>> WikiLeaks is promising more leaked dirt on Hillary Clinton
Does anyone else remember when journalists actually did research like this? (In a free society, digging up "dirt" on politicians is a GOOD thing.) Where is the Watergate reporting crew when we need them?
It's become the Google of recruiting. These days, Monster and Jobs.com seem to be full of job postings that companies need to legally get out there before selecting an internal candidate or hiring an H1-B instead. You're just chasing a lot of phantom jobs out there. However, LinkedIn is where recruiters can research you instead and chase you down for positions they can't otherwise fill, which in my experience has meant a better-than-50% chance of getting the job before any interviews and above-average salary offers. So...that's why it's worth billions: it's the only place serious job seekers need to keep their resume current, and it's the only place recruiters need to find people.
>> If you want to develop for Android, then you're probably using Java...and if you're developing for iOS, then you've probably been using Swift or Objective-C.
In my (corporate) neck of the woods, people have been flocking to Xamarin (C#-based) for multiplatform mobile development for the past two years. Final tune-ups can be performed by a limited number (or contracted) platform-specific folks, but not much original "guts of the code" is being developed on "just" Android Java or Apple's proprietary languages these days.
The biggest technical flaw I think I see is that man-in-the-middle attacks can occur unless both sides manually check a 256-bit hex value - probably above the technical capabilities of most users. (This is unlike SSL/TLS/HTTPS where clients usually automatically verify the ID of the server, and servers often automatically verify the ID of the client.) From TFA:
>> For every secret conversation Messenger exposes in its interface both participants' identity keys (i.e. IKpk). Users may optionally verify these keys in order to ensure no man-in-the-middle attack is compromising their secret conversations. Messenger displays the 256-bit IKpk values in hexadecimal format.
>> I will continue to drive my own car thank you very much
Fuck that. When we have self-driving cars I'm planning on picking up the highest-paying job I can find an hour away so I can game my ass off before and after work every day without any distractions from the wife and kids.:)
>> (thing) that exist to report on every place I travel and when I travel there back to the company that sold me the car, their "family of partner companies", the ad agencies thosefirms "partner" with, the FBI, the NSA, and whoever else = NOT OK!
So...you'll be turning in your cell phone later today then?
Do not want VRML or whatever this new 3d crap is. Do not want auto-video. Want per-tab audio on/off controls. In general, don't follow Firefox's path to Bloatville and we'll still respect you in a few years.
>> I'm wondering what Google's revenue stream is here
Same as it ever was: ads. However, not instead of individual lyrics sites getting a portion of the ad click-dollars, Google gets the whole payment instead.
>> A query for the lyrics to a specific song will pull up the words to much of that song
"Much"? Why not "ALL"?
>> LyricFinder Chief Executive and co-founder Darryl Ballantyne projects publishers and songwriters seeing "millions" of dollars in additional revenue from this arrangement.
>> U.S. law enforcement has been notified and is currently investigating the matter.
Well it certainly sounds like "top men" are on it then! I'm sure they'll hop on it just as soon as they get Hillary's email server matter cleared up. How does December 2016 sound for you?
>> pathway to a modest, more attainable American dream...drivers...earned less than an average of $13.25 an hour after expenses.
"Hillary believes we are long overdue in raising the minimum wage. She has supported raising the federal minimum wage to $12" https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/plan-raise-american-incomes/
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>> WikiLeaks is promising more leaked dirt on Hillary Clinton
Does anyone else remember when journalists actually did research like this? (In a free society, digging up "dirt" on politicians is a GOOD thing.) Where is the Watergate reporting crew when we need them?
I thought most kickstarter projects were just scams to separate mildly interested supporters from their money.
>> PowerPoint was that it forced people to think about what they were going to say and in what order
Have you ever BEEN to a PowerPoint presentation?
>>>> Non-linear Presentation
>> Whatever the fuck that means.
It's a new feature that allows the audience to read whatever they want into your presentation. Very popular, I would imagine.
>> Researcher and Editor
which was codenamed "Clippy", right?
>> I will be buying the Nx is because of Zelda
Zelda is coming for the Wii U too.
Maybe they can "invent" Angry Bird Go and pull their shares up like Nintendo did. That works, right?
>> How the fuck is LinkedIn worth $26 billion?
It's become the Google of recruiting. These days, Monster and Jobs.com seem to be full of job postings that companies need to legally get out there before selecting an internal candidate or hiring an H1-B instead. You're just chasing a lot of phantom jobs out there. However, LinkedIn is where recruiters can research you instead and chase you down for positions they can't otherwise fill, which in my experience has meant a better-than-50% chance of getting the job before any interviews and above-average salary offers. So...that's why it's worth billions: it's the only place serious job seekers need to keep their resume current, and it's the only place recruiters need to find people.
Wrote in to say same. "Articles" that end with crappy open ended questions like this should be binned - stay on topic gold leader.
>> If you want to develop for Android, then you're probably using Java...and if you're developing for iOS, then you've probably been using Swift or Objective-C.
In my (corporate) neck of the woods, people have been flocking to Xamarin (C#-based) for multiplatform mobile development for the past two years. Final tune-ups can be performed by a limited number (or contracted) platform-specific folks, but not much original "guts of the code" is being developed on "just" Android Java or Apple's proprietary languages these days.
Was going to say the same about Firefox...I thought I finally figured out their plan.
>> Well, it's all cosy, says Oracle.
Frankly, that reads like an Oracle license agreement. WTF is "cosy"?
The biggest technical flaw I think I see is that man-in-the-middle attacks can occur unless both sides manually check a 256-bit hex value - probably above the technical capabilities of most users. (This is unlike SSL/TLS/HTTPS where clients usually automatically verify the ID of the server, and servers often automatically verify the ID of the client.) From TFA:
>> For every secret conversation Messenger exposes in its interface both participants' identity keys (i.e. IKpk). Users may optionally verify these keys in order to ensure no man-in-the-middle attack is compromising their secret conversations. Messenger displays the 256-bit IKpk values in hexadecimal format.
The best part of this plan is that it usually keeps my invites to future meetings under control.
>> I will continue to drive my own car thank you very much
:)
Fuck that. When we have self-driving cars I'm planning on picking up the highest-paying job I can find an hour away so I can game my ass off before and after work every day without any distractions from the wife and kids.
>> (thing) that exist to report on every place I travel and when I travel there back to the company that sold me the car, their "family of partner companies", the ad agencies thosefirms "partner" with, the FBI, the NSA, and whoever else = NOT OK!
So...you'll be turning in your cell phone later today then?
Really? Is it April Fools Day?
Do not want VRML or whatever this new 3d crap is. Do not want auto-video. Want per-tab audio on/off controls. In general, don't follow Firefox's path to Bloatville and we'll still respect you in a few years.
So...Google. Are you still against Brexit then?
>> I'm wondering what Google's revenue stream is here
Same as it ever was: ads. However, not instead of individual lyrics sites getting a portion of the ad click-dollars, Google gets the whole payment instead.
>> It could work, look at the LEGO Movie.
You can only pull that off once per generation.
Furthermore, the movie-going audience is getting a little fatigued with "breaking the fourth wall" especially after Deadpool.
>> A query for the lyrics to a specific song will pull up the words to much of that song
"Much"? Why not "ALL"?
>> LyricFinder Chief Executive and co-founder Darryl Ballantyne projects publishers and songwriters seeing "millions" of dollars in additional revenue from this arrangement.
Well...at least one of those two groups, right?
"I usually just pick a random number @ mailinator.com if I want to do something on a social network. Wait, what's that? Hey, not the taser, bro!"
They already did:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/06/24/1551210/chrome-bug-makes-it-easy-to-download-movies-from-netflix-and-amazon-prime
>> U.S. law enforcement has been notified and is currently investigating the matter.
Well it certainly sounds like "top men" are on it then! I'm sure they'll hop on it just as soon as they get Hillary's email server matter cleared up. How does December 2016 sound for you?
>> pathway to a modest, more attainable American dream...drivers...earned less than an average of $13.25 an hour after expenses.
"Hillary believes we are long overdue in raising the minimum wage. She has supported raising the federal minimum wage to $12"
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/plan-raise-american-incomes/