ROFL - both have their features I like.
Gnome 3 is great for focusing on one topic per monitor at a time. Period. (This is my experience using it over the last year periodically and is just my opinion, I'm sure there are solutions, but generically that's what it seems).
KDE is more like a common OS Desktop we all know and offers some nice features like multiple desktop and some eye candy that can be entertaining. I happen to live with KDE mostly. Plasma is following a similar line of the old, but is different enough to run some fanboys away from it --- my opinion.
Funny enough I found the opposite better, actually starting in a mid-size software company.
Large corps will pigeon hole you into a technology that you may or may not like. From the perspective of some of the comments. "Go join a large company and get abused then go do something you like" makes no sense at all.
I found the opportunities inside a small or mid-size to be significant and yes you'll learn a ton. Just not likely to make a lot of money. Mega-Corps pay better, but then you'll be specialized. You may be able to pursue other options, but be aware, you're a small cog in a very large organization. The key may have been "software company."
No. Cloud is expanding. The flexibility and cost savings for test environments and even prod environments on non-sensitive information is just too enticing.
I think the person's response of the costs of implementation are spot on. Plus, Cisco (router/network company), not many C-levels are going to take their cloud offering seriously.
MS - made it easy by integrating with their products
AWS - been there from the early days and the same, a lot of tools have ties to AWS built into their product
IBM - They'll succeed simply because of their history and name (not so much reputation any longer).
Google - same thing, tools already have integration and they'll keep trying harder. (Consumers will be their client)
He's giving them the choice of Windows or Limux. If you're assuming Limux is dead, then you're assuming people are choosing the other option because it is better.
If the PC industry gets smart and goes with SSD's in their "powerful" machines and get that video card up to VR ready, you'll see people exchanging out. VR is going to be the next power drive.
Agreed - I was looking at an all in one machine just the other day and there is that 5400 RPM drive. Why? Note to PC Executives - get the SSD in the all-in-one and desktop products along with a larger removable hard-drive for storage. Keep the DVD/Blueray to distinguish if from a laptop or tablet. Do that and you'll sell more.
I agree - the microphone has been ignored largely, both on phones, tablet and laptops. I do think companies should provide a MECHANICAL means for disabling microphones and cameras.
Anyone wanting to develop a SECURE device should be seriously looking at that option.
How on earth did you find the spec's and actually code for the huge variety of codec's VLC supports.
Where did you start your research and figure out these things?
Being a father of three kids - this is spot on. They've moved to Internet news outlets and social media.
For us as parents - it becomes more and more important to teach critical thinking.
Who is the source, what are the credentials of that source and who pays them.
Even in regular magazines and media, they are slipping in adds subtly deemed as news, at the bottom you may spot the "advertisement" in a very small font.
I think you're dealing with a major difference in mindset between US and China.
Because of disposable income US customer will pick the convenience of a car over an open environment (bicycle/Ebike). Things in the American psych that may not be in China (I'm US).
- riding a bicycle will mat up your hair
- it might rain, then what do I do?
- I've got to drop the kids, get groceries and bike home in the dark - this isn't convenient.
- the eBike is in the back of the garage, it is inconvenient.
- it is too cold/hot - I'll be freezing/sweaty
Hey, I bike commute to the bus and then to the office, so I know the life. You'll find others think it is abnormal and a big mindset.
eBikes have been modernized and sold for years, go to a bike shop, you find it over in convenience bike section
I've used mass transit for years. He was either arrogant or ignorant. Simple solution is noise blocking earphones or headphones. I use them when people are annoying or simply I want quiet or to listen to music. It works amazingly well.
I've even had people complain to me about various stuff over the years and have even been known to say. "Hey what do you expect for $x."
In the end, he wanted to be seen and caught. Now the consequence.
What I'm worried about now is how other corporate minions will look at this and go. Great IDEA!
While automated tests are good and should have been there before, they aren't the magic bullet in systems that recognize you tried that even before and change the result purposefully.
In many cases, a flubbed web page or search results probably won't cost Yahoo! millions or even kill someone. In other industries it can be absolutely a disaster.
Let's hope the minions think this time around.
They're already chasing the Yahoo! CEO's act to reduce/kill work from home.
Having used various models of the Nook (Eink (1st nook, nook touch), Tablet, HD, HD+), I love their stuff. The first edition of Samsung devices (larger screen ones) were a down step from the HD+ which was simply beautiful..
You talk about lock in, etc. The device was built for average folks (not us geeks that frequent this site). I've watched my wife and kids use the devices and frankly, for the target market of readers and tablet games, etc. The devices have been great. I personally use a Nook Touch and HD. They do their job well. The screen on the HD is nice, the latest high-end tablets are exceeding it now, but still for most cases it is beautiful.
Regarding of the hiding and DRM. Well they have to protect their contracts with the book companies as well. I don't like it, but I understand the nature of it.
You've got a couple of challenges as you grow fast. Not only tracking set up of access, but also making sure it is gone if/when the person leaves that is taken away along with any assets they may have received from the company.
So treat a new employee as an action ticket. Each piece of access has to be recorded (could be a spreadsheet - that's a simple solution or even a simple Access or equivalent database, you could do something like that in an evening. Just secure it, back it up and back it up.
Things to think about
- what they need to get started (computer maybe) and basic access to get in - keep records of those physical assets and they're enrollment into the domain
- additional software (how are you going to manage the licenses - if it isn't opensource)
- what access do they need beyond basic to get their job done, do they need access to your customer database, etc.
Another option is the use a Cloud Product - I've used Tivoli Service Request Manager (TSRM) successfully for tracking on-boarding and getting equipment and later de-boarding when necessary. This also gives you a legal record of what was set up for that person and what needs to be torn down.
Just a thought.
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ROFL - both have their features I like. Gnome 3 is great for focusing on one topic per monitor at a time. Period. (This is my experience using it over the last year periodically and is just my opinion, I'm sure there are solutions, but generically that's what it seems).
KDE is more like a common OS Desktop we all know and offers some nice features like multiple desktop and some eye candy that can be entertaining. I happen to live with KDE mostly. Plasma is following a similar line of the old, but is different enough to run some fanboys away from it --- my opinion.
Funny enough I found the opposite better, actually starting in a mid-size software company.
Large corps will pigeon hole you into a technology that you may or may not like. From the perspective of some of the comments. "Go join a large company and get abused then go do something you like" makes no sense at all.
I found the opportunities inside a small or mid-size to be significant and yes you'll learn a ton. Just not likely to make a lot of money.
Mega-Corps pay better, but then you'll be specialized. You may be able to pursue other options, but be aware, you're a small cog in a very large organization. The key may have been "software company."
Regardless good luck.
year of the distro! what's a distro?
short answer - a flavor of Linux/BSD that you can download and use.
No. Cloud is expanding. The flexibility and cost savings for test environments and even prod environments on non-sensitive information is just too enticing. I think the person's response of the costs of implementation are spot on. Plus, Cisco (router/network company), not many C-levels are going to take their cloud offering seriously.
MS - made it easy by integrating with their products
AWS - been there from the early days and the same, a lot of tools have ties to AWS built into their product
IBM - They'll succeed simply because of their history and name (not so much reputation any longer).
Google - same thing, tools already have integration and they'll keep trying harder. (Consumers will be their client)
He's giving them the choice of Windows or Limux. If you're assuming Limux is dead, then you're assuming people are choosing the other option because it is better.
If the PC industry gets smart and goes with SSD's in their "powerful" machines and get that video card up to VR ready, you'll see people exchanging out. VR is going to be the next power drive.
Agreed - I was looking at an all in one machine just the other day and there is that 5400 RPM drive. Why? Note to PC Executives - get the SSD in the all-in-one and desktop products along with a larger removable hard-drive for storage. Keep the DVD/Blueray to distinguish if from a laptop or tablet. Do that and you'll sell more.
you vastly underestimate the ability to hack systems. Even embedding trojans into OS's and software.
;-)
btw - please put on a shirt.
I agree - the microphone has been ignored largely, both on phones, tablet and laptops. I do think companies should provide a MECHANICAL means for disabling microphones and cameras.
Anyone wanting to develop a SECURE device should be seriously looking at that option.
Yes, I found Daemon and Freedom great books.
Kill Decision - makes me think about autonomous decisions and really fits with what society is thinking doing now.
How on earth did you find the spec's and actually code for the huge variety of codec's VLC supports.
Where did you start your research and figure out these things?
Being a father of three kids - this is spot on. They've moved to Internet news outlets and social media. For us as parents - it becomes more and more important to teach critical thinking.
Who is the source, what are the credentials of that source and who pays them.
Even in regular magazines and media, they are slipping in adds subtly deemed as news, at the bottom you may spot the "advertisement" in a very small font.
I think you're dealing with a major difference in mindset between US and China. Because of disposable income US customer will pick the convenience of a car over an open environment (bicycle/Ebike). Things in the American psych that may not be in China (I'm US).
- riding a bicycle will mat up your hair
- it might rain, then what do I do?
- I've got to drop the kids, get groceries and bike home in the dark - this isn't convenient.
- the eBike is in the back of the garage, it is inconvenient.
- it is too cold/hot - I'll be freezing/sweaty
Hey, I bike commute to the bus and then to the office, so I know the life. You'll find others think it is abnormal and a big mindset.
eBikes have been modernized and sold for years, go to a bike shop, you find it over in convenience bike section
I've used mass transit for years. He was either arrogant or ignorant. Simple solution is noise blocking earphones or headphones. I use them when people are annoying or simply I want quiet or to listen to music. It works amazingly well. I've even had people complain to me about various stuff over the years and have even been known to say. "Hey what do you expect for $x." In the end, he wanted to be seen and caught. Now the consequence.
You may find this article interesting. I think it explained India's dilemma well. http://www.wired.com/2015/11/c...
Get him a soccer ball or something off-topic. He's gifted in math, give him something fun outside of that to do. A drone?
Perhaps there is another way. No wheels, no engine, just a decoration in the garage?
What I'm worried about now is how other corporate minions will look at this and go. Great IDEA! While automated tests are good and should have been there before, they aren't the magic bullet in systems that recognize you tried that even before and change the result purposefully. In many cases, a flubbed web page or search results probably won't cost Yahoo! millions or even kill someone. In other industries it can be absolutely a disaster. Let's hope the minions think this time around. They're already chasing the Yahoo! CEO's act to reduce/kill work from home.
Having used various models of the Nook (Eink (1st nook, nook touch), Tablet, HD, HD+), I love their stuff. The first edition of Samsung devices (larger screen ones) were a down step from the HD+ which was simply beautiful.. You talk about lock in, etc. The device was built for average folks (not us geeks that frequent this site). I've watched my wife and kids use the devices and frankly, for the target market of readers and tablet games, etc. The devices have been great. I personally use a Nook Touch and HD. They do their job well. The screen on the HD is nice, the latest high-end tablets are exceeding it now, but still for most cases it is beautiful. Regarding of the hiding and DRM. Well they have to protect their contracts with the book companies as well. I don't like it, but I understand the nature of it.
I wonder if there is a proportional reduction in Congressional Discussion?
You've got a couple of challenges as you grow fast. Not only tracking set up of access, but also making sure it is gone if/when the person leaves that is taken away along with any assets they may have received from the company. So treat a new employee as an action ticket. Each piece of access has to be recorded (could be a spreadsheet - that's a simple solution or even a simple Access or equivalent database, you could do something like that in an evening. Just secure it, back it up and back it up. Things to think about - what they need to get started (computer maybe) and basic access to get in - keep records of those physical assets and they're enrollment into the domain - additional software (how are you going to manage the licenses - if it isn't opensource) - what access do they need beyond basic to get their job done, do they need access to your customer database, etc. Another option is the use a Cloud Product - I've used Tivoli Service Request Manager (TSRM) successfully for tracking on-boarding and getting equipment and later de-boarding when necessary. This also gives you a legal record of what was set up for that person and what needs to be torn down. Just a thought.
Besides the swatting - what was your biggest "OH NO!" moment in your reporting history.