He who thinks all hours-long convos on Skype are going to be fully analyzed is delusional. Maybe when quantum computers are going to be mainstream, then the conversation will be analyzed in real time.
It's always a risk. Just like when you're at work and make a comment towards a female coworker, a comment which you deem harmless but she thinks otherwise. Guess who's going to regret it?
It looks like typical process. You must be reported for your content to be reviewed, and the other party can provide it to Microsoft. In other words, MS isn't actively monitoring, so if me and friends are on Skype playing a game and we F-this and F-that, nobody's going to give a shit. But if I start swearing at someone on Skype during gaming, well, that someone could report me and provide chat logs or session times to MS, at which point I'd probably be banned or punished in some way.
I've seen quite a few short, informative, clear EULAs, but they're exclusive to indie groups/solo developers. Any EULA coming from a behemoth company is unreadable.
English is not my main language, so I might be at fault here, but this phrase makes no fucking sense to me. Especially the bold part.
"The Student Loan Report surveyed 1,000 current college students with student loan debt about whether they were asked whether they used their student loan money to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin"
Could someone with more knowledge break down the phrase in bits I could understand?
Yeah that's where reading TFS helps. I understand there might be a confusion of terms, but really, context is key. When I say "Apple" it could be the fruit, the company or something else entirely - context helps.
That's why I tend to lash out when someone's complaining "waah that word has a different meaning than the one I thought it had".
Bitcoin's actually fine, really. ETH arguably is fine, too, as well as a few non-mineable coins with high market valuation. Everything else's an all-or-nothing gamble, and that's all there is to it.
The main difference is that the gold peddlers on TV are regulated, you can file a complaint if you get scammed, and they will be in deep shit. Much of this doesn't apply to ICOs because they are not asking for money, they're asking for cryptocurrency. They say "here's a bullshit token we've conjured out of nothing, we say it's going to have some value, and we say its current value is X and will certainly grow, send us 1 ETH (Ethereum) minimum for Y tokens". You basically send a virtual coin and receive some virtual tokens. None of this is properly covered by law because none of those cryptocurrencies have an intrinsic value or a value which is backed up by something. They're just funny money.
Disclaimer: I am a cryptocurrency believer, I think the cryptomarket will evolve and become part of our lives in a few years, but right now it's a Wild West and ICOs should be outright banned until they are properly covered by law.
You wouldn't want your ISP to block you, your Telecom to block you, your Power company to block you, why would you want your storage device to block you, your email app to block you, your social media site to block you, your free speech goes all along those lines.
Telecom blocks certain things. Power companies started banning cryptominers because "they use too much power". ISPs block certain services, e.g. http(s) servers' and FTP servers' ports. I have to make a request to unblock those ports, and they would do it, but they're blocked by default.
Frankly I didn't have to. The stuff I upload all follows common sense, isn't offensive, obeys the laws. And if that kind of stuff is against the EULA, it means the EULA is shit and watchdog groups would cry foul long before I would even realize.
Also: your IP(s), your online hours (which can be used to obtain your timezone), your political preferences, your subjects of interest, your social preferences and more. Random example: "I'm over 6 feet tall, have a bodyfat percentage around 10%, have a decent face, a decent personality, and so on." You said so today. Of course, that could all be fake, but comment enough times and statistically significant data starts creeping up. Your comments give away a shit ton of info, combine that with generally available data (mentioned above) and your profile starts taking a pretty well defined shape.
graze(2) rez verb gerund or present participle: grazing scrape and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body). "she fell down and grazed her knees" synonyms: scrape, abrade, skin, scratch, chafe, bark, scuff, rasp, break the skin of, cut, nick, snick; excoriate "he grazed his knuckles on the corner of the fuse box" touch or scrape lightly in passing. "his hands just grazed hers" synonyms: touch, touch lightly, brush, brush against, rub lightly, shave, skim, kiss, caress, sweep, scrape, glance off, clip "his shot grazed the far post"
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He who thinks all hours-long convos on Skype are going to be fully analyzed is delusional.
Maybe when quantum computers are going to be mainstream, then the conversation will be analyzed in real time.
It's always a risk. Just like when you're at work and make a comment towards a female coworker, a comment which you deem harmless but she thinks otherwise. Guess who's going to regret it?
It looks like typical process. You must be reported for your content to be reviewed, and the other party can provide it to Microsoft.
In other words, MS isn't actively monitoring, so if me and friends are on Skype playing a game and we F-this and F-that, nobody's going to give a shit. But if I start swearing at someone on Skype during gaming, well, that someone could report me and provide chat logs or session times to MS, at which point I'd probably be banned or punished in some way.
The power companies in question wanted cryptominers to pay what they cost.
Sorry, I don't understand what you meant.
I was talking about EULAs in general, I admit I don't know what the EULA was in this particular case.
Because some employers are OK with that. Because carrying two or more phones is generally a stupid idea. Because he can.
I've seen quite a few short, informative, clear EULAs, but they're exclusive to indie groups/solo developers.
Any EULA coming from a behemoth company is unreadable.
My ass getting rammed would have been a more newsworthy story but I get your point :)
Thank you!
That makes more sense, but contradicts OP's statement.
I guess I have to read TFA. Sight...
English is not my main language, so I might be at fault here, but this phrase makes no fucking sense to me. Especially the bold part.
"The Student Loan Report surveyed 1,000 current college students with student loan debt about whether they were asked whether they used their student loan money to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin"
Could someone with more knowledge break down the phrase in bits I could understand?
Yeah that's where reading TFS helps.
I understand there might be a confusion of terms, but really, context is key.
When I say "Apple" it could be the fruit, the company or something else entirely - context helps.
That's why I tend to lash out when someone's complaining "waah that word has a different meaning than the one I thought it had".
I think you're confusing Muhammads. Just sayin'...
Yet somehow everyone understands what's being talked about except one person: you.
So who's the odd one out?
Bitcoin's actually fine, really. ETH arguably is fine, too, as well as a few non-mineable coins with high market valuation.
Everything else's an all-or-nothing gamble, and that's all there is to it.
The main difference is that the gold peddlers on TV are regulated, you can file a complaint if you get scammed, and they will be in deep shit. Much of this doesn't apply to ICOs because they are not asking for money, they're asking for cryptocurrency.
They say "here's a bullshit token we've conjured out of nothing, we say it's going to have some value, and we say its current value is X and will certainly grow, send us 1 ETH (Ethereum) minimum for Y tokens".
You basically send a virtual coin and receive some virtual tokens. None of this is properly covered by law because none of those cryptocurrencies have an intrinsic value or a value which is backed up by something. They're just funny money.
Disclaimer: I am a cryptocurrency believer, I think the cryptomarket will evolve and become part of our lives in a few years, but right now it's a Wild West and ICOs should be outright banned until they are properly covered by law.
But we aren't talking about a typical cop here, nor about a typical scenario of phones being unlocked, are we?
spread his message of harmony with his truck of peace.
Heh, this also applies to '60s hippies and all-time pedophiles.
They've started in late 2007, so they might be inspired by some 90s website names.
You wouldn't want your ISP to block you, your Telecom to block you, your Power company to block you, why would you want your storage device to block you, your email app to block you, your social media site to block you, your free speech goes all along those lines.
Telecom blocks certain things.
Power companies started banning cryptominers because "they use too much power".
ISPs block certain services, e.g. http(s) servers' and FTP servers' ports. I have to make a request to unblock those ports, and they would do it, but they're blocked by default.
Just saying we're already there...
Frankly I didn't have to.
The stuff I upload all follows common sense, isn't offensive, obeys the laws. And if that kind of stuff is against the EULA, it means the EULA is shit and watchdog groups would cry foul long before I would even realize.
SpiderOak offers End-to-end encyption and Zero-Knowledge Encryption too.
For that, I'm thankful.
Also: your IP(s), your online hours (which can be used to obtain your timezone), your political preferences, your subjects of interest, your social preferences and more.
Random example: "I'm over 6 feet tall, have a bodyfat percentage around 10%, have a decent face, a decent personality, and so on." You said so today. Of course, that could all be fake, but comment enough times and statistically significant data starts creeping up.
Your comments give away a shit ton of info, combine that with generally available data (mentioned above) and your profile starts taking a pretty well defined shape.
This. I want it but it's unavailable in my country.
graze(2)
rez
verb
gerund or present participle: grazing
scrape and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body).
"she fell down and grazed her knees"
synonyms: scrape, abrade, skin, scratch, chafe, bark, scuff, rasp, break the skin of, cut, nick, snick; excoriate
"he grazed his knuckles on the corner of the fuse box"
touch or scrape lightly in passing.
"his hands just grazed hers"
synonyms: touch, touch lightly, brush, brush against, rub lightly, shave, skim, kiss, caress, sweep, scrape, glance off, clip
"his shot grazed the far post"