I can only imagine what billions of these things will so to the environment. We already have to worry about frigging sparkles killing wildlife and now we’ll have animals dying from investing these things...
Back when I had a business taking credit cards, it was a percentage (up to 3.5% at the time, it has gone up since) of the total *plus* a flat per-transaction fee ($0.30 IIRC since I wasn't a high-volume vendor). So if somebody pays for a $1 pack of gum with their card you've potentially just lost 1/3 of the purchase price to transaction fees...
The cells in your body can’t use fructose directly, it must first be metabolized by the liver (a process very similar to how alcohol is metabolized) which has all sorts of secondary effects. There’s actually a really good presentation you can watch from UCSD that shows how it all works and why large amounts of sugar and HFCS are the cause of so many health issues today.
OK, so why the hell can't Eastlink just rename the account or move the emails over to the new account? (for that matter, so can this guy with a few clicks...)
There are times when the work is constant, and you just need to keep plugging away with 6-8 hours a day of actual work to keep things moving. And there are dead times when you can work less, and crunch times when you have to pull an all-nighter.
Working long days all the time is a recipe for burnout. Most of the âoesuccessfulâ people I know work in bursts, including myself. Down time allows you body to recuperate and your mind to wander on any problems you are working on... an easy measure is this: are you excited to work a long day or dreading it?
My vaccination card (which I do still have for some reason) lists the vaccinations separately while my son's lists a single MMR entry, and I do remember getting separate shots for my booster. As for why I didn't get the combined shot, it might have been a local government thing (vaccination schedules vary widely between counties/states/countries) or a cost thing (new drugs are typically more expensive than old ones). But they *were* administered on the same day...
I agree that "pulled from the market" is overstating things - it was just supply and demand.
The only credible research I've seen showed a possible connection to intestinal bacteria getting out of control after vaccination in some young children, with the advice to simply spread the initial two dozen or so recommended vaccinations over a slightly longer period of time (I think it was 48 months), with prioritization given to highly infectious and deadly diseases (e.g. meningitis).
There are also a bunch of "non-medical" ingredients in some manufacturer's vaccines that are prescription drugs (statins, etc.) used to "bootstrap" the vaccines but that are not approved for use in children otherwise. Some localities do enforce requirements on such ingredients in children's vaccines while others don't... I'm not aware of any specific research into the side-effects of such ingredients, but (as an example) our son's pediatrician avoided given vaccines containing unapproved ingredients to children out of simple caution.
Ultimately I think the biggest problem is that both "sides" are demonizing the other, with "pro vaccine" people calling anyone who has questions or fears about vaccines an idiot, dangerous, etc. and governments providing a liability shield to vaccine manufacturers and forcing parents to give their children more and more vaccines on an accelerated schedule, often with little or no notice. As an example, we were told our son's vaccinations were up to date at the beginning of the last school year only to be told 8 months later he needed another vaccination or he would not be allowed to continue going to school. Getting a notice from the government saying "do this or else" is hardly a way to build a trusting relationship. And experts not talking openly and freely with those that have concerns forces those with concerns to talk with the "alternate experts" that are willing to fill their heads with their agenda.
The first measles vaccine (according to http://www.historyofvaccines.o...) came in 1960, followed by the mumps and rubella vaccines later in the sixties, and then the first combination MMR vaccine in 1971....
I'm not sure where this page gets its information from, but I know for a fact (from my immunization records) that I was given three separate shots (administered the same day, mind you, but not a single shot containing a combination of the three vaccines) as a child, both for my initial vaccination (1973) and the subsequent boosters (1982). My son (now 8) got the combination MMR vaccine since they no longer manufacture the separate ones.
It's always funny when I hear people complain about the small screen size, but in the same breath complain that they can't text one-handed...
I for one plan on getting my wife a new 4", assuming that is what Apple comes out with. Ever since she upgraded to the 6 she has regretted the larger size simply because it hurts her hand trying to use it one-handed. There's a reason why all of the marketing for the larger phones, including the iPhone 6 series, shows everyone using the phone two-handed... Personally I think Apple will see a surge in 4" purchases/upgrades if they have a version with the same specs/capacities as their larger phones.
This is for introducing high school students to programming and basic logic. Remember that most of these kids will probably not become programmers but they might be doing reports and/or spreadsheets which can take advantage of basic programming and logic. Start simple (one step beyond "Hello, world"), then move on to more interesting stuff once they have mastered the basics, otherwise they will not understand or be able to adapt the exercises to new projects.
(and let's not forget that a LOT of programmers do web sites and databases, which are not far removed from COBOL and batch jobs from days past...)
Right a program that calculates gross pay, federal, state social security, and Medicare deductions, and net pay. Extra credit for handling exemptions and filing status. Teaches basic logic for the tax tables, how the tax system works (good life skill), and how to take input and produce output. Can be done in any language, too...
No more, they made the change earlier this year (I think at the last WWDC) and also combined the different developer programs so you don't need to pay a separate iOS and Mac developer (distribution) fee. So now you can just download the free Xcode software and compile and install to your own devices/computers without paying a penny to Apple.
The only thing you pay for is the $99 to distribute applications (through the App Stores or within your organization) - writing and installing your own applications to your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, etc. are all free.
The issue here appears to be limited to developers that are downloading Xcode from unofficial sources which allows their code to become infected.
My son got his first vaccinations at 1 month... By the time he was 2 years old he had over a dozen... We *did* choose to stretch out the vaccination schedule a bit (to avoid giving 4 vaccinations at once, etc.) and we've been very careful to screen which drug company's vaccines we use as many contain "non-medical' ingredients that are actually drugs (below the minimum dosage for adults) that are not otherwise approved for use in children.
Sadly, drug companies are not liable for adverse reactions to vaccines (you pay a small fee for every dosage to fund a government-backed plan instead), and (to the lay person at least) it seems like a lot of new vaccines are getting rushed out and pushed on the population at large without regard to the risk/reward or efficacy of the vaccine - I'm thinking particularly of the often-required chicken pox vaccine that is widely marketed as preventing shingles later in life, but which the drug company explicitly disclaims prevention of both chicken pox and shingles (on the drug info sheet we got from the doctor after she gave the vaccine to our son).
IMHO, the government, drug companies, and doctors have all done a really bad job of educating the public - clearly forcing people to vaccinate their children against everything without regard to safety or personal concerns, and telling parents that have concerns that they are stupid and that they will call child services if they don't give their child a particular vaccination, is not the right approach.
I know for the (originally print-only) technical books I published through "traditional" means, I get less than half of the royalty per copy that I get for a print book, even though the electronic copy is priced the same as the print copy. The way this was explained to me (~15 years ago) was that the publisher would not be able to charge as much for the electronic copy (!), but that is BS because the royalty is a % of the gross book cost and not a % of the sale price, and there is no manufacturing cost to speak of for electronic books (just the initial cost of editing/promoting the book.)
Publishers also hold back thousands of dollars in royalties to cover returns, even for electronic books and even long after the book has gone out of print...
Needless to say, I don't use traditional publishers anymore - even with lower numbers of sales, I've made more on my two self-published books than on the three books I did before that. Not enough to live on (I don't write books for a living) but enough to justify the time spent...
Regular construction lumber is cut to size (2x4, 2x6, etc.) and then dried which removed substantial amounts of moisture, resulting in the (typical) 1.75 x 3.5" dimensions for a 2x4. What your father gets from the Amish is called "green wood" and has not been dried - over time it will dry out naturally and be the "expected" dimensions.
Dimensional lumber has exact dimensions (e.g. a 2x4 is actually 2" x 4") and is either cut to size after drying or cut large before drying so that the dried size is correct.
And then there are the "manufactured wood products" (plywood, hardboard, chipboard, MDF, project panels, etc.) which are sold using actual dimensions vs. pre-drying dimensions.
Actually, a company can go out of business just because the owners want to close the doors.
But in either case the IP held by the company before it closes is still held by someone - the original owners or the entity that buys the assets to satisfy a debt.
Thanks, I read through it - some definite inaccuracies but the summary for the LWN article doesn't match what is actually said in the article...:/ I may post something on CUPS.org about why we chose GNU TLS over OpenSSL, just to clear things up...
LPD never was standardized. Every implementation is different, and RFC 1179 tried to document the common stuff - you'll note the status is Informational.
And I wouldn't call a simple HTTP POST-based interface a "monstrosity". IPP has a well-defined binary message format (no XML bloat), security model, and state machine that is deployed on billions of devices and has proven interoperability, something that LPD never achieved.
I can't read the LWN article yet but licensing was not a reason for dropping OpenSSL, and all things being equal there are no issues with including an exception for OpenSSL's license incompatibility or using an OpenSSL library that is part of the standard OS libraries.
OpenSSL was dropped because there were only resources to support one TLS library on free software OS's and the GNU TLS API and implementation are superior to OpenSSL.
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I can only imagine what billions of these things will so to the environment. We already have to worry about frigging sparkles killing wildlife and now we’ll have animals dying from investing these things...
Back when I had a business taking credit cards, it was a percentage (up to 3.5% at the time, it has gone up since) of the total *plus* a flat per-transaction fee ($0.30 IIRC since I wasn't a high-volume vendor). So if somebody pays for a $1 pack of gum with their card you've potentially just lost 1/3 of the purchase price to transaction fees...
The cells in your body can’t use fructose directly, it must first be metabolized by the liver (a process very similar to how alcohol is metabolized) which has all sorts of secondary effects. There’s actually a really good presentation you can watch from UCSD that shows how it all works and why large amounts of sugar and HFCS are the cause of so many health issues today.
It looks like all of the Safari bugs were fixed earlier this year...
I'm pretty sure iOS 10 made the default passcode length 6 digits - it is hasn't been 4 since iOS 9...
A *lot* of Apple employees use the company buses already as they are very convenient, rain or shine. That's easily 5k employees right there...
OK, so why the hell can't Eastlink just rename the account or move the emails over to the new account? (for that matter, so can this guy with a few clicks...)
There are times when the work is constant, and you just need to keep plugging away with 6-8 hours a day of actual work to keep things moving. And there are dead times when you can work less, and crunch times when you have to pull an all-nighter.
Working long days all the time is a recipe for burnout. Most of the âoesuccessfulâ people I know work in bursts, including myself. Down time allows you body to recuperate and your mind to wander on any problems you are working on... an easy measure is this: are you excited to work a long day or dreading it?
My vaccination card (which I do still have for some reason) lists the vaccinations separately while my son's lists a single MMR entry, and I do remember getting separate shots for my booster. As for why I didn't get the combined shot, it might have been a local government thing (vaccination schedules vary widely between counties/states/countries) or a cost thing (new drugs are typically more expensive than old ones). But they *were* administered on the same day...
I agree that "pulled from the market" is overstating things - it was just supply and demand.
The only credible research I've seen showed a possible connection to intestinal bacteria getting out of control after vaccination in some young children, with the advice to simply spread the initial two dozen or so recommended vaccinations over a slightly longer period of time (I think it was 48 months), with prioritization given to highly infectious and deadly diseases (e.g. meningitis).
There are also a bunch of "non-medical" ingredients in some manufacturer's vaccines that are prescription drugs (statins, etc.) used to "bootstrap" the vaccines but that are not approved for use in children otherwise. Some localities do enforce requirements on such ingredients in children's vaccines while others don't... I'm not aware of any specific research into the side-effects of such ingredients, but (as an example) our son's pediatrician avoided given vaccines containing unapproved ingredients to children out of simple caution.
Ultimately I think the biggest problem is that both "sides" are demonizing the other, with "pro vaccine" people calling anyone who has questions or fears about vaccines an idiot, dangerous, etc. and governments providing a liability shield to vaccine manufacturers and forcing parents to give their children more and more vaccines on an accelerated schedule, often with little or no notice. As an example, we were told our son's vaccinations were up to date at the beginning of the last school year only to be told 8 months later he needed another vaccination or he would not be allowed to continue going to school. Getting a notice from the government saying "do this or else" is hardly a way to build a trusting relationship. And experts not talking openly and freely with those that have concerns forces those with concerns to talk with the "alternate experts" that are willing to fill their heads with their agenda.
The first measles vaccine (according to http://www.historyofvaccines.o...) came in 1960, followed by the mumps and rubella vaccines later in the sixties, and then the first combination MMR vaccine in 1971....
I'm not sure where this page gets its information from, but I know for a fact (from my immunization records) that I was given three separate shots (administered the same day, mind you, but not a single shot containing a combination of the three vaccines) as a child, both for my initial vaccination (1973) and the subsequent boosters (1982). My son (now 8) got the combination MMR vaccine since they no longer manufacture the separate ones.
Sadly, that's how it works for people but not for corporations (who don't get the foreign income tax credit...)
Earning an extra $100,000 (as in the example) will put the person in a higher tax bracket...
It's always funny when I hear people complain about the small screen size, but in the same breath complain that they can't text one-handed...
I for one plan on getting my wife a new 4", assuming that is what Apple comes out with. Ever since she upgraded to the 6 she has regretted the larger size simply because it hurts her hand trying to use it one-handed. There's a reason why all of the marketing for the larger phones, including the iPhone 6 series, shows everyone using the phone two-handed... Personally I think Apple will see a surge in 4" purchases/upgrades if they have a version with the same specs/capacities as their larger phones.
Haha.
This is for introducing high school students to programming and basic logic. Remember that most of these kids will probably not become programmers but they might be doing reports and/or spreadsheets which can take advantage of basic programming and logic. Start simple (one step beyond "Hello, world"), then move on to more interesting stuff once they have mastered the basics, otherwise they will not understand or be able to adapt the exercises to new projects.
(and let's not forget that a LOT of programmers do web sites and databases, which are not far removed from COBOL and batch jobs from days past...)
Right a program that calculates gross pay, federal, state social security, and Medicare deductions, and net pay. Extra credit for handling exemptions and filing status. Teaches basic logic for the tax tables, how the tax system works (good life skill), and how to take input and produce output. Can be done in any language, too...
No more, they made the change earlier this year (I think at the last WWDC) and also combined the different developer programs so you don't need to pay a separate iOS and Mac developer (distribution) fee. So now you can just download the free Xcode software and compile and install to your own devices/computers without paying a penny to Apple.
Um, Xcode is free.
The only thing you pay for is the $99 to distribute applications (through the App Stores or within your organization) - writing and installing your own applications to your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, etc. are all free.
The issue here appears to be limited to developers that are downloading Xcode from unofficial sources which allows their code to become infected.
My son got his first vaccinations at 1 month... By the time he was 2 years old he had over a dozen... We *did* choose to stretch out the vaccination schedule a bit (to avoid giving 4 vaccinations at once, etc.) and we've been very careful to screen which drug company's vaccines we use as many contain "non-medical' ingredients that are actually drugs (below the minimum dosage for adults) that are not otherwise approved for use in children.
Sadly, drug companies are not liable for adverse reactions to vaccines (you pay a small fee for every dosage to fund a government-backed plan instead), and (to the lay person at least) it seems like a lot of new vaccines are getting rushed out and pushed on the population at large without regard to the risk/reward or efficacy of the vaccine - I'm thinking particularly of the often-required chicken pox vaccine that is widely marketed as preventing shingles later in life, but which the drug company explicitly disclaims prevention of both chicken pox and shingles (on the drug info sheet we got from the doctor after she gave the vaccine to our son).
IMHO, the government, drug companies, and doctors have all done a really bad job of educating the public - clearly forcing people to vaccinate their children against everything without regard to safety or personal concerns, and telling parents that have concerns that they are stupid and that they will call child services if they don't give their child a particular vaccination, is not the right approach.
I know for the (originally print-only) technical books I published through "traditional" means, I get less than half of the royalty per copy that I get for a print book, even though the electronic copy is priced the same as the print copy. The way this was explained to me (~15 years ago) was that the publisher would not be able to charge as much for the electronic copy (!), but that is BS because the royalty is a % of the gross book cost and not a % of the sale price, and there is no manufacturing cost to speak of for electronic books (just the initial cost of editing/promoting the book.)
Publishers also hold back thousands of dollars in royalties to cover returns, even for electronic books and even long after the book has gone out of print...
Needless to say, I don't use traditional publishers anymore - even with lower numbers of sales, I've made more on my two self-published books than on the three books I did before that. Not enough to live on (I don't write books for a living) but enough to justify the time spent...
Regular construction lumber is cut to size (2x4, 2x6, etc.) and then dried which removed substantial amounts of moisture, resulting in the (typical) 1.75 x 3.5" dimensions for a 2x4. What your father gets from the Amish is called "green wood" and has not been dried - over time it will dry out naturally and be the "expected" dimensions.
Dimensional lumber has exact dimensions (e.g. a 2x4 is actually 2" x 4") and is either cut to size after drying or cut large before drying so that the dried size is correct.
And then there are the "manufactured wood products" (plywood, hardboard, chipboard, MDF, project panels, etc.) which are sold using actual dimensions vs. pre-drying dimensions.
Actually, a company can go out of business just because the owners want to close the doors.
But in either case the IP held by the company before it closes is still held by someone - the original owners or the entity that buys the assets to satisfy a debt.
Thanks, I read through it - some definite inaccuracies but the summary for the LWN article doesn't match what is actually said in the article... :/ I may post something on CUPS.org about why we chose GNU TLS over OpenSSL, just to clear things up...
LPD never was standardized. Every implementation is different, and RFC 1179 tried to document the common stuff - you'll note the status is Informational.
And I wouldn't call a simple HTTP POST-based interface a "monstrosity". IPP has a well-defined binary message format (no XML bloat), security model, and state machine that is deployed on billions of devices and has proven interoperability, something that LPD never achieved.
I can't read the LWN article yet but licensing was not a reason for dropping OpenSSL, and all things being equal there are no issues with including an exception for OpenSSL's license incompatibility or using an OpenSSL library that is part of the standard OS libraries.
OpenSSL was dropped because there were only resources to support one TLS library on free software OS's and the GNU TLS API and implementation are superior to OpenSSL.