The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month
Getting caught and then asking to return their spying device, lol.
Known people who attempted and later regretted it.
This single line should tell you exactly why there should be someone trying to prevent it. People aren't always thinking clearly and some problem they have at that exact moment might seem so overwhelming that only way to escape it is suicide, while it really isn't. It's only because that person at that moment thinks so. Most suicides are done out of nothing. I do understand if someone who really has pains and is ill wants to end his life, but that isn't it in majority of the cases. In most cases it's a situation that the person gets over with. That is, if there was someone who prevented him or her from suicide.
Except that you're suicidal. I can count the number of insurance companies that aren't interested in buying THAT data on NO HANDS.
Suicide doesn't matter to insurance companies. If you do an suicide, they're not going to pay anything anyway. Did you really think you could get some really high insurance and then do suicide to get your family cash?
It sounds like a service that's just asking to be trolled.
Like other user said, I guess you could also "troll" your friend by calling police lines and telling them your friend is suicidal or "troll" your neighbor by calling firetrucks to his house.
Just because it's internet doesn't mean you can do whatever you want and there are no consequences.
During summer and little after that, yes I got. Now it's middle of December so it's understandable that there really isn't much happening. Now it's mostly from people traveling or living overseas.
While it doesn't apply to all suicide cases, there's also those where the person has told about it has suicidal feelings just prior to it. There's been many news about such cases too regarding internet. Some person has announced widely that he or she is going to do an suicide on some site or video chat. In most of those cases people's only option has been to call the police and after they arrive, it's already too late. They don't have the experience and knowledge to talk to persons with such ideas. That's why FB jumping in and referring the person to talk to a professional should be a good thing.
You don't want to get flagged because you typed "/wrist" in some game thread.
Note that it isn't automatic. It's only if people report it as such. And to counter trolling, it only presents you an option on what to do. There would be a case if it automatically transferred you to talk to someone, but it doesn't.
Other than do I really want facebook to know about a mental history since they log everything... How long before they sell any of this info off or it gets scraped? I'll pass.
Just like with Google, most of Facebook's value comes from the data they own. They would be insane to sell that data to others. They may use it to match advertisers with people by using keywords, age and similar metrics, but they will never sell off the data because that is their most valuable asset.
Also, this option really doesn't change anything what Facebook knows about you. It presents you an option to discuss with professionals if you need help.
It's one of those things where the massive size of Facebook can be used for real good. There are already existing hotlines but I doubt they work that well preventing suicides. While they are useful, they aren't shown to people exactly when they really need it. They might know about them, but there's no incentive to try them at those moments. So when Facebook asks it good moment, it could easily save many lifes. Since this still needs the user to agree, it can't be used for harassing people either. If it was automatic it would be stupid, but this way it's only useful.
I work in SEO and webmastering, so I don't really need to find jobs from other people. Sometimes I do work for clients, but most of the time I run my own portfolio of websites that bring income from affiliate networks and advertiser deals. And signing up to those is much easier, as they aren't obligated to pay anything else than the commissions you generate based on your sales or leads.
As far as languages go, only speaking English shouldn't be a problem in most places (except for China, I don't really know how it's there). Philippines and Singapore is really good place if you just know English, and most people working in IT in Thailand also speak good English. Of course it always helps if you look for companies run by other westerners. There's actually lot of them, especially in Bangkok. Most are also expats who wanted to move there just like you and then set up their own company, so they are generally more relaxed people too.
There's lots of world to see outside US and its war zones. Go to China, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore or Philippines. It's extremely easy for a westerner to find jobs in Asia if they just know something, especially in IT. Life is generally more relaxing too. I've done just that, but I don't work for anyone, I work as freelancer over the internet.
However, there's a huge amount of employers that can hire you, if you rather take a stable paycheck. This includes both westerners who have set up companies and moved there and also companies by locals. IT is huge in Asia. The funny thing is, it's also a job widely appreciated by local women, and often you find women working in IT. Really knowledgeable ones, too.
On top of that you get great weather, nice people and relaxing lifestyle. You might get marginally lower wage, but then again the cost of living is insanely smaller too.
Likewise, people sometimes have an axe to grind or just doesn't like some company - like here on Slashdot that would be Microsoft - and say anything bad about them even if it isn't true. So some good crowdturfing just adjust that side of things and they both stay in balance.
No it doesn't. It's entirely up to you how you use an programming language. It's good that PHP supports "mixed mode" and everything between. Hell, I've made IRC server with PHP along with desktop apps and everything else.
It is the default. They explicitly noted that most users aren't interested in tweaking settings and that's why they had to make it default and even change it for existing users.
Adblock developers have previously tried to monetarize the addon in very shady ways. I bet this is just another one of those. The announcement quite clearly reads as "we will still block ads, but we will not block Google's ads". I can bet that Google is directly paying them not to block their ads, but still keep continue blocking everyones else. This means increased income to Google, which now suddenly is the only provider whose ads aren't being blocked. This isn't new from Google either - they're currently under monopoly abuse investigation in EU after their contracts with advertisers said that advertisers cannot advertise on competing ad networks, like those from Yahoo and Microsoft.
MS-DOS and Windows were best out there, back then too. Do you even remember how horrible linux distros were in around 1994? Just formatting the hard drive during install was a major pain in the ass, and not even talking about rest of the install and configuration process. Windows was a piece of cake compared to that. Besides, back then it was more common to buy Red Hat or similar distro from computer store. Since many people had to buy it anyway, why not just go with Windows?
It's very telling that Microsoft is one of three largest supporters of Apache. But these "little" facts are often forgotten when slashdotters bash Microsoft.
Now try to find high quality propriety products that are not backed by huge organizations.
Uh, there's lots of them for all industries and niches. You can find almost any app you would ever want. There's tons of small companies making products that are proprietary. They're good too, and continuously supported by said companies. That same can't be said for majority of open source projects, which really often just die or aren't finished.
The primary reason for MS being dominant on the desktop is that newly bought computers nearly always come with it pre-installed, people got used to it, and it's good enough. Combined with a hefty dose of marketing, and perhaps a shady deal or two to make life hard for competitors. The landscape is changing, but anyone who believes otherwise is an idiot.
Then why do users that know how to install Linux still continue using Windows or OSX? Even most geeks I know use either one, but no one actually uses Linux on desktop. On servers yes, but not on desktop.
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The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month
Getting caught and then asking to return their spying device, lol.
Known people who attempted and later regretted it.
This single line should tell you exactly why there should be someone trying to prevent it. People aren't always thinking clearly and some problem they have at that exact moment might seem so overwhelming that only way to escape it is suicide, while it really isn't. It's only because that person at that moment thinks so. Most suicides are done out of nothing. I do understand if someone who really has pains and is ill wants to end his life, but that isn't it in majority of the cases. In most cases it's a situation that the person gets over with. That is, if there was someone who prevented him or her from suicide.
Except that you're suicidal. I can count the number of insurance companies that aren't interested in buying THAT data on NO HANDS.
Suicide doesn't matter to insurance companies. If you do an suicide, they're not going to pay anything anyway. Did you really think you could get some really high insurance and then do suicide to get your family cash?
It sounds like a service that's just asking to be trolled.
Like other user said, I guess you could also "troll" your friend by calling police lines and telling them your friend is suicidal or "troll" your neighbor by calling firetrucks to his house.
Just because it's internet doesn't mean you can do whatever you want and there are no consequences.
During summer and little after that, yes I got. Now it's middle of December so it's understandable that there really isn't much happening. Now it's mostly from people traveling or living overseas.
While it doesn't apply to all suicide cases, there's also those where the person has told about it has suicidal feelings just prior to it. There's been many news about such cases too regarding internet. Some person has announced widely that he or she is going to do an suicide on some site or video chat. In most of those cases people's only option has been to call the police and after they arrive, it's already too late. They don't have the experience and knowledge to talk to persons with such ideas. That's why FB jumping in and referring the person to talk to a professional should be a good thing.
I constantly get new photos from my friends. Maybe you need new and more interesting friends.
You don't want to get flagged because you typed "/wrist" in some game thread.
Note that it isn't automatic. It's only if people report it as such. And to counter trolling, it only presents you an option on what to do. There would be a case if it automatically transferred you to talk to someone, but it doesn't.
Other than do I really want facebook to know about a mental history since they log everything... How long before they sell any of this info off or it gets scraped? I'll pass.
Just like with Google, most of Facebook's value comes from the data they own. They would be insane to sell that data to others. They may use it to match advertisers with people by using keywords, age and similar metrics, but they will never sell off the data because that is their most valuable asset.
Also, this option really doesn't change anything what Facebook knows about you. It presents you an option to discuss with professionals if you need help.
It's one of those things where the massive size of Facebook can be used for real good. There are already existing hotlines but I doubt they work that well preventing suicides. While they are useful, they aren't shown to people exactly when they really need it. They might know about them, but there's no incentive to try them at those moments. So when Facebook asks it good moment, it could easily save many lifes. Since this still needs the user to agree, it can't be used for harassing people either. If it was automatic it would be stupid, but this way it's only useful.
So overall, really good option.
I work in SEO and webmastering, so I don't really need to find jobs from other people. Sometimes I do work for clients, but most of the time I run my own portfolio of websites that bring income from affiliate networks and advertiser deals. And signing up to those is much easier, as they aren't obligated to pay anything else than the commissions you generate based on your sales or leads.
As far as languages go, only speaking English shouldn't be a problem in most places (except for China, I don't really know how it's there). Philippines and Singapore is really good place if you just know English, and most people working in IT in Thailand also speak good English. Of course it always helps if you look for companies run by other westerners. There's actually lot of them, especially in Bangkok. Most are also expats who wanted to move there just like you and then set up their own company, so they are generally more relaxed people too.
There's lots of world to see outside US and its war zones. Go to China, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore or Philippines. It's extremely easy for a westerner to find jobs in Asia if they just know something, especially in IT. Life is generally more relaxing too. I've done just that, but I don't work for anyone, I work as freelancer over the internet.
However, there's a huge amount of employers that can hire you, if you rather take a stable paycheck. This includes both westerners who have set up companies and moved there and also companies by locals. IT is huge in Asia. The funny thing is, it's also a job widely appreciated by local women, and often you find women working in IT. Really knowledgeable ones, too.
On top of that you get great weather, nice people and relaxing lifestyle. You might get marginally lower wage, but then again the cost of living is insanely smaller too.
Are you sure I wasn't just making fun of all the stupid "omg shill!" comments? ;-P
Likewise, people sometimes have an axe to grind or just doesn't like some company - like here on Slashdot that would be Microsoft - and say anything bad about them even if it isn't true. So some good crowdturfing just adjust that side of things and they both stay in balance.
You are a disgusting filth and I will loath the existence of people who don't use the right tool for the right job for the rest of my life.
You know, people who do fancy stuff with not exactly the right tools were called "hackers".
No it doesn't. It's entirely up to you how you use an programming language. It's good that PHP supports "mixed mode" and everything between. Hell, I've made IRC server with PHP along with desktop apps and everything else.
It is the default. They explicitly noted that most users aren't interested in tweaking settings and that's why they had to make it default and even change it for existing users.
Adblock developers have previously tried to monetarize the addon in very shady ways. I bet this is just another one of those. The announcement quite clearly reads as "we will still block ads, but we will not block Google's ads". I can bet that Google is directly paying them not to block their ads, but still keep continue blocking everyones else. This means increased income to Google, which now suddenly is the only provider whose ads aren't being blocked. This isn't new from Google either - they're currently under monopoly abuse investigation in EU after their contracts with advertisers said that advertisers cannot advertise on competing ad networks, like those from Yahoo and Microsoft.
Shady people, shady deals.
I never would have guessed that they would actually take HL2 as a guide. Did someone forget to tell them it was just a video game?
You might want to educate yourself a bit about Firefox's and Mozilla's history.. Just saying.
MS-DOS and Windows were best out there, back then too. Do you even remember how horrible linux distros were in around 1994? Just formatting the hard drive during install was a major pain in the ass, and not even talking about rest of the install and configuration process. Windows was a piece of cake compared to that. Besides, back then it was more common to buy Red Hat or similar distro from computer store. Since many people had to buy it anyway, why not just go with Windows?
It's very telling that Microsoft is one of three largest supporters of Apache. But these "little" facts are often forgotten when slashdotters bash Microsoft.
Now try to find high quality propriety products that are not backed by huge organizations.
Uh, there's lots of them for all industries and niches. You can find almost any app you would ever want. There's tons of small companies making products that are proprietary. They're good too, and continuously supported by said companies. That same can't be said for majority of open source projects, which really often just die or aren't finished.
The primary reason for MS being dominant on the desktop is that newly bought computers nearly always come with it pre-installed, people got used to it, and it's good enough. Combined with a hefty dose of marketing, and perhaps a shady deal or two to make life hard for competitors. The landscape is changing, but anyone who believes otherwise is an idiot.
Then why do users that know how to install Linux still continue using Windows or OSX? Even most geeks I know use either one, but no one actually uses Linux on desktop. On servers yes, but not on desktop.