and a date, no need for more.
They have a de facto monopoly on search. To "google" something is synonymous with web search. They are over half of the cell phone market (All android). All android phones are tightly integrated with the Google store, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc... They provide analytics, scripts, advertising, and other services to all websites.
In what situation does anyone not have a choice as to whether to use some product or service offered by google, or one offered by another entity?
Web browsing in general. if you look at the cross-site references to almost every site you browse, you'll see google-analytics, adsense, googleapis, or any other of a number of google-owned and operated sites. They're even worse than the Facebook *like* button in terms of reach and stealthiness - I've never seen a "powered by google" or any mention of using googles stuff in the background on any website.
Google was fined $22.5m for the practice by the US Federal Trade Commission in 2012 and forced to pay $17m to 37 US states.
That said, the penalty should really have a few more zeroes at the end. Why would they stop making XX billions if they get fined the occasional YY millions?
The government has been up in arms about foreign-produced hardware for many years, to the point that they stopped buying Cisco equipment for a while. Problem is you can't really find any off-the-shelf computer components that AREN'T made in Asia somewhere. I've even heard of instances where the gov won't allow software developed with IntelliJ because they are Russian as well.
Once Kaspersky establishes itself as "not Russian" in the public eye, then the tides will change again. Most big companies have factories/offices/development around the world. This really isn't much different.
I have a system76 laptop with a 4000 series i7 still running strong. My only gripe is it doesn't have a dedicated vid card. Otherwise it's handled compilation, transcoding, and VM's very well for the ~4 years I've owned it.
Blizzard - routinely listen to their user base and adjust game balance Epic Games - Unreal Tournament is community-driven Digital Extremes - Active Warframe community, in-game updates even acknowledge community issues. Tripwire Interactive - The Killing Floor games have a lot of community involvement. Forums have a fair amount of suggestions and the game itself has lots of user generated content. Lots of indie developers listen to feedback from their users as well. The Steam pre-release pages are evidence there.
And I'll continue pushing my money toward other companies that actually listen to their player base, make quality games, and don't try to drain my wallet into the triple and quadruple digits before I have the full game.
A lot of my neighbors have doorbell cameras and will post suspicious stuff to community Facebook groups, occasionally to law enforcement. Lets just hope there are limits put in place. They're security cameras, not public tracking devices.
The problem isn't the car, it's that people don't care. Until people start to realize just how much they stand to lose by not disconnecting/unlinking/closing these sorts of connections, it will continue in the name of convenience.
Until illegal purchases are made, or identities are stolen, or actual money is lost en masse, people will continue to not give a crap. Once it does happen, they'll give a crap then push it on to automakers because hey, they made the car.
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1) What difference does privacy make here? People are still using Gmail, Google Maps, Facebook, etc... on their iPhone. Same data collected by the same people.
2) At what cost? As features are added the phone *feels* slower, battery life drops, more crapware added (I don't use a majority of the Apple developed apps because they are just that bad.)
3) I'll twist this one to Security. Apple does have the upper hand on maintaining device security and user privacy, though Android has made some strides with fingerprint readers and auto-wipe.
Grass isn't always greener.
I can't find the gas cap on my computer. How do I know which Optane to put in it? Will putting in a higher Optane make it go faster? If I put in a higher Optane do I have to change my mineral oil every 5000 hours?
Fair point. Most companies/agencies I've worked for typically want to own you for the duration of your education + 1/2 years. It's a contract between employee and employer, breach typically means the employee must pay back the past 1-2 years of tuition paid for by the employer.
I would assume Wal-Mart would be similar. Reimbursement for full-time school up to N dollars, half-time up to N/2 dollars, per year. Should the employee quit or otherwise stop working for Wal-Mart, I'm sure WM will recoup at least N dollars in some way.
Based on this example, if I am looking to hire and using Facebook, then it falls on me to select the appropriate demographics. It isn't Facebooks fault I picked 18-35, so the blame would fall squarely on me.
Sounds like the blame goes to those listing the jobs, though Facebook might have some work to do regarding clarifying what categories on their platform really mean.
We can bicker about this a bit more. Facebook is a "social media" platform, not a job searching/application service. Companies like Monster or Indeed would certainly be hit with some government clubs if they biased hiring/promotion based on any protected classes. If people are truly looking for work, then Facebook isn't the only place to look and no site should be solely relied upon to find your next job. The crux of this is *who* sees *what* ads.
Would anybody really care if Facebook decided to only show cartoony ads catered to young children? What about only geriatric care ads?
More to the point, would older people really want to see "Chik-fil-a, Now Hiring!"? Are older folks - who typically have already started a specific career path - really that offended that they aren't seeing Wal-Mart job ads?
Time to make Facebook/Social Networks government-owned and privately operated.
Why can't people get it through their thick skulls that Facebook is a corporation? It does not have to cater to everyone equally. If Zuck wanted Facebook to only connect African women between the ages of 35 and 50, he could and there's not a damned thing anyone could do about it. Sure he would lose advertising revenue, but its HIS COMPANY.
I had heard they were closing down some factories in the past few years. Could it just be that they had a lot of older line workers?
How many young people fired does it take to prove this allegation wrong?
Just how should the intentional misleading of the heavily armed/armored police force be considered a "prank"?
It's impossible for police to be everywhere at once - much less know enough detail to be able to spot a prank. The fact that there are terrible people out there that do unspeakable things to fellow citizens (or friends/family) is the whole reason SWAT exists. Every SWAT call wastes hundreds/thousands of taxpayer dollars. They go in with ONLY the knowledge of the phone call.
What if someone really was threatening the lives of everyone else in the house?
How many hostages would need to die before it's okay for a cop to take the offender down?
How are the police supposed to be able to tell the difference *before* taking any actions?
A prank is ordering 2 dozen pizzas to an address. Telling police about a machete-wielding maniac that has already killed 6 people IS NOT.
I'll give you guys another theory - Maybe all the songs are *actually* the same:
Four Chords
If you need more proof, here's a country version with 6 top-ten country songs smashed on top of one another.
This is a great tactic for talking down car salesman. The buyer has nothing to lose and the salesman has everything to gain. The salesman comes back with a higher number than you're willing to pay, you walk.
It pushes the onus back to the salesman to come back with a better offer if they want to gain anything.
Now, politically... that's a whole different beast. Saying "we're in, we're in, we're in.... WE'RE OUT" comes across as fickle and childish.
If the phone were more substantial, you wouldn't need the case. I've bought otter box cases for every phone I've had for the past 10+ years because of how flimsy the damned things are. I dropped one phone from a height of 2.5 feet onto tile and having the screen shatter and case bend, then I decided I needed hard plastic cases for *every* phone.
Some delicate snowflakes baby their phone for years. Wipe it down every night and likely tuck it in while charging and singing some lullaby's before bed. I am not one of those people, I run, kayak, mountain bike, and chase my kids around. I'd rather spend $600 toward family fun than replacing my phone that shattered after i hit a bump on my bike.
Lets create an un-advertised domain that is connected to the internet and allows full access to account information!
Even better, lets make sure there's no authentication required!
Seriously, why isn't this only on some T-Mobile intranet that is locked down to only those people with appropriate need-to-know and signed agreements?
Most list-reader monkeys don't need access to anything more than my name and zip code. Billing may need stuff like bank accounts, but nobody really needs to maintain tax information. They aren't sending me a 1099 come January - mark a credit check as approved and a date, no need for more.
I'm confused.
What market do they monopolize?
They have a de facto monopoly on search. To "google" something is synonymous with web search.
They are over half of the cell phone market (All android). All android phones are tightly integrated with the Google store, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc...
They provide analytics, scripts, advertising, and other services to all websites.
In what situation does anyone not have a choice as to whether to use some product or service offered by google, or one offered by another entity?
Web browsing in general. if you look at the cross-site references to almost every site you browse, you'll see google-analytics, adsense, googleapis, or any other of a number of google-owned and operated sites. They're even worse than the Facebook *like* button in terms of reach and stealthiness - I've never seen a "powered by google" or any mention of using googles stuff in the background on any website.
Oh FFS, it's the last sentence of the summary:
Google was fined $22.5m for the practice by the US Federal Trade Commission in 2012 and forced to pay $17m to 37 US states.
That said, the penalty should really have a few more zeroes at the end. Why would they stop making XX billions if they get fined the occasional YY millions?
I'm sure one is in there, I'm just not funny enough to say it.
The government has been up in arms about foreign-produced hardware for many years, to the point that they stopped buying Cisco equipment for a while. Problem is you can't really find any off-the-shelf computer components that AREN'T made in Asia somewhere. I've even heard of instances where the gov won't allow software developed with IntelliJ because they are Russian as well.
Once Kaspersky establishes itself as "not Russian" in the public eye, then the tides will change again. Most big companies have factories/offices/development around the world. This really isn't much different.
If adding exclamations and numbers work for changing passwords, why wouldn't it work for apps?
I have a system76 laptop with a 4000 series i7 still running strong. My only gripe is it doesn't have a dedicated vid card. Otherwise it's handled compilation, transcoding, and VM's very well for the ~4 years I've owned it.
Well, it is a European law and they've been known to value privacy there.
It wouldn't fly long in the U.S. because there's no quick money in it.
Blizzard - routinely listen to their user base and adjust game balance
Epic Games - Unreal Tournament is community-driven
Digital Extremes - Active Warframe community, in-game updates even acknowledge community issues.
Tripwire Interactive - The Killing Floor games have a lot of community involvement. Forums have a fair amount of suggestions and the game itself has lots of user generated content.
Lots of indie developers listen to feedback from their users as well. The Steam pre-release pages are evidence there.
And I'll continue pushing my money toward other companies that actually listen to their player base, make quality games, and don't try to drain my wallet into the triple and quadruple digits before I have the full game.
A lot of my neighbors have doorbell cameras and will post suspicious stuff to community Facebook groups, occasionally to law enforcement. Lets just hope there are limits put in place. They're security cameras, not public tracking devices.
You cannot be serious, what professional developer in his right mind would use Notepad?
Those same senior developers that use pico and nano, I would assume.
The problem isn't the car, it's that people don't care. Until people start to realize just how much they stand to lose by not disconnecting/unlinking/closing these sorts of connections, it will continue in the name of convenience.
Until illegal purchases are made, or identities are stolen, or actual money is lost en masse, people will continue to not give a crap. Once it does happen, they'll give a crap then push it on to automakers because hey, they made the car.
"Still, gamers from that era intensely dislike my butt." Cloud to butt is the best.
Been my experience it goes from butt to cloud. Especially after refried beans.