For image files just convert it to another format at the highest possible resolution and then back again. Maybe an executable could survive that, but I haven't seen one that has yet to get through (and yes, I've tried it with some infected and/or bogus files).
And yes, I fully admit that it's a sleazy trick but it seems to work pretty well.
And here we go...the Race To The Bottom for American jobs. Yippee, thanks Corporate America!
I recommend learning a skill or trade that can't be outsourced. Something that's hands-on, or something that most foreign workers simply can't do very well. (Tech writing and actual physical service work come to mind, but I'm sure there are others.)
This trend won't stop until outsourced workers cost enough to make it economical to hire US workers, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Each post you make paints you as a bitter, sad, lonely, hateful person. It's not good reading - like a cry for help from someone who knows it's too late to meaningfully redress the balance in their life, that they are doomed to sail their lonesome, twisted course to the grave.
Lol, I sense projection.:)
Sorry to dampen your little jealousy-fest, but it may come as a surprise to you to learn that I'm not here to live up to your expectations.:) lol
As for me, well....I have wonderful wife who I love very much, quite a few good friends who I've known for decades, and I just went back to work after being heavily courted by a company in Redmond WA (no, not Microsoft). They actually paid me enough to come out of a very comfortable retirement. What's not to like about that?:)
My son is out on his own, doing interesting and exciting stuff in the Air Force, and I couldn't be prouder of him. My side businesses pretty much run themselves and bring in a fair bit of extra "fun money" that I can do whatever I want with. I'm in good health and have no real problems in my life.
All in all I'm very happy with the way things are going for me.:)
So you go right ahead and whine all you want, Dave. I got a good laugh out of your arm-chair psychoanalysis, and I have to say, it really drove it home to me just how good I have it. So I thank you for that.:)
I hope things go better for you so that you don't feel compelled to be such a wet blanket all the time, Dave. Maybe you could meet a nice lady (or a guy, whatever) and start to enjoy your life a bit. Get out from behind the PC, put the phone down, and live a little.:)
I always thought we should lock up those bastards and throw away the key. Shall we take it as a recommendation how he wants to be treated when we catch him?
Seems like a waste of a perfectly good prison cell. I'd be happier if he never made it to the prison alive.
You already have a Facebook account. Facebook creates shadow Facebook accounts for those who are willing to create one themselves.
(You mean "unwilling", right?)
But anyway, nope. I've looked from time to time and there's never anything there that has anything to do with me. Maybe they're hiding it from view, but if that's the case then I don't care.
So no, I don't think there's a shadow Facebook account for me.
if you don't like what a company is doing, don't use their products.
I'd rather modify something I use to fit my needs. For example, it seems like a lot of the stuff I buy needs a extra hole drilled somewhere or a lanyard attached or another switch installed or whatever. I even modify sandwiches I buy to suit my tastes (literally) by adding my own mustard or mayonnaise whatever.
Now I know it's not the same with a website as I'm not paying for anything on the site directly, but I may refer others to the site or possibly buy a product they sell (not through a platform-served media ad, obviously), or I may comment on something or share a link and drive their engagement and reach up a little bit. By participating in the site I'm helping them out in one way or another, even if not directly. Who knows, I might even send 'em a few bucks via Paypal (yes, I've done that a few times).
I mean, if you don't want your site browsed then don't put it on the internet, or insist on some sort of client login. But regardless, I have to say that I don't lose any sleep at night by blocking potentially harmful ads (malware) or by stopping the site from tracking me.
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But people don't like to do that - they want to have their cake and eat it too.
Of course we do, and so do you. We'd all like to have our cake and eat it, who in their right mind wouldn't?
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I quit Facebook a couple years ago.
I never had a Facebook account specifically because of their blatant disregard for their user's privacy. So I'm in agreement with you there.
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not to mention the tacit approval people who continue to use their services are providing them.
Well, it may or may not be tacit approval if I'm actively taking steps to preserve my privacy and the security of my PC when I visit the site. They're welcome to try and track me or advertise to me, and I'm welcome to try and tailor my user experience to my liking by preventing it. If it's bad enough then I won't go back but we both know that the last thing they really want.
People will only put up with so much intrusion before creating tools to block it. And those tools will swing way back past the point they would have accepted as reasonable... Go ahead... Kill the goose.
Exactly- the backlash is almost always greater than what it would have been if they hadn't pushed so hard to begin with. They're always too greedy, too aggressive, too intrusive...and then they complain when people assert themselves and push back.
You can communicate just fine on the internet without using FB.
OMG, DEATH to the BLASPHEMER!
Seriously, though, you're exactly right. The users helped make Facebook what it is and they objected hardly at all as Facebook's reach and intrusive nature grew and grew and grew.
I don't have a Facebook account, and unless I'm forced to at gunpoint, I never will.
"They haven't been able to resolve issues with the drone falling apart after just a few seconds of flight."
Seriously?
After blowing through a million dollars they haven't been able to get the thing to stay together for more than a few seconds? Have they ever heard of this stuff called "glue"?
I figure that is just a down payment, considering how much we have wasted on the F-35 so far.
Yep. It can't fight, can't turn, can't climb, can't fly in rain or hot or cold weather, the pilot can't turn his head to dogfight and you can't even start the fucking engine if it's too warm out.
$148 million each for the F-35A. $251 million each for the F-35B. $337 million each for the F-35C.
Versus $30 million each for an F-15C, also known as "the greatest air combat weapons platform ever built".
Pretty soon just looking at a link without even clicking on it will be an offense. And they'll call it something like "abstracted indirect copyright infringement" or some such baloney.
"You viewed that web page and it had a link on it, therefore we're charging you with potential infringement. You're just lucky you didn't actually click on that link, pal, because that would have been an extra 10 years under the Trans Pacific Partnership Act. Oh, wait- I spoke to soon- your browser preloaded the content under the link, so now you're looking at a solid 20 years here."
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Ah yes, "problematic", the catch-all weasel word used by countless SJWs to mean "something I don't like".
Same here!
For image files just convert it to another format at the highest possible resolution and then back again. Maybe an executable could survive that, but I haven't seen one that has yet to get through (and yes, I've tried it with some infected and/or bogus files).
And yes, I fully admit that it's a sleazy trick but it seems to work pretty well.
For other files type, I dunno.
Just wait until the software has a glitch and it zeroes in on a container carrier or a cruise ship and blows it out of the water.
But don't worry- I'm sure that'll be fixed in ver. 2.0, after it sinks half the ships in the Atlantic Ocean.
Why even bother to post your opinion if you're just going to discount a study and show literally no evidence to the contrary?
Because I feel like it, that's why.
And here we go...the Race To The Bottom for American jobs. Yippee, thanks Corporate America!
I recommend learning a skill or trade that can't be outsourced. Something that's hands-on, or something that most foreign workers simply can't do very well. (Tech writing and actual physical service work come to mind, but I'm sure there are others.)
This trend won't stop until outsourced workers cost enough to make it economical to hire US workers, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Then do your own study and show your own data
Errr, no. Thanks for the suggestion, but I have much better ways to spend my time. :)
And no, I don't buy that "study".
Sorry if that offends your deeply held beliefs that are mostly based on slashdot posts. lol
Each post you make paints you as a bitter, sad, lonely, hateful person. It's not good reading - like a cry for help from someone who knows it's too late to meaningfully redress the balance in their life, that they are doomed to sail their lonesome, twisted course to the grave.
Lol, I sense projection. :)
Sorry to dampen your little jealousy-fest, but it may come as a surprise to you to learn that I'm not here to live up to your expectations. :) lol
As for me, well....I have wonderful wife who I love very much, quite a few good friends who I've known for decades, and I just went back to work after being heavily courted by a company in Redmond WA (no, not Microsoft). They actually paid me enough to come out of a very comfortable retirement. What's not to like about that? :)
My son is out on his own, doing interesting and exciting stuff in the Air Force, and I couldn't be prouder of him. My side businesses pretty much run themselves and bring in a fair bit of extra "fun money" that I can do whatever I want with. I'm in good health and have no real problems in my life.
All in all I'm very happy with the way things are going for me. :)
So you go right ahead and whine all you want, Dave. I got a good laugh out of your arm-chair psychoanalysis, and I have to say, it really drove it home to me just how good I have it. So I thank you for that. :)
I hope things go better for you so that you don't feel compelled to be such a wet blanket all the time, Dave. Maybe you could meet a nice lady (or a guy, whatever) and start to enjoy your life a bit. Get out from behind the PC, put the phone down, and live a little. :)
Anyway, cheers!
"WordPress Now Powers 25% of the Web"
Sorry, I ain't buying it. Yes, there are a lot of WordPress sites out there, but 1 in every 4 is a WordPress site?
I call bullshit.
I always thought we should lock up those bastards and throw away the key. Shall we take it as a recommendation how he wants to be treated when we catch him?
Seems like a waste of a perfectly good prison cell. I'd be happier if he never made it to the prison alive.
Just asking......would anyone really be all that upset if the fucker that coded this was hunted down and beaten to death? Or shot full of holes?
I've searched my soul (what tiny, tiny fragments remain) and personally I wouldn't mind one bit.
Seriously, if I read tomorrow morning that he'd been found dead as a result of some brutal, awful violence, I wouldn't even stop eating my bagel.
Hydrogen tech is unlikely to ever be practical but materials technology driven by its development may well be a gamechanger in future.
Sure, and that's why I keep hoping for flying cars. I doubt it'll ever happen but the spin-offs may turn out to have some practical benefit.
You already have a Facebook account. Facebook creates shadow Facebook accounts for those who are willing to create one themselves.
(You mean "unwilling", right?)
But anyway, nope. I've looked from time to time and there's never anything there that has anything to do with me. Maybe they're hiding it from view, but if that's the case then I don't care.
So no, I don't think there's a shadow Facebook account for me.
if you don't like what a company is doing, don't use their products.
I'd rather modify something I use to fit my needs. For example, it seems like a lot of the stuff I buy needs a extra hole drilled somewhere or a lanyard attached or another switch installed or whatever. I even modify sandwiches I buy to suit my tastes (literally) by adding my own mustard or mayonnaise whatever.
Now I know it's not the same with a website as I'm not paying for anything on the site directly, but I may refer others to the site or possibly buy a product they sell (not through a platform-served media ad, obviously), or I may comment on something or share a link and drive their engagement and reach up a little bit. By participating in the site I'm helping them out in one way or another, even if not directly. Who knows, I might even send 'em a few bucks via Paypal (yes, I've done that a few times).
I mean, if you don't want your site browsed then don't put it on the internet, or insist on some sort of client login. But regardless, I have to say that I don't lose any sleep at night by blocking potentially harmful ads (malware) or by stopping the site from tracking me.
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But people don't like to do that - they want to have their cake and eat it too.
Of course we do, and so do you. We'd all like to have our cake and eat it, who in their right mind wouldn't?
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I quit Facebook a couple years ago.
I never had a Facebook account specifically because of their blatant disregard for their user's privacy. So I'm in agreement with you there.
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not to mention the tacit approval people who continue to use their services are providing them.
Well, it may or may not be tacit approval if I'm actively taking steps to preserve my privacy and the security of my PC when I visit the site. They're welcome to try and track me or advertise to me, and I'm welcome to try and tailor my user experience to my liking by preventing it. If it's bad enough then I won't go back but we both know that the last thing they really want.
People will only put up with so much intrusion before creating tools to block it. And those tools will swing way back past the point they would have accepted as reasonable... Go ahead... Kill the goose.
Exactly- the backlash is almost always greater than what it would have been if they hadn't pushed so hard to begin with. They're always too greedy, too aggressive, too intrusive...and then they complain when people assert themselves and push back.
You can communicate just fine on the internet without using FB.
OMG, DEATH to the BLASPHEMER!
Seriously, though, you're exactly right. The users helped make Facebook what it is and they objected hardly at all as Facebook's reach and intrusive nature grew and grew and grew.
I don't have a Facebook account, and unless I'm forced to at gunpoint, I never will.
Then:
Users: hey can you please stop tracking us so much?
Social Media: screw you
Now:
Social Media: hey please don't use stuff to block our tracking thanks
Users: screw you
"They haven't been able to resolve issues with the drone falling apart after just a few seconds of flight."
Seriously?
After blowing through a million dollars they haven't been able to get the thing to stay together for more than a few seconds? Have they ever heard of this stuff called "glue"?
I figure that is just a down payment, considering how much we have wasted on the F-35 so far.
Yep. It can't fight, can't turn, can't climb, can't fly in rain or hot or cold weather, the pilot can't turn his head to dogfight and you can't even start the fucking engine if it's too warm out.
$148 million each for the F-35A.
$251 million each for the F-35B.
$337 million each for the F-35C.
Versus $30 million each for an F-15C, also known as "the greatest air combat weapons platform ever built".
What a fucking boondoggle.
When you are literally eyeball to eyeball my money would be on the knife.
If you managed to get that close after being shot repeatedly, then I'd knife you.
I like the way you think. :)
It's just a little anal probing.
As long as it's just a little. Because after what the IRS has done to me, "just a little" sounds downright neighborly.
I make a legal and permitted link to some content.
Say no more! GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY!
But I don't run the webpage. It's my good friend Ali Bengali from Generistan.
Oh, so you're saying you conspired with Ali Bengali across international boundaries?
Tsk tsk, that'll be 20 years all by itself, Mr Opportunist, if that even is your real name.
Pretty soon just looking at a link without even clicking on it will be an offense. And they'll call it something like "abstracted indirect copyright infringement" or some such baloney.
"You viewed that web page and it had a link on it, therefore we're charging you with potential infringement. You're just lucky you didn't actually click on that link, pal, because that would have been an extra 10 years under the Trans Pacific Partnership Act. Oh, wait- I spoke to soon- your browser preloaded the content under the link, so now you're looking at a solid 20 years here."