I actually support 3 YouTubers financially. But the thousands of channels that list some random TOP 5s that will BLOW YOUR MIND, the impossible amount of people who play video games and want you to watch it and the assholes that reup someone else's content, just with 20 ads cut into a 5 minute video?
Good riddance. The world is a better place without them.
I'm not kidding here. Most of the things listed in the report usually come with auto-update features that you have to deliberately disable or cancel. Compression tools like WinRar or 7zip get installed once and never get touched again. Ever. Unfortunately, due to the nature of what they do, they can very easily be exploited to run arbitrary malware code if the decompression algorithm is poorly implemented.
In this case I'd highly recommend removing Shockwave from the system altogether (and flush Flash while you're at it, too). I would still keep VLC updated just in case, unless you deliberately decided to associate video files with Media Player (and I honestly couldn't think of any good reason why anyone would want that if they have VLC), there is a nonzero chance that at some point in time it might open a video file.
Umm... VLC isn't exactly the best example of what you shouldn't update due to feature bloat. Quite a few of the updates VLC gets plug security holes. Video formats are public knowledge and quite hard to implement securely, twice so if that wasn't exactly the key demand when developing the formats, and the programs using them.
Once they become as unusable as the old services, we'll simply see the next batch emerge. In capitalism, what's outdated will be crushed by new technology that replaces it. Why do you hate capitalism?
Ok, then rising sea levels ain't that big a problem for you, I have to give you that. Actually, with a hint of luck it might even increase your real estate soon.
I've worked for a couple of clients, some tiny, some huge, some in between, and the smaller the client, the better it was managed. For logical reasons, because every single person really counted. I you have a mom-n-pop shop with 2 owners and maybe 2 employees, one of them slacking is easily detected and even quicker remedied. In a huge corporation, nobody gives a shit. Nobody. From C-Level to floor level. Everyone's goal is to pull the most out of the company with as little effort as one can get away with. I've seen corp branches that can't pull off with 20 people what small businesses can do with 4.
What keeps large corporations afloat is two things. First, that they're the only ones that can actually handle large contracts. That's, by the way, why toilets in government projects cost like ten times what a toilet really costs. It's not made of gold, but the plumber installing the toilet needs 3 assistants so he can slack and has to drag along 10 managers that contribute nothing meaningful to the plumbing but keep the corporation structure running. So why hire them? Because you're not installing a toilet. You're building a whole building, usually entailing having certifications, clearances and other tidbits that cost a lot of money up front that are only feasible to even have if you have a large enough staff because even if you wanted to, you couldn't accomplish them all yourself in a single lifetime.
The other reason is bullying power to suppliers. When WalMart says that they want something for a certain price, you deliver. Because it's either you or your rival that gets to supply and thus sell the millions of units you calculated your price for, and one of you will sit on their goods like they're made of lead. When you're a small retailer, the price is dictated to you and you can suck it up or try to source it elsewhere, because nobody gives a shit if you buy from them for the 3-4 units that you'll probably, maybe sell.
Odd. Over here we have both. I can speak my mind to my government without having to worry about being jailed. I can even speak my mind to corporations without worrying about them trying to silence me with frivolous lawsuits (because over here, you pay AFTER the legal battle is settled, so yes, you can easily afford to stand your ground legally if you have a solid case and no money, suing someone into silence doesn't work).
Why was the first thing that came to my mind that the DOD used the term "sunshine unit" briefly for strontium units until even they couldn't take the ridicule anymore?
Again, closing the loophole isn't that easy. For you US people, imagine the loophole was in the constitution and everyone but Alaska would love to plug it.
As stated above, go to the shop, get an idea of the look and feel, then ask for an unlocked phone. If they can't provide one, one lost sale for them, one more that goes to the big river.
Then go, see and touch a phone, then asked for an unlocked one. If they can't provide one, you at least have no problem with your conscience for buying it cheaper online.
It might teach them that those who sell what the customer demands stay in business. Ya know, like, how it was supposed in capitalism?
It's an unfortunate fact that international corporations pay nowhere in the EU the actual tax they'd owe. By coincidence, the Süddeutsche Zeitung has an article about it today, with the biggest discrepancy in Luxemburg where the tax rate would be 29% while corporations pay closer to 2% due to tax evasion constructs.
Whether this is actually legal is debatable, so far nobody bothered to drag anyone to court over it. Even if it is legal, it is by no means right, since it makes smaller companies uncompetitive, not because of their inferior production means or processes but simply because they can't abuse the same tax tricks. And changing it is no trivial matter because there are EU members like Ireland that benefit heavily from such practices and will fight tooth and nail to continue being a tax evasion haven.
If you can't be assed to take an extra step for your health and consider first results without cross references and cross checking sufficient to form an opinion...
Sorry, but I am no proponent of an internet with handrails for the mentally handicapped.
Google provides a very clear and useful hint when it has removed results due to this "right to be forgotten" law. This is when you fire up the VPN to, say, the US and repeat the search, then do a diff between the results to find the interesting ones.
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Are you sure? I wouldn't put it beyond some shady site to abuse a loophole in HTML5 to open a video, whether you like it or not.
Have a day job like the rest of us?
I actually support 3 YouTubers financially. But the thousands of channels that list some random TOP 5s that will BLOW YOUR MIND, the impossible amount of people who play video games and want you to watch it and the assholes that reup someone else's content, just with 20 ads cut into a 5 minute video?
Good riddance. The world is a better place without them.
Compression tools.
I'm not kidding here. Most of the things listed in the report usually come with auto-update features that you have to deliberately disable or cancel. Compression tools like WinRar or 7zip get installed once and never get touched again. Ever. Unfortunately, due to the nature of what they do, they can very easily be exploited to run arbitrary malware code if the decompression algorithm is poorly implemented.
Keep your compression tools updated!
In this case I'd highly recommend removing Shockwave from the system altogether (and flush Flash while you're at it, too). I would still keep VLC updated just in case, unless you deliberately decided to associate video files with Media Player (and I honestly couldn't think of any good reason why anyone would want that if they have VLC), there is a nonzero chance that at some point in time it might open a video file.
Umm... VLC isn't exactly the best example of what you shouldn't update due to feature bloat. Quite a few of the updates VLC gets plug security holes. Video formats are public knowledge and quite hard to implement securely, twice so if that wasn't exactly the key demand when developing the formats, and the programs using them.
Because people know how to fast forward.
So ... they're against priests now, too?
He's the guy who made the Twilight movies?
No wonder I never heard of him (or anything from him) 'til now.
Once they become as unusable as the old services, we'll simply see the next batch emerge. In capitalism, what's outdated will be crushed by new technology that replaces it. Why do you hate capitalism?
Ok, then rising sea levels ain't that big a problem for you, I have to give you that. Actually, with a hint of luck it might even increase your real estate soon.
That's what Boris, our PR-man, is responsible for.
He's waiting outside for you to discuss it.
Do you really believe what you write there?
I've worked for a couple of clients, some tiny, some huge, some in between, and the smaller the client, the better it was managed. For logical reasons, because every single person really counted. I you have a mom-n-pop shop with 2 owners and maybe 2 employees, one of them slacking is easily detected and even quicker remedied. In a huge corporation, nobody gives a shit. Nobody. From C-Level to floor level. Everyone's goal is to pull the most out of the company with as little effort as one can get away with. I've seen corp branches that can't pull off with 20 people what small businesses can do with 4.
What keeps large corporations afloat is two things. First, that they're the only ones that can actually handle large contracts. That's, by the way, why toilets in government projects cost like ten times what a toilet really costs. It's not made of gold, but the plumber installing the toilet needs 3 assistants so he can slack and has to drag along 10 managers that contribute nothing meaningful to the plumbing but keep the corporation structure running. So why hire them? Because you're not installing a toilet. You're building a whole building, usually entailing having certifications, clearances and other tidbits that cost a lot of money up front that are only feasible to even have if you have a large enough staff because even if you wanted to, you couldn't accomplish them all yourself in a single lifetime.
The other reason is bullying power to suppliers. When WalMart says that they want something for a certain price, you deliver. Because it's either you or your rival that gets to supply and thus sell the millions of units you calculated your price for, and one of you will sit on their goods like they're made of lead. When you're a small retailer, the price is dictated to you and you can suck it up or try to source it elsewhere, because nobody gives a shit if you buy from them for the 3-4 units that you'll probably, maybe sell.
Regulation doesn't even enter the picture here.
Every time I hear trickle-down economy, I kinda picture the mutants in Futurama...
Odd. Over here we have both. I can speak my mind to my government without having to worry about being jailed. I can even speak my mind to corporations without worrying about them trying to silence me with frivolous lawsuits (because over here, you pay AFTER the legal battle is settled, so yes, you can easily afford to stand your ground legally if you have a solid case and no money, suing someone into silence doesn't work).
And I still have consumer protection laws.
Well, if you're European, you should be used to inventing a new law to counterbalance an old one that can't be changed for some reason...
Out of curiosity, where are you located?
Why was the first thing that came to my mind that the DOD used the term "sunshine unit" briefly for strontium units until even they couldn't take the ridicule anymore?
Again, closing the loophole isn't that easy. For you US people, imagine the loophole was in the constitution and everyone but Alaska would love to plug it.
As stated above, go to the shop, get an idea of the look and feel, then ask for an unlocked phone. If they can't provide one, one lost sale for them, one more that goes to the big river.
Then go, see and touch a phone, then asked for an unlocked one. If they can't provide one, you at least have no problem with your conscience for buying it cheaper online.
It might teach them that those who sell what the customer demands stay in business. Ya know, like, how it was supposed in capitalism?
It's an unfortunate fact that international corporations pay nowhere in the EU the actual tax they'd owe. By coincidence, the Süddeutsche Zeitung has an article about it today, with the biggest discrepancy in Luxemburg where the tax rate would be 29% while corporations pay closer to 2% due to tax evasion constructs.
Whether this is actually legal is debatable, so far nobody bothered to drag anyone to court over it. Even if it is legal, it is by no means right, since it makes smaller companies uncompetitive, not because of their inferior production means or processes but simply because they can't abuse the same tax tricks. And changing it is no trivial matter because there are EU members like Ireland that benefit heavily from such practices and will fight tooth and nail to continue being a tax evasion haven.
If you can't be assed to take an extra step for your health and consider first results without cross references and cross checking sufficient to form an opinion ...
Sorry, but I am no proponent of an internet with handrails for the mentally handicapped.
Google provides a very clear and useful hint when it has removed results due to this "right to be forgotten" law. This is when you fire up the VPN to, say, the US and repeat the search, then do a diff between the results to find the interesting ones.
I did that the last time, to which they responded "Who was he running against, Cthulhu?"
I pondered. Then I nodded.
Like, say, they could pay the taxes for the revenue they make in France instead of squirreling it away with some tax evasion tricks.
Then again, paying the fine is probably cheaper.