Are they? Looking at my GMail account. Most of my Inbox e-mails (21496 entries and counting) are marked as "Important according to Google Magic", including but not limited to crappy newsletters which I keep around because I am too lazy to visit some websites every other week or so. At the same time, perfectly legitimate e-mails with tasks from my other job ended up in SPAM despite having come from the same e-mail address and with similar content:
Dear $NAME,
The following task was sent to you:
Subject: $SUBJECT Requester: $REQUESTER Deadline: $DATE Product: $NAME Type of Activity: $TYPE Translation: #WORDS Urgent: Y/N Priority: $TYPE Description: $DESC
Some of these arrive in Inbox, some go straight to SPAM. I "tought" GMail for weeks: "this ain't SPAM you sonovabitch!" - nothing. I even label these e-mails appropriately (New Tasks, changed tasks, reopened tasks, new invoices, changed invoices, etc).
Wait, wait... You might not need some shit that is running in the background. I might need it. Joe Thirdparty might see some of that shit as essential. Here's an example: The instant messaging app that my company is using (namely Slack). I absolutely require it to be running in the background, so that if there's an issue which requires my attention, I could be pinged and work on it. If the OS decides for me (which happens more and more often and I hate it!), I would end up not receiving messages when I have to.
Not cool.
While we're at it, I am being notified multiple times a day by my Samsung phone that it runs in performance mode. I KNOW! I set it that way, and no, I don't want it any other way. But the OS still bugs me about it, with no way to turn off that notification.
The eternal excuse for sloppy code: but it's free”. Sorry but I am not using software because it's free, I'm using software because it's good. And if it's not good, I am providing feedback, no matter its price.
I second that. Also, playing 4K videos sucks, at first I thought it was something else but the same videos play perfectly under LightAlloy, while VLC makes a mess of aquares, rectangles and still images on the screen.
Exactly. I've been mentioning this very issue since 2015 at least. What the article failed to mention (or maybe my reading skills suck) is that on older phones which hadn't had Facebook embedded, the app will come bundled with a "security update" which installs it in such a way it can't be uninstalled. Now THAT is fucked up. Bundled shit out-of-the-box? OK, yeah, contracts and whatnot. Forcefully bundling shit as part of a "security update"? That's LOW.
The only e-mails I delete are SPAM e-mails. Google Mail is very good at searching, and my work e-mail is well organized by yours truly. I never delete e-mails, and that helped me at work more than once, being able to dig up an e-mail from three years ago and prove I am not to blame for whatever fuck-up happened is worth it.
Literally millions of dollars have flowed thru these institutions directly by me and not a single penny has been misplaced over decades.
That's because proper safeguarding instruments had been implemented decades before your time. Currency was insecure for hundreds of years before today's times, and still is as far as cash is concerned.
Not having used either in the past, I wasn't aware of the IMRAD format. I'm guessing writing conventions would help those who can't produce meaningful text otherwise.
As with all other things, this isn't a fully black-or-white situation. the 5-paragraph rule set is a creativity killer but can make exact science communication better under most circumstances.
You missed the point entirely, congrats. It's not about the value of the keyboard, it's about the inability to access your machine in case the connected keyboard stops working.
I haven't bothered trying. Truth be told, I don't understand more than half the stuff it can do, I'm a beginner when it comes to networking. But in time I'll learn.
”Google took this precaution to prevent Rubber Ducky-type of attacks. A Rubber Ducky is a well-known term used to describe a malicious USB thumb drive that when plugged into a computer mimics a keyboard and runs malicious commands.”
I suspect someone smarter than both you and I thought about this before implementing it.
Well, unlike most people here I have been reading TFA and lookie here:
Google took this precaution to prevent Rubber Ducky-type of attacks. A Rubber Ducky is a well-known term used to describe a malicious USB thumb drive that when plugged into a computer mimics a keyboard and runs malicious commands.
So what happens when you plug in a regular keyboard? My guess is "nothing". So there might be a problem when you want to troubleshoot a machine which is supposed to run unattended (NAS, video monitoring, etc).
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Are they?
Looking at my GMail account. Most of my Inbox e-mails (21496 entries and counting) are marked as "Important according to Google Magic", including but not limited to crappy newsletters which I keep around because I am too lazy to visit some websites every other week or so. At the same time, perfectly legitimate e-mails with tasks from my other job ended up in SPAM despite having come from the same e-mail address and with similar content:
Dear $NAME,
The following task was sent to you:
Subject: $SUBJECT
Requester: $REQUESTER
Deadline: $DATE
Product: $NAME
Type of Activity: $TYPE
Translation: #WORDS
Urgent: Y/N
Priority: $TYPE
Description: $DESC
Some of these arrive in Inbox, some go straight to SPAM. I "tought" GMail for weeks: "this ain't SPAM you sonovabitch!" - nothing. I even label these e-mails appropriately (New Tasks, changed tasks, reopened tasks, new invoices, changed invoices, etc).
As a matter of fact that phrase was near perfection, if a bit long.
Burma Shave!
Yes, same thing happens to my phone, took me a looong time to figure out why that happens.
Wait, wait...
You might not need some shit that is running in the background. I might need it. Joe Thirdparty might see some of that shit as essential.
Here's an example: The instant messaging app that my company is using (namely Slack). I absolutely require it to be running in the background, so that if there's an issue which requires my attention, I could be pinged and work on it. If the OS decides for me (which happens more and more often and I hate it!), I would end up not receiving messages when I have to.
Not cool.
While we're at it, I am being notified multiple times a day by my Samsung phone that it runs in performance mode. I KNOW! I set it that way, and no, I don't want it any other way. But the OS still bugs me about it, with no way to turn off that notification.
The eternal excuse for sloppy code: but it's free”. Sorry but I am not using software because it's free, I'm using software because it's good. And if it's not good, I am providing feedback, no matter its price.
I second that. Also, playing 4K videos sucks, at first I thought it was something else but the same videos play perfectly under LightAlloy, while VLC makes a mess of aquares, rectangles and still images on the screen.
Exactly. I've been mentioning this very issue since 2015 at least. What the article failed to mention (or maybe my reading skills suck) is that on older phones which hadn't had Facebook embedded, the app will come bundled with a "security update" which installs it in such a way it can't be uninstalled. Now THAT is fucked up.
Bundled shit out-of-the-box? OK, yeah, contracts and whatnot. Forcefully bundling shit as part of a "security update"? That's LOW.
Not a great example. Coke barely improved its performance since it was invented.
The only e-mails I delete are SPAM e-mails. Google Mail is very good at searching, and my work e-mail is well organized by yours truly. I never delete e-mails, and that helped me at work more than once, being able to dig up an e-mail from three years ago and prove I am not to blame for whatever fuck-up happened is worth it.
Also, in the past, Coke was sold for a nickel. How dare they sell it for more today!
The narrowness is strong in this one...
no bit rot.
Tape aging is much, much worse.
+1 Funny,
+1 Insightful.
+1 Informative.
+1 Underrated.
What does one have anything to do with the other?
Generalizing like that is stupid.
Literally millions of dollars have flowed thru these institutions directly by me and not a single penny has been misplaced over decades.
That's because proper safeguarding instruments had been implemented decades before your time. Currency was insecure for hundreds of years before today's times, and still is as far as cash is concerned.
Not having used either in the past, I wasn't aware of the IMRAD format.
I'm guessing writing conventions would help those who can't produce meaningful text otherwise.
As with all other things, this isn't a fully black-or-white situation. the 5-paragraph rule set is a creativity killer but can make exact science communication better under most circumstances.
True, I wanted to prove it does have alight curve even if tidally locked.
You missed the point entirely, congrats. It's not about the value of the keyboard, it's about the inability to access your machine in case the connected keyboard stops working.
I haven't bothered trying. Truth be told, I don't understand more than half the stuff it can do, I'm a beginner when it comes to networking. But in time I'll learn.
No earlier than a week ago I have bought an ERPoE-5 and an AC-Pro from them. They run very well.
From TFA:
”Google took this precaution to prevent Rubber Ducky-type of attacks. A Rubber Ducky is a well-known term used to describe a malicious USB thumb drive that when plugged into a computer mimics a keyboard and runs malicious commands.”
I suspect someone smarter than both you and I thought about this before implementing it.
Well, unlike most people here I have been reading TFA and lookie here:
Google took this precaution to prevent Rubber Ducky-type of attacks. A Rubber Ducky is a well-known term used to describe a malicious USB thumb drive that when plugged into a computer mimics a keyboard and runs malicious commands.
So what happens when you plug in a regular keyboard? My guess is "nothing". So there might be a problem when you want to troubleshoot a machine which is supposed to run unattended (NAS, video monitoring, etc).
So if you have a locked screen and the keyboard stops functioning, plugging a new one in the USB port will not work?