But isn't it the case that having your OS send those metrics on your behalf is more like your mother asking your twin brother who shares your bedroom to provide those metrics to her?
If your mother were looking through your computer and counting how many and what kinds of files you open, which programs and how often, what kind of hardware etc.... you would call that "spying" wouldn't you? Would "snooping" be a better word?
Whatever word you choose, it's an invasion of privacy.
I'm not the only one who values his privacy so this is not a personal agenda; it's one I share with a great many people.
2. Cmd is one of the most frequently run executables on Windows with a similar number of daily launches as File Explorer, Edge and Internet Explorer!
The only way they could know that is if they're spying on everyone who uses Windows.
Am I wrong? Is there some other, totally consensual and benign way that they could know this?
But notice how you made an actual argument against the actual positions of the "uptight pricks in the suburbs" rather than defending or continuing on with a bunch of reductionist bullshit.
I do agree with much of what you said.
I just wanted to put an end to the fallacy of reducing everything to the point that everything is nonsense.
I didn't say that those "actual objections" were something I completely agreed with.
But I'm glad that you understand and agree with my argument against reductionism.
Do you mean that they would have made the same decision to cancel the billion dollar plant in Mexico?
Or do you mean they would have made the same decision to build/upgrade a $700M plant in the US?
Or do you mean they would have done both of those things even if Trump hadn't been elected?
But wouldn't directly quoting a guy from Ford about their motivations trump (no pun intended) what someone from Fox Business says about Ford's motives?
You just undermined your own argument.
First you said it was cheaper to ramp up an existing facility.
Then you said that ramping up an existing one wasn't cheaper because labor costs in Mexico make it cheaper to build a new one.
It is no coincidence that the most bug reports have been filed for the most popular software products.
Agreed. So we shouldn't interpret this article solely as an indictment of these products for being crappy.
Instead we should interpret this article as spotlighting the most popular companies and their products.
None the less, the fact that Oracle stands so far above the crowd does seem to imply that they're not doing something as well as they might. In particular since most of the members of that crowd are distributing software that is more complicated than a database-- entire operating systems, infrastructure that undergirds the entire web, etc.. And note that MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, and Mongodb are not on the list in TFS and none of these four databases are unheard of little toy projects.
Do you think Hentai is something that children should be exposed to? But it's not even real people, it's ink on paper or some flickering LEDs on a computer monitor!
Have you ever heard about old National Geographics? But it's just some ink on paper!
RelevantXKCD panels.
I hope that you understand how your reductionist scoffing is defeated. You are being deliberately obtuse and ignoring the actual objections of those "uptight pricks in the suburbs".
Why bother with the VMs and all the kooky stuff?
Why not just use Linux straight up?
I used to use VMs at work but then I just ditched it all and now I run Linux 100% for everything. And I'm one of only two people (besides a guy in IT who knows how but doesn't actually use it) in the building that uses Linux.
For games, Steam runs quite well on Ubuntu and with the binary Nvidia drivers so do all the games I buy through Steam.
In technology, 14-20 years is effectively 100 years. Technology is old news in 5 years and almost useless in 10 years.
That's only true for now because of how young the computing industry is. Once things have matured a bit and tech has gotten closer to the fundamental physical limits then you'll stop seeing such a break-neck pace of advancement.
George W. signed a $3,000 tax credit for adults to learn new job skills into law after 9/11.
This is not comparable to a UBI because that tax credit was given to you only for learning new skills. A UBI, by definition, is given out regardless of if the government (and thus society at large) ever gets a return on the investment.
Or expose college students to ideas that they disagree with without also providing them a safe space and reassuring them that those nasty people over there are definitely mysogynistic racist bigoted homophobic nazis and nobody likes those guys at all and you're so special, little snowflake.
Thanks for posting the link. I found this little gem to be interesting (emphasis added by me):
“In fact, there are literally hundreds of square kilometres of dead reef-flat on the Great Barrier Reef which was killed due to the slow sea-level fall of about a meter that has occurred over the last 5000 years,” he said. “My point is not that they have probably got this completely wrong but rather what are the quality assurance measures they take to try to ensure they are not telling a misleading story?”
I thought the sea level was rising thanks to AGW?
For number three, about avoiding the destruction of the reef... Are there some ways we can do that without costing insane amounts of money and/or resources?
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I agree with you in the scenario you described.
But isn't it the case that having your OS send those metrics on your behalf is more like your mother asking your twin brother who shares your bedroom to provide those metrics to her?
Faraway Future unveils super fast electric car.
Summaries should have light-hearted and punny titles wherever possible.
What word would you like me to use?
... you would call that "spying" wouldn't you? Would "snooping" be a better word?
If your mother were looking through your computer and counting how many and what kinds of files you open, which programs and how often, what kind of hardware etc.
Whatever word you choose, it's an invasion of privacy.
I'm not the only one who values his privacy so this is not a personal agenda; it's one I share with a great many people.
Sturgeon's law. So what if most app developers get paid shit? If their apps are shit then why should anyone buy their shit?
What made you think that they weren't?
No, I already believed past articles that said MS were spying.
I just find the manner in which MS is condemning themselves here to be interesting.
2. Cmd is one of the most frequently run executables on Windows with a similar number of daily launches as File Explorer, Edge and Internet Explorer!
The only way they could know that is if they're spying on everyone who uses Windows.
Am I wrong? Is there some other, totally consensual and benign way that they could know this?
But notice how you made an actual argument against the actual positions of the "uptight pricks in the suburbs" rather than defending or continuing on with a bunch of reductionist bullshit.
I do agree with much of what you said.
I just wanted to put an end to the fallacy of reducing everything to the point that everything is nonsense.
I didn't say that those "actual objections" were something I completely agreed with.
But I'm glad that you understand and agree with my argument against reductionism.
But why would they have considered the $1.6B deal in the first place?
Do you mean that they would have made the same decision to cancel the billion dollar plant in Mexico?
Or do you mean they would have made the same decision to build/upgrade a $700M plant in the US?
Or do you mean they would have done both of those things even if Trump hadn't been elected?
But wouldn't directly quoting a guy from Ford about their motivations trump (no pun intended) what someone from Fox Business says about Ford's motives?
You just undermined your own argument.
First you said it was cheaper to ramp up an existing facility.
Then you said that ramping up an existing one wasn't cheaper because labor costs in Mexico make it cheaper to build a new one.
Pick one.
It is no coincidence that the most bug reports have been filed for the most popular software products.
Agreed. So we shouldn't interpret this article solely as an indictment of these products for being crappy.
Instead we should interpret this article as spotlighting the most popular companies and their products.
None the less, the fact that Oracle stands so far above the crowd does seem to imply that they're not doing something as well as they might. In particular since most of the members of that crowd are distributing software that is more complicated than a database-- entire operating systems, infrastructure that undergirds the entire web, etc.. And note that MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, and Mongodb are not on the list in TFS and none of these four databases are unheard of little toy projects.
Pi-top costs about $300.
Or you could print your own and put an ODROID XU4 or C2 inside it instead...
Do you think Hentai is something that children should be exposed to?
But it's not even real people, it's ink on paper or some flickering LEDs on a computer monitor! Have you ever heard about old National Geographics?
But it's just some ink on paper!
Relevant XKCD panels.
I hope that you understand how your reductionist scoffing is defeated. You are being deliberately obtuse and ignoring the actual objections of those "uptight pricks in the suburbs".
Agreed. The thing that is holding ARM back is just how standardized x86 is and how fly-by-night and slipshod ARM's infrastructure is.
The way things have been is not necessarily the way things will continue to be.
What're the IPCs of each?
Why bother with the VMs and all the kooky stuff?
Why not just use Linux straight up?
I used to use VMs at work but then I just ditched it all and now I run Linux 100% for everything. And I'm one of only two people (besides a guy in IT who knows how but doesn't actually use it) in the building that uses Linux.
For games, Steam runs quite well on Ubuntu and with the binary Nvidia drivers so do all the games I buy through Steam.
But I can prove that you're a dipshit.
In technology, 14-20 years is effectively 100 years. Technology is old news in 5 years and almost useless in 10 years.
That's only true for now because of how young the computing industry is. Once things have matured a bit and tech has gotten closer to the fundamental physical limits then you'll stop seeing such a break-neck pace of advancement.
George W. signed a $3,000 tax credit for adults to learn new job skills into law after 9/11.
This is not comparable to a UBI because that tax credit was given to you only for learning new skills. A UBI, by definition, is given out regardless of if the government (and thus society at large) ever gets a return on the investment.
You are just a condom waiting to be discarded the moment [you come in].
Geez, why do I even have to fix this for you. I thought slashdotters were supposed to be smart.
Or expose college students to ideas that they disagree with without also providing them a safe space and reassuring them that those nasty people over there are definitely mysogynistic racist bigoted homophobic nazis and nobody likes those guys at all and you're so special, little snowflake.
“In fact, there are literally hundreds of square kilometres of dead reef-flat on the Great Barrier Reef which was killed due to the slow sea-level fall of about a meter that has occurred over the last 5000 years,” he said. “My point is not that they have probably got this completely wrong but rather what are the quality assurance measures they take to try to ensure they are not telling a misleading story?”
I thought the sea level was rising thanks to AGW?
For number three, about avoiding the destruction of the reef... Are there some ways we can do that without costing insane amounts of money and/or resources?
(if you're capable of objective self-reflection)
Nobody is capable of objective self-reflection.
As for the rest of what you said: your arrogance and ad hominems don't qualify as a rational argument.