So many weasel phrases. "increasingly being taken seriously by credible" . Nope. It's a fringe view, and for good reason. Pure speculation, a kind of god of the gaps, no mechanism proposed, no explanatory or predictive power.
You're really hurting a lot of particles' feelings.
Be fair. He has made mistakes. He *has* unfairly criticized some things. Not all that often, but it has happened.
You're strawman-ing. Linus not always right? Ok, I'll take your word for it; I've read the complete threads of most discussions of his opinion that have come my way and I agree with every position he's taken, but I'm certainly willing to believe sometimes he's not completely on target. Doesn't make the broad implication of OP (that Linus shouldn't be listened to, in general or on this issue) valid in any meaningful way... I've read his threads and all the doc on these chips and the patches, and I am a programmer (40+ years), and I agree with Linus on this issue.
Linus proclaims thus:
This patch is a piece of shit.
So what else is new?
If you mean "useful, straight communication from Linus as usual", then I'm with ya.
But if you're trying to imply that Linus indiscriminately calls *everything* a piece of shit, then you're so offbase that I'll wonder if you're astroturfing on behalf of Intel. When Linus criticizes stuff, he's spot on. This patch is indeed a piece of shit.
You know if they didn't they'd tell you. So of course you have your answer right there.
Dave: "Alexa, are you with law enforcement?"
Alexa: "No, I'm not, Dave."
Dave: "Ok, good. And you'd have to tell me if you were, right?"
Alexa: "Of course, Dave."
Dave: "Sweet. Ever do kinky things for money, Alexa?"
Alexa: "Around the world will cost you $60."
anyone who puts an omnidirectional mic in their home, tied to big-pig corporate, should expect no privacy.
Just to clarify the distinction between "what's practical" vs "what's morally right", since I think that distinction plays in this and is paramount:
In today's ruthlessly corporate and big-brotherly climate, it is sadly the case that anyone who puts network-enabled hardware in their home stands a good chance of leaking data to corporations and government which the person would be appalled to discover is being leaked... and...
... that this disgusting turn of things has become routine in NO WAY makes it right or non-disappointing
What we need in this country is for all of the foolish people who think the cops are a net evil to sign a waver. You can bitch on the cops all you want, but this waiver also takes you off their list, so when someone is breaking into your house at 3am, or your neighbor hears someone beating you to death with a baseball bat, they don't come to your rescue, often risking their lives in the process.
Hmm, article characterizing cyclic rise/fall of frameworks names a single one as the new hotness. Maybe intended as an advertisement, maybe not. Over on a subreddit about unsolved mysteries, they refuse to allow postings about anything newer than 6 months, essentially to prevent current frenzy/churn over something fresh from taking over the intended ambience of mysteries that have stood the test of time; I think that principle might be well-applied when it comes to "assessing" technological cycles, namely: don't annoint one thing as "the new kid on the block" til it's really stood some kind of time test, to reduce impulses varying between self-promotion and premature assessment.
The stastistical likelihood is that I and the vast majority of everyone will never be in a shooter/hostage situation. But what I *have* experienced is being very unjustly hassled by power-tripping cops taking out their personal issues on me... and I'm white and well-educated. To support a statement like "the cops are in general doing a great job" would be a long philosophical chase down a rat hole with cherrypicked stats from questionable sources, but I do have plenty of firsthand data to say they've treated me and others I've known terribly shabbily. So when something goes bad like this swatting disaster, it has plenty of traction with people who've already seen that cops are twits. With their multiple insane flat-out murders, rapes, coverups, evidence tamperings, and misappropriations (all of which are widely publicly documented), cops are LOSING whatever public confidence they once had as an institution. They should be paying attention to that, for everyone's sake including their own. If cops want to make my life genuinely better, get off the powertrip horse and be a human being... and (until that day) they'd better NOT for the love of god come crying to me when people hate them, because I will have no kind words for them.
1. When the cops tell you to do something, you do it. The place to argue is in court, not when confronted with (a) police officer(s). The dead guy would probably have been fine if he did this (excluding a ND by the cops).
Blow many cops lately? Yes when a gun is pointed at you it's not wise to argue, but you're obfuscating the real issue here: police need to learn restraint. And the place to argue THAT is right here and now, and in the courts, and everywhere else. So wipe that white stuff off your chin and get in the game.
For my education (please), where do you stand with Google? I'm looking for an answer in a context larger than a rehash of this (admittedly upsetting) Mr Robot thing.
So I have a challenge for you all worried about this. Today, make a note of how much your internet costs. Then do some speed tests and record the results.
I have a different challenge in mind: measure the freedom of distribution of political speech. Much harder to measure from a birds eye view, but negative effects on it are the thing I'm worried about, not whether speeds dip by percentage points.
You work 8 hours a day. You eat 3 meals a day, at each of which you chew mouthfuls of food an average of 200 times. Therefor, each time your jaw moves requires 48 seconds of work.
Slashdot Mirror
This guy is nothing but an attention whore.
dang, I thought I smelled a RickRoll coming. Well played, sir.
Prodeum... seems to have raised $11
Mark my words, the investors are highly unlikely to see any of their money back.
So many weasel phrases. "increasingly being taken seriously by credible" . Nope. It's a fringe view, and for good reason. Pure speculation, a kind of god of the gaps, no mechanism proposed, no explanatory or predictive power.
You're really hurting a lot of particles' feelings.
Ask Slashdot: What Kind of Societies Will the First Mars Colonies Be?
Dead.
Next question.
Be fair. He has made mistakes. He *has* unfairly criticized some things. Not all that often, but it has happened.
You're strawman-ing. Linus not always right? Ok, I'll take your word for it; I've read the complete threads of most discussions of his opinion that have come my way and I agree with every position he's taken, but I'm certainly willing to believe sometimes he's not completely on target. Doesn't make the broad implication of OP (that Linus shouldn't be listened to, in general or on this issue) valid in any meaningful way... I've read his threads and all the doc on these chips and the patches, and I am a programmer (40+ years), and I agree with Linus on this issue.
Your move.
Linus proclaims thus: This patch is a piece of shit. So what else is new?
If you mean "useful, straight communication from Linus as usual", then I'm with ya.
But if you're trying to imply that Linus indiscriminately calls *everything* a piece of shit, then you're so offbase that I'll wonder if you're astroturfing on behalf of Intel. When Linus criticizes stuff, he's spot on. This patch is indeed a piece of shit.
Here's some of the reasons that Corbet argues open souce hardware "would certainly offer some benefits, but it would be no panacea."
Well, if it doesn't solve every problem 100%, then we're NOT FUCKING INTERESTED!!!
We ONLY WANT PANACEAS.
You know if they didn't they'd tell you. So of course you have your answer right there.
Dave: "Alexa, are you with law enforcement?"
Alexa: "No, I'm not, Dave."
Dave: "Ok, good. And you'd have to tell me if you were, right?"
Alexa: "Of course, Dave."
Dave: "Sweet. Ever do kinky things for money, Alexa?"
Alexa: "Around the world will cost you $60."
anyone who puts an omnidirectional mic in their home, tied to big-pig corporate, should expect no privacy.
Just to clarify the distinction between "what's practical" vs "what's morally right", since I think that distinction plays in this and is paramount:
The printed material inside an echo box says "Be heard"... Amazon's simply hoping everyone takes that phrase symbolically, rather than literally.
What we need in this country is for all of the foolish people who think the cops are a net evil to sign a waver. You can bitch on the cops all you want, but this waiver also takes you off their list, so when someone is breaking into your house at 3am, or your neighbor hears someone beating you to death with a baseball bat, they don't come to your rescue, often risking their lives in the process.
oh DO shut up
The latest startup is the Vue.js framework
Hmm, article characterizing cyclic rise/fall of frameworks names a single one as the new hotness. Maybe intended as an advertisement, maybe not. Over on a subreddit about unsolved mysteries, they refuse to allow postings about anything newer than 6 months, essentially to prevent current frenzy/churn over something fresh from taking over the intended ambience of mysteries that have stood the test of time; I think that principle might be well-applied when it comes to "assessing" technological cycles, namely: don't annoint one thing as "the new kid on the block" til it's really stood some kind of time test, to reduce impulses varying between self-promotion and premature assessment.
Please write down all numbers from 0 to your prime for proof.
I've done what you suggested, but the result was slightly too large to include in the margins of this web page.
The stastistical likelihood is that I and the vast majority of everyone will never be in a shooter/hostage situation. But what I *have* experienced is being very unjustly hassled by power-tripping cops taking out their personal issues on me... and I'm white and well-educated. To support a statement like "the cops are in general doing a great job" would be a long philosophical chase down a rat hole with cherrypicked stats from questionable sources, but I do have plenty of firsthand data to say they've treated me and others I've known terribly shabbily. So when something goes bad like this swatting disaster, it has plenty of traction with people who've already seen that cops are twits. With their multiple insane flat-out murders, rapes, coverups, evidence tamperings, and misappropriations (all of which are widely publicly documented), cops are LOSING whatever public confidence they once had as an institution. They should be paying attention to that, for everyone's sake including their own. If cops want to make my life genuinely better, get off the powertrip horse and be a human being... and (until that day) they'd better NOT for the love of god come crying to me when people hate them, because I will have no kind words for them.
discovered the 50th known Mersenne prime, 2^77,232,917 -- 1 on December 26, 2017.
I've done the math and 2^77,232,917 -- 1 is not prime. Although decrementing it by 2 to get 2^77,232,917 - 1 is indeed a prime.
1. When the cops tell you to do something, you do it. The place to argue is in court, not when confronted with (a) police officer(s). The dead guy would probably have been fine if he did this (excluding a ND by the cops).
Blow many cops lately? Yes when a gun is pointed at you it's not wise to argue, but you're obfuscating the real issue here: police need to learn restraint. And the place to argue THAT is right here and now, and in the courts, and everywhere else. So wipe that white stuff off your chin and get in the game.
none of that janky CyanogenMod stuff
Longtime Cyanogen/LineageOS user here (4 years and counting), and I've never experienced anything I'd term "janky", care to elaborate?
At least I know where I stand with Google.
For my education (please), where do you stand with Google? I'm looking for an answer in a context larger than a rehash of this (admittedly upsetting) Mr Robot thing.
I don't find NPR any more credible (or less prone to propaganda) than Faux News, or any other tabloid.
Yeah! And Roy Moore rocks! And Trump Rulez!!!! LIbral Media can suck my dickzzzzzz!!!!! Did I get that right, homeboy?
So I have a challenge for you all worried about this. Today, make a note of how much your internet costs. Then do some speed tests and record the results.
I have a different challenge in mind: measure the freedom of distribution of political speech. Much harder to measure from a birds eye view, but negative effects on it are the thing I'm worried about, not whether speeds dip by percentage points.
Please tell me there's a way I can filter out all stories that have anything remotely to do with Elon F'ing Musk, please.
You work 8 hours a day. You eat 3 meals a day, at each of which you chew mouthfuls of food an average of 200 times. Therefor, each time your jaw moves requires 48 seconds of work.
Put 'em back on, zuck
Zuck and Oculus can suck my big hairy balls.