Many people assume that getting a warrant is an undue burden. Most jurisdictions have judge's secretary available or on-call 24/7, and a judge assistant can review and issue a warrant in a few minutes if it is clearly justified.Meanwhile, the actual judge on paid vacation.
Buying direct from the manufacturer, leaves out most of the bloat, all features are unrestricted and what built in apps I don't want, are either uninstalled or just blocked.
Android-based devices often come with bloatware, even if you brought it directly from the manufacturer. Also, Built in apps you don't want could be system apps, which you cannot uninstall and can only be disabled (it is still questionable if disabled is truly disabled when you might still get it re-enabled on restart and services running in the background).
This actually puzzles me, are you using a google fully supported phone? Only the likes of Pixel and Nexus are well known for their clean android.
Rooting is still common for android, because android vendor unlike iPhone won't stop putting system bloatware. To completely remove them, you'll still need to root. One example, Galaxy Note 8 rooted on Oct 8. Another example, Galaxy S8 rooted on Aug 20.
They only major things are there are more custom roms than root thread on xda-developers, and xda devs have their life too where they can't provide that much support on an exponential phone market.
I didn't reply anymore because you seem to be repeating my conclusion (except by disagreeing my conclusion with a statement that agrees to my conclusion). If you re-read my "GetDropAfter99()" is your "account player expenditure" and " proving the fundamental of random()" is your "There may be random elements". Unless you are trying to prove there's no "math / statistics causing player interaction " which you used an example "how many times you roll a six sided die" to prove there is.
We don't have disagreement here. Our point is the same, so I'll call it good enough.
Depend on your definition. I posted my comment here before, stating that it is in fact just the code random().
Frankly, nearly every game since the first arcade game could have the game design consider as gambling. Here's part of my quote on gambling,
Should WoW monster drops now be considered gambling? Should PUBG random air drop and items found now be considered gambling? Should item box from Mario Kart now be considered gambling? Should Don't Stave random map generating now be considered gambling? Should the simplest game of snake with spawning food dot now be considered gambling?
All of those examples are events/ items that do give the players an advantage in game, each and every one of them. You might not think of them as gambling, but it's the same since you "did" pay for the game, right? Even most nostalgic arcade games have random enemies spawning and you have to pay to revive. They are all gambling in this respect.
I even stated that doing anything to it will be a can of worms. Seriously, look at how many existing games it could affected and still not really fix it, because the potential loopholes are uncountable.
unlock bootloader? I think that's what you meant, since you said ROM.
rooting is getting the OS admin, which is not the dependent factor to install custom rom (or custom OS just to be in line with the previous term). On the other hand an unlocked bootloader lets you boot to a custom recovery which lets you install custom rom. So an unlocked bootloader will be the factor that lets you install ROM.
Um, it's really nothing more than baked corn chips with sugar coating.
I don't think it's really addiction, but the lack of really tasty food. Eating shredded wheat sounds about the same as eating potato raw. Both have a unique taste but not that great.
Maybe you should try to buy, make or cook food that is better tasted, or at least better than frosted flakes, then you'll stop the crave and become a food expert.
The direction of the current Chairman is clear: Keep data from leaving, keep all transmissions of data (including cultural) monitored and strictly controlled), and reduce/remove sources of data exchange that are not Chinese owned/controlled (meaning the government has complete control)
with
the most insecure means.
He pretty much created the best place for hackers.
If the boss says "We have a big order coming in, so everyone has to work 10 extra hours next week so we can ship on time", and you refuse, then you can be fired.
I thought between a civilized employer and employee is an employment 'contract', not a 'slave trade'.
If the contract said yes, then yes you work the extra hours as "mandatory". If the contract said no, then f*ck no don't work the extra hours unless there's a new agreement.
I'm actually a few versions behind and just don't give a shit.
The important part is security, and security has been decoupled from OS versions since Android 4.4 meaning you can still be running a Kitkat system and be fully up to date with all security patches.
Not giving a shit is fine, but android security is not really patched. Only (play store/ google) apps are.
Let's put Jack Dorsey on the side. For the japanese guy who did all this, should he even be considered a serial killer? The thing is, it looks like he is doing a service to those people like the right-to-die.
Although this is not a service that makes any sense ( Irony: a lot of Japanese stuff doesn't make any sense) within a moral and civil society where being alive is important, it still does question his initial action of 'is it wrong'. Think about those movies like an injured soldier wanted you to end his life with one last bullet or a sick love one suffering life long pain wishing to end it. It is a difficult moral choose we make as we debate the right and wrong of our choice. But if there's someone else doing it, is he wrong?
If it wasn't for the dismembering (wtf why did he do it), it maybe worth to conduct further investigation on what actually happened, to see whether or not he should be named a serial killer or in fact a suicide service provider.
Thanks for the comment, I was hoping someone would attempt to object my conclusion with a better solution. Unfortunately, it seems that perhaps my simplified explanation isn't clear enough.
Well, just as with fixed odds betting machines and modern electronic slot machines, the underlying code is far from random(). It's very explicitly designed to draw in a player, keep them playing and encourage further expenditure.
While that is the actual truth behind slot machines, didn't you see the examples from WoW, PUBG, Mario Kart, Don't Stave and game of snake implying exactly that? A single function that is more than enough to keep the player further expenditure with a 0.01% ult-rare drop. It could be random_plus_function(), random()*random(), GetDropAfter99() or just the simple random(), but the basic is the same. You are proving the fundamental of random() and the underline math / statistics causing player interaction to be true even in those games.
Since those are very evidently very easily regulated, there's no reason that the gambling elements of other computer games can't be too.
Um, it's not easy to regulate. The example from "Even the japanese made it ok" proved that it is hard. Japan overall bans gambling. But when you actually went Japan (or wiki it), you still see slot-like machine. Those slot-like machines let the player win pinballs to trade with items, which in terms trade back to cash.
See the problem? Did they really regulate gambling? maybe. Did they really ban gambling? also a maybe. Did they completely ban gambling? No. This is the evidence that it's a can of worm.
Of course you could regulate all games that uses random() to have a big label "WARNING GAMBLING ALERT!", but then it will be very funny to see the world wide Broadcasted Pokemon Go now labeled with the same "WARNING GAMBLING ALERT!" (in case you didn't know the catching of the pokemons can be considered gambling where you bet using pokeballs to catch the pokemons. it runs with their whole series since their first game). If we use "existing regulation" and "strict zoning regulations to keep such establishments away from schools and residential areas", then it will be even funnier as kids now can't play Pokemon Go.
The other extent would be to regulate only loot boxes, but what should be considered a loot box? Should Pokemon Go's eggs be considered loot (you have to run around before opening them)? Should a loot box with 100% chance still a loot box? Then there are games that you buy random monster dungeons (where each drop is a dungeon boss you have to fight), should those be considered loot or random DLC? What if all loot boxes now drop you in an arena where you kill easy slimes that drops items (there's no random() in the loot boxes but it's on the slimes)?
Those previous examples are the beginning of the can of worm with loopholes problem. As you put more and more exemptions like maybe let Pokemon Go pass, you ended up with more loopholes in the regulation and ultimately back to the example of the "japanese". Did they really regulate gambling? maybe. Did they really ban gambling? also a maybe. Did they completely ban gambling? No.
You might call it "unregulated gambling", but the underline code is just the function random().
Now regulating that becomes extremely hard if not impossible.
Should WoW monster drops now be considered gambling? Should PUBG random air drop and items found now be considered gambling? Should item box from Mario Kart now be considered gambling? Should Don't Stave random map generating now be considered gambling? Should the simplest game of snake with spawning food dot now be considered gambling?
All of those examples are events/ items that do give the players an advantage in game, each and every one of them. You might not think of them as gambling, but it's the same since you "did" pay for the game, right? Even most nostalgic arcade games have random enemies spawning and you have to pay to revive. They are all gambling in this respect.
This is why the basic definition of gambling is you pay money and can gain money, because drawing a bigger line further opens the worst can of worm ever. Even the japanese made it ok to play games that trades for pinballs, because that is how complex this can go.
He will use it for school and life? Macbook.
He will use it for school and no life? Windows laptop, because he will be fixing a lot of problems that comes with it.
What does a fairly savvy fellow, who is a complete Windows neophyte, need to know?
Key item(s) to know:
-How to have privacy in Windows 10. You don't. You have no privacy and no control of the computer the moment you connect to the internet.
-How to copy files to a usb (aka the basic of backups. because he will want it after getting virus)
Other items(s) to know:
-How to search on the internet (type in google or any other search engine and hit enter)
-How the internet works (the internet is filled with random jerks and trolls, the web is not yours so you don't have piracy, virus is something too good to be true, etc)
-How to create a live linux usb (because that will be all he has left after getting virus)
That's all.
If he is willing to learn how windows work, he is given the opportunity to search and learn. For laptop, just find one with 2+GHz cpu and let him see for himself. If he is willing to learn, he will learn about graphic cards, ssd, ram, browsers, overclock, reformat, shutup10, cookies, software installation, task manager, cold restart, games minimum requirement, etc. If not, you've already done your job.
If you want you could also give him a Macbook and tell him to learn to install windows on it.
So minimum hardware requirement:
- laptop with 2+GHz cpu (disregard ram, cpu cores and brand. If you're a nice person, then get one with a discrete graphic card for gaming)
- 3 x usb sticks (one for data backup, one for linux usb, one for everything else like windows re-installation)
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Many people assume that getting a warrant is an undue burden. Most jurisdictions have judge's secretary available or on-call 24/7, and a judge assistant can review and issue a warrant in a few minutes if it is clearly justified.Meanwhile, the actual judge on paid vacation.
fix it for accuracy.
Buying direct from the manufacturer, leaves out most of the bloat, all features are unrestricted and what built in apps I don't want, are either uninstalled or just blocked.
Android-based devices often come with bloatware, even if you brought it directly from the manufacturer. Also, Built in apps you don't want could be system apps, which you cannot uninstall and can only be disabled (it is still questionable if disabled is truly disabled when you might still get it re-enabled on restart and services running in the background).
This actually puzzles me, are you using a google fully supported phone? Only the likes of Pixel and Nexus are well known for their clean android.
Rooting is still common for android, because android vendor unlike iPhone won't stop putting system bloatware. To completely remove them, you'll still need to root. One example, Galaxy Note 8 rooted on Oct 8. Another example, Galaxy S8 rooted on Aug 20.
They only major things are there are more custom roms than root thread on xda-developers, and xda devs have their life too where they can't provide that much support on an exponential phone market.
I didn't reply anymore because you seem to be repeating my conclusion (except by disagreeing my conclusion with a statement that agrees to my conclusion). If you re-read my "GetDropAfter99()" is your "account player expenditure" and " proving the fundamental of random()" is your "There may be random elements". Unless you are trying to prove there's no "math / statistics causing player interaction " which you used an example "how many times you roll a six sided die" to prove there is.
We don't have disagreement here. Our point is the same, so I'll call it good enough.
Depend on your definition. I posted my comment here before, stating that it is in fact just the code random().
Frankly, nearly every game since the first arcade game could have the game design consider as gambling. Here's part of my quote on gambling,
Should WoW monster drops now be considered gambling? Should PUBG random air drop and items found now be considered gambling? Should item box from Mario Kart now be considered gambling? Should Don't Stave random map generating now be considered gambling? Should the simplest game of snake with spawning food dot now be considered gambling?
All of those examples are events/ items that do give the players an advantage in game, each and every one of them. You might not think of them as gambling, but it's the same since you "did" pay for the game, right? Even most nostalgic arcade games have random enemies spawning and you have to pay to revive. They are all gambling in this respect.
I even stated that doing anything to it will be a can of worms. Seriously, look at how many existing games it could affected and still not really fix it, because the potential loopholes are uncountable.
I can only imagine light as mini humans, trip and face planting themselves on the floor. When they got up, the ships set sail, so the ships are gone.
Thing is, Motorola phones tend to be easy to
unlock bootloader? I think that's what you meant, since you said ROM.
rooting is getting the OS admin, which is not the dependent factor to install custom rom (or custom OS just to be in line with the previous term). On the other hand an unlocked bootloader lets you boot to a custom recovery which lets you install custom rom. So an unlocked bootloader will be the factor that lets you install ROM.
“Yo Dawg, I herd you like mocking Ads, so I put an Ads in your Ads so you can mock while you mock.”
ftfy.
They're not my friends, and I get to laugh at them when their macro crash their unsaved excel.
Um, it's really nothing more than baked corn chips with sugar coating.
I don't think it's really addiction, but the lack of really tasty food. Eating shredded wheat sounds about the same as eating potato raw. Both have a unique taste but not that great.
Maybe you should try to buy, make or cook food that is better tasted, or at least better than frosted flakes, then you'll stop the crave and become a food expert.
The direction of the current Chairman is clear: Keep data from leaving, keep all transmissions of data (including cultural) monitored and strictly controlled), and reduce/remove sources of data exchange that are not Chinese owned/controlled (meaning the government has complete control)
with
the most insecure means.
He pretty much created the best place for hackers.
Where's the 'All of the above' check box?
If the boss says "We have a big order coming in, so everyone has to work 10 extra hours next week so we can ship on time", and you refuse, then you can be fired.
I thought between a civilized employer and employee is an employment 'contract', not a 'slave trade'.
If the contract said yes, then yes you work the extra hours as "mandatory". If the contract said no, then f*ck no don't work the extra hours unless there's a new agreement.
The list is actually really long, over 90000 to be more precise. For 'session recording' web (aka tracking) it's over 7000.
I'm actually a few versions behind and just don't give a shit.
The important part is security, and security has been decoupled from OS versions since Android 4.4 meaning you can still be running a Kitkat system and be fully up to date with all security patches.
Not giving a shit is fine, but android security is not really patched. Only (play store/ google) apps are.
Let's put Jack Dorsey on the side. For the japanese guy who did all this, should he even be considered a serial killer? The thing is, it looks like he is doing a service to those people like the right-to-die.
Although this is not a service that makes any sense ( Irony: a lot of Japanese stuff doesn't make any sense) within a moral and civil society where being alive is important, it still does question his initial action of 'is it wrong'. Think about those movies like an injured soldier wanted you to end his life with one last bullet or a sick love one suffering life long pain wishing to end it. It is a difficult moral choose we make as we debate the right and wrong of our choice. But if there's someone else doing it, is he wrong?
If it wasn't for the dismembering (wtf why did he do it), it maybe worth to conduct further investigation on what actually happened, to see whether or not he should be named a serial killer or in fact a suicide service provider.
Thanks for the comment, I was hoping someone would attempt to object my conclusion with a better solution. Unfortunately, it seems that perhaps my simplified explanation isn't clear enough.
Well, just as with fixed odds betting machines and modern electronic slot machines, the underlying code is far from random(). It's very explicitly designed to draw in a player, keep them playing and encourage further expenditure.
While that is the actual truth behind slot machines, didn't you see the examples from WoW, PUBG, Mario Kart, Don't Stave and game of snake implying exactly that? A single function that is more than enough to keep the player further expenditure with a 0.01% ult-rare drop. It could be random_plus_function(), random()*random(), GetDropAfter99() or just the simple random(), but the basic is the same. You are proving the fundamental of random() and the underline math / statistics causing player interaction to be true even in those games.
Since those are very evidently very easily regulated, there's no reason that the gambling elements of other computer games can't be too.
Um, it's not easy to regulate. The example from "Even the japanese made it ok" proved that it is hard. Japan overall bans gambling. But when you actually went Japan (or wiki it), you still see slot-like machine. Those slot-like machines let the player win pinballs to trade with items, which in terms trade back to cash.
See the problem? Did they really regulate gambling? maybe. Did they really ban gambling? also a maybe. Did they completely ban gambling? No. This is the evidence that it's a can of worm.
Of course you could regulate all games that uses random() to have a big label "WARNING GAMBLING ALERT!", but then it will be very funny to see the world wide Broadcasted Pokemon Go now labeled with the same "WARNING GAMBLING ALERT!" (in case you didn't know the catching of the pokemons can be considered gambling where you bet using pokeballs to catch the pokemons. it runs with their whole series since their first game). If we use "existing regulation" and "strict zoning regulations to keep such establishments away from schools and residential areas", then it will be even funnier as kids now can't play Pokemon Go.
The other extent would be to regulate only loot boxes, but what should be considered a loot box? Should Pokemon Go's eggs be considered loot (you have to run around before opening them)? Should a loot box with 100% chance still a loot box? Then there are games that you buy random monster dungeons (where each drop is a dungeon boss you have to fight), should those be considered loot or random DLC? What if all loot boxes now drop you in an arena where you kill easy slimes that drops items (there's no random() in the loot boxes but it's on the slimes)?
Those previous examples are the beginning of the can of worm with loopholes problem. As you put more and more exemptions like maybe let Pokemon Go pass, you ended up with more loopholes in the regulation and ultimately back to the example of the "japanese". Did they really regulate gambling? maybe. Did they really ban gambling? also a maybe. Did they completely ban gambling? No.
DuckDuckGo isn't based solely on bing, they use hundreds of duck.
^My misread of your comment somehow still made sense.
I've just commented, but you could try Startpage the search engine that is based on google instead of bing like duckduckgo.
and put Startpage as an alternative.
Assholes make more money than nice guys. It's a universal truth.
Damn truth.
if I have mod point, I would +1 this.
You might call it "unregulated gambling", but the underline code is just the function random().
Now regulating that becomes extremely hard if not impossible.
Should WoW monster drops now be considered gambling? Should PUBG random air drop and items found now be considered gambling? Should item box from Mario Kart now be considered gambling? Should Don't Stave random map generating now be considered gambling? Should the simplest game of snake with spawning food dot now be considered gambling?
All of those examples are events/ items that do give the players an advantage in game, each and every one of them. You might not think of them as gambling, but it's the same since you "did" pay for the game, right? Even most nostalgic arcade games have random enemies spawning and you have to pay to revive. They are all gambling in this respect.
This is why the basic definition of gambling is you pay money and can gain money, because drawing a bigger line further opens the worst can of worm ever. Even the japanese made it ok to play games that trades for pinballs, because that is how complex this can go.
2017 Year of the Linux on Desktop!
oh wait it's actually on a phone?...
2017 Year of the Linux on top of Desk!
close enough.
He will use it for school and life? Macbook.
He will use it for school and no life? Windows laptop, because he will be fixing a lot of problems that comes with it.
What does a fairly savvy fellow, who is a complete Windows neophyte, need to know?
Key item(s) to know:
-How to have privacy in Windows 10. You don't. You have no privacy and no control of the computer the moment you connect to the internet.
-How to copy files to a usb (aka the basic of backups. because he will want it after getting virus)
Other items(s) to know:
-How to search on the internet (type in google or any other search engine and hit enter)
-How the internet works (the internet is filled with random jerks and trolls, the web is not yours so you don't have piracy, virus is something too good to be true, etc)
-How to create a live linux usb (because that will be all he has left after getting virus)
That's all.
If he is willing to learn how windows work, he is given the opportunity to search and learn. For laptop, just find one with 2+GHz cpu and let him see for himself. If he is willing to learn, he will learn about graphic cards, ssd, ram, browsers, overclock, reformat, shutup10, cookies, software installation, task manager, cold restart, games minimum requirement, etc. If not, you've already done your job.
If you want you could also give him a Macbook and tell him to learn to install windows on it.
So minimum hardware requirement:
- laptop with 2+GHz cpu (disregard ram, cpu cores and brand. If you're a nice person, then get one with a discrete graphic card for gaming)
- 3 x usb sticks (one for data backup, one for linux usb, one for everything else like windows re-installation)