Idiot... You can start a car when it's in gear, it just isn't a good idea and it will fail. The point is there is nothing stopping you from doing exactly that.
They already do... in a sense. I have a 19 year old car that allows me everything. My wifes car (new from winter 2017), doesn't allow you to do a lot of things. Example: I can start my cars engine whenever I want, in gear (obviously not a good idea), out of gear, etc. My wifes car? Push the button (not a key. *sigh*) and it tells you "Please engage the brake before starting the engine". Why? I'm in neutral/park, there we're standing in our perfectly even garage. Why do I need to do this? Just start the engine as I told you.
That's modern cars for you.
Prohibiting you to drive because you are drunk/tired/distressed is just one step further.
I will drive my old car until it literally starts to fall apart. The advantage of having it driven for 19 years is also that you know it inside out. You immediately know if something is off and needs to be repaired.
Geoblocking simply takes away any uncertainty regarding GDPR. By not dealing with Europeans, you make sure you're not impacted by GDPR *at all*. You do not have to think about it. Which is easier than having to think about, eventually have to take action. Geoblocking is incredibly easy and incredibly cheap.
It does not have to be that you're unethical or anything, you just don't want to deal with it.
You may not be liable to the letter of the law, but it is highly probable you will get GDPR related requests. As a company, you'll probably have to pay a lawyer to make a 100% sure you actually aren't liable and you haven't overseen a detail. This costs money. This is money you don't want to spend. Geoblocking is incredibly easy and incredibly cheap.
It may be easy, but this is clearly risk just assessment. You see, if you have a website outside of the EU, and even if it's easy to comply, you still have to do the work and if you fail staying compliant, or misjudged the compliance criteria, you are liable. So, the thing these companies have to evaluate is "lose a likely small non-target audience" vs "being -even slightly- at risk of financial penalties".
Depending, on your evaluation the choice is easily made: "lose a likely small non-target audience".
I understand the rationale. I am not angry at them, it is a consequence of a business decision related to GDPR. I also know how to get around these blocks.
... and every single lost visitor is well deserved.
The copyright reform is a Reall Bad Idea(tm).
Personally, I think Google should close down it's services for a week in the EU to give a little hint as what is going to happen. I say that as a citizen of the EU.
GDPR is already causing me to lose access to certain non-EU websites, because it's easier for them to block us than to comply with GDPR. Understandable business decision.
You do realise that the word screenshot implies that it's on-screen. If it can make images based on stuff that is not on screen, it's not a screenshot. By definition! It's an image rendering of a webpage at that point.
Yes. Except the people who usually get these devices don't understand the choice and stay unpatched and unsupported... it alsi signals to OEMs that 32GB eMMC won't cut it any more.
In all fairness, this idea really doesn't sound too bad. Granted, you have less space for your own stuff on cramped storage devices, but then the choice is "store your stuff locally and get no updates", or "don't have your stuff locally and get updates".
Most of these cramped storage devices, can handle SD cards and most of them are intended to be used with cloud storage.
I have one of those: a eMMC based Chinese el-cheapo tablet. (Chuwi Hi10 Plus) Technically it has 64GB eMMC, IIRC, but it also has an android partition and many other partitions I don't really know what they do. The Win10 partition is something like 48GB. That said, eMMC based machines are so very slow, I would recommend never getting any. I heard more modern eMMC is better...
I think the new gTDLs are dumb. I know why they did it amd why they think this time it will work: barrier of entry. Look at.biz: intended to alleviate the.com shortage, but buying one is cheap and as such everyone could buy one including for very shady studf. Not so gTDLs. No way I could even dream of getting one. I believe it's a minimum of $35k to apply for one, basically limiting the audience to companies and eccentric millionaires.
Same here. I have no intention of replacing my (next February) 19 year old Audi. It's got 375000km, and is doing just fine. Keeping your car well maintained and as long as possible is most likely both the most economical and the most ecological choice you can make.
Apart from that: the prices for electrics are way too high. The only game in town for a family car electric is the Tesla S or Tesla X and those are just prohibitively expensive. This is why we chose a new gasoline car for my wife last year instead: Transporting newborns in small cars is extremely cumbersome. Sure, TCO of an electric is probably lower, but we still needed to cough up the cash upfront for the new car and there is only so far you can go with borrowing money without borrowing yourself into a corner.
Interesting... Can you tell me a bit more about how you do that? I'm in the situation that my wifes iMac 27" mid-2010 is going to become unsupported "soonish". I find it extremely wasteful to dispose of a i7-8xx with 32GB RAM and a gorgeous 2560x1440 screen. However, it doesn't meet the cut-off hardware requirements (video card!) for Mojave.
Now, I know that version N-1 and N-2 is maintained for a while. High Sierra gets extended support until September 2020, Sierra gets extended support until September 2019. It means that our iMac will be definitely out of support after 10 years of use. I admit, that's great in the PC world. Granted, I have a Dell XPS L502x that is approximately that age (2011, I think) and works still perfectly fine with any modern x86 operating system (Linux,Windows). Computers these days can just last a very long time without any hardware reason to decommission them.
Anyway, your MacBook Pro (MacBookPro3,1) only qualifies for El Capitan, which is unsupported as per last August (Wikipedia, look in the righthand overview "support status"). This still matches with your statement that you got an update "a few months ago", but, I hate to break it to you: it probably was the last update you'll ever see.
Yes, but it does mean that if you want to live in the Bay Area, you need to accept the restrictions that come with it. Just like when you choose to go work outside the Bay Area, you need to accept the restrictions that come with that.
So, if you choose to live in the Bay Area, but also want to advantages of not living in the Bay Area... yes, you can totally cry me a river.
Perhaps their expectations were out of line? You have to realize that "having a good life" is not necessary equivalent to the lifestyle in Silicon Valley. You also need to realize thar you probably won't be working in a startup type company with a startup type culture. Put water in your wine, if your goal is to live nicely and raise a family.
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It is not because the media tells us that "blue pill" is the right way, that the average person actually swallows it.
Idiot... You can start a car when it's in gear, it just isn't a good idea and it will fail. The point is there is nothing stopping you from doing exactly that.
That's modern cars for you.
Prohibiting you to drive because you are drunk/tired/distressed is just one step further.
I will drive my old car until it literally starts to fall apart. The advantage of having it driven for 19 years is also that you know it inside out. You immediately know if something is off and needs to be repaired.
Well.... /dev/null as a Service has existed for a while now.
My information has been abused for the last 20 years. I have used the GDPR once, in order to bully amazon into submission. Granted, that was fun.
Kneejerk? Sure, if you want... but it also removes *any* possible headache regarding to GDPR. Regardless whether your'e doing anything shady or not.
It does not have to be that you're unethical or anything, you just don't want to deal with it.
You may not be liable to the letter of the law, but it is highly probable you will get GDPR related requests. As a company, you'll probably have to pay a lawyer to make a 100% sure you actually aren't liable and you haven't overseen a detail. This costs money. This is money you don't want to spend. Geoblocking is incredibly easy and incredibly cheap.
Depending, on your evaluation the choice is easily made: "lose a likely small non-target audience".
I understand the rationale. I am not angry at them, it is a consequence of a business decision related to GDPR. I also know how to get around these blocks.
The copyright reform is a Reall Bad Idea(tm).
Personally, I think Google should close down it's services for a week in the EU to give a little hint as what is going to happen. I say that as a citizen of the EU.
GDPR is already causing me to lose access to certain non-EU websites, because it's easier for them to block us than to comply with GDPR. Understandable business decision.
You do realise that the word screenshot implies that it's on-screen. If it can make images based on stuff that is not on screen, it's not a screenshot. By definition! It's an image rendering of a webpage at that point.
Why does a browser even need a screenshot functionality? Your OS can do that just fine.
Yes. Except the people who usually get these devices don't understand the choice and stay unpatched and unsupported... it alsi signals to OEMs that 32GB eMMC won't cut it any more.
Most of these cramped storage devices, can handle SD cards and most of them are intended to be used with cloud storage.
I have one of those: a eMMC based Chinese el-cheapo tablet. (Chuwi Hi10 Plus) Technically it has 64GB eMMC, IIRC, but it also has an android partition and many other partitions I don't really know what they do. The Win10 partition is something like 48GB. That said, eMMC based machines are so very slow, I would recommend never getting any. I heard more modern eMMC is better...
Ideally you want an AI that likes the same porn as you do.
I think the new gTDLs are dumb. I know why they did it amd why they think this time it will work: barrier of entry. Look at .biz: intended to alleviate the .com shortage, but buying one is cheap and as such everyone could buy one including for very shady studf. Not so gTDLs. No way I could even dream of getting one. I believe it's a minimum of $35k to apply for one, basically limiting the audience to companies and eccentric millionaires.
Same here. I have no intention of replacing my (next February) 19 year old Audi. It's got 375000km, and is doing just fine. Keeping your car well maintained and as long as possible is most likely both the most economical and the most ecological choice you can make.
Apart from that: the prices for electrics are way too high. The only game in town for a family car electric is the Tesla S or Tesla X and those are just prohibitively expensive. This is why we chose a new gasoline car for my wife last year instead: Transporting newborns in small cars is extremely cumbersome. Sure, TCO of an electric is probably lower, but we still needed to cough up the cash upfront for the new car and there is only so far you can go with borrowing money without borrowing yourself into a corner.
Now, I know that version N-1 and N-2 is maintained for a while. High Sierra gets extended support until September 2020, Sierra gets extended support until September 2019. It means that our iMac will be definitely out of support after 10 years of use. I admit, that's great in the PC world. Granted, I have a Dell XPS L502x that is approximately that age (2011, I think) and works still perfectly fine with any modern x86 operating system (Linux,Windows). Computers these days can just last a very long time without any hardware reason to decommission them.
Anyway, your MacBook Pro (MacBookPro3,1) only qualifies for El Capitan, which is unsupported as per last August (Wikipedia, look in the righthand overview "support status"). This still matches with your statement that you got an update "a few months ago", but, I hate to break it to you: it probably was the last update you'll ever see.
So basically, it's a Minecraft Ice Spikes biome?
I think my gut is full of shit....
So, if you choose to live in the Bay Area, but also want to advantages of not living in the Bay Area... yes, you can totally cry me a river.
Make a choice, stand right for your choice.
Perhaps their expectations were out of line? You have to realize that "having a good life" is not necessary equivalent to the lifestyle in Silicon Valley. You also need to realize thar you probably won't be working in a startup type company with a startup type culture. Put water in your wine, if your goal is to live nicely and raise a family.
Well, then perhaps basic economic theory is too basic to explain this.
Cry me a river. There are decent tech jobs elsewhere.
It's what those machines come with...