I live in an apartment building that has a deal with one of the ISPs in the area. The cost is rolled into my rent, but basically, I don't have a choice.
Now, don't get me wrong, my connection is generally pretty solid. But if they want to change the deal, I don't get a say in the matter without having to move. And there's no guarantee that wherever I move to in the city won't have some similar thing going in with regards to ISP choice(s).
Yes and no. You can have all the cards, but if you suck at playing the game because you don't understand the strategy of when to play those cards, you're still going to lose.
I've seen tournament tuned decks get stomped by "goblin horde" decks that had no rare cards.
No, you can, because while the magazine may be read almost exclusively by older men, nothing is preventing anyone else from reading the magazine.
In this case, however, ProPublica wanted to see how Facebook would respond to an advertisement placement wherein it was requested that the advertisement would not be shown to (for example), Jews.
Facebook admitted last year that they had a problem with this sort of thing, and they were correcting it.
And yet most of these advertisements were approved in 3 minutes.
Except that ProPublica told Facebook not to advertise to certain groups of people, as a test of Facebook's advertisement placement, and Facebook said "NO PROBLEM!"
But if you're renting out a lot of properties, and you're deliberately excluding handicapped people because they're handicapped, you're violating the FHA.
There is a difference between "this apartment is not handicapped accessible" and "we do not rent to handicapped people".
The federally protected classes in the U.S. are, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, and citizenship.
States may ADD to that list, but they cannot remove anything from that list.
And there are plenty of people in the area around Mar-a-lago who could be hired for that work, but Trump's lowballing pay for those jobs because he's, well, let's face it, a greedy fuck.
It should be assumed that any voice activated "Internet of Things" device is recorded your commands/queries/whatever for transmission back to the company that sells the device. These days, there's no way any company is going to pass up the opportunity to accumulate big data on their customers.
I'm not saying every "Internet of Things" idea out of Amazon or Google (or whoever) these days is crap, though. But seriously, this one?
Any service that allows people into a residence needs to have good security. And you can bet your ass that the one thing Amazon covered on this was their liability if something goes wrong. They might not be able to properly staff a testing department for this thing, but you can bet their lawyers earned some bucks removing any chance you could sue Amazon over someone exploiting this or any other design flaw that lets your house get burgled.
Shocked to learn that such a "well thought out idea" like letting random strangers into your house to drop off a package via an automatic door unlocker and camera would have a security flaw.
I mean, damn. What are the odds of this happening? Surely, Amazon would have tested this out before rolling out the system, instead of rushing it out the door in a mad grab for even more cash.
They dropped the credit prices of the unlocks by 75%. But I've heard that they also reduced the credit gains from completing the story, and for matches. So.... mostly a public relations reaction from EA with much less benefit to the gamers affected by it than would seem at first blush?
Sears' CEO, Eddie Lampert, is basically sabotaging Sears in the long-term so he can reap short-term results for himself. They've had to sell off major brands in the last few years, like Craftsman. Sure, they have a deal to keep selling Craftsman tools for the next 15 years, but after that?
There are definitely cliques of editors who are very.... let's say protective... of certain articles or categories of articles, but I don't necessarily think it's indicative of all of Wikipedia.
I mean, for a good while there (and it may still be true), getting articles on Wikipedia about web comics where they weren't the most popular/established ones was difficult. Hell, a fair number of them were removed, for reasons. (I didn't say they were good reasons.)
Well, when I got on Facebook, some years ago, I didn't do so to connect with people. Well, technically, I did. I was trying to track down the person whose tax forms I'd received. To make a long story short, you couldn't search for someone on FB without being on it, so I joined, didn't find them, and tried to find the person through other methods.
Within a half-hour of creating my FB account, I decided, "I'm not really going to use this, am I?" and went to delete it.
I already had over a dozen friend requests from people who knew me, including a couple relatives.
Yes, I had to put in some personal information about where I lived. But it's damn spooky how quickly it can make associations and provide that information to their userbase.
But the problem is, some of those Grad Students, at least in the past, would go into the PhD program to work towards that, and then tenure at that or another university.
Universities are getting by with less tenured positions these days (at least in certain majors). And quite a few grad students do go into debt. The pay as a T.A. is generally pathetic. And if the GOP's "tax reform" bill passes with a certain clause in it, the "income" you receive from reduced tuition as a grad student will be taxable, so that increases your tax burden without an actual increase in income,
And the GOP's currently "tax reform" bill would actually increase the tax burden of a lot of those grad students. So, not exactly a plan for increasing the numbers there....
Back when I worked a retail job, one of my co-workers was trying to be a student, hold down a nighttime job, and still do things for his church on the weekends. I caught him falling asleep on his feet twice in the first week.
He was in early 20s. Some people just can't do that shit, no matter how young they are. Okay, he wasn't a grad student... he was a full-time undergrad, so he wasn't scheduling any significant time for sleep, but I think my point still stands.
If you're working a full time job, it isn't always 9-5. Sometimes, you have to work late, maybe you miss a class, and shit happens.
I doubt we'll see digital transfer of consciousness in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, the idea appeals to me on a certain level, but even given the existence of such technology at some future date, how do you prove that consciousness was transferred rather than just some form of duplication?
Am I just my memories? If so, then assuming the existence of technology to read my brain, then yes, then it would follow that consciousness could be transferred and/or duplicated. But if there's some part of consciousness beyond that?
But sure, let's say, at some point in the future... 20 years, 50 years, 100 years from now, whenever... such transfers or uploading or whatever it's called is perfected.
Is a digital consciousness human? Does it have all the rights and responsibilities thereof? I mean, clearly, it doesn't need to eat and drink any more, but it would still require resources to maintain the platform that the consciousness is stored on. Can it vote? Can it hold property? Will this only be a process available to the rich and powerful? (Okay, I already know the answer to that one... yes.)
Again, the idea of living forever as a digital consciousness appeals to me. But would I still be me? Or am I an approximate simulation of myself, without the capability for growth and change? I'm not sure I'd want immortality if it involved such stasis....
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When did Tumblr ban porn?
I live in an apartment building that has a deal with one of the ISPs in the area. The cost is rolled into my rent, but basically, I don't have a choice.
Now, don't get me wrong, my connection is generally pretty solid. But if they want to change the deal, I don't get a say in the matter without having to move. And there's no guarantee that wherever I move to in the city won't have some similar thing going in with regards to ISP choice(s).
Over on Twitter, a frequently promoted Tweet is Comcast claiming that they're not going to block/throttle anything.
That and a buck fifty will get you a bad cup of coffee.
And they're specifically not saying anything about refusing to raise rates.
Yes and no. You can have all the cards, but if you suck at playing the game because you don't understand the strategy of when to play those cards, you're still going to lose.
I've seen tournament tuned decks get stomped by "goblin horde" decks that had no rare cards.
If Facebook complies with the targeted advertisement request, they don't see the advertisement at all.
No, you can, because while the magazine may be read almost exclusively by older men, nothing is preventing anyone else from reading the magazine.
In this case, however, ProPublica wanted to see how Facebook would respond to an advertisement placement wherein it was requested that the advertisement would not be shown to (for example), Jews.
Facebook admitted last year that they had a problem with this sort of thing, and they were correcting it.
And yet most of these advertisements were approved in 3 minutes.
Except that ProPublica told Facebook not to advertise to certain groups of people, as a test of Facebook's advertisement placement, and Facebook said "NO PROBLEM!"
But if you're renting out a lot of properties, and you're deliberately excluding handicapped people because they're handicapped, you're violating the FHA.
There is a difference between "this apartment is not handicapped accessible" and "we do not rent to handicapped people".
I really hope you're kidding or being sarcastic.
The federally protected classes in the U.S. are, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, and citizenship.
States may ADD to that list, but they cannot remove anything from that list.
And there are plenty of people in the area around Mar-a-lago who could be hired for that work, but Trump's lowballing pay for those jobs because he's, well, let's face it, a greedy fuck.
It should be assumed that any voice activated "Internet of Things" device is recorded your commands/queries/whatever for transmission back to the company that sells the device. These days, there's no way any company is going to pass up the opportunity to accumulate big data on their customers.
I'm not saying every "Internet of Things" idea out of Amazon or Google (or whoever) these days is crap, though. But seriously, this one?
Any service that allows people into a residence needs to have good security. And you can bet your ass that the one thing Amazon covered on this was their liability if something goes wrong. They might not be able to properly staff a testing department for this thing, but you can bet their lawyers earned some bucks removing any chance you could sue Amazon over someone exploiting this or any other design flaw that lets your house get burgled.
Shocked to learn that such a "well thought out idea" like letting random strangers into your house to drop off a package via an automatic door unlocker and camera would have a security flaw.
I mean, damn. What are the odds of this happening? Surely, Amazon would have tested this out before rolling out the system, instead of rushing it out the door in a mad grab for even more cash.
Right?
Right?
"But the hill looks smaller."
They dropped the credit prices of the unlocks by 75%. But I've heard that they also reduced the credit gains from completing the story, and for matches. So.... mostly a public relations reaction from EA with much less benefit to the gamers affected by it than would seem at first blush?
There are already a few businesses called S-Mart. Hell, I pass one (a convenience store) on my way to work every day.
Sears' CEO, Eddie Lampert, is basically sabotaging Sears in the long-term so he can reap short-term results for himself. They've had to sell off major brands in the last few years, like Craftsman. Sure, they have a deal to keep selling Craftsman tools for the next 15 years, but after that?
You are free to browse as we tell you.
You are free to browse as we tell you.
You are free to browse as we tell you.
There are definitely cliques of editors who are very.... let's say protective... of certain articles or categories of articles, but I don't necessarily think it's indicative of all of Wikipedia.
I mean, for a good while there (and it may still be true), getting articles on Wikipedia about web comics where they weren't the most popular/established ones was difficult. Hell, a fair number of them were removed, for reasons. (I didn't say they were good reasons.)
Well, when I got on Facebook, some years ago, I didn't do so to connect with people. Well, technically, I did. I was trying to track down the person whose tax forms I'd received. To make a long story short, you couldn't search for someone on FB without being on it, so I joined, didn't find them, and tried to find the person through other methods.
Within a half-hour of creating my FB account, I decided, "I'm not really going to use this, am I?" and went to delete it.
I already had over a dozen friend requests from people who knew me, including a couple relatives.
Yes, I had to put in some personal information about where I lived. But it's damn spooky how quickly it can make associations and provide that information to their userbase.
But the problem is, some of those Grad Students, at least in the past, would go into the PhD program to work towards that, and then tenure at that or another university.
Universities are getting by with less tenured positions these days (at least in certain majors). And quite a few grad students do go into debt. The pay as a T.A. is generally pathetic. And if the GOP's "tax reform" bill passes with a certain clause in it, the "income" you receive from reduced tuition as a grad student will be taxable, so that increases your tax burden without an actual increase in income,
And the GOP's currently "tax reform" bill would actually increase the tax burden of a lot of those grad students. So, not exactly a plan for increasing the numbers there....
Back when I worked a retail job, one of my co-workers was trying to be a student, hold down a nighttime job, and still do things for his church on the weekends. I caught him falling asleep on his feet twice in the first week.
He was in early 20s. Some people just can't do that shit, no matter how young they are. Okay, he wasn't a grad student... he was a full-time undergrad, so he wasn't scheduling any significant time for sleep, but I think my point still stands.
If you're working a full time job, it isn't always 9-5. Sometimes, you have to work late, maybe you miss a class, and shit happens.
You know, that's strange, because I have several channels that I listen to on Pandora, and most of them have no rap.
A comedy channel - lots of Weird Al, vintage comedy sketches (Hope and Crosby, Marx Brothers, etc.).
Classic rock channel - no rap
Heavy metal channel - no rap
Tom Petty channel - no rap
It's almost like you either don't use Pandora or just want to complain about rap.
I doubt we'll see digital transfer of consciousness in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, the idea appeals to me on a certain level, but even given the existence of such technology at some future date, how do you prove that consciousness was transferred rather than just some form of duplication?
Am I just my memories? If so, then assuming the existence of technology to read my brain, then yes, then it would follow that consciousness could be transferred and/or duplicated. But if there's some part of consciousness beyond that?
But sure, let's say, at some point in the future... 20 years, 50 years, 100 years from now, whenever... such transfers or uploading or whatever it's called is perfected.
Is a digital consciousness human? Does it have all the rights and responsibilities thereof? I mean, clearly, it doesn't need to eat and drink any more, but it would still require resources to maintain the platform that the consciousness is stored on. Can it vote? Can it hold property? Will this only be a process available to the rich and powerful? (Okay, I already know the answer to that one... yes.)
Again, the idea of living forever as a digital consciousness appeals to me. But would I still be me? Or am I an approximate simulation of myself, without the capability for growth and change? I'm not sure I'd want immortality if it involved such stasis....