Sorry, bad choice of words. I meant public within Google, as in he posted it to a widely distributed mailing list. Afterwards some other staff members tweeted about it, and Gizmodo started investigating and eventually got hold of a copy of the memo.
If you had worked in the industry you would know that you design your hardware to only work over the lifetime of the battery. Every battery datasheet has graphs and tables giving you the performance over its lifetime.
Keep in mind this started well within the warranty period. Apple did it to avoid millions of warranty battery replacements.
They implemented a technical solution that saved them money. As I have explained before, it's a design flaw caused by specifying an inadequate battery and then not doing a full life cycle test on it.
This issue is well understood. The datasheet for the battery will give you the current delivery capability over its lifetime, specifying the worst case. You can also buy rather expensive battery simulators to test your hardware with an aged battery.
Other manufacturers did that. Apple either did it or got lucky on older phones. With the 6 they screwed up. In Europe design flaws have to be resolved in the customer's favour, and if found to be deliberate they can be a crime.
What has NN got to do with lack of competition? Just because your ISP can charge you extra time watch Netflix in more than 240p isn't going to magically fix the last mile problem or remove laws blocking municipal broadband.
In fact, the only solution to those problems is more regulation, not less.
If one person is doing vastly more work then they are being exploited. If they have to work that hard to get raises, that's exploitation.
I'm Europe employers are expected to be fair to employees, including not expecting excessive hours and not rewarding self-harm. You may be surprised to learn that working more than 48 hours a week is illegal here, and there is discussion about lowering that number.
Easy Jet has a pilot training programme, which seems to be the main issue with the low number of female pilots.
As for time worked, ideally both parents would take substantial time off and it wouldn't badly affect their careers. Young children benefit from having their fathers around too.
"All of this "listen and believe" crap we get is why fewer and fewer take the accusations at face value."
Yes, that's the point of it. They want you to listen to them and assume they are not lying for long enough to do an actual investigation. They want you to examine their claims, instead of ignoring them.
How do you explain republicans trying to criminalise abortion, and when that fails shutting down clinics? That doesn't sound like supporting civil liberties.
I'm any case, the reality is that both major parties in the US are on the right of the political spectrum. The fringe of the Democratic Party maybe just touches the centre ground.
"For example currently those trying to work extra hours or take extra stress will inevitably get ahead and if we try to change that too much, it may have disastrous consequences."
It doesn't sound like he is advocating better work/life balance.
It doesn't work like that in Europe. Pay isn't based on how often you ask for a raise, or how often you switch jobs. It's based on the market rate and experience mostly, which are somewhat subjective but at least easy to compare between similar employees.
Such a fine grained level of meritocracy is impossible though. You can't even objectively evaluate a person's skills and experience with that degree of accuracy.
When you see a job advert that says "minimum 5 years C++", do you interpret that to mean 5 years working on nothing but C++, or 5 years working with C++ but also in other languages? And does it mean C++ on big projects, or on lots of little ones with simple architectures? Does it mean using all the obscure features of C++, doing UML modelling etc?
And when the interview comes up you will likely bullshit them anyway by not pointing out that your knowledge of C++ templates and vector optimization is a little bit lacking, and that you only ever used the MS compiler.
A protected class includes any race and any gender. I know it really burns the snowflakes' hearts when they can't legally discriminate against white men.
Funny thing about the term "snowflake". It was coined by that book/movie Fight Club, where the founder of the club tells the white male snowflakes that they are not special. The whole thing is about how white guys are being screwed by capitalism, with shitty jobs and unfulfilling lives.
Frustratingly a lot of white guys seem to be directing their anger at women and minorities now, when it's still capitalism that is screwing them.
Leak internal company documents to the media to push your SJW agenda? Not a problem!
Seems to have been a problem for Damore. If that memo had just been to HR, or had been anonymous he would have been fine. Instead he put his name on it and made it public, to push his agenda.
They asked for comments, not "put out a memo that makes your job (which involved evaluating other employees) untenable".
Regardless of what you think of his views, there is no denying that it made his job impossible because any judgement he made subsequently would be questioned in the light of those comments.
Also, "conservative views" are not a protected class. Political views are a choice, and he won't get very far claiming discrimination. It will be interesting to see what evidence he has for discrimination against white and male staff, or if he is claiming that it's only white&male&conservative in which case he has no case.
Remember the late 90s when every app was skinned? I think WinAMP started it, or at least was one of the first. Figuring out where the back/close button was positioned was always fun.
Back is great, works exactly as you would expect. The app switch button is great too, because you can double tap it to quickly toggle between two apps, rather than trying to use split screen or something.
As I recall the Pentium recall was option, i.e. you had to contact them to get your CPU replaced rather than them actively contacting you.
That seems like a reasonable way to handle it. Most people probably won't care enough to get their CPU replaced, but those who want the fix can get it. Of course it gets tricky with soldered on CPUs, for those they would just have to offer compensation.
The home button is vastly inferior to the Android set of three. One for home, one to switch apps, one to go back. Makes operating the phone so much faster.
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Sorry, bad choice of words. I meant public within Google, as in he posted it to a widely distributed mailing list. Afterwards some other staff members tweeted about it, and Gizmodo started investigating and eventually got hold of a copy of the memo.
No, the alternative behaviour is that they recall and give your a fixed phone. That's what Google did.
If you had worked in the industry you would know that you design your hardware to only work over the lifetime of the battery. Every battery datasheet has graphs and tables giving you the performance over its lifetime.
Keep in mind this started well within the warranty period. Apple did it to avoid millions of warranty battery replacements.
They implemented a technical solution that saved them money. As I have explained before, it's a design flaw caused by specifying an inadequate battery and then not doing a full life cycle test on it.
This issue is well understood. The datasheet for the battery will give you the current delivery capability over its lifetime, specifying the worst case. You can also buy rather expensive battery simulators to test your hardware with an aged battery.
Other manufacturers did that. Apple either did it or got lucky on older phones. With the 6 they screwed up. In Europe design flaws have to be resolved in the customer's favour, and if found to be deliberate they can be a crime.
What has NN got to do with lack of competition? Just because your ISP can charge you extra time watch Netflix in more than 240p isn't going to magically fix the last mile problem or remove laws blocking municipal broadband.
In fact, the only solution to those problems is more regulation, not less.
If one person is doing vastly more work then they are being exploited. If they have to work that hard to get raises, that's exploitation.
I'm Europe employers are expected to be fair to employees, including not expecting excessive hours and not rewarding self-harm. You may be surprised to learn that working more than 48 hours a week is illegal here, and there is discussion about lowering that number.
Easy Jet has a pilot training programme, which seems to be the main issue with the low number of female pilots.
As for time worked, ideally both parents would take substantial time off and it wouldn't badly affect their careers. Young children benefit from having their fathers around too.
"All of this "listen and believe" crap we get is why fewer and fewer take the accusations at face value."
Yes, that's the point of it. They want you to listen to them and assume they are not lying for long enough to do an actual investigation. They want you to examine their claims, instead of ignoring them.
It sounds like it's working.
Wikipedia says it was posted to an internal mailing list by Damore. It offers two citations.
The memo was later leaked to Gizmodo, but by that time it was already widely circulated inside Google it seems.
How do you explain republicans trying to criminalise abortion, and when that fails shutting down clinics? That doesn't sound like supporting civil liberties.
I'm any case, the reality is that both major parties in the US are on the right of the political spectrum. The fringe of the Democratic Party maybe just touches the centre ground.
If you start a business or go to work for a business, it should go without saying that you agree to comply with laws governing that business.
From the memo:
"For example currently those trying to work extra hours or take extra stress will inevitably get ahead and if we try to change that too much, it may have disastrous consequences."
It doesn't sound like he is advocating better work/life balance.
No, he published it on an internal mailing list, or so he claims.
It doesn't work like that in Europe. Pay isn't based on how often you ask for a raise, or how often you switch jobs. It's based on the market rate and experience mostly, which are somewhat subjective but at least easy to compare between similar employees.
Such a fine grained level of meritocracy is impossible though. You can't even objectively evaluate a person's skills and experience with that degree of accuracy.
When you see a job advert that says "minimum 5 years C++", do you interpret that to mean 5 years working on nothing but C++, or 5 years working with C++ but also in other languages? And does it mean C++ on big projects, or on lots of little ones with simple architectures? Does it mean using all the obscure features of C++, doing UML modelling etc?
And when the interview comes up you will likely bullshit them anyway by not pointing out that your knowledge of C++ templates and vector optimization is a little bit lacking, and that you only ever used the MS compiler.
A protected class includes any race and any gender. I know it really burns the snowflakes' hearts when they can't legally discriminate against white men.
Funny thing about the term "snowflake". It was coined by that book/movie Fight Club, where the founder of the club tells the white male snowflakes that they are not special. The whole thing is about how white guys are being screwed by capitalism, with shitty jobs and unfulfilling lives.
Frustratingly a lot of white guys seem to be directing their anger at women and minorities now, when it's still capitalism that is screwing them.
Leak internal company documents to the media to push your SJW agenda? Not a problem!
Seems to have been a problem for Damore. If that memo had just been to HR, or had been anonymous he would have been fine. Instead he put his name on it and made it public, to push his agenda.
They asked for comments, not "put out a memo that makes your job (which involved evaluating other employees) untenable".
Regardless of what you think of his views, there is no denying that it made his job impossible because any judgement he made subsequently would be questioned in the light of those comments.
Also, "conservative views" are not a protected class. Political views are a choice, and he won't get very far claiming discrimination. It will be interesting to see what evidence he has for discrimination against white and male staff, or if he is claiming that it's only white&male&conservative in which case he has no case.
Remember the late 90s when every app was skinned? I think WinAMP started it, or at least was one of the first. Figuring out where the back/close button was positioned was always fun.
Back is great, works exactly as you would expect. The app switch button is great too, because you can double tap it to quickly toggle between two apps, rather than trying to use split screen or something.
As I recall the Pentium recall was option, i.e. you had to contact them to get your CPU replaced rather than them actively contacting you.
That seems like a reasonable way to handle it. Most people probably won't care enough to get their CPU replaced, but those who want the fix can get it. Of course it gets tricky with soldered on CPUs, for those they would just have to offer compensation.
Some people are seeing >50% performance loss. Take a look at this graph: https://www.epicgames.com/fort...
Clearly they are going to need to spend some serious cash on upgrading their servers. The thread is full of players who can't connect.
Interestingly Intel's CPU data pages contain benchmarks. It will be interesting to see if they update them.
That's an excellent suggestion.
Fingerprint sensor on the back is the same. You quickly learn to touch it as you pick up the phone or take it out of your pocket.
There are plenty of 11" laptops available. You could try a Chromebook, or you could look for a second hand LaVie Z... There are lots of options.
For browsing a Chromebook is ideal and cheap.
The home button is vastly inferior to the Android set of three. One for home, one to switch apps, one to go back. Makes operating the phone so much faster.