Gotta love all the "No Micro$hit stuff on my phone" crowd. None of them mentioned any problems with the browser itself, but let's bash Microsoft because we are in neckbeardia (Slashdot) and therefore it's the cool thing to do.
It's not cool. It's the least that MS deserves, after decades of abuse and obnoxiousness.
I can think of several low-tech approaches that will accomplish the same thing, just as fast, as probably more reliably. This is mostly one of that we-are-doing-it-because-we-can kind of things.
The main purpose of applications like Excel, Word and Powerpoint is to generate work for themselves and those who use them. This does not mean that they are occasionally useful, but that is not their goal.
Coming up with a device that embodies in itself the disadvantages of a laptop and the shortcomings of a tablet is exactly what one would expect MS to do.
A six-figure salary, and you have to resort to room sharing in order to be able to live there. Thanks but, no, thanks. I'll earn less somewhere where I can get my own home and a decent standard of living.
It seems to be the case that, every year, they come up with, at best, four or five movies worth watching in movie theaters. On this basis, the deal offered sucks.
Those guys are supposed to have a semi-infinite annual budget. They are supposed to hire the best of the best. And they keep getting caught on all sorts of fracas. How incompetent can they be?
It is more and more obvious that face recognition-based authentication does not solve any significant problems, while introducing issues of its own - most notably, as many have already pointed out, once your face as been compromised, you can't easily change it.
The bottom line is, this will deter the opportunistic agents. Those sufficiently well funded and determined (and, on the basis of the article, the do not have to be all that well funded or determined) will still crack it. ANd the truth is that there are far simpler approaches to deter opportunistic agents. Face recognition-based authentication has its place, but it is a teeny-weeny niche. Hype and hoopla aside, that is.
It's just another language. It has nice things, it lacks nice things. It is fine for certain things, not so fine for other things. It is not a silver bullet, the end-all, be-all. Currently using it, I expect to use it again in the future, when appropriate. This aside, I couldn't care less about it, one way or the other.
I do not know what the future will bring for Bitcoin and friends, but it seems to be clear that, currently, they are vehicles for speculators and crooks. And little more.
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You mean, like North Korea? For that's, in essence, what you are describing.
Kaspersky, you are not really so important that the US government will risk a scandal by trying to besmirch your reputation.
Gotta love all the "No Micro$hit stuff on my phone" crowd. None of them mentioned any problems with the browser itself, but let's bash Microsoft because we are in neckbeardia (Slashdot) and therefore it's the cool thing to do.
It's not cool. It's the least that MS deserves, after decades of abuse and obnoxiousness.
I guess you have a fairly good idea where you can stick it.
I can think of several low-tech approaches that will accomplish the same thing, just as fast, as probably more reliably. This is mostly one of that we-are-doing-it-because-we-can kind of things.
May you rot in hell.
The main purpose of applications like Excel, Word and Powerpoint is to generate work for themselves and those who use them. This does not mean that they are occasionally useful, but that is not their goal.
Elizabeth Holmes is just a scammer who happens to be woman.
Coming up with a device that embodies in itself the disadvantages of a laptop and the shortcomings of a tablet is exactly what one would expect MS to do.
Copy. That's what innovation amounts to in MS. So, no news here.
Ever since MS took over, Skype has been going down faster and faster. However, since alternatives are plentiful, nothing of value has been lost.
The people who scammed by Madoff got scammed because they were greedy. Same deal here.
Once again, biometrics showing that they are an almost empty shell.
A six-figure salary, and you have to resort to room sharing in order to be able to live there. Thanks but, no, thanks. I'll earn less somewhere where I can get my own home and a decent standard of living.
The true iSheep will put up with anything.
It seems to be the case that, every year, they come up with, at best, four or five movies worth watching in movie theaters. On this basis, the deal offered sucks.
Those guys are supposed to have a semi-infinite annual budget. They are supposed to hire the best of the best. And they keep getting caught on all sorts of fracas. How incompetent can they be?
After all, this is US. The rest is just THEM.
The same country that has become famous after the "Nigerian scam"? Who would have thought.
I will most definitely carry on paying $100 a year for not been subjected to commercials.
It is more and more obvious that face recognition-based authentication does not solve any significant problems, while introducing issues of its own - most notably, as many have already pointed out, once your face as been compromised, you can't easily change it. The bottom line is, this will deter the opportunistic agents. Those sufficiently well funded and determined (and, on the basis of the article, the do not have to be all that well funded or determined) will still crack it. ANd the truth is that there are far simpler approaches to deter opportunistic agents. Face recognition-based authentication has its place, but it is a teeny-weeny niche. Hype and hoopla aside, that is.
It's just another language. It has nice things, it lacks nice things. It is fine for certain things, not so fine for other things. It is not a silver bullet, the end-all, be-all. Currently using it, I expect to use it again in the future, when appropriate. This aside, I couldn't care less about it, one way or the other.
It is a dream of mine to be able to ask hard questions to these industry clowns and force them, on the spot, to provide clear, unambiguous answers.
Parasitic speculator.
I do not know what the future will bring for Bitcoin and friends, but it seems to be clear that, currently, they are vehicles for speculators and crooks. And little more.