And while you're at that, please inform the Excel team that "CSV" stands for "Comma Separated Values", not "Semicolon Separated Values", as they seem to think.
Honestly, Microsoft isn't nearly as bad as they used to be, security wise.
And here we are with Font vulnerabilities
This is broken so badly, that no popular (modern) browser can protect you against it. (Excepting, of course, console/text-based browsers, if any on Windows.)
ISPs have about as much 'moral obligation' to filter pirate content as do power grid companies to filter electricity used for the same.
And it's about as hard to implement, I'd imagine.
Agains AI (npcs) - yes, I agree.
But the article mentions specifically multiplayer games.
So the 'virtual character' you're affecting is not just data in a hard drive. There's also someone on the other end of the connection, possibly quite invested in their character.
Personally, I wouldn't bet on anything but fusion (when/if it is perfected.)
I have read studies that say we have enough nuclear fuel for the next 2000 years (or at least 300-500, if demands increase faster than predicted).
Then again, there are studies that say we could be out of easily accessible ore by the next century.
Exactly this.
While I do agree that Google is perhaps not quite as bad as some others, current trends suggest they could end up there, or worse.
Things like this might (at the very least) slow them down a little.
Somehow I can't take them seriously as "developers" without any sort of company web page. The most you can find is a short entry in a business directory and links to the various copies of the above article.
Did anyone have better luck?
I don't understand the "hate" for the Windows keys; I map them under Linux to useful things: Windows to Meta (for an extra modifier for keyboard shortcuts) and Menu to Compose (so I can type things like ü and , at least when I can remember the compose sequences).
The function of the "Windows" key is not in question. Most hate (in my case) comes from it's positioning.
I've seen too many laptops with Ctrl and Win keys swapped. Plus, there's usually a "function" key also somewhere in there.
Every little bit (or watt, as the case may be) counts.
We should now 'encourage' the vendors of CPU, HD, screen... to reduce power consumption. The easiest thing to do is say: "Meh, my component uses way less power than everything else". Then you end up with a laptop power adapter that is larger than the laptop itself and allows you to boil water for coffee.
Or perhaps they intend to slowly increase bloat and decrease quality, until mysql becomes basically unusable. At which point, they can say "Oh, I almost forgot, there's this new, *BETTER* RDMS we also make, but it isn't exactly free."
Assuming that the effort put into this law is more than half-assed, I am thinking that there may be a distinction between "data I have put there (into the cloud) to be stored, as in documents, photos, database contents, etc", versus "data that the companies collect, as in webpage visit counters, IP addresses, browser and system stats".
I, personally, include web registration data, addresses, phone numbers among the latter. And yes, I would like to have those erased, along with backups if I stop using the web service.
As for impersonation, that can wreak some pretty nasty havoc with your life even without such legislation and needs further looking-into. I am grateful at least that I don't have to write laws about it:D
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Not as of last week. Tried the second one, and I added in a /f just to be sure.
Still went into update. They are working full-time on plugging all these annoying little "holes" in their OS which give users a semblance of control.
And while you're at that, please inform the Excel team that "CSV" stands for "Comma Separated Values", not "Semicolon Separated Values", as they seem to think.
Instead, Windows Defender allows you to execute an exploit directly: Hole in Windows Defender You don't even have to be an admin!
And even if the petition works, GitHub will then sell to Oracle. GG.
So you're basically saying that systemd is the "Lotus Notes" of init?
Honestly, Microsoft isn't nearly as bad as they used to be, security wise.
And here we are with Font vulnerabilities
This is broken so badly, that no popular (modern) browser can protect you against it. (Excepting, of course, console/text-based browsers, if any on Windows.)
I, for one, welcome our new mechanical overlords.
1. Charge your phone from your body
2. Enjoy this Direct-To-Brain entertainment.
3. Real AI research.
4. Matrix.
ISPs have about as much 'moral obligation' to filter pirate content as do power grid companies to filter electricity used for the same. And it's about as hard to implement, I'd imagine.
Agains AI (npcs) - yes, I agree.
But the article mentions specifically multiplayer games. So the 'virtual character' you're affecting is not just data in a hard drive. There's also someone on the other end of the connection, possibly quite invested in their character.
I very much agree with this. Not to mention that the quality of ads themselves has gone down the drain.
Personally, I wouldn't bet on anything but fusion (when/if it is perfected.)
I have read studies that say we have enough nuclear fuel for the next 2000 years (or at least 300-500, if demands increase faster than predicted).
Then again, there are studies that say we could be out of easily accessible ore by the next century.
Examples:
Nuclear power is not sustainable
Nuclear power is sustainable
Is it a good idea to switch over to 100% nuclear, if there is any doubt that it will last beyond 2100s?
Asteroid mining could potentially solve this (IMO), or maybe just skip nuclear and invest in fusion more.
Anyway, my $0.02
Exactly this. While I do agree that Google is perhaps not quite as bad as some others, current trends suggest they could end up there, or worse. Things like this might (at the very least) slow them down a little.
Somehow I can't take them seriously as "developers" without any sort of company web page. The most you can find is a short entry in a business directory and links to the various copies of the above article. Did anyone have better luck?
Those wimps don't know the meaning of the world "elitism"! Real programmers use butterflies!
Have fun paying the licence when MSFT figures out how to patent things such as "breathing" and "walking". /sarcasm
Maybe their "losses" wouldn't be so massive if they weren't spending all their money on lawyers?
I don't understand the "hate" for the Windows keys; I map them under Linux to useful things: Windows to Meta (for an extra modifier for keyboard shortcuts) and Menu to Compose (so I can type things like ü and , at least when I can remember the compose sequences).
The function of the "Windows" key is not in question. Most hate (in my case) comes from it's positioning.
I've seen too many laptops with Ctrl and Win keys swapped. Plus, there's usually a "function" key also somewhere in there.
Every little bit (or watt, as the case may be) counts.
We should now 'encourage' the vendors of CPU, HD, screen... to reduce power consumption. The easiest thing to do is say: "Meh, my component uses way less power than everything else". Then you end up with a laptop power adapter that is larger than the laptop itself and allows you to boil water for coffee.
Or perhaps they intend to slowly increase bloat and decrease quality, until mysql becomes basically unusable. At which point, they can say "Oh, I almost forgot, there's this new, *BETTER* RDMS we also make, but it isn't exactly free."
Assuming that the effort put into this law is more than half-assed, I am thinking that there may be a distinction between "data I have put there (into the cloud) to be stored, as in documents, photos, database contents, etc", versus "data that the companies collect, as in webpage visit counters, IP addresses, browser and system stats". I, personally, include web registration data, addresses, phone numbers among the latter. And yes, I would like to have those erased, along with backups if I stop using the web service. As for impersonation, that can wreak some pretty nasty havoc with your life even without such legislation and needs further looking-into. I am grateful at least that I don't have to write laws about it :D