Yea I get the need to make revenue but if they won't work to make sure that all of their ads are vetted and clean, I won't stop using adblock. For some reason instead of doing this, they seem to think it's a better idea to just make the ads that people without adblock see more and more intrusive. Or do like Wired and try to get me to pay more for their website without ads than I do for their freaking paper magazine! Logic.
These days one of the best AV products is a good ad blocker. I can protect myself from sketchy downloads: don't download sketchy software or from sketchy sites. I can't prevent some asshat from exploiting a zero day in a browser through an ad on a mainstream site, except by blocking all ads on all sites.
*Yes, trusted sites can be comprised and it's happened in the past where downloads were infected but the odds that I'll download that software during that window where the infected files are being handed out are about the same as me getting stuck by lightning.
I think staying low-key is intentional, and smart. They know they have some issues (like the FOV) to work on, and they want devs to have the units so they can start finding ways to use them. One of the things that killed Google Glass was that they let it get over-hyped early on before it was close to ready for consumers, giving it to tech "celebs" to show it off and talk about it everywhere.
This. It's intentionally priced to keep end users away to keep it fairly low-key while devs are figuring out what they can do with it and MS is working the bugs out. Did anyone expect them to sell hundreds of thousands of them?
Is making every story a hyperbolic click-bait crapfest the new normal now across the board? I mean, it's been building with politics but it seems that it's becoming pervasive in tech reporting now as well.
I find it very hard to believe that Uber takes up more receipts than food and drink and lodging. I also find it very hard to believe that the top receipt is only 6% of total receipts. That seems like a small number.
captcha: treasury - no really are the captchas really random?
It's the top VENDOR not category. They are looking at specific companies. There are lots of car rental companies, airlines, and hotel brands, but Uber is the 500lb gorilla in ride sharing these days. In the transport category their numbers show Uber had 40%, Lyft 2%, Taxis 20%, and rentals 38%. The others in the top 5 vendor list were Starbucks, Delta, American Airlines, and Amazon.
On the flip side, tunnels have pretty much the same problem. Accidents outside a tunnel may close one or two lanes, but accidents inside a tunnel tend to lead to full tunnel closures.
Just tunnel under the accident. It's tunnels all the way down!
When cancer is not removed leading to death? Yeah, that is NOT quality healthcare.
Spin your alternative facts all you want right? Anything to defend your worldview. Wouldn't want to face reality.
There are a number of reasons a woman may need to get a hysterectomy. This study excluded those who had, for whatever reason, had a hysterectomy from the total population of people who could get cervical cancer (since they would, by definition, not have a cervix anymore). That does not mean that all the women left in the study don't have access to quality healthcare just because they never had a hysterectomy. A hysterectomy isn't like getting a vaccine, it's something that every women with healthcare will get in their lifetime. However, that's exactly what you stated in the quote in my original reply. Get off the crack pipe.
I've had my Win 10 machine for 10 months, I set the default browser to Firefox when I got it and it has NEVER tried to reset to Edge. I am calling shenanigans on this Vivaldi bozo and his friend...
No but it does prompt you every once in a while to ask if you want to keep your default browser and offers up everything that's registered to handle URLs. It does this no matter what the default is set to, even Edge. They do the same for documents. I've had Windows prompt me to ask if I want to keep opening.docx files with Word. Happens probably once every 6 months or so. I imagine if someone wasn't paying attention they could switch the default by mistake.
I think they do it to make sure the user is aware of what is default and that something hasn't hijacked it, and to allow users to change the preference without having to go digging for it (aka Grandpa). Unfortunately I think MS grossly overestimates the ability of most users to read a prompt before clicking random buttons to make it go away.
Actually there is quite a bit of assembly happening in eastern European countries these days. The labor is cheap and being inside the EU makes it advantageous for customers. They bulk import finished parts (boards, drives, etc) and build the systems there. I have several customers in manufacturing that have or are planning facilities over there.
Though the new study wasn't designed to address racial disparities, experts speculate that the large difference reflects unequal access to preventative medicine and quality healthcare.
...as if cancer is caused by either of those. Political alert!
Cervical cancer is deadly in the final stages when symptoms begin appear that force people to seek medical care. If it's caught early through routine exams it has an exponentially higher survival rate.
This new number was created by explicitly removing women that do have quality healthcare by removing women from the study that had hysterectomies, a form of quality healthcare when cervical cancer is involved. What is left are women that do not have quality healthcare.
You do realize that a woman NOT having a hysterectomy does NOT mean they don't have access to quality healthcare, right?
That seems unlikely. If you wanted to do that you would leave it somewhere you are certain it will be stolen. Even laying out in a car you can't be sure. Leave it on a bus on the other hand....
That is pretty useless and no defense. "May expire" doesn't tell you anything before you buy it. I've taken Blu-Rays home directly after buying them and the code inside is "expired" (but still worked). Sorry, but that's false advertising no matter whether the codes "may expire" or not. You don't buy "already expired" for the same price as "hasn't expired yet"
Here is one from a recent blu I bought: ULTRAVIOLET OFFER TERMS: MUST ENTER REDEMPTION CODE BY 12/31/19 TO REDEEM OFFER. I'm pretty sure their lawyers know more about the law that you.
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Yea I get the need to make revenue but if they won't work to make sure that all of their ads are vetted and clean, I won't stop using adblock. For some reason instead of doing this, they seem to think it's a better idea to just make the ads that people without adblock see more and more intrusive. Or do like Wired and try to get me to pay more for their website without ads than I do for their freaking paper magazine! Logic.
These days one of the best AV products is a good ad blocker. I can protect myself from sketchy downloads: don't download sketchy software or from sketchy sites. I can't prevent some asshat from exploiting a zero day in a browser through an ad on a mainstream site, except by blocking all ads on all sites.
*Yes, trusted sites can be comprised and it's happened in the past where downloads were infected but the odds that I'll download that software during that window where the infected files are being handed out are about the same as me getting stuck by lightning.
It's not the price of the thing. If it was 5K per eye rolling at 120 fps .. it would have sold at $1000 each. VR done properly would be a mega hit.
A) it's AR, not VR. It's very different from the Rift and Vive
B) It's priced at $3,000 for the Dev kit, $5,000 for the commercial suite.
I think staying low-key is intentional, and smart. They know they have some issues (like the FOV) to work on, and they want devs to have the units so they can start finding ways to use them. One of the things that killed Google Glass was that they let it get over-hyped early on before it was close to ready for consumers, giving it to tech "celebs" to show it off and talk about it everywhere.
Doesn't sell huge numbers.
News at 11.
This. It's intentionally priced to keep end users away to keep it fairly low-key while devs are figuring out what they can do with it and MS is working the bugs out. Did anyone expect them to sell hundreds of thousands of them?
Is making every story a hyperbolic click-bait crapfest the new normal now across the board? I mean, it's been building with politics but it seems that it's becoming pervasive in tech reporting now as well.
I find it very hard to believe that Uber takes up more receipts than food and drink and lodging. I also find it very hard to believe that the top receipt is only 6% of total receipts. That seems like a small number.
captcha: treasury - no really are the captchas really random?
It's the top VENDOR not category. They are looking at specific companies. There are lots of car rental companies, airlines, and hotel brands, but Uber is the 500lb gorilla in ride sharing these days. In the transport category their numbers show Uber had 40%, Lyft 2%, Taxis 20%, and rentals 38%. The others in the top 5 vendor list were Starbucks, Delta, American Airlines, and Amazon.
Hell, he could build a residence on the SpaceX campus! I'm sure getting that zoning variance would be easier than getting permits for a giant tunnel.
On the flip side, tunnels have pretty much the same problem. Accidents outside a tunnel may close one or two lanes, but accidents inside a tunnel tend to lead to full tunnel closures.
Just tunnel under the accident. It's tunnels all the way down!
It's the new cold war.
Guess what I didn't have.
An erection?
When cancer is not removed leading to death? Yeah, that is NOT quality healthcare.
Spin your alternative facts all you want right? Anything to defend your worldview. Wouldn't want to face reality.
There are a number of reasons a woman may need to get a hysterectomy. This study excluded those who had, for whatever reason, had a hysterectomy from the total population of people who could get cervical cancer (since they would, by definition, not have a cervix anymore). That does not mean that all the women left in the study don't have access to quality healthcare just because they never had a hysterectomy. A hysterectomy isn't like getting a vaccine, it's something that every women with healthcare will get in their lifetime. However, that's exactly what you stated in the quote in my original reply. Get off the crack pipe.
Then I'm unsure what you are complaining about.
I've had my Win 10 machine for 10 months, I set the default browser to Firefox when I got it and it has NEVER tried to reset to Edge. I am calling shenanigans on this Vivaldi bozo and his friend...
No but it does prompt you every once in a while to ask if you want to keep your default browser and offers up everything that's registered to handle URLs. It does this no matter what the default is set to, even Edge. They do the same for documents. I've had Windows prompt me to ask if I want to keep opening .docx files with Word. Happens probably once every 6 months or so. I imagine if someone wasn't paying attention they could switch the default by mistake.
I think they do it to make sure the user is aware of what is default and that something hasn't hijacked it, and to allow users to change the preference without having to go digging for it (aka Grandpa). Unfortunately I think MS grossly overestimates the ability of most users to read a prompt before clicking random buttons to make it go away.
Actually there is quite a bit of assembly happening in eastern European countries these days. The labor is cheap and being inside the EU makes it advantageous for customers. They bulk import finished parts (boards, drives, etc) and build the systems there. I have several customers in manufacturing that have or are planning facilities over there.
But you said you got one that was expired and it didn't say on the packaging. That's all it takes is one. You should hire a lawyer.
Ask your doctor about getting an HPV vaccination.
Unless he's a 30 year old virgin it's probably too late for him to get....wait... this is /.
Yes, go get the HPV vaccination.
Or aren't idiots:
...as if cancer is caused by either of those. Political alert!
Cervical cancer is deadly in the final stages when symptoms begin appear that force people to seek medical care. If it's caught early through routine exams it has an exponentially higher survival rate.
This new number was created by explicitly removing women that do have quality healthcare by removing women from the study that had hysterectomies, a form of quality healthcare when cervical cancer is involved. What is left are women that do not have quality healthcare.
You do realize that a woman NOT having a hysterectomy does NOT mean they don't have access to quality healthcare, right?
So did you sue them? I'm sure you could get a lawyer to open a class action.
Did you read the fine print on the back?
Hrm. I've worked 32 hours shifts and still remember to bring my bag in. It's habit. Muscle memory. I don't need to think about it.
That seems unlikely. If you wanted to do that you would leave it somewhere you are certain it will be stolen. Even laying out in a car you can't be sure. Leave it on a bus on the other hand....
If he is such a "computer security expert", why did he not have his laptop fully encrypted as well as (naturally) an OS login password?
And that would have prevented it from getting stolen how?
Well maybe a security expert would be smart enough to not leave a laptop unattended, much less leave it overnight in his car.
You know, the one with no reason whatsoever to encrypt anything.
In this day and age there is no such thing.
That is pretty useless and no defense. "May expire" doesn't tell you anything before you buy it. I've taken Blu-Rays home directly after buying them and the code inside is "expired" (but still worked). Sorry, but that's false advertising no matter whether the codes "may expire" or not. You don't buy "already expired" for the same price as "hasn't expired yet"
Here is one from a recent blu I bought: ULTRAVIOLET OFFER TERMS: MUST ENTER REDEMPTION CODE BY 12/31/19 TO REDEEM OFFER. I'm pretty sure their lawyers know more about the law that you.