i can see why this appeals to teachers. It's been a fact of life that many teachers - even in reasonably good schools - end up spending a fair bit of their own money purchasing supplies on a regular basis. The lure of someone providing what the school district can't (or won't) is compelling.
But, on the other hand, this is concerning. These companies ultimately aren't interested in making the best choices for students - they're motivated to sell as much of their product as possible. Plus, based on what I've seen of various popular online "influencers" in many fields... they're not necessarily good at their jobs, they're just really motivated to self-promote and are good at talking (like the old traveling salesmen who peddled snake oil). These guys are likely just parroting whatever their patrons want them to say.
"Teachers have really responded well to feeling like they are being listened to," said Carl Sjogreen, a co-founder of Seesaw.
I fear this is all there is to it - the feeling as if they're being listened to, but with no actual listening happening behind it.
If the complete kernel configuration can be read, does this mean malware authors like NSA, CIA, criminals etc. will have an easier time getting inside your phone?
Not really. It seems to me all Google is doing is forcing Linux on these Android phones to behave closer to the way it already does on Linux servers and desktops.
Linux has never been about security through obscurity - that's just weirdness introduced by certain handset manufacturers.
Yeah, I agree - but the same would probably be true if the rental place bought a bunch of solar filters and then rented them out. After this one event, there wouldn't be much demand for them. Maybe they could've "rented" them out for the (wholesale) cost of buying them.
Having said that - I might see if I can pick one up on the cheap, post-eclipse, and add it to my filter set. I saw some cool "eclipse" photos of the ISS transiting the sun... solar transits might be a fun sort of shot to work on.
One thing I don't understand is how someone can be an avid-enough photographer to want to use pro equipment for photographing an eclipse, yet not avid enough to either already understand the need for a proper solar filter or be motivated to do the research into how to get good eclipse shots.
But perhaps these were simply people with more money than sense, as the saying goes.
I decided to read the blog post and discovered the guy wasn't really complaining about this. He states this is something they were expecting would happen - "Things happen, and that’s why we have a repair department".
Of course at the end he makes it clear the customers who damaged the equipment are going to be paying for the repairs, which is entirely reasonable.
That's what happens when you upset the Brits. Keep it in mind during the Brexit negotiations: it happened when you Krauts became too uppity, it can happen again.
What'll happen - the British will drop more dud bombs? I suppose it could be a problem if you happen to be right underneath one as it falls...
It's well known that Marissa Mayer came up with the slogan "Don't Be Evil".
When she left Google, she unfortunately only took the "Don't" with her. So Google was left with "Be Evil"; while "Don't" neatly summarizes her tenure at Yahoo.
I don't know this company - on what basis is the qualifier "reliable" added? Are they somehow better than any other analytics firm?
First thing I thought of when I read that was how Trump will add stuff like this when he's about to make something up - like how his "friend Jim, who is a very, very substantial person" stopped going to Paris.
Postmates had just earlier this month organized a retreat for the city managers, which they saw as a team building exercise.
Those city managers should have seen this coming. During the retreat, they did a "trust fall" exercise... but Postmates made a point of not catching the managers when they fell.
That's fine, but you wouldn't be able to read a USB device formatted with APFS. I don't know whether or not that matters for your particular situation, but Apple has made the decision that USB devices which are apparently initially set up on newer Macs will not be readable by older Macs.
Time will tell; but I don't believe that'll be the case - I am assuming the Apple document from the summary is referring to the boot drive only.
The existing Mac situation is loosely similar. If you're setting up a boot drive, it is required to be (case-insensitive) HFS+. But if you're formatting an external drive, you are given other options, e.g. ExFAT.
Now, assuming I'm right... That Apple document is poorly worded and lends itself to misinterpretation.
... clicking on the one link and looking at the bullet points would suggest that APFS is not compatible with MacOS versions prior to 10.12.6, so that any computers running those prior versions would not be able to read or write to the updated devices, it sounds like Boot Camp does not support APFS, and it may affect network file shares.
- Time will tell, but I have a hard time believing that High Sierra is going to convert external drives as well as boot volumes. If we're only talking about boot volumes, then being "not compatible with MacOS versions prior to 10.12.6" is only going to be problematic for a tiny number of Mac users.
- Why would the file format on a network file share matter? It should be irrelevant to any machine other than the server actually sharing the drive.
That said, I'm not planning to update to High Sierra for a good, long while. Sierra was a big bag of hurt; so as long as Apple keeps offering security updates for El Capitan, I'm good.
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i can see why this appeals to teachers. It's been a fact of life that many teachers - even in reasonably good schools - end up spending a fair bit of their own money purchasing supplies on a regular basis. The lure of someone providing what the school district can't (or won't) is compelling.
But, on the other hand, this is concerning. These companies ultimately aren't interested in making the best choices for students - they're motivated to sell as much of their product as possible. Plus, based on what I've seen of various popular online "influencers" in many fields... they're not necessarily good at their jobs, they're just really motivated to self-promote and are good at talking (like the old traveling salesmen who peddled snake oil). These guys are likely just parroting whatever their patrons want them to say.
"Teachers have really responded well to feeling like they are being listened to," said Carl Sjogreen, a co-founder of Seesaw.
I fear this is all there is to it - the feeling as if they're being listened to, but with no actual listening happening behind it.
If the complete kernel configuration can be read, does this mean malware authors like NSA, CIA, criminals etc. will have an easier time getting inside your phone?
Not really. It seems to me all Google is doing is forcing Linux on these Android phones to behave closer to the way it already does on Linux servers and desktops.
Linux has never been about security through obscurity - that's just weirdness introduced by certain handset manufacturers.
Let's honor a woman who saved many lives by naming a rock big enough to cause a mass extinction event after her!
Yeah, I agree - but the same would probably be true if the rental place bought a bunch of solar filters and then rented them out. After this one event, there wouldn't be much demand for them. Maybe they could've "rented" them out for the (wholesale) cost of buying them.
Having said that - I might see if I can pick one up on the cheap, post-eclipse, and add it to my filter set. I saw some cool "eclipse" photos of the ISS transiting the sun... solar transits might be a fun sort of shot to work on.
Huawei believes in the old adage "it is better to beg for forgiveness* than to ask for permission".
*In a Chinese court, if possible.
One thing I don't understand is how someone can be an avid-enough photographer to want to use pro equipment for photographing an eclipse, yet not avid enough to either already understand the need for a proper solar filter or be motivated to do the research into how to get good eclipse shots.
But perhaps these were simply people with more money than sense, as the saying goes.
That $11.5K lens, though. OUCH.
They can repair the lens for far less than that.
I decided to read the blog post and discovered the guy wasn't really complaining about this. He states this is something they were expecting would happen - "Things happen, and that’s why we have a repair department".
Of course at the end he makes it clear the customers who damaged the equipment are going to be paying for the repairs, which is entirely reasonable.
Expect countless competitors yesterday!
Wow - in the short time it took you to post, somebody already got a site up and running!
That's what happens when you upset the Brits. Keep it in mind during the Brexit negotiations: it happened when you Krauts became too uppity, it can happen again.
What'll happen - the British will drop more dud bombs? I suppose it could be a problem if you happen to be right underneath one as it falls...
If they had waited two years, they could have called the company XXX.
But then people might think it was named after Barbara Bach.
Well, there's this - showing a 2007 Android phone's interface versus that of a post-iPhone Android G1:
https://www.technobuffalo.com/...
It's well known that Marissa Mayer came up with the slogan "Don't Be Evil".
When she left Google, she unfortunately only took the "Don't" with her. So Google was left with "Be Evil"; while "Don't" neatly summarizes her tenure at Yahoo.
Why would any meeting with a marketing department reasonably be assumed to be confidential?
It seems clear that the losses in MacOS have appeared over in Linux.
July 2017
Mac: 6.02%
Linux: 2.53%
August 2017
Mac: 5.94%
Linux: 3.37%
Unless it takes 10 Linux desktops to replace each Mac, the math doesn't seem to work...
I don't know this company - on what basis is the qualifier "reliable" added? Are they somehow better than any other analytics firm?
First thing I thought of when I read that was how Trump will add stuff like this when he's about to make something up - like how his "friend Jim, who is a very, very substantial person" stopped going to Paris.
If they have to boost it, it's not in a stable orbit.
Anything in low earth orbit experiences drag and will eventually fall. Yeah, it may take a while - but it happens.
Postmates had just earlier this month organized a retreat for the city managers, which they saw as a team building exercise.
Those city managers should have seen this coming. During the retreat, they did a "trust fall" exercise... but Postmates made a point of not catching the managers when they fell.
protip: put something in a stable orbit and it will stay there for a few days all by itself unless acted upon by an outside force.
That's a tad difficult to do in low earth orbit.
I'm in the Pacific Northwest. If I brought an 850-mile-long cat6 cable down to your place, could you spare a wall port?
Well, yeah - I thought it was pretty well known that all Google was doing was lighting up dark fiber which was already in place.
Have they actually rolled out new fiber anywhere?
My shotgun says "you have thirty seconds to get the hell off my property"...
Calm down, Fuzzy. Nobody's messing with your banjo.
That's fine, but you wouldn't be able to read a USB device formatted with APFS. I don't know whether or not that matters for your particular situation, but Apple has made the decision that USB devices which are apparently initially set up on newer Macs will not be readable by older Macs.
Time will tell; but I don't believe that'll be the case - I am assuming the Apple document from the summary is referring to the boot drive only.
The existing Mac situation is loosely similar. If you're setting up a boot drive, it is required to be (case-insensitive) HFS+. But if you're formatting an external drive, you are given other options, e.g. ExFAT.
Now, assuming I'm right... That Apple document is poorly worded and lends itself to misinterpretation.
... clicking on the one link and looking at the bullet points would suggest that APFS is not compatible with MacOS versions prior to 10.12.6, so that any computers running those prior versions would not be able to read or write to the updated devices, it sounds like Boot Camp does not support APFS, and it may affect network file shares.
- Time will tell, but I have a hard time believing that High Sierra is going to convert external drives as well as boot volumes. If we're only talking about boot volumes, then being "not compatible with MacOS versions prior to 10.12.6" is only going to be problematic for a tiny number of Mac users.
- Why would the file format on a network file share matter? It should be irrelevant to any machine other than the server actually sharing the drive.
That said, I'm not planning to update to High Sierra for a good, long while. Sierra was a big bag of hurt; so as long as Apple keeps offering security updates for El Capitan, I'm good.
There's a Slashdot app?!
Walmart has shown that many people will put up with a crap product if it seems to save them a few bucks.
I'd just as soon pay a few bucks more and let the kid keep his delivery job.