When did I first hear about "Buffer Overflow" which seems to be the bug in the author's bonnet? Oh yeah, about 35 years ago when I first started programming in C.
When I RFTA I was floored by the statement "When I first learned C++ in college, it was expected that sometimes your program would crash." - the author implies that it just happens but that's never been true and I would really be hesitant about hiring a programmer that accepted that his programs sometimes crash.
He doesn't like C/C++, good for him, but programming in Rust or Swift won't help the security problems out there now or in the future.
I'm guessing that your device changed "Bezos" to "Bezels" - stupid autocorrect.
As for the idea that the location(s) were predetermined, shouldn't this be investigated by state/federal authorities for offering a deceptive tender? A lot of people went through a lot of work to put in bids that would never have been considered seriously.
The linked article is somewhat of a downer - I don't really want to think of the troubles Mr. Lee had at the end of his life but rather look at his accomplishments throughout it: https://www.cbr.com/stan-lee-i...
The Comment Subject is a bit trite and doesn't really reflect what Mr. Lee brought to comics and popular culture. He was a genius in his field and he had many, many amazing creations.
I'm guessing the air purifier is in the cans and clean air is passed through tubes to your nose - but I can't see it being very attractive or very practical when you're walking around.
All this reminds me of the joke about what the elephant said to the naked man: "How do you breath through that thing?"
This was my biggest surprise in the article. While I know many people who have worked for Microsoft and can't disparage their technical skills, I do know that their management structure and culture is not something that you could not tolerate in a fast paced/startup organization.
I wonder if one of the purposes of these firings was a warning to other organizations within SpaceX and help set the expectation that Mr. Musk wants things fast and right the first time.
I would think that DRM is only part of the equation - if you "hack" the firmware, isn't there a good chance you'll be illegally using somebody's patent somewhere (especially if you are a third party, ie repair company).
You may think this will work in your favour comin' but I think you gotta watch yourself goin'.
My first cell phone was a car phone in 1990 in Canada.
The cost was $30/month for a three year term plus (I believe) $57 for the radio license and something like $200 for car installation.
Coverage was all through Ontario for about 200 minutes a month. I can't remember what happened if you went over but I think it was around $0.30 per minute.
I still have that cell phone number - it is probably the second most constant thing in life (my first being my Social Insurance Number - Canadian version of SS).
You should be able to tell five minutes into the commentary - unfortunately most are pretty dry and not really that interesting (Star Wars, I'm lookin' at you).
Generally the great ones have the actors and directors together and they actually like each other and can riff off of each other. For the most part great ones are quite funny, but they can really expand on the movie experience and in many cases make the movie a lot more enjoyable.
In the poor ones the director rambles on and on about the different shots and what made it memorable to them (but of little interest to anybody else including wanna be filmmakers) and the actors talk about clothing, makeup and how hard it is finding a good meal while they were on location.
Here are a few of my favourites: - Big Trouble in Little China by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell - The Silence of the Lambs Criterion DVD (not on the Criterion BRD version of the film) with Jonathan Demme, Jodi Foster & Anthony Hopkins - Dogma with Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck (he's not too stuck up here) and Jason Mewes - UHF by Weird Al Yankovic - Transformers by Michael Bay (seriously) - Blackhawk Down by Ridley Scott - Shaun of the Dead by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (As well as the commentaries on the other two Cornet movies) - The last two seasons of "Breaking Bad"
I know that people will quote a number of accidents (including two fatalities) with autonomous vehicles but the rate at which current technology has accidents is many times less than with humans behind the wheel in non-safety critical situations.
The ironic thing is, safety critical situations are generally caused by humans. Somebody driving erratically, an accident taking place in front of the vehicle, somebody running a red light because they are distracted by a text. I would think that the more autonomous vehicles on the road, the few safety critical situations will occur which means that things will get safer all around.
On the point of safety, I am very concerned about autonomous vehicles in inclement weather and would like to see how they perform in the slush and sleet here in the Great White North. I would think that if the weather is too bad for autonomous vehicles, it's also too bad for human drivers...
Seriously. I remember in the 1981/1982 time frame when the Motorola 68000 was starting to make some inroads in desktops and Intel released their own performance reviews showing how the 8086/8088 was better at user (Intel specified benchmark) tasks. Motorola's response was to fight fire with fire showing that the 68k was better in a highly subjective benchmark. This has been going on between Intel and whomever is their current main competition since then.
It sounds like actual hardware will be available in a week or so with actual standard benchmarks being available a couple of weeks after that.
Avoid the hype and just wait for tests on actual hardware.
Actually, I have read the article and no where does it actually say that windmills kill bald/golden eagles, just that power companies can operate even if it results in the deaths of up to 4,200 birds over thirty years.
"It’s unclear what toll wind energy companies are having on eagle populations, although Ashe said as many 500 golden eagles a year are killed by collisions with wind towers, power lines, buildings, cars and trucks."
So, I would argue, using your source, that there is no proof as to whether or not wind mills kill eagles but you you could argue that the number is between zero and 500. Doing a quick search on the interwebs, the number of eagles killed per year by wind mills is estimated between 10 and 100 but there is no firm number or list of kills (or any confirmed ones) anywhere.
Contract manufacturers in China have amazing networks. If, as an engineer, you do something that loses your company business or causes them fines you'll find yourself shitcanned with absolutely no chance at work.
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When did I first hear about "Buffer Overflow" which seems to be the bug in the author's bonnet? Oh yeah, about 35 years ago when I first started programming in C.
When I RFTA I was floored by the statement "When I first learned C++ in college, it was expected that sometimes your program would crash." - the author implies that it just happens but that's never been true and I would really be hesitant about hiring a programmer that accepted that his programs sometimes crash.
He doesn't like C/C++, good for him, but programming in Rust or Swift won't help the security problems out there now or in the future.
I'm guessing that your device changed "Bezos" to "Bezels" - stupid autocorrect.
As for the idea that the location(s) were predetermined, shouldn't this be investigated by state/federal authorities for offering a deceptive tender? A lot of people went through a lot of work to put in bids that would never have been considered seriously.
The linked article is somewhat of a downer - I don't really want to think of the troubles Mr. Lee had at the end of his life but rather look at his accomplishments throughout it: https://www.cbr.com/stan-lee-i...
The Comment Subject is a bit trite and doesn't really reflect what Mr. Lee brought to comics and popular culture. He was a genius in his field and he had many, many amazing creations.
The world will be less for him not being in it.
I'm guessing the air purifier is in the cans and clean air is passed through tubes to your nose - but I can't see it being very attractive or very practical when you're walking around.
All this reminds me of the joke about what the elephant said to the naked man: "How do you breath through that thing?"
Put pebbles in your shoes so your gait is changed.
This was my biggest surprise in the article. While I know many people who have worked for Microsoft and can't disparage their technical skills, I do know that their management structure and culture is not something that you could not tolerate in a fast paced/startup organization.
I wonder if one of the purposes of these firings was a warning to other organizations within SpaceX and help set the expectation that Mr. Musk wants things fast and right the first time.
I would think that DRM is only part of the equation - if you "hack" the firmware, isn't there a good chance you'll be illegally using somebody's patent somewhere (especially if you are a third party, ie repair company).
You may think this will work in your favour comin' but I think you gotta watch yourself goin'.
Looking at the images of the blinders, the concept looks pretty ridiculous and personally, I can't see it succeeding.
But... I'm only an individual - I like the idea of crowdfunding something that's pretty radical like this.
Just don't count on any money from me.
I saw my first one (in a bag) either 1986 or 1987 in Canada.
Quite impressive as it was in Belleville Ontario which means there was some infrastructure back then.
My first cell phone was a car phone in 1990 in Canada.
The cost was $30/month for a three year term plus (I believe) $57 for the radio license and something like $200 for car installation.
Coverage was all through Ontario for about 200 minutes a month. I can't remember what happened if you went over but I think it was around $0.30 per minute.
I still have that cell phone number - it is probably the second most constant thing in life (my first being my Social Insurance Number - Canadian version of SS).
You should be able to tell five minutes into the commentary - unfortunately most are pretty dry and not really that interesting (Star Wars, I'm lookin' at you).
Generally the great ones have the actors and directors together and they actually like each other and can riff off of each other. For the most part great ones are quite funny, but they can really expand on the movie experience and in many cases make the movie a lot more enjoyable.
In the poor ones the director rambles on and on about the different shots and what made it memorable to them (but of little interest to anybody else including wanna be filmmakers) and the actors talk about clothing, makeup and how hard it is finding a good meal while they were on location.
Here are a few of my favourites:
- Big Trouble in Little China by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell
- The Silence of the Lambs Criterion DVD (not on the Criterion BRD version of the film) with Jonathan Demme, Jodi Foster & Anthony Hopkins
- Dogma with Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck (he's not too stuck up here) and Jason Mewes
- UHF by Weird Al Yankovic
- Transformers by Michael Bay (seriously)
- Blackhawk Down by Ridley Scott
- Shaun of the Dead by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (As well as the commentaries on the other two Cornet movies)
- The last two seasons of "Breaking Bad"
Why would I want my phone to respond for me and why would I want more texts that aren't from the people I want to talk to?
Automatic texts purportedly to/from me doesn't make my life better.
What was the elevator accident rate before they became automated versus afterwards?
Safe out of state driver. "Make sure your seatbelts are on and sit quietly."
Local driver: "Hold my beer and watch this."
Not only that, but I would think that it would be advantageous to have multiple teams looking at a problem.
I know that people will quote a number of accidents (including two fatalities) with autonomous vehicles but the rate at which current technology has accidents is many times less than with humans behind the wheel in non-safety critical situations.
The ironic thing is, safety critical situations are generally caused by humans. Somebody driving erratically, an accident taking place in front of the vehicle, somebody running a red light because they are distracted by a text. I would think that the more autonomous vehicles on the road, the few safety critical situations will occur which means that things will get safer all around.
On the point of safety, I am very concerned about autonomous vehicles in inclement weather and would like to see how they perform in the slush and sleet here in the Great White North. I would think that if the weather is too bad for autonomous vehicles, it's also too bad for human drivers...
Seriously. I remember in the 1981/1982 time frame when the Motorola 68000 was starting to make some inroads in desktops and Intel released their own performance reviews showing how the 8086/8088 was better at user (Intel specified benchmark) tasks. Motorola's response was to fight fire with fire showing that the 68k was better in a highly subjective benchmark. This has been going on between Intel and whomever is their current main competition since then.
It sounds like actual hardware will be available in a week or so with actual standard benchmarks being available a couple of weeks after that.
Avoid the hype and just wait for tests on actual hardware.
Actually, I have read the article and no where does it actually say that windmills kill bald/golden eagles, just that power companies can operate even if it results in the deaths of up to 4,200 birds over thirty years.
"It’s unclear what toll wind energy companies are having on eagle populations, although Ashe said as many 500 golden eagles a year are killed by collisions with wind towers, power lines, buildings, cars and trucks."
So, I would argue, using your source, that there is no proof as to whether or not wind mills kill eagles but you you could argue that the number is between zero and 500. Doing a quick search on the interwebs, the number of eagles killed per year by wind mills is estimated between 10 and 100 but there is no firm number or list of kills (or any confirmed ones) anywhere.
Bird populations figure out how to avoid the blades - I've watched them play around the blades as they spin.
Engineers might not care but their bosses do.
Contract manufacturers in China have amazing networks. If, as an engineer, you do something that loses your company business or causes them fines you'll find yourself shitcanned with absolutely no chance at work.
Thank you.
Interesting. Thank you.
Pull all the shipped product back to factories, fix/modify it and return it to customers.
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