You know what that means and I know what that means, but no one on my Facebook Friends list has any idea what that means.
Just as we moved from assembly (extremely difficult) out to the higher-level languages for a reason, so did we grow the social platforms to include the Gentle User.
You make good points and I didn't say the current crop of trash was better at security.
However, I take issue with:
Standing up your own IRC or NNTP server was and remains trivial. The like-minded could join your network with their own servers...
I'm looking at my Facebook Friends list and none of them would understand WTF you're talking about.
As you know, social media evolved from klutzy BBS through IRC and Usenet out to Compuserve and AOL, to Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest of actual useful shit.
However, the DNA is very similar for all the above.
There was no censorship, which made them useless as tits on a boar hog, they were very awkward to use. The new kids on the block have GUI and dancing bunnies.
Also, both of those platforms were so ridden with viruses (pre-malware vandalism) that users were scared to click on anything.
When Compuserve showed up we all evacuated the IRC and Usenet spaces.
What, precisely, did IRC and Usenet offer as a firewall against advertisement, government snooping and manipulation, and trolling?
Nothing.
That's the state of the art today with Facebook and Twitter, and all the rest.
They made so much money, they had a cash store (ca. 1986) that was obscene and the shareholders wanted them to do something with it that would make more money.
Mobil bought out an insurance company, went self-insured, and sold policies to any and all.
They also went into the land-grabbing business and built Reston, Va. from the ground up.
They bought Montgomery Ward, too.
They folded shortly after I retired from there.
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When companies step away from their core competencies, it's an indicator that the shit's fixin' to hit the fan.
--
Facebook is wandering all over the place. The recent scandals including scamming shareholders and advertisers with false info and not giving a single solitary shit about ethics while diversifying like this will be part of their demise.
This [question of asset or not] is not related to the question of whether or how much you should invest. You can call cryptocurrencies an asset class and assign zero or even negative portfolio weight to them. Or you can decide they're not an asset class and still try to get positive or negative exposure to them via other asset classes.
I was a contractor (Manpower Temps) for Mobil Oil, doing data entry on an Arnold Schwarzenegger IBM portable (OK, it did have a handle).
In an unprecedented move, Mobil flew me to Fairfax, Va. to talk with some people, including the CFO.
The CFO said, "You get very high ratings up and down the line and people relate to your methods (IT guy).
"The problem I'm having is that you don't have a college degree."
I said, "In your position, as a rule, I'd want only college graduates. You've heard the saying that 'There are exceptions to every rule' I, sir, am that exception.
"I don't have a college degree, but I'm teaching your people who do."
Not by way of flamebait, but by way of comparison, places I go to eat and to work out habitually had Fox News on the TV (in addition to sports in other parts of the establishments).
Nowadays, it's CNN (I don't like either network).
Also, my Facebook Timeline used to be filled with pro-Trump stuff. That has fallen off greatly.
Even my Twitter feed sees less and less of that, and the white supremacy and anti-gun control posts.
Your observation that excitement over crypto is waning and may be an indicator of thibgs to come is showing up in the political arena, as well.
Comparing crypto to Facebook, Google, and Microsoft is disingenuous because it's equating a vacuous, speculative, "Beanie Baby," artificial valuation to companies that actually offer products and services.
... let's also elect presidents by the popular vote.
The Electoral College shit sucks tater toes.
That idea worked well back before the Pony Express days, but in this technologically connected country, we don't need a middleman hacking the election process.
I'm looking for good books about Dark Matter (more properly, Invisible Gravity), and libraries are not up-to-date and, because it's such a niche subject, won't carry the books anyway.
I can't find anymore good reads for my Kindle because recent publications are only offered in physical form for now.
Not wanting to wait, I read current stuff right on the Internet, right at the source.
And, as for ownership, the author is full of shit and is motivated to make some money by creating a non-issue.
I own a shitload of stuff, just not the crap he lists..
Slashdot Mirror
You know what that means and I know what that means, but no one on my Facebook Friends list has any idea what that means.
Just as we moved from assembly (extremely difficult) out to the higher-level languages for a reason, so did we grow the social platforms to include the Gentle User.
You make good points and I didn't say the current crop of trash was better at security.
However, I take issue with:
Standing up your own IRC or NNTP server was and remains trivial. The like-minded could join your network with their own servers ...
I'm looking at my Facebook Friends list and none of them would understand WTF you're talking about.
As you know, social media evolved from klutzy BBS through IRC and Usenet out to Compuserve and AOL, to Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest of actual useful shit.
However, the DNA is very similar for all the above.
All those softwares are leaky and always will be.
No.
IRC ans Usenet had major problems.
There was no censorship, which made them useless as tits on a boar hog, they were very awkward to use. The new kids on the block have GUI and dancing bunnies.
Also, both of those platforms were so ridden with viruses (pre-malware vandalism) that users were scared to click on anything.
When Compuserve showed up we all evacuated the IRC and Usenet spaces.
What, precisely, did IRC and Usenet offer as a firewall against advertisement, government snooping and manipulation, and trolling?
Nothing.
That's the state of the art today with Facebook and Twitter, and all the rest.
AI builds a better mouse.
... and it didn't turn out well.
I worked for Mobil Oil.
They made so much money, they had a cash store (ca. 1986) that was obscene and the shareholders wanted them to do something with it that would make more money.
Mobil bought out an insurance company, went self-insured, and sold policies to any and all.
They also went into the land-grabbing business and built Reston, Va. from the ground up.
They bought Montgomery Ward, too.
They folded shortly after I retired from there.
--
When companies step away from their core competencies, it's an indicator that the shit's fixin' to hit the fan.
--
Facebook is wandering all over the place. The recent scandals including scamming shareholders and advertisers with false info and not giving a single solitary shit about ethics while diversifying like this will be part of their demise.
That's not going to happen any time soon, though.
Are you sure about that?
This [question of asset or not] is not related to the question of whether or how much you should invest. You can call cryptocurrencies an asset class and assign zero or even negative portfolio weight to them. Or you can decide they're not an asset class and still try to get positive or negative exposure to them via other asset classes.
... is self-serving, so I'm in.
I was a contractor (Manpower Temps) for Mobil Oil, doing data entry on an Arnold Schwarzenegger IBM portable (OK, it did have a handle).
In an unprecedented move, Mobil flew me to Fairfax, Va. to talk with some people, including the CFO.
The CFO said, "You get very high ratings up and down the line and people relate to your methods (IT guy).
"The problem I'm having is that you don't have a college degree."
I said, "In your position, as a rule, I'd want only college graduates. You've heard the saying that 'There are exceptions to every rule' I, sir, am that exception.
"I don't have a college degree, but I'm teaching your people who do."
I'm retired from Mobil.
I predicted along the same lines as you did with this exception:
I thought that when the banks got involved it would stabalise the currency ...
My position at the outset was that when crypto found its way to fiat, the end would be near.
My reasoning was that crypto would convert to real currency and, when that happened, regulators would treat crypto as proxy for real money.
That has happened.
Good question.
Not by way of flamebait, but by way of comparison, places I go to eat and to work out habitually had Fox News on the TV (in addition to sports in other parts of the establishments).
Nowadays, it's CNN (I don't like either network).
Also, my Facebook Timeline used to be filled with pro-Trump stuff. That has fallen off greatly.
Even my Twitter feed sees less and less of that, and the white supremacy and anti-gun control posts.
Your observation that excitement over crypto is waning and may be an indicator of thibgs to come is showing up in the political arena, as well.
Cryptocurrency is a pump and dump scheme and most of us said this six months before the Gentle Investor even heard of it.
It may not be 5 people but the point is still there:
Just 4% Own Over 95% Of Bitcoin
Comparing crypto to Facebook, Google, and Microsoft is disingenuous because it's equating a vacuous, speculative, "Beanie Baby," artificial valuation to companies that actually offer products and services.
... let's also elect presidents by the popular vote.
The Electoral College shit sucks tater toes.
That idea worked well back before the Pony Express days, but in this technologically connected country, we don't need a middleman hacking the election process.
I totally agree that the best way to cut costs is to fire people and I agree that take-home pay should be at least doubled to account for the savings.
I did my research and what little information I got says it's way more than $20, but I'll give you one that, to be fair, because I can't refute it.
The part I have issue with is: How deep a cut in headcount does the RFID chip implant give us, and why?
The article talks about convenience.
No one mentioned downsizing.
These things have to be registered, deregistered, replaced if damaged, or by way of failure.
That sounds exactly like what I did as part of my IT work managing pass codes and swipe cards.
Our headcount did not change because of the implementation of card scanners or digital locks, but the administrative work did.
Alexa: "It ends."
This.
I'm looking for good books about Dark Matter (more properly, Invisible Gravity), and libraries are not up-to-date and, because it's such a niche subject, won't carry the books anyway.
I can't find anymore good reads for my Kindle because recent publications are only offered in physical form for now.
Not wanting to wait, I read current stuff right on the Internet, right at the source.
And, as for ownership, the author is full of shit and is motivated to make some money by creating a non-issue.
I own a shitload of stuff, just not the crap he lists..
It's called, "substitution."
This.
For every motherfucker out there with a computer, there's another motherfucker out there with a computer. ~ © 2018 CaptainDork
Like Alex Jones?
Get the app.
It's called the iCrapp.
Google's back is against the wall.
They've hit a brick one called, "customer acquisition," and the next big fool pool is in China.
Money, money, money.
China has lots.
So does the US gubmint.
There are other toys you could use.
Vote with your choices.
The market rules.
The employees need an extra apostle.
In other words, the needle swings.
It's pegged all the way to the right at this point.
... breitbart ...
Is Alex Jones irrelevant?
Thanks.
You are not the demographic here.
You don't matter.
We're talking about reality, not perfection.
Yeah, because the rice-grain implant is like, totally free and stuff.
So would what I said.
How many times have you swiped someone else in?