Seems like all of the "bodegas" around here are also pharmacies (CVS/Walgreens/Thrifty White).... so, unless these things also fill medical prescriptions, I don't see how they will get very far.
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and am having some trouble getting into the swing of the story. It has taken me a few weeks just to make it 100 pages in... though now I am getting a little more used to the writing style and the story is picking up a bit..... I guess it doesn't help that archeology is not my cup of tea either...
Prior to this, I finished up Peter Hamilton's "Fallers" series with "A night without stars" (excellent!)
And prior to that I read James Corey's "Babylon's Ashes" which is another in the "Expanse" series.... wasn't really super impressed with the presentation and layout... seemed like he had a much larger book and his publisher (or maybe James himself...) literally cut it in half and said "no, we will make more money with two books" (which is true since the e-book is hardcover price... assholes)
And prior to that: Brent Weeks' "The Blood Mirror" which is the latest in the Lightbringer series.... excellent work! He really outdid himself... I feel like this is really a start of a new trilogy. It took the first 3 books to get to the real story... but that's fine! keep 'em coming Brent.
All through my childhood in the '80s and '90s my parents steadfastly refused to buy cable. All our neighbors had it. All my friends had it. And I hated my parents at times for not getting it. But... I survived and, I would like to think, I am better off for having that experience.
Yeah! KTMA channel 23! I remember watching Joel and the bots as a kid. I have since moved on to be firmly in the Mike camp and was onboard with Rifftrax.com within it's first year. I have to say though, I think Joel really made a strong comeback with the new Netflix MST3K, it is really good! Any way you slice it, today is a good day to be an MST3K fan!
I am thinking that there may be nothing I can do to prevent the "smart" television's tuner from accepting a broadcast signal, but what about these ideas for mitigation:
1. Uninstall web browser app if possible 2. Whitelist Netflix or whatever streaming services and block all other web traffic to television 3. Keep television unplugged from ethernet, don't configure wifi and just use an external streaming device
I used to work for a large organization who outsourced all network operations to Computer Science Corporation.
One of the great company past times that pretty much everyone engaged in was bashing CSC. And for good reason too.
Among the fun things we would run into fairly regularly:
- Mishandling of VMs (everything from spinning up the wrong server type to completely overwriting existing, production, VMs) - Server backups not happening - False positive alerts - Terrible SLAs - Huge amount of "finger pointing" - Increased bureaucracy for every interaction which led to people on both sides taking shortcuts or "hoarding" resources - Little/no/missing/incomplete documentation on network structure and DR situations
That's all I can think of off the top of my head but our grievances were broad and deep when it came to CSC...
If SSC is anything like CSC, I can completely sympathize with the peons... But.... I am sure it makes some kind of economic sense (at least on the surface... which is all that matters... right?/s)
I would say that I am an average intelligence and I don't really understand tipping.
I know that it is considered nice to do it and I know how to calculate a percentage but what I have a hard time with is how to rate the worth of the service and how it was delivered to me in financial terms.
Basically, I feel like tipping is 5% math and 95% feeling. Which seems like a terrible way to determine a financial transaction (see impulse buying, for example).
Then, add to that the institutions that base their employee pay with an expectation of tipping. How do I know if that is the case? If it is the case, I don't know what their individual calculus is.... what is the offset? Do I need to meet that offset? Can I come in under that? Is the person delivering the service going to think I am an asshole for anything less than a certain amount?
I also use, as my primary method of payment, a pre-paid credit card so that I cannot go over budget... However, the card has some quirks in some systems (I cannot use it at all for an Uber for example) where the operator of the service cannot make asynchronous updates to the amount, therefor if I write in a tip, I will sometimes never see that tip applied on my CC statement... so, in effect, I just stole money from the operator of the business because they likely paid the tip to their employee right away out of the till.
I have always bought AMD over Intel for my personal computer builds. I really don't care at all if I have the best FPS in a game. As long as it isn't laggy. AMD has always been able to deliver what I need. It's icing on the cake that they are the underdog as well.
Sorry, but if your app is trying to write to program files then your app is broken or written for a version of Windows that hasn't been supported for a very long time.
The last big app that I can recall doing this was QuickBooks. They were late to change and caused all kinds of hassle for terminal server admins for years.
We are actually using Avecto for privilege control and escalation and it works pretty well for that. We are currently in the testing phase for adding application whitelisting to the Avecto workload as well. The idea being that we allow executable content to run from areas of the file system that the user doesn't have write access to (Program Files and Windows directories) and block exe's from all other locations with exceptions based on cryptographic signature meta data (like program publisher) or file hash.
The only problem I have with Avecto is the purchase options. They are a European company and don't take credit cards or POs.
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Seems like all of the "bodegas" around here are also pharmacies (CVS/Walgreens/Thrifty White).... so, unless these things also fill medical prescriptions, I don't see how they will get very far.
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and am having some trouble getting into the swing of the story. It has taken me a few weeks just to make it 100 pages in... though now I am getting a little more used to the writing style and the story is picking up a bit..... I guess it doesn't help that archeology is not my cup of tea either...
Prior to this, I finished up Peter Hamilton's "Fallers" series with "A night without stars" (excellent!)
And prior to that I read James Corey's "Babylon's Ashes" which is another in the "Expanse" series.... wasn't really super impressed with the presentation and layout... seemed like he had a much larger book and his publisher (or maybe James himself...) literally cut it in half and said "no, we will make more money with two books" (which is true since the e-book is hardcover price... assholes)
And prior to that: Brent Weeks' "The Blood Mirror" which is the latest in the Lightbringer series.... excellent work! He really outdid himself... I feel like this is really a start of a new trilogy. It took the first 3 books to get to the real story... but that's fine! keep 'em coming Brent.
Phil Collins: Whatya lookin at mi gutfer?
The only limit is limited understanding
Exactly.
This sounds to me like someone in the '80s saying that computers are being held back because people are addicted to their walkmans
Gee... could it be that the technology is in its infancy and you have to strap bulky equipment to your face? Nah... must be the smart phones...
They'll live.
IKR?
All through my childhood in the '80s and '90s my parents steadfastly refused to buy cable. All our neighbors had it. All my friends had it. And I hated my parents at times for not getting it. But... I survived and, I would like to think, I am better off for having that experience.
*Record scratch*
*High budget CGI dazzle sauce*
*dumfounded consumer opens wallet*
I stand with you.
I heart Netflix and I am counting on them to make alternative original content that blows away anything that Disney could accomplish alone.
This is pretty much what I was thinking.
How did they do it? Oh, they just didn't fiddle with the knobs for 24 hours...
Yeah! KTMA channel 23! I remember watching Joel and the bots as a kid. I have since moved on to be firmly in the Mike camp and was onboard with Rifftrax.com within it's first year. I have to say though, I think Joel really made a strong comeback with the new Netflix MST3K, it is really good! Any way you slice it, today is a good day to be an MST3K fan!
Well sure, but obviously that is not how their system has ever been set up.... so... is this another one of those ideals vs. reality debates or what?
Bah, who looks at ratings on IMDb anyway? That always seems to be the site for factual movie content..
_examples_
Usually: Hey, who was that guy in that one movie? Oh, let me check IMDb...
Never: Hey, should I go watch that movie? Let me check IMDb...
Aren't people entitled to their vote? From the way TFS states things, it was a call to action on the part of some popular Turkish forums.
I say, system is working as intended. If you don't want Turkish votes, don't let them vote.
I am thinking that there may be nothing I can do to prevent the "smart" television's tuner from accepting a broadcast signal, but what about these ideas for mitigation:
1. Uninstall web browser app if possible
2. Whitelist Netflix or whatever streaming services and block all other web traffic to television
3. Keep television unplugged from ethernet, don't configure wifi and just use an external streaming device
Same story here except with Trillian.
How will they know what I am watching later this year? Has AI gotten that good already? Or am I just really predicable?
In that case, it seems entirely appropriate to outsource all their network operations to a company that (presumably) is competent in the field.
Sounds like a business opportunity: laptop saddle mount
I used to work for a large organization who outsourced all network operations to Computer Science Corporation.
One of the great company past times that pretty much everyone engaged in was bashing CSC. And for good reason too.
Among the fun things we would run into fairly regularly:
- Mishandling of VMs (everything from spinning up the wrong server type to completely overwriting existing, production, VMs)
- Server backups not happening
- False positive alerts
- Terrible SLAs
- Huge amount of "finger pointing"
- Increased bureaucracy for every interaction which led to people on both sides taking shortcuts or "hoarding" resources
- Little/no/missing/incomplete documentation on network structure and DR situations
That's all I can think of off the top of my head but our grievances were broad and deep when it came to CSC...
If SSC is anything like CSC, I can completely sympathize with the peons... But.... I am sure it makes some kind of economic sense (at least on the surface... which is all that matters... right? /s)
I would say that I am an average intelligence and I don't really understand tipping.
I know that it is considered nice to do it and I know how to calculate a percentage but what I have a hard time with is how to rate the worth of the service and how it was delivered to me in financial terms.
Basically, I feel like tipping is 5% math and 95% feeling. Which seems like a terrible way to determine a financial transaction (see impulse buying, for example).
Then, add to that the institutions that base their employee pay with an expectation of tipping. How do I know if that is the case? If it is the case, I don't know what their individual calculus is.... what is the offset? Do I need to meet that offset? Can I come in under that? Is the person delivering the service going to think I am an asshole for anything less than a certain amount?
I also use, as my primary method of payment, a pre-paid credit card so that I cannot go over budget... However, the card has some quirks in some systems (I cannot use it at all for an Uber for example) where the operator of the service cannot make asynchronous updates to the amount, therefor if I write in a tip, I will sometimes never see that tip applied on my CC statement... so, in effect, I just stole money from the operator of the business because they likely paid the tip to their employee right away out of the till.
Taxi driver in Long Island N.Y. here. "TIPS" is an acronym for To Insure Prompt Service"
I'm no English expert but shouldn't that be TEPS (To Ensure Prompt Service)?
You are not insuring prompt service against financial loss, after all.
I have always bought AMD over Intel for my personal computer builds. I really don't care at all if I have the best FPS in a game. As long as it isn't laggy. AMD has always been able to deliver what I need. It's icing on the cake that they are the underdog as well.
users: another screen, another popup, another warning. mash enter until the bad square goes bye bye.
Clearly, the solution here is to get MS to swap the enter and esc keys so that users can mash away and still be safe!
Yet Apple and Google appear to be able to get away with it....
Sorry, but if your app is trying to write to program files then your app is broken or written for a version of Windows that hasn't been supported for a very long time.
The last big app that I can recall doing this was QuickBooks. They were late to change and caused all kinds of hassle for terminal server admins for years.
We are actually using Avecto for privilege control and escalation and it works pretty well for that. We are currently in the testing phase for adding application whitelisting to the Avecto workload as well. The idea being that we allow executable content to run from areas of the file system that the user doesn't have write access to (Program Files and Windows directories) and block exe's from all other locations with exceptions based on cryptographic signature meta data (like program publisher) or file hash.
The only problem I have with Avecto is the purchase options. They are a European company and don't take credit cards or POs.