>> [BrandA] Expands Home Internet Data Caps, While [BrandA] Abandons Them
I guess this would be mildly interesting if we had a choice between two companies for cable/broadband service. However, as things stand, cable/broadband service is similar to Obamacare plan providers: residents of many if not most countries simply don't get a choice and have to pay whatever the local monopoly wants.
>> The six-member team watched their ball-sorting robot compete in Washington DC via a video link from their hometown of Herat, in western Afghanistan
In related news, my company refused to fly my Indian overseas coders to the US for a week to watch the software they contributed to run for the first time on a monitor in the data center. I would think that fellow environmentalists would be happy that we didn't have to emit the carbon to ship a team of meatspace bodies halfway across the world.
>> it's to speak the truth and to support those who do. It may be exhausting work -- is it really necessary to point out the emperor is buck naked?
Oddly enough, those who last spoke the truth (i.e., John Podesta and the DNC did some unsavory things to keep Sanders out of contention) and noted that (Hillary) the emperor (to be) was buck naked (i.e., a corrupt and uninspiring candidate) are among the LEAST supported here in the USA. In fact, speaking the truth to power here could get you accused of "hacking the election" and "colluding with the Russians".
>> Mayer then compared Uber's situation to the early days of Google when it first brought in Eric Schmidt as CEO to help co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page manage the company
I think she hit on something profound here: maybe Mayer should have brought in someone to manage Yahoo for her?
Me neither. My family and I have been though about a dozen cell phones in the past ten years and we still haven't felt compelled to buy an app or spend any money on "in app" purchases. Who, exactly, is parting with their money here?
Religions are already adapting so that such news would not conflict with their worldview. For example, here's the modified Catholic story: https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/02/23/catholicism-handle-discovery-extraterrestrial-life/
>> 0% of our elected officials are non-religious
Hmmm...better do some Googling before you claim an absolute like that.
Again - who cares? Most Windows users don't even run Edge - they pretty much automatically install Chrome. And even the remnants who do run Edge because it's just there aren't exactly going to learn how to install/use a new browser because some test said one was a little faster.
(Honestly, the next browser challenge is just to get everyone to run ad/malware-script blockers.)
Last time I checked there were back episodes of MST3K on Netflix.
MST3K is also some of the easiest stuff to torrent or even find on YouTube. I've never not been able to pull up clips or whole episodes to show my kids what we watched back in the day.
Overall, Twitch seems a little lost with this gimmick. There IS a market for gaming liveplay. (I watch it myself at work when I get sick of podcasts and streaming music.) Why not continue to invest in it, especially as ESPN and its sports have finally jumped the shark?
On behalf of Slashdot, I'd like to implore the editors to tell us who these people are.
I could see someone who played a part in LOTR trying to work that into an entire career, but is there any other reason that "Gwyneth Paltrow" matters to nerds?
Profit margin. Streaming music is relatively easy - there's even OSS to spool up your own MP3s. Why should Telsa overpay for a streaming name brand when they can just keep the profits? (It's not like someone won't buy a Tesla because iTunes isn't integrated.)
In my recent experience all the viruses/malware that have bitten us (and have gone undetected by AV) have leveraged 1) Powershell (by running a Base-64 encoded payload) and 2) Office Macros (which end users stupidly allow)
If our admins had universal "only ever run pre-approved Powershell scripts" and "never run Office Macros" configured on our Windows machines, security incidents would probably drop by 80-90%.
Your company might not be large enough to attract GCP Enterprise pricing then. In the Fortunes Google has dropped its pants on server virtualization (e.g. 30% lower than EC2) to buy market share.
As a lifelong Star Trek fan I could give two shits. DSN was plenty of ST for one lifetime, and BSG pretty much put a bullet in the idea of Star Trek as the best ship-based SciFi franchise.
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>> YouTube Stars
Obligatory South Park:
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/165195/meet-the-internet-stars
>> [BrandA] Expands Home Internet Data Caps, While [BrandA] Abandons Them
I guess this would be mildly interesting if we had a choice between two companies for cable/broadband service. However, as things stand, cable/broadband service is similar to Obamacare plan providers: residents of many if not most countries simply don't get a choice and have to pay whatever the local monopoly wants.
>> Source?
Same place the monkeys flew from, my friend.
>> The six-member team watched their ball-sorting robot compete in Washington DC via a video link from their hometown of Herat, in western Afghanistan
In related news, my company refused to fly my Indian overseas coders to the US for a week to watch the software they contributed to run for the first time on a monitor in the data center. I would think that fellow environmentalists would be happy that we didn't have to emit the carbon to ship a team of meatspace bodies halfway across the world.
>> Amazon's Alexa voice platform (now has) 15,000...apps
And only 42% of them are malware.
>> it's to speak the truth and to support those who do. It may be exhausting work -- is it really necessary to point out the emperor is buck naked?
Oddly enough, those who last spoke the truth (i.e., John Podesta and the DNC did some unsavory things to keep Sanders out of contention) and noted that (Hillary) the emperor (to be) was buck naked (i.e., a corrupt and uninspiring candidate) are among the LEAST supported here in the USA. In fact, speaking the truth to power here could get you accused of "hacking the election" and "colluding with the Russians".
It's by Confucius. It starts with "Man who goes to bed with itchy bottom..."
>> Facebook needs a new lever to pull.
I've got your lever right here.
I found this for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93United_States_relations
>> Mayer then compared Uber's situation to the early days of Google when it first brought in Eric Schmidt as CEO to help co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page manage the company
I think she hit on something profound here: maybe Mayer should have brought in someone to manage Yahoo for her?
Me neither. My family and I have been though about a dozen cell phones in the past ten years and we still haven't felt compelled to buy an app or spend any money on "in app" purchases. Who, exactly, is parting with their money here?
In that region, the need for fanatically loyal employees is exploding.
>> disprove about 90% of Earths religions
Religions are already adapting so that such news would not conflict with their worldview. For example, here's the modified Catholic story:
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/02/23/catholicism-handle-discovery-extraterrestrial-life/
>> 0% of our elected officials are non-religious
Hmmm...better do some Googling before you claim an absolute like that.
Hangouts was tolerable until they nuked Effects. The sad trombone was the unofficial meeting sound...
Again - who cares? Most Windows users don't even run Edge - they pretty much automatically install Chrome. And even the remnants who do run Edge because it's just there aren't exactly going to learn how to install/use a new browser because some test said one was a little faster.
(Honestly, the next browser challenge is just to get everyone to run ad/malware-script blockers.)
Er...keep performing your little laptop tests, but most web browsing seems to happen on phones these days.
Last time I checked there were back episodes of MST3K on Netflix.
MST3K is also some of the easiest stuff to torrent or even find on YouTube. I've never not been able to pull up clips or whole episodes to show my kids what we watched back in the day.
Overall, Twitch seems a little lost with this gimmick. There IS a market for gaming liveplay. (I watch it myself at work when I get sick of podcasts and streaming music.) Why not continue to invest in it, especially as ESPN and its sports have finally jumped the shark?
On behalf of Slashdot, I'd like to implore the editors to tell us who these people are.
I could see someone who played a part in LOTR trying to work that into an entire career, but is there any other reason that "Gwyneth Paltrow" matters to nerds?
>> why not spotify or apple music
Profit margin. Streaming music is relatively easy - there's even OSS to spool up your own MP3s. Why should Telsa overpay for a streaming name brand when they can just keep the profits? (It's not like someone won't buy a Tesla because iTunes isn't integrated.)
In my recent experience all the viruses/malware that have bitten us (and have gone undetected by AV) have leveraged 1) Powershell (by running a Base-64 encoded payload) and 2) Office Macros (which end users stupidly allow)
If our admins had universal "only ever run pre-approved Powershell scripts" and "never run Office Macros" configured on our Windows machines, security incidents would probably drop by 80-90%.
Your company might not be large enough to attract GCP Enterprise pricing then. In the Fortunes Google has dropped its pants on server virtualization (e.g. 30% lower than EC2) to buy market share.
Rather than farting around with this, Amazon should be getting ready for a price war with Google by shedding expenses.
As a lifelong Star Trek fan I could give two shits. DSN was plenty of ST for one lifetime, and BSG pretty much put a bullet in the idea of Star Trek as the best ship-based SciFi franchise.
"We're sorry we published your name, censoring duty and home address to the Goat Bladder Knitting and IED Club. Please click here to enroll in three free months of credit monitoring..."
>> Google had attempted to settle the dispute with the EU three times in the last six years
If Google had better lawyers, maybe their attempt to drag this out without resolution would have extended past ten years rather than a mere six.