Yeah, sort of like that, except the discussion is about how developers could handle users having the ability to edit permissions (like they will with this firmware build).
Basically, I'm guessing that most users won't touch them, but the ones that do will drive some positive change in getting developers to request narrower rights.
The real fun thing here is that the doctors and the dentists are the ones being scammed, by the lawyers pushing this paperwork, as if the words being on the paper actually make them mean something.
Or just check at startup and refuse to work at all if the permissions that the developer deems necessary are not available. I imagine that would be a common method of dealing with it, with things eventually reaching the point where developers bothered to ask for minimal permissions and requested that Google create new permissions where users were reluctant to grant broad rights to an app (the latter would happen less, most users aren't going to bother fiddling so much).
Google could avoid a lot of headaches by hiding it behind some preference like "Use Default App Permissions" or "Manage Advanced Permissions" or whatever.
You indicate that it is best to take experience into consideration when evaluating the shipping.
This is also true of internet reviews, they cannot be taken at face value, people may be lying or otherwise trying to mislead, or they may have expectations for a product that are stupid or otherwise absurd.
A minimum standard for government spending is always that it makes financial sense.
That said, the accounting can take place over very long time scales and include all sorts of things that are hard to put a price on (like enjoyment or biodiversity or whatever).
So take your mobi and convert it to epub and then decide that you don't need any mobi formatted books anymore (sounds clueless right?). Now convert the epub to a third format, things start to go sideways. The problem is that people don't realize that the conversions are mappings that Kovid happened to think were sufficient at some point in time, they are various levels of incomplete and dirty.
As far as the backend, sure, end users that are happy with it won't have any problems with it, end users that don't like it don't have any choice but to not use it. The part that frustrates me is that the program insists that using the metadata for searching and viewing is far better than using a file manager to browse, but it also insists on a strict directory structure (which is obtained from the metadata........).
Basically, I don't like the way it is setup to do things and it is impossible to change, so it doesn't work for me. That doesn't mean I am unable to recognize that it is great for lots of people.
A different word than 'convert' is required. Calibre doesn't convert anything, it smashes text from one format to another, giving clueless users the impression that no information was discarded in the process.
Ok, but our murder rates are still ~5 time that of Europe. Even our non-gun murder rates are higher than the overall rates of many European countries. And I'm not saying raising welfare benefits will solve crime, I'm just looking at the prison population and the difference between the U.S. and other countries and wondering if maybe it isn't worth trying.
(And really if you think that people having less kids is a good thing, you should want to increase their economic security, there is a clear correlation there)
One big authoritarian measure that has taken place in Michigan recently is the banning of smoking in bars and restaurants. As a customer, I think it's great, no need to go home smelling like smoke if I feel like going to the bar. As a citizen, I'm ambivalent about it, there is employee health to consider, but also the right of the establishment to run it how they see fit (of course, the only stories I heard were about business picking up, so go figure).
Yeah, sure, there are no guarantees in life. But we have gone from you blindly assuming that it is impossible to exchange dollars for bincoins (and the other way back) to you not being comfortable with one available mechanism.
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Yeah, sort of like that, except the discussion is about how developers could handle users having the ability to edit permissions (like they will with this firmware build).
Basically, I'm guessing that most users won't touch them, but the ones that do will drive some positive change in getting developers to request narrower rights.
You sound an awful lot like a connoisseur of Yelp.
That would just make the judge laugh even harder.
The real fun thing here is that the doctors and the dentists are the ones being scammed, by the lawyers pushing this paperwork, as if the words being on the paper actually make them mean something.
Landing something on Mars is certainly a triumph of engineering.
The fact that they designed the thing to almost certainly last for 90 days and probably much longer is sort of a matter the fact of engineering.
User installed malware is the bigger problem on Windows too.
There are still issues with remote exploits and autoruns and whatnot, but most malware is still installed by users.
Or just check at startup and refuse to work at all if the permissions that the developer deems necessary are not available. I imagine that would be a common method of dealing with it, with things eventually reaching the point where developers bothered to ask for minimal permissions and requested that Google create new permissions where users were reluctant to grant broad rights to an app (the latter would happen less, most users aren't going to bother fiddling so much).
Google could avoid a lot of headaches by hiding it behind some preference like "Use Default App Permissions" or "Manage Advanced Permissions" or whatever.
If the apparent value of bitcoins is far higher than the cost of electricity needed to generate them, people will still run clients.
OK, so it isn't a legal problem, the problem is that the people running the power companies are douche bags.
I don't have Foursquare.
You indicate that it is best to take experience into consideration when evaluating the shipping.
This is also true of internet reviews, they cannot be taken at face value, people may be lying or otherwise trying to mislead, or they may have expectations for a product that are stupid or otherwise absurd.
No. I don't hate them. I care approximately as much about those "check ins" as I do about all the rest of the "check ins".
A minimum standard for government spending is always that it makes financial sense.
That said, the accounting can take place over very long time scales and include all sorts of things that are hard to put a price on (like enjoyment or biodiversity or whatever).
Don't forget the part where you must be free to drive on most Friday afternoons.
Calling it double taxation is the weirdest sort of mental judo.
Having X road revenues raised by taxing fuel and mileage is not so far different than having X road revenues raised by taxing fuel or mileage alone.
(and there are probably some nice arguments for both being more fairer than one of them alone)
Modern agriculture uses tractors to turn diesel into food.
(It also converts natural gas into food, lots of nitrogen fertilizer is derived from natural gas)
If a botched movie adaption ruins the book for you, you are doing it wrong.
Amazon is currently only selling books that were published in 2011 or before.
(This may seem rather obvious and pointless to say, but perhaps that itself is the point)
So take your mobi and convert it to epub and then decide that you don't need any mobi formatted books anymore (sounds clueless right?). Now convert the epub to a third format, things start to go sideways. The problem is that people don't realize that the conversions are mappings that Kovid happened to think were sufficient at some point in time, they are various levels of incomplete and dirty.
As far as the backend, sure, end users that are happy with it won't have any problems with it, end users that don't like it don't have any choice but to not use it. The part that frustrates me is that the program insists that using the metadata for searching and viewing is far better than using a file manager to browse, but it also insists on a strict directory structure (which is obtained from the metadata........).
Basically, I don't like the way it is setup to do things and it is impossible to change, so it doesn't work for me. That doesn't mean I am unable to recognize that it is great for lots of people.
A different word than 'convert' is required. Calibre doesn't convert anything, it smashes text from one format to another, giving clueless users the impression that no information was discarded in the process.
Then there is the fiasco that is the "database".
Grandparent was talking about Virgin Mobile USA.
That company is wholly owned by Sprint, I'm not sure how the branding deal is structured.
Ok, but our murder rates are still ~5 time that of Europe. Even our non-gun murder rates are higher than the overall rates of many European countries. And I'm not saying raising welfare benefits will solve crime, I'm just looking at the prison population and the difference between the U.S. and other countries and wondering if maybe it isn't worth trying.
(And really if you think that people having less kids is a good thing, you should want to increase their economic security, there is a clear correlation there)
I still haven't figured out how to deal with the point that it protects the workers from the smoke.
Sure, they are free to go find a job elsewhere, but the people working in smoky bars are sort of the kind of people that may have trouble doing that.
One big authoritarian measure that has taken place in Michigan recently is the banning of smoking in bars and restaurants. As a customer, I think it's great, no need to go home smelling like smoke if I feel like going to the bar. As a citizen, I'm ambivalent about it, there is employee health to consider, but also the right of the establishment to run it how they see fit (of course, the only stories I heard were about business picking up, so go figure).
If the face extraction is good enough, it can probably be used to cut way down on the amount of video that actually needs to be stored.
Yeah, sure, there are no guarantees in life. But we have gone from you blindly assuming that it is impossible to exchange dollars for bincoins (and the other way back) to you not being comfortable with one available mechanism.