In both the Fowler and Kamal incidents, Uber's CEO did not dispute any of the allegations, and acknowledged and apologized for what happened. So, yes, I believe the allegations. Do you have any reason I shouldn't?
Bingo.
These weren't just rumors or "he said, she said" stories, these were basically confirmed as true by the people involved.
FWIW, I interviewed a while back with Uber, and although my ride experiences with Uber have all been good, the interview process was a case study in ham-handed incompetence. I've always thought that the interview process was a good indication of the company as a whole, and I can't report that they did well.
Some of the interviewers didn't have a clear idea of what they wanted from me or exactly what my role would require, some asked questions that had no real bearing on what my skill set entailed, and one wasn't sure what he was supposed to be asking me (and he said so in exactly those words). They insisted I bring a laptop ("you'll need it") but it never came out of its case. Also, "Make sure you bring writing samples", but they never asked to see them. Who knows, maybe they'd already hired someone and were just being polite.
This involved flying me down to San Francisco at their expense, nice hotel, meals, Ubers to and from the airport, etc etc. They seemed to be burning a *lot* of money on me without the slightest regard as to whether I was a serious candidate or not. I would have taken the job if they had made me an offer, but in some ways I was kinda glad that it didn't work out. The people were nice enough, but more than a little disorganized to put it bluntly. I can only imagine what the day-to-day work environment would have been like.
Trolling is a artform. At least the good trolling of the olden days. Iregardless of how I feel about the old definitions however, it, seems the definition is changing to simply mean "being a dick".
Yeah, that's about it. Trolling has more or less become the province of griefers, who have no tact, cleverness, or subtlety. There's no craftsmanship to it anymore. It used to be a good troll could keep people going for days and days, but now it's akin to just taking a dump on the dinner table and running away.
Drupal does a decent job of sanitizing stuff. I use a sanitizer from a place called jetscripts that seems to work very well. I've thrown a ton of stuff at it and haven't been able to by spoof it yet.
"...This happens due to improper input sanitization in the URL parameters"
Not this shit again. Look kids, use parameterized queries (prepared statements) or a decent sanitizer library (there are several available that are actually very good).
To get hacked because of poor sanitizing of inputs is downright embarrassing in this day and age.
If the cop is not acting lawfully, then I am within my rights to kill said criminal in self defense. The fact that cops have so often acted unlawfully and as a group they are close to being a criminal organization gives me fear of them and I have the right to defend myself against anyone in blue who looks at me funny! They all deserve to die just for deciding to take the job and the fact that they haven't ratted out the corruption in their ranks makes them just as big of criminals as the "bad apples" that everyone likes to talk about. And the saying is actually "one bad apple ruins the whole bunch" not the way the police like to turn it around where it doesn't ruin the bunch. If you have ever had a pile of apple you know what one bad one can do.
So, basically you're insane.
You don't have the right to kill a cop who is not acting lawfully. You don't have the right to defend yourself against anyone in blue who "looks at you funny". And no, they don't all deserve to die just for deciding to take the job.
Welcome to this week's exciting game of "Connector du jour", where you try to guess what kind of wire, cord, or connector you'll need to charge your iPhone!
The First Place Winner gets a free dongle of their choice from Apple, while the Second Place Winner gets a night with the bride!
Now consider this - that ammendment also says this has to be 'well regulated'.
There are loads of gun control laws and the only people they affect are those who follow the rules...they have no real impact on criminals as we see time and time again. I would say that in general firearms are pretty well regulated, but you can't regulate intent and intent can change at any time. How do you regulate or control intent?
It's very difficult to tell the difference on the internet between a joke and something an idiot says.
Really? Are you saying that you took this bit as serious commentary:
FFS, all I want is to be buried in a casket made of an advanced polymer plastic film that eliminates diabetes and has a 98% solar conversion efficiency rate, and that can autonomously pilot itself down I-5 during rush hour. Is that too fucking much to ask?? Oh, and the battery has to last for a full week without a charge.
So...you read that and took it as serious commentary and you saw nothing even slightly funny or silly about it? If so, then you're the idiot here, not me.
He's in control of all the nuclear missiles. If he says "launch" the air force won't stop him.
Unfortunately, this is probably correct. Those guys are trained to turn the keys when the light goes on, and that's about it.
Sadly, the nuclear launch protocol was designed for speed, not debate. This means you could go into the bathroom, spend five minutes pooping and when you come out we could be well into the second round of nuclear launches.
Could Trump initiate a nuclear exchange? I wish I could say "no", but I'd just be kidding myself.
“You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things. But nobody talks about that.”
This is the guy with his finger on the button. What could possibly go wrong?
If?? I'll have you know that my original birth certificate came on a clay tablet.
And we didn't have "computers", we had to throw rocks into baskets and calculate the outcomes through probability statistics. Not only that I had to walk 25 miles to school on my knees over broken glass every day, and it was uphill both ways! And this was before schools even existed! One time our dinosaur broke down and we all starved to death!
I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas, and I only read Playboy for the articles! Why, I'm so old that when I order a three-minute egg they ask for the money up front! When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick!
I'm sorry that you, like some of the other responders, are so humor impaired. Perhaps a girlfriend or a hobby would be helpful, or maybe even moving to an above-ground location.:)
In the 80's I used to work on scientific gear made by a Japanese company. The Japanese service engineers had service manuals that showed everything correctly, but the service manuals given to customers and to most of the American-born engineers had deliberate mistakes and omissions in the circuit diagrams, presumably to prevent them from being copied and used by third-party service companies.
I and another American-born service engineer found this out the hard way one day while tracing a fault in some gnarly circuit. We were given the "real" manuals shortly after that little faux pas came to light.
Slashdot Mirror
In both the Fowler and Kamal incidents, Uber's CEO did not dispute any of the allegations, and acknowledged and apologized for what happened. So, yes, I believe the allegations. Do you have any reason I shouldn't?
Bingo.
These weren't just rumors or "he said, she said" stories, these were basically confirmed as true by the people involved.
FWIW, I interviewed a while back with Uber, and although my ride experiences with Uber have all been good, the interview process was a case study in ham-handed incompetence. I've always thought that the interview process was a good indication of the company as a whole, and I can't report that they did well.
Some of the interviewers didn't have a clear idea of what they wanted from me or exactly what my role would require, some asked questions that had no real bearing on what my skill set entailed, and one wasn't sure what he was supposed to be asking me (and he said so in exactly those words). They insisted I bring a laptop ("you'll need it") but it never came out of its case. Also, "Make sure you bring writing samples", but they never asked to see them. Who knows, maybe they'd already hired someone and were just being polite.
This involved flying me down to San Francisco at their expense, nice hotel, meals, Ubers to and from the airport, etc etc. They seemed to be burning a *lot* of money on me without the slightest regard as to whether I was a serious candidate or not. I would have taken the job if they had made me an offer, but in some ways I was kinda glad that it didn't work out. The people were nice enough, but more than a little disorganized to put it bluntly. I can only imagine what the day-to-day work environment would have been like.
Obligatory "Are they not merciful?" post.
Wow, Microsoft is letting ME have a little more control of MY computer.
My Benevolence-O-Meter may not be able to withstand such punishment.
I can't wait for him to hear about/encounter snapchat. That should be hilarious.
Follow me on Twitter and you'll be the first to get the benefit of my insightful opinions.
Trolling is a artform. At least the good trolling of the olden days. Iregardless of how I feel about the old definitions however, it, seems the definition is changing to simply mean "being a dick".
Yeah, that's about it. Trolling has more or less become the province of griefers, who have no tact, cleverness, or subtlety. There's no craftsmanship to it anymore. It used to be a good troll could keep people going for days and days, but now it's akin to just taking a dump on the dinner table and running away.
Twitter: The Confetti of The Internet
I just wish I had the inclination to piss away my time spurting out pearls of wisdom 140-characters at a time. Oh, wait, no I don't.
Drupal does a decent job of sanitizing stuff. I use a sanitizer from a place called jetscripts that seems to work very well. I've thrown a ton of stuff at it and haven't been able to by spoof it yet.
"DNA Test Shows Subway's 'Chicken' Only Contains 50 Percent Chicken"
I'm surprised it contained any chicken at all, frankly.
"...This happens due to improper input sanitization in the URL parameters"
Not this shit again. Look kids, use parameterized queries (prepared statements) or a decent sanitizer library (there are several available that are actually very good).
To get hacked because of poor sanitizing of inputs is downright embarrassing in this day and age.
Who cares what Jay Z says?
That would be "NOT ME".
Someone please tell this self-important blowhard to shut up and fuck off.
The global retirement of the service is to allow the company to focus on "core Skype features."
Translation:
The global retirement of the service is to allow the company to find new ways to mine your data and monitor your conversations.
I knew Skype was going to turn to pure shit the moment I heard Microsoft was buying them, it was only a matter of time.
Paypal has been ripping people since they day they opened their doors. This is just one more method they're dreamed up to fuck people over.
If the cop is not acting lawfully, then I am within my rights to kill said criminal in self defense. The fact that cops have so often acted unlawfully and as a group they are close to being a criminal organization gives me fear of them and I have the right to defend myself against anyone in blue who looks at me funny! They all deserve to die just for deciding to take the job and the fact that they haven't ratted out the corruption in their ranks makes them just as big of criminals as the "bad apples" that everyone likes to talk about. And the saying is actually "one bad apple ruins the whole bunch" not the way the police like to turn it around where it doesn't ruin the bunch. If you have ever had a pile of apple you know what one bad one can do.
So, basically you're insane.
You don't have the right to kill a cop who is not acting lawfully.
You don't have the right to defend yourself against anyone in blue who "looks at you funny".
And no, they don't all deserve to die just for deciding to take the job.
Maybe it's time to up your meds, eh?
"BlackBerry Returns With 3 Possible New Phones in 2017, But Do You Care?"
Not really.
I have nothing against Blackberry per se but the cost of a Crackberry is more than what I'd normally be inclined to spend on a phone.
Welcome to this week's exciting game of "Connector du jour", where you try to guess what kind of wire, cord, or connector you'll need to charge your iPhone!
The First Place Winner gets a free dongle of their choice from Apple, while the Second Place Winner gets a night with the bride!
No, didn't notice that part.
So, let's recap: I am not to blame for your lack of reading skills or your inability to finish a paragraph.
You're like the guy that walks through the front doors of the Louvre, doesn't immediately see the Mona Lisa, and concludes, "This place sucks!"
Now consider this - that ammendment also says this has to be 'well regulated'.
There are loads of gun control laws and the only people they affect are those who follow the rules...they have no real impact on criminals as we see time and time again. I would say that in general firearms are pretty well regulated, but you can't regulate intent and intent can change at any time. How do you regulate or control intent?
It's very difficult to tell the difference on the internet between a joke and something an idiot says.
Really? Are you saying that you took this bit as serious commentary:
FFS, all I want is to be buried in a casket made of an advanced polymer plastic film that eliminates diabetes and has a 98% solar conversion efficiency rate, and that can autonomously pilot itself down I-5 during rush hour. Is that too fucking much to ask?? Oh, and the battery has to last for a full week without a charge.
So...you read that and took it as serious commentary and you saw nothing even slightly funny or silly about it? If so, then you're the idiot here, not me.
He's in control of all the nuclear missiles. If he says "launch" the air force won't stop him.
Unfortunately, this is probably correct. Those guys are trained to turn the keys when the light goes on, and that's about it.
Sadly, the nuclear launch protocol was designed for speed, not debate. This means you could go into the bathroom, spend five minutes pooping and when you come out we could be well into the second round of nuclear launches.
Could Trump initiate a nuclear exchange? I wish I could say "no", but I'd just be kidding myself.
“You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things. But nobody talks about that.”
This is the guy with his finger on the button. What could possibly go wrong?
My solar PV wouldn't work very well underground, and my g/f and kids do need to be above ground also for things like shopping and school.
I commend you on your detailed fantasy life.
If you really are an old guy
If?? I'll have you know that my original birth certificate came on a clay tablet.
And we didn't have "computers", we had to throw rocks into baskets and calculate the outcomes through probability statistics. Not only that I had to walk 25 miles to school on my knees over broken glass every day, and it was uphill both ways! And this was before schools even existed! One time our dinosaur broke down and we all starved to death!
I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas, and I only read Playboy for the articles! Why, I'm so old that when I order a three-minute egg they ask for the money up front! When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick!
Epic humor-impairment detected, resetting all expectation levels....done. Press any key to continue.
I'm sorry that you, like some of the other responders, are so humor impaired. Perhaps a girlfriend or a hobby would be helpful, or maybe even moving to an above-ground location. :)
In the 80's I used to work on scientific gear made by a Japanese company. The Japanese service engineers had service manuals that showed everything correctly, but the service manuals given to customers and to most of the American-born engineers had deliberate mistakes and omissions in the circuit diagrams, presumably to prevent them from being copied and used by third-party service companies.
I and another American-born service engineer found this out the hard way one day while tracing a fault in some gnarly circuit. We were given the "real" manuals shortly after that little faux pas came to light.
I think she looks like a prototype, not a stereotype.
She looks perfectly serviceable to me.