As a U.S citizen it saddens me to say this, I pretty much stopped reading at "U.S.-based team of scientists". We will have to rely on people in other countries to not stick their heads in the sand and pretend this isn't a problem.
It may come as a surprise, but some of us actually don't want to pirate anything. For me it's more an ethical decision. The creators do deserve to be paid for their work. Lets also remember, the more we pirate, the more convoluted their DRM becomes. That may not affect you much but as a paying customer it's a pain in my posterior.
I think this is a great idea. I can imagine throwing a movie night/party with friends. Normally it would be silly to throw a party to see a new release after everyone can simply rent/buy the movie. In this I can buy/rent the movie and throw a BBQ. My friends and I often throw parties for Boxing/UFC fights or other sporting events. Now we have one more excuse to get together.
I won't do this for most movies but I may for some.
Except running and maintaining your own server is more work and cost more then a dropbox account. Many of us with the knowledge to do this have still chosen to use Dropbox for the convenience. Now, show me an open source solution that will link to my phones and automatically upload photos to an OwnCloud instance then It'll be worth me maintaining my own instance.
Then I thought, "you know, I haven't event looked into owncloud in a while". They do now have apps that will upload photos to the owncloud server. I know what I'm getting for Christmas.
Except that you don't have to have Netflix, HBOgo, hulu, CBS, Amazon, DirectTv Now, Playstation TV and Sling TV. I have Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, and YouTube Red. I tried and canceled CBS and Sling. I would get HBOgo but I'm not really feeling starved for content. I pay less now for these above services then I did when I had a single provider.
It is true that if you subscribe to all the available services then you do have to pay more. However, now all these providers are in competition for our subscriptions and that is the real benefit for us.
More then half of my co-workers have immigrated to the U.S. and obtained citizenship. At the same time, almost every company I've worked for had bad experiences with outsourcing development, inside the U.S. or overseas. This leads me to conclude that it's the process of outsourcing development that is the issue, not that there aren't talented people overseas that can do the job. Companies have figured this out and mostly try to hire Senior Software Developers who live locally because they tend to be the most efficient. Since there is a scarcity of local developers our salaries continue to climb.
To get the update you'll need to submit a form. To get the form you'll have to walk down to HP headquarters. Go to the "display department" in the cellar and look for a disused lavatory with a sign that says, "beware of the leopard"
Inside you'll find locked file cabinet with the form to fill out.
Bring a ladder, flashlight and a towel, just in case.
And why the hell do these riders intentionally make their bikes so loud?
Because a loud bike is a known bike. If you choose to ride a motorcycle then your greatest risk is other drivers. By having a loud bike it's harder for them to not know you are there.
“You don’t need to know how to code in order to use them, but you do need strong analytical skills,”
Um yep. Knowing how to read and write a programming language is the easy part. Having the analytical skills to achieve the task is why we get paid well.
"low-code platform" is just another buzzword unless there is a difference between "low-code platform" and SAP, OBI, Sharepoint, infopath, etc.
Our Sharepoint developer also codes in C#. Sharepoint is just a tool for him.
It's hilarious that they think I'm unhappy. Since I canceled my Comcast service I've never been happier. My 20Mbps Centrylink DSL is fast enough and reliable.
As for them being "slow" to roll out new service. They offered fiber at my condo in Salt Lake City six years ago. It was expensive and I had to spend $1500 to run it from the pole but it was available. From what I understand they're upgrading the lines in my current neighborhood to fiber as well.
Funny how things work when there is competition. My condolences to anyone with no options.
Who buys a game on release day and expects it to actually work? I mean, seriously, I know it "should" be tested before going out but that doesn't happen anymore. I'll check it out in a month... maybe!
Advertisements are not only annoying but they are actually more costly then you may think. The difference between Hulu Plus with ads vs Hulu Plan ad-free is $4. That's the best $4 I ever spent. If I make more then $12/hr then it is more cost-effective to go ad free.
So if they had a podcast that I really liked then I would buy it. I already donate more then $5/mo to pod casters anyway.
My experience with Java EE has been that it's too complicated to be worth it. Plus the recent push for microservices has displaced Java EE's biggest advantage of being scalable.
Spring has long since been the goto because it's much easier as a development platform and performs well. As an enterprise developer my biggest hurtle is that I have to get x done as quickly as possible and sometimes (almost always) I have to choose the less then elegant solution.
Sometimes we get a bad rep for writing crappy code. It's may be because we're just bad at our job and spend too much time reading slashdot. It may also be because we have constraints and have to take on a "it's good enough" attitude.
I digress: I think Java EE as a platform is losing it's place anyway in favor of simpler or more diverse solutions.
I think Robert Epstein is giving Alphabet (Google) way too much credit in it's ability to "manipulate" people. It is a mega corporation that is only getting bigger. Economies of scale still apply and they're probably trying a lot harder to keep cutting edge rather then manipulating things.
My experience has been that Google news provides the least biased news source. But as everyone here will know, you get your sources from several places to avoid any bias they might have.
As for search sources whenever I try others like Bing and DuckDuckGo I still find what I'm looking for faster with Google. I suspect that if Alphabet were to really try and manipulate people their credibility would drop like a rock and we would all find other sources for information.
Connect a PC to the TV and buy a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo. Anytime I see someone search for a show on Netflix though the embedded app I cringe. I can't think of much media you can't get through a PC. Zero if you're willing to pirate. I do have to use Windows for Sling TV but everything else should work in Linux. Then disconnect your TV from the network.
I remember once when I was working with juvenile kids who lived in a group home. We were at a park and one of the kids tried to run away. My co-worker ran to the van while I ran after the kid. About two blocks away I tackled the kid, my co-worker pulled up and put him in the van.
To strangers what they saw was a teenager being run down by a much larger adult, tackled, and thrown into an unmarked van. The police were called, our license plate written down and it still took the police over an hour to find us.
Had that been a planned abduction, with a stolen car and a quick switch to another vehicle they never would have found us. The police can't always reasonably respond to situations quickly enough. It's not their fault but as JustAnotherOldGuy said: in the US, you very could get shot doing pranks like that.
At the same time, what if someone had intervened? What if I had been shot, shot at or another person tried to stop me "beating up the kid". What I did was completely legal, despite how bad the situation looked. The "good citizen" could have found themselves in a rough position to defend.
To me this is the advertisement companies getting a clue. It's a 5-second clip that tells me exactly what I need to know, there's another Borne movie. For them to get their message out it has to be very clear at the beginning and end. If we, as the consumer, want to watch the whole thing then we can. If I'm not interested then I will skip it. It's closer to the way things should be.
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As a U.S citizen it saddens me to say this, I pretty much stopped reading at "U.S.-based team of scientists". We will have to rely on people in other countries to not stick their heads in the sand and pretend this isn't a problem.
It may come as a surprise, but some of us actually don't want to pirate anything. For me it's more an ethical decision. The creators do deserve to be paid for their work. Lets also remember, the more we pirate, the more convoluted their DRM becomes. That may not affect you much but as a paying customer it's a pain in my posterior.
I think this is a great idea. I can imagine throwing a movie night/party with friends. Normally it would be silly to throw a party to see a new release after everyone can simply rent/buy the movie. In this I can buy/rent the movie and throw a BBQ. My friends and I often throw parties for Boxing/UFC fights or other sporting events. Now we have one more excuse to get together.
I won't do this for most movies but I may for some.
This is what I was going to say:
Except running and maintaining your own server is more work and cost more then a dropbox account. Many of us with the knowledge to do this have still chosen to use Dropbox for the convenience. Now, show me an open source solution that will link to my phones and automatically upload photos to an OwnCloud instance then It'll be worth me maintaining my own instance.
Then I thought, "you know, I haven't event looked into owncloud in a while". They do now have apps that will upload photos to the owncloud server. I know what I'm getting for Christmas.
Except that you don't have to have Netflix, HBOgo, hulu, CBS, Amazon, DirectTv Now, Playstation TV and Sling TV. I have Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, and YouTube Red. I tried and canceled CBS and Sling. I would get HBOgo but I'm not really feeling starved for content. I pay less now for these above services then I did when I had a single provider.
It is true that if you subscribe to all the available services then you do have to pay more. However, now all these providers are in competition for our subscriptions and that is the real benefit for us.
If you can't afford something, don't buy it.
I'm confused. If I want it and I don't have the money then what? This video was no help at all. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-ni...
BindMaster: I think you misread cross-marketing as cross-platform. It's ok, I do it all the time.
I swear, half my career has been fixing outsourced code.
More then half of my co-workers have immigrated to the U.S. and obtained citizenship. At the same time, almost every company I've worked for had bad experiences with outsourcing development, inside the U.S. or overseas. This leads me to conclude that it's the process of outsourcing development that is the issue, not that there aren't talented people overseas that can do the job. Companies have figured this out and mostly try to hire Senior Software Developers who live locally because they tend to be the most efficient. Since there is a scarcity of local developers our salaries continue to climb.
If you think the system is rigged and there is nothing you can do to change it then you are powerless to do anything.
But my experience has been that careful spending, planning and hard work IS all you need to be a millionaire.
To get the update you'll need to submit a form. To get the form you'll have to walk down to HP headquarters. Go to the "display department" in the cellar and look for a disused lavatory with a sign that says, "beware of the leopard"
Inside you'll find locked file cabinet with the form to fill out.
Bring a ladder, flashlight and a towel, just in case.
It's that easy!
The only surprise here is that anyone would still recommend HP printers.
And why the hell do these riders intentionally make their bikes so loud?
Because a loud bike is a known bike. If you choose to ride a motorcycle then your greatest risk is other drivers. By having a loud bike it's harder for them to not know you are there.
“You don’t need to know how to code in order to use them, but you do need strong analytical skills,”
Um yep. Knowing how to read and write a programming language is the easy part. Having the analytical skills to achieve the task is why we get paid well.
"low-code platform" is just another buzzword unless there is a difference between "low-code platform" and SAP, OBI, Sharepoint, infopath, etc.
Our Sharepoint developer also codes in C#. Sharepoint is just a tool for him.
It's hilarious that they think I'm unhappy. Since I canceled my Comcast service I've never been happier. My 20Mbps Centrylink DSL is fast enough and reliable.
As for them being "slow" to roll out new service. They offered fiber at my condo in Salt Lake City six years ago. It was expensive and I had to spend $1500 to run it from the pole but it was available. From what I understand they're upgrading the lines in my current neighborhood to fiber as well.
Funny how things work when there is competition. My condolences to anyone with no options.
Who buys a game on release day and expects it to actually work? I mean, seriously, I know it "should" be tested before going out but that doesn't happen anymore. I'll check it out in a month... maybe!
Advertisements are not only annoying but they are actually more costly then you may think. The difference between Hulu Plus with ads vs Hulu Plan ad-free is $4. That's the best $4 I ever spent. If I make more then $12/hr then it is more cost-effective to go ad free.
So if they had a podcast that I really liked then I would buy it. I already donate more then $5/mo to pod casters anyway.
My experience with Java EE has been that it's too complicated to be worth it. Plus the recent push for microservices has displaced Java EE's biggest advantage of being scalable.
Spring has long since been the goto because it's much easier as a development platform and performs well. As an enterprise developer my biggest hurtle is that I have to get x done as quickly as possible and sometimes (almost always) I have to choose the less then elegant solution.
Sometimes we get a bad rep for writing crappy code. It's may be because we're just bad at our job and spend too much time reading slashdot. It may also be because we have constraints and have to take on a "it's good enough" attitude.
I digress: I think Java EE as a platform is losing it's place anyway in favor of simpler or more diverse solutions.
I'm glad to see she understands the first rule of business.
You mean to tell me that all the Ethernet cable I just finished running through my house is pointless.
Dammit!
I think Robert Epstein is giving Alphabet (Google) way too much credit in it's ability to "manipulate" people. It is a mega corporation that is only getting bigger. Economies of scale still apply and they're probably trying a lot harder to keep cutting edge rather then manipulating things.
My experience has been that Google news provides the least biased news source. But as everyone here will know, you get your sources from several places to avoid any bias they might have.
As for search sources whenever I try others like Bing and DuckDuckGo I still find what I'm looking for faster with Google. I suspect that if Alphabet were to really try and manipulate people their credibility would drop like a rock and we would all find other sources for information.
Ironically, we did not replace phone calls with video. Instead we replaced phone calls with text messages.
Connect a PC to the TV and buy a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo. Anytime I see someone search for a show on Netflix though the embedded app I cringe. I can't think of much media you can't get through a PC. Zero if you're willing to pirate. I do have to use Windows for Sling TV but everything else should work in Linux. Then disconnect your TV from the network.
I remember once when I was working with juvenile kids who lived in a group home. We were at a park and one of the kids tried to run away. My co-worker ran to the van while I ran after the kid. About two blocks away I tackled the kid, my co-worker pulled up and put him in the van.
To strangers what they saw was a teenager being run down by a much larger adult, tackled, and thrown into an unmarked van. The police were called, our license plate written down and it still took the police over an hour to find us.
Had that been a planned abduction, with a stolen car and a quick switch to another vehicle they never would have found us. The police can't always reasonably respond to situations quickly enough. It's not their fault but as JustAnotherOldGuy said: in the US, you very could get shot doing pranks like that.
At the same time, what if someone had intervened? What if I had been shot, shot at or another person tried to stop me "beating up the kid". What I did was completely legal, despite how bad the situation looked. The "good citizen" could have found themselves in a rough position to defend.
To me this is the advertisement companies getting a clue. It's a 5-second clip that tells me exactly what I need to know, there's another Borne movie. For them to get their message out it has to be very clear at the beginning and end. If we, as the consumer, want to watch the whole thing then we can. If I'm not interested then I will skip it. It's closer to the way things should be.