Not buying a powerful GPU is a perfectly reasonable choice if you don't need a powerful GPU.
But if you need it, then you have no other choice. If you think you can design your own GPU, feel free to do it, there is definitely a market. However, none of the attempts so far managed to touch AMD and nVidia. Even Intel, with all their money and expertise can't pull it off.
Free market still works withing the videogame industry. Supply in software isn't infinite because there isn't an infinite number of people that can run your software. With that taken into account, it works.
For example, imagine a AAA PS4 game, costs $100M to make, 100M PS4s in the wild. It means they can't sell for less than $1 (all inclusive) or they are losing money, so they need to increase the price to the most profitable point, by whatever mean necessary, maybe around $70, or $20 + $10/month, or whatever. To have the price drop, increase the market size, and therefore supply. It is apparent in mobile games where there are billions of devices, and sure enough, mobile games are usually cheaper. On the other side of the spectrum, highly specialized professional software is ridiculously expensive due to the small market. That's opposite the usual way of thinking (people create supply, companies create demand) but ultimately, it is the same thing.
The reason some games are still expensive long after release may be because they studios think they can still sell it full price, or they want to avoid competing with themselves (they want you to buy the new game instead), or they don't want people to delay their purchase of new products in hope the price will drop later.
As for rationality, it is perfectly rational to pay monthly for a game if the alternative is not playing the game you want to play. In economics, rationality is limited to economic decisions. For example, no rational being wants to be addicted to cocaine. However, cocaine addicts still make rational economic choices, they won't pay $100/g if the next guy has the same stuff for $50/g, other things being equal. As a result, supply and demand works.
An maybe that's the point: pay you to wear it. What you have is essentially a mini-billboard. You can put targeted ads on it. Or at least that's one of their arguments, though IMHO, that alone doesn't justify $700.
Caffeine can cause mild physical dependence, with a withdrawal period of a few days. There is tolerance buildup too, and if caffeine is taken every day at the same times, it seems like the body adapts to it.
However, there doesn't seem to be any case of true coffee addiction (as in: you can't stop without help).
One other "legendary" (in my opinion) mouse would be the MX Revolution. It's defining feature is the "free wheel" scroll wheel.
The sad part is that all of the following models are inferior to the one that came out in 2006. The only other one with an electronically controllable scrollwheel is the MX Master, and unlike the original, it doesn’t tilt. It also has reliability problems that the original didn’t have.
I still have mine, works flawlessly. It came in replacement to... a Microsoft Intellimouse, that still work but whose sensor is showing its age.
Absolutely you're right the best way to handle a rootkit is restore from a known-good backup.
What is a "known-good" backup? A rootkit is here to conceal its existence. You don't really know when the infection started, and which backups are good.
The idea, I think, is that no other arthropods reproduce in humans. Botfies and screwflies can grow inside humans as a result of adults laying eggs from outside. But once they are grown up, they just leave.
That thing doesn't look like DRM. It is a way for people to download play store apps from outside the play store, and still have the guarantee that they get the original. There is absolutely no mention of any restriction on the user. The signature can be stripped off and unsigned apps can still be installed if you check the "unknown sources" option. What will happen in the future is another subject. Google needs more than a simple signature in order to lock down the system.
You got it backwards. The computer needs rice to run. People usually don't know that because bigger computers are given enough rice during the manufacturing process to keep running their entire life. The only case where more rice is needed is when they get wet.
Damn man - that' a hellava first world problem. Not to mention just how much space does a key take up?
Way too much. I just bought a new car and that key is bigger than all my other keys combined, ring included. It is at least twice bigger than the key of my previous car, which performed the same function, and wasn't especially small either. I understand a big car key can be seen as a status symbol but come on, it is an entry-level compact car, not something to show off with.. But that's an other subject... And yeah, definitely a first world problem but it goes well with cars with first world prices.
Oh, one quick note.Many (most) modern car keys are two factor. You have the mechanical key, then there is a lot of stuff inside the key handle that the car senses. Merely copying the key won't work..
That's not what two factor means. There are usually 3 factors: something you have (like a key), something you know (like a password) and something you are (like a fingerprint). No matter how complex the key is, it is still one factor, because it is the only thing required to open the car. What you are talking about is key control, which exist in mechanical keys too (usually in the from of moving bits and patented systems). There are some cars that require a PIN to start, that's two factor, but I've only seen it once, and it is in a rather old car. Phones make two-factor much more convenient.
You are right about the battery, it is a problem. But I never said a phone lock was the ultimate solution;) In fact, despite my comments, I don't trust my phone. When traveling, I always have my essential info printed out, and I would definitely carry a backup car key even if I used my phone. I also usually carry a spare battery (I still have a phone with a removable battery). I also tend to prefer cash over credit cards, and I have a small reserve in case my card gets blocked or lost.
your battery runs flat, but you need to open it to jump-start it
That's assuming there is no backup system, and that your battery really is flat, not just unable to start the engine. Jump starting modern cars is not recommended anyways, but thankfully, flat batteries are also becoming less common (better power management).
I locked my phone in the car
Not a new problem, you can lock your keys in the car too.
Someone sniffed the NFC transaction from across the street- NFC is short-range-powered, but long-range-ordinary-radio-signal
That's a long solved problem. All serious authentication systems use challenge-response techniques now and sniffing won't help you unless you break the underlying crypto.
Every garage has a way to open that car if the system should fail and you can buy the kit to open any car for $20k
Any locksmith can open your car using a variety of techniques and tools worth much less than $20k. It's even easier for criminals because they don't have to do it the least damaging way. The tricky part is getting passed electronic security, but they already have tools to do it now, and unlocking it with a key or a phone doesn't really change the deal.
My phone got a virus and now anyone can open my car
You make it sound easier than it actually is. Phones usually have secure areas that are not directly accessible even by the kernel. If the app is designed correctly, the virus won't be able to duplicate the authentication key. And even if it could, it is a difficult attack to pull off as you need to attack the digital world (the phone) and the physical world (actually steal the car). That's an additional attack vector of course, but not the easiest one to exploit IMHO.
Previous owners of the car can just walk up to it with their phone to unlock it
Not if you revoke their access. I didn't read the standard but I can't imagine there isn't a way to do it.
The biggest issue is that that's something you need to have on you. Not having a key is one less thing to carry around. Second: a key is single factor authentication. Phones can be multi-factor (you need the phone and a password for instance). Keys are also difficult to revoke. If you lose the key, you need to physically change the lock in order to get a new bitting. Another advantage of phone-based authentication is that you can transmit a token remotely to someone else if you want to give him access to you car. Basically the equivalent of putting car keys in someone's mailbox, but you get to keep your own key, and you don't need to actually go put it in the mailbox.
Saying "what's wrong with a key" is like saying "what's wrong with cash". There are many compelling arguments for cash over credit cards and the like, but cash isn't without issues.
Doesn't the comparison to the average tests both inflated self-esteem and malignant narcissism while excluding healthy self-esteem? If significantly more than half of a group consider themselves above average, it means that people overestimate their own skills or underestimate other people skills.
This is a good argument for natural viruses/bacteria, not for bioweapons. An attacker probably doesn't want to destroy humanity, or create a stable life form. They want to weaken their enemy, and even a short lived virus can wreck havoc on the economy of a country, as well as create mass panic.
Locks are not invincible. They can be bypassed, shimmed, bumped, picked, rapped, cut, pulled apart, melted, etc... However, all these attacks require a bit of skill and time, and can make noise, and make you appear suspicious. Serious lock certifications usually grade the locks by how long it will take to defeat the lock, no one pretends a lock will never be defeated. In France for example, the highest security level for residential door locks is 15 minutes for a well equipped burglar. Level 1 (which is still considered good) is just 5 minutes with basic tools.
Basically, that's letting devs fuck up their computers (hopefully not production servers), or, for the most skilled, install an working environment that looks nothing like production. That's usually how things work when the ops team is AWOL, and it's terrible.
Judging by all the comments, no one knows what DevOps means, it it means anything at all.
That's especially impressive considering that an honey bee only has a million neurons. For the sake of comparison, a mouse has 71 times that, and we are at 86 billion. And while it is true that bees don't have a large body to support, that's still a lot of intelligence packed into a small space.
That's 14 earth years, not 14 fucking years. That being said, I didn't know that fucking was a planet, we should let more people know, it would really help build interest in space exploration.
It depends on the architecture. I can ping most servers in my country in 12ms, 2ms for google. It is quite good by today's standards but this will probably become the norm in the future. 12ms is under a frame at 60Hz, so basically good enough unless you are a pro gamer playing fast paced games. probably not enough for VR though.
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There is a rational reason. It is to make people wake up with the sun, more or less.
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Not buying a powerful GPU is a perfectly reasonable choice if you don't need a powerful GPU.
But if you need it, then you have no other choice. If you think you can design your own GPU, feel free to do it, there is definitely a market. However, none of the attempts so far managed to touch AMD and nVidia. Even Intel, with all their money and expertise can't pull it off.
Free market still works withing the videogame industry. Supply in software isn't infinite because there isn't an infinite number of people that can run your software. With that taken into account, it works.
For example, imagine a AAA PS4 game, costs $100M to make, 100M PS4s in the wild. It means they can't sell for less than $1 (all inclusive) or they are losing money, so they need to increase the price to the most profitable point, by whatever mean necessary, maybe around $70, or $20 + $10/month, or whatever. To have the price drop, increase the market size, and therefore supply. It is apparent in mobile games where there are billions of devices, and sure enough, mobile games are usually cheaper. On the other side of the spectrum, highly specialized professional software is ridiculously expensive due to the small market. That's opposite the usual way of thinking (people create supply, companies create demand) but ultimately, it is the same thing.
The reason some games are still expensive long after release may be because they studios think they can still sell it full price, or they want to avoid competing with themselves (they want you to buy the new game instead), or they don't want people to delay their purchase of new products in hope the price will drop later.
As for rationality, it is perfectly rational to pay monthly for a game if the alternative is not playing the game you want to play. In economics, rationality is limited to economic decisions. For example, no rational being wants to be addicted to cocaine. However, cocaine addicts still make rational economic choices, they won't pay $100/g if the next guy has the same stuff for $50/g, other things being equal. As a result, supply and demand works.
An maybe that's the point: pay you to wear it.
What you have is essentially a mini-billboard. You can put targeted ads on it. Or at least that's one of their arguments, though IMHO, that alone doesn't justify $700.
Caffeine can cause mild physical dependence, with a withdrawal period of a few days.
There is tolerance buildup too, and if caffeine is taken every day at the same times, it seems like the body adapts to it.
However, there doesn't seem to be any case of true coffee addiction (as in: you can't stop without help).
One other "legendary" (in my opinion) mouse would be the MX Revolution. It's defining feature is the "free wheel" scroll wheel.
The sad part is that all of the following models are inferior to the one that came out in 2006. The only other one with an electronically controllable scrollwheel is the MX Master, and unlike the original, it doesn’t tilt. It also has reliability problems that the original didn’t have.
I still have mine, works flawlessly. It came in replacement to... a Microsoft Intellimouse, that still work but whose sensor is showing its age.
Absolutely you're right the best way to handle a rootkit is restore from a known-good backup.
What is a "known-good" backup? A rootkit is here to conceal its existence. You don't really know when the infection started, and which backups are good.
The idea, I think, is that no other arthropods reproduce in humans. Botfies and screwflies can grow inside humans as a result of adults laying eggs from outside. But once they are grown up, they just leave.
That thing doesn't look like DRM. It is a way for people to download play store apps from outside the play store, and still have the guarantee that they get the original. There is absolutely no mention of any restriction on the user. The signature can be stripped off and unsigned apps can still be installed if you check the "unknown sources" option.
What will happen in the future is another subject. Google needs more than a simple signature in order to lock down the system.
Also, Android already has DRM ( https://developer.android.com/... ).
https://sci-hub.tw/10.1038/s41...
You got it backwards. The computer needs rice to run.
People usually don't know that because bigger computers are given enough rice during the manufacturing process to keep running their entire life. The only case where more rice is needed is when they get wet.
Damn man - that' a hellava first world problem. Not to mention just how much space does a key take up?
Way too much. I just bought a new car and that key is bigger than all my other keys combined, ring included. It is at least twice bigger than the key of my previous car, which performed the same function, and wasn't especially small either. I understand a big car key can be seen as a status symbol but come on, it is an entry-level compact car, not something to show off with.. But that's an other subject... And yeah, definitely a first world problem but it goes well with cars with first world prices.
Oh, one quick note.Many (most) modern car keys are two factor. You have the mechanical key, then there is a lot of stuff inside the key handle that the car senses. Merely copying the key won't work..
That's not what two factor means. There are usually 3 factors: something you have (like a key), something you know (like a password) and something you are (like a fingerprint). No matter how complex the key is, it is still one factor, because it is the only thing required to open the car. What you are talking about is key control, which exist in mechanical keys too (usually in the from of moving bits and patented systems).
There are some cars that require a PIN to start, that's two factor, but I've only seen it once, and it is in a rather old car. Phones make two-factor much more convenient.
You are right about the battery, it is a problem. But I never said a phone lock was the ultimate solution ;) In fact, despite my comments, I don't trust my phone. When traveling, I always have my essential info printed out, and I would definitely carry a backup car key even if I used my phone. I also usually carry a spare battery (I still have a phone with a removable battery). I also tend to prefer cash over credit cards, and I have a small reserve in case my card gets blocked or lost.
your battery runs flat, but you need to open it to jump-start it
That's assuming there is no backup system, and that your battery really is flat, not just unable to start the engine. Jump starting modern cars is not recommended anyways, but thankfully, flat batteries are also becoming less common (better power management).
I locked my phone in the car
Not a new problem, you can lock your keys in the car too.
Someone sniffed the NFC transaction from across the street- NFC is short-range-powered, but long-range-ordinary-radio-signal
That's a long solved problem. All serious authentication systems use challenge-response techniques now and sniffing won't help you unless you break the underlying crypto.
Every garage has a way to open that car if the system should fail and you can buy the kit to open any car for $20k
Any locksmith can open your car using a variety of techniques and tools worth much less than $20k. It's even easier for criminals because they don't have to do it the least damaging way. The tricky part is getting passed electronic security, but they already have tools to do it now, and unlocking it with a key or a phone doesn't really change the deal.
My phone got a virus and now anyone can open my car
You make it sound easier than it actually is. Phones usually have secure areas that are not directly accessible even by the kernel. If the app is designed correctly, the virus won't be able to duplicate the authentication key. And even if it could, it is a difficult attack to pull off as you need to attack the digital world (the phone) and the physical world (actually steal the car). That's an additional attack vector of course, but not the easiest one to exploit IMHO.
Previous owners of the car can just walk up to it with their phone to unlock it
Not if you revoke their access. I didn't read the standard but I can't imagine there isn't a way to do it.
The biggest issue is that that's something you need to have on you. Not having a key is one less thing to carry around.
Second: a key is single factor authentication. Phones can be multi-factor (you need the phone and a password for instance). Keys are also difficult to revoke. If you lose the key, you need to physically change the lock in order to get a new bitting.
Another advantage of phone-based authentication is that you can transmit a token remotely to someone else if you want to give him access to you car. Basically the equivalent of putting car keys in someone's mailbox, but you get to keep your own key, and you don't need to actually go put it in the mailbox.
Saying "what's wrong with a key" is like saying "what's wrong with cash". There are many compelling arguments for cash over credit cards and the like, but cash isn't without issues.
Doesn't the comparison to the average tests both inflated self-esteem and malignant narcissism while excluding healthy self-esteem?
If significantly more than half of a group consider themselves above average, it means that people overestimate their own skills or underestimate other people skills.
This is a good argument for natural viruses/bacteria, not for bioweapons.
An attacker probably doesn't want to destroy humanity, or create a stable life form. They want to weaken their enemy, and even a short lived virus can wreck havoc on the economy of a country, as well as create mass panic.
- Do not use inside Tesla factories.
These are dreadful, but not as bad as locks of war.
Also, bosnianbill
Locks are not invincible. They can be bypassed, shimmed, bumped, picked, rapped, cut, pulled apart, melted, etc... However, all these attacks require a bit of skill and time, and can make noise, and make you appear suspicious.
Serious lock certifications usually grade the locks by how long it will take to defeat the lock, no one pretends a lock will never be defeated. In France for example, the highest security level for residential door locks is 15 minutes for a well equipped burglar. Level 1 (which is still considered good) is just 5 minutes with basic tools.
strcat("Dev", "Ops");
Basically, that's letting devs fuck up their computers (hopefully not production servers), or, for the most skilled, install an working environment that looks nothing like production. That's usually how things work when the ops team is AWOL, and it's terrible.
Judging by all the comments, no one knows what DevOps means, it it means anything at all.
satoshi: intelligence, knowledge, widsom, smart
naka: center, middle
moto: origin, root
Nice one.
That's especially impressive considering that an honey bee only has a million neurons. For the sake of comparison, a mouse has 71 times that, and we are at 86 billion.
And while it is true that bees don't have a large body to support, that's still a lot of intelligence packed into a small space.
That's 14 earth years, not 14 fucking years.
That being said, I didn't know that fucking was a planet, we should let more people know, it would really help build interest in space exploration.
It depends on the architecture. I can ping most servers in my country in 12ms, 2ms for google. It is quite good by today's standards but this will probably become the norm in the future.
12ms is under a frame at 60Hz, so basically good enough unless you are a pro gamer playing fast paced games. probably not enough for VR though.