I ordered a $3 vga cable. It simply didn't work as advertised. Asked for refund and they wanted it shipped back with tracking number at my expense. Which would have been (from Canada) about six times the expected refund.
My review of the product went into great detail on why I was giving it one star.
It's not like Apple is moving every single employee into their new campus. They will have their old campus and many additional office buildings for a long time.
They can, over time, effectively do A/B testing to find out what teams work best in the new campus, and what teams work best elsewhere with different styles of offices.
They could end up with very little engineering types in the new campus, and having the marketing teams there working well in an open environment.
Apple has sufficient resources and cash that moving teams around is just an annoyance. If it needs to be done they won't need to figure out how to pay for it, just how and when to schedule the move.
It's just that they are worth far less when sold for parts than sold as a working phone.
The value proposition in stealing a phone that can be resold as a working phone is much better than stealing a phone that can only be sold for parts. So there is (now) much less incentive to stealing phones. Yes, you can get something for them. But much less, so many thieves will look for something else which pays better for the risk.
To start being used autonomous cars have to be safe enough to drive without any additional information other than what they can gather on their own (radar, video, lidar, gps.) If they are not safe enough using that data then they cannot be used. If they are safe enough why add an additional requirement that brings (at this point) little additional safety.
V2V will be of interest once the number of vehicles on the road that can use it is high enough. That will be probably about five to ten years from now. Or about three to five generations of software and vehicle electronics. The problem domain will be much better understood by that point and the problems that can be solved by using V2V will be better understood. It might (for example) allow vehicle trains, elimination of signals at intersections, higher density (closer following) etc.
But none of those will be possible until human driven cars are either eliminated or at a low level (or at a minimum using the same technology, just not actually being autonomously operated 100% of the time, perhaps emergency vehicles.)
Yes. While the average order time goes up, slightly. Because they replace 2-3 cashiers with 4-6 kiosks, the overall time for you to order goes down because there is rarely a line.
The only (almost worth of a WFT posting) humorous problem I had was when the kiosk had a problem with it's printer. Displayed a dialog, then showed the order number (something like 6572) for about a half a second, somewhere else on the screen (big 22 inch screen in portrait mode...) then reverted to the normal display. WTF, had no idea what my number was, had to just wait for the order caller to say 6572 a few times then say what it was, and then go and grab it.
Still, overall, faster than waiting for a small number of cashiers.
If you use spaces to indent your source code will look the same for everyone and will look the way you intended. Spaces always work and always work in the same way. If you don't like counting, use an editor that uses the tab key to insert the proper number of spaces for the indentation. But counting always works if you can't figure that out.
If you use tabs to indent you have to rely on people correctly setting the tab width to match what you are using. And if they don't know how to do that and it is set up wrong, their impression of your code is that you are a twit and don't know how to consistently format your code. This is especially a problem with PHB that may be have little technical knowledge and decide to have a look at something. First impression is that your code looks unorganized.
People shouldn't be reformatting your code to match their expectation of indentation unless they are taking over the project. Use the same indentation (and tabs set to the correct tabwidth if that is what the original author used.)
It is fortunate that fraud (or incompetence) like this never occurs in other areas. For example think of the implications of this happening in Climate Science papers and studies. Luckily we can trust those implicitly, especially the model based ones.
I don't like or dislike self-serve or cashier based checkouts.
What I hate is standing in line or waiting while someone slowly scans in my items or asks me questions about how I want to pay or if I have the store courtesy card or some air miles card etc.
I'll use whatever checkout I can that gets me out of the store faster. Most of the time that means self-serve. Unless I have something weird that the self-serve checkout won't understand I can usually scan and pay for my items faster than the cashier can. And usually there is no wait for a self-serve checkout. So double win.
Sea levels where up to 6 meters higher 4000-6000 years ago.
Prieto et al., 2016
“Analysis of the RSL [relative sea level] database revealed that the RSL [relative sea level] rose to reach the present level at or before c. 7000 cal yr BP, with the peak of the sea-level highstand c. +4 m [above present] between c. 6000 and 5500 cal yr BP [calendar years before present] This RSL [relative sea level] curve was re-plotted by Gyllencreutz et al. (2010) using the same index points and qualitative approach but using the calibrated ages. It shows rising sea-levels following the Last Glacial Termination (LGT), reaching a RSL [relative sea level] maximum of +6.5 m above present at c. 6500 cal yr BP [calendar years before present], followed by a stepped regressive trend towards the present.”
Linux in IOT devices rarely if ever gets updated and forms the backbone for Botnets. Not as sexy as discussing the latest Windows fuckup but long term probably a worse problem.
Agreed 100%. I work with C, C++, Objective C, Perl, Python, PHP on a regular basis. Far better to look something up to make sure I have the syntax right for today's coding language / problem.
It becomes an interesting problem if you need to install an old XP, Vista or Windows 7 from the original ISO's (e.g. to diagnose a customer problem.) If you do need to update them or do anything from them you are out of luck because they don't know about anything other than SHA-1. You have to bring everything in via http or USB key.
The big advantage Foxconn has in China is the ability to build very large factories and campuses that can house the hundreds of thousands of employees needed to run those factories. China has over twenty cities with a population over five million and six over ten million. So lots of places with lots of people that are willing to do the work.
Quote: "Developed closely with Apple, it plugs into the Lightning connector making it possible to use Lightning Audio headphones or the Apple Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter and charge your iPhone at the same time. "
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I ordered a $3 vga cable. It simply didn't work as advertised. Asked for refund and they wanted it shipped back with tracking number at my expense. Which would have been (from Canada) about six times the expected refund.
My review of the product went into great detail on why I was giving it one star.
It's not like Apple is moving every single employee into their new campus. They will have their old campus and many additional office buildings for a long time.
They can, over time, effectively do A/B testing to find out what teams work best in the new campus, and what teams work best elsewhere with different styles of offices.
They could end up with very little engineering types in the new campus, and having the marketing teams there working well in an open environment.
Apple has sufficient resources and cash that moving teams around is just an annoyance. If it needs to be done they won't need to figure out how to pay for it, just how and when to schedule the move.
Stolen phones are worth something for parts.
It's just that they are worth far less when sold for parts than sold as a working phone.
The value proposition in stealing a phone that can be resold as a working phone is much better than stealing a phone that can only be sold for parts. So there is (now) much less incentive to stealing phones. Yes, you can get something for them. But much less, so many thieves will look for something else which pays better for the risk.
To start being used autonomous cars have to be safe enough to drive without any additional information other than what they can gather on their own (radar, video, lidar, gps.) If they are not safe enough using that data then they cannot be used. If they are safe enough why add an additional requirement that brings (at this point) little additional safety.
V2V will be of interest once the number of vehicles on the road that can use it is high enough. That will be probably about five to ten years from now. Or about three to five generations of software and vehicle electronics. The problem domain will be much better understood by that point and the problems that can be solved by using V2V will be better understood. It might (for example) allow vehicle trains, elimination of signals at intersections, higher density (closer following) etc.
But none of those will be possible until human driven cars are either eliminated or at a low level (or at a minimum using the same technology, just not actually being autonomously operated 100% of the time, perhaps emergency vehicles.)
Yes. While the average order time goes up, slightly. Because they replace 2-3 cashiers with 4-6 kiosks, the overall time for you to order goes down because there is rarely a line.
The only (almost worth of a WFT posting) humorous problem I had was when the kiosk had a problem with it's printer. Displayed a dialog, then showed the order number (something like 6572) for about a half a second, somewhere else on the screen (big 22 inch screen in portrait mode...) then reverted to the normal display. WTF, had no idea what my number was, had to just wait for the order caller to say 6572 a few times then say what it was, and then go and grab it.
Still, overall, faster than waiting for a small number of cashiers.
In what way is a locked phone a theft deterrent? Other than reducing it's potential resale value, which a thief won't find out until it is stolen?
If you use spaces to indent your source code will look the same for everyone and will look the way you intended. Spaces always work and always work in the same way. If you don't like counting, use an editor that uses the tab key to insert the proper number of spaces for the indentation. But counting always works if you can't figure that out.
If you use tabs to indent you have to rely on people correctly setting the tab width to match what you are using. And if they don't know how to do that and it is set up wrong, their impression of your code is that you are a twit and don't know how to consistently format your code. This is especially a problem with PHB that may be have little technical knowledge and decide to have a look at something. First impression is that your code looks unorganized.
People shouldn't be reformatting your code to match their expectation of indentation unless they are taking over the project. Use the same indentation (and tabs set to the correct tabwidth if that is what the original author used.)
It is fortunate that fraud (or incompetence) like this never occurs in other areas. For example think of the implications of this happening in Climate Science papers and studies. Luckily we can trust those implicitly, especially the model based ones.
To stay in would (eventually) require ratification by congress.
I don't like or dislike self-serve or cashier based checkouts.
What I hate is standing in line or waiting while someone slowly scans in my items or asks me questions about how I want to pay or if I have the store courtesy card or some air miles card etc.
I'll use whatever checkout I can that gets me out of the store faster. Most of the time that means self-serve. Unless I have something weird that the self-serve checkout won't understand I can usually scan and pay for my items faster than the cashier can. And usually there is no wait for a self-serve checkout. So double win.
Sea levels where up to 6 meters higher 4000-6000 years ago.
Prieto et al., 2016
“Analysis of the RSL [relative sea level] database revealed that the RSL [relative sea level] rose to reach the present level at or before c. 7000 cal yr BP, with the peak of the sea-level highstand c. +4 m [above present] between c. 6000 and 5500 cal yr BP [calendar years before present] This RSL [relative sea level] curve was re-plotted by Gyllencreutz et al. (2010) using the same index points and qualitative approach but using the calibrated ages. It shows rising sea-levels following the Last Glacial Termination (LGT), reaching a RSL [relative sea level] maximum of +6.5 m above present at c. 6500 cal yr BP [calendar years before present], followed by a stepped regressive trend towards the present.”
Linux in IOT devices rarely if ever gets updated and forms the backbone for Botnets. Not as sexy as discussing the latest Windows fuckup but long term probably a worse problem.
Who knew there was an average size iceberg. Well presumably there is. But who knew that the actual average size was so well known.
Agreed 100%. I work with C, C++, Objective C, Perl, Python, PHP on a regular basis. Far better to look something up to make sure I have the syntax right for today's coding language / problem.
How many people reading this work in a job that existed 100 or even 50 years ago.
The vast majority of people working today do jobs that simply didn't exist before they where born.
It is also probable that the vast majority of people working now are doing a job that will end before they are dead.
Just have a second (if iPhone) iCloud account set up with reasonable amount of apps and mail (subscribe to some mailing lists.)
Before travelling, backup, then restore your alternate clean identity.
After travelling, restore the correct one.
It becomes an interesting problem if you need to install an old XP, Vista or Windows 7 from the original ISO's (e.g. to diagnose a customer problem.) If you do need to update them or do anything from them you are out of luck because they don't know about anything other than SHA-1. You have to bring everything in via http or USB key.
Linux? Yes!
I use these on Linux, MACOS and Windows for all my Github and Google accounts.
https://www.yubico.com/github-...
See the FIDO U2F Security Key.
So kind of like the Internet. Full of easily exploitable security holes. So obviously like the Internet we simply shouldn't do it right?
Can do this now by tapping the break pedal.
And think of the electrical service you would need to order to charge your EV in (to be similar to gas) say 2-3 minutes.
This says 4.5 megawatts to get down to 15 minutes and involves intermediate storage. Scary stuff!
http://www.computerworld.com/a...
The manufacturing cost (what Foxconn gets) is estimated to be in the $12.50 - $30.00 range.
Doubling that would make retail prices go up by $50-$100.
The bigger problem is how to build and staff of factory for a couple of hundred thousand people anywhere in the US.
The big advantage Foxconn has in China is the ability to build very large factories and campuses that can house the hundreds of thousands of employees needed to run those factories. China has over twenty cities with a population over five million and six over ten million. So lots of places with lots of people that are willing to do the work.
First it was an EU Commission.
Second the commission ruled that Ireland's tax rate (for this specific case) was too low.
Third Apple paid the tax required by the law in Ireland.
Fourth Ireland is appealing the decision.
Fifth it is unknown if the commission's ruling is enforceable on Ireland.
Quote: "Developed closely with Apple, it plugs into the Lightning connector making it possible to use Lightning Audio headphones or the Apple Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter and charge your iPhone at the same time. "
http://www.appleworld.today/bl...