The question is not how much should I trust Cloudflare as a VPN... because that one is easy. The real question is do I trust Cloudflare more than AT&T. That's a little harder to answer.
All the finely-tuned network stacks out there are basically being thrown out the window... congestion management, buffering/resend, parsing, etc. are all being re-written into the QUIC protocol. The spec is so large that they had split it up into several smaller specs -- to start, things are going to be buggy, incompatible, and perform poorly. QUIC makes me nervous.
And Google's QUIC, which was very HTTP focused, is almost unrecognizable now that it's gone through IETF, where it was split into the two protocols HTTP/3, and the generic multi-stream transport QUIC.
Cheating happens, but that's a small negative that is easily burried in a big pile of positive.
Mods are the reason games like DOOM and Quake took off. Each had hundreds of custom maps that increased playability beyond what one company could ever hope to make. Quake had dozens of popular mods, many of them total conversions, that entirely changed the gameplay. Team Fortress and Capture the Flag both spawned communities that quickly rivaled and eventually exceeded the base game's popularity.
Several of Valve's most popular titles -- Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Dota -- started their lives as mods.
The battle royale games that are wildly popular right now have their roots in Day Z, which was a mod for ARMA.
It's not just good for maintaining communities, either. There's a reason Quake, Unreal, Half-Life, and Source engines were all licensed like crazy: people were making mods for them, knew how they worked in and out, and then when it came time to make money, the choice was easy. Modding made these companies a ton of money.
The screen has higher resolution, and is not pentile so it's actually even higher than the ~40% pixel increase. Interestingly it actually has less resolution than the Quest.
The screen is LCD rather than OLED, so one might think it will have poor black levels compared to the CV1. However, CV1 is often driven with compressed blacks and so doesn't get that brilliant OLED "completely off" black in practice anyway. Will need to play with it to see.
It also runs at 80hz rather than 90hz, though I suspect that may not be detectable.
Poor critical thinking from a named member, insightful response from an AC. What is going on here; this isn't my Slashdot! Where are my hot grits and Cowboy Neals?
Yea, that was my thought... this is actually a great thing in my book! The media and people who didn't grow up in that culture will try to hang him on it, though. It's going to be a bumpy ride for him in the primaries.
The only reason I haven't got lasik is that even the best procedures have a significant risk of reducing night vision. Mine is already bad, and I can't imagine having it worse.
TAOCP's exercises are great. They're crafted so that once you're through them, you will have a great conceptual knowledge of the algorithms. This is important as you will rarely be told to simply "write this algorithm" -- instead, you'll need to decipher real-world requirements and be able to recognize when one of the algorithms can be applied.
Multipliers is not a programming book, but it will make you a better programmer.
Multipliers looks through the lens of the tech industry to show examples of people who are a "multiplier" and people who are a "diminisher". The idea being that when working with a multiplier, people feel that they are working hyper-efficiently, while with a diminisher they are working at sub-optimal.
This book changed the way I think about teamwork: it's not just about being a rock star yourself, but about making your team the rock star. It helped me identify facets of my working style and past experiences that, if acted on differently, will enable people on my team to shine with minimal additional effort from myself.
Half the problem is the comments. The other half (also demonstrated in the video) is people copying & reposting these videos under throwaway accounts.
It seems like Youtube needs both a way for parents to prevent unsupervised postings from their children, as well as a way to better track these obvious abuse cases.
Have you seen the video in question? This isn't an overreaction or censorship issue.
There are hundreds of comments on these videos of people calling the kids sexy and posting timestamps where the kids are in suggestive positions. often with some short exclamation or suggestive emojis attached, and some even linking to real child porn.
He started a brand new Youtube account, searched something slightly risque but completely safe and normal, and within two clicks found one of these videos along with countless additional suggestions that were all having the same issue.
Indeed. I find that within a few minutes of talking to a candidate, I usually have them nailed down pretty well.
A good developer simply talks differently than a bad one. They talk about what matters rather than whatever rote thing they learned in school, they are excited to talk about cool projects they did, enjoy getting into the mud answering deeper questions, have opinions about things they've been using for a long time, and don't bullshit claiming they know things they don't.
The ones I do give a longer coding exercise to are juniors -- these guys don't usually know how to chat just yet, and don't have any interesting projects under their belt. Enthusiasm can only go so far, so I like to send them home with something to spend an hour on, letting them send it back the next morning.
It's almost like they don't want to get people pumped for the "Marvel Streaming Universe" when it will drive users to hop on Disney+ for all the new shows.
In an enlightened society, businesses that need supervision would be licensed by a non-profit, consumer supported organization
Let me know when you find an enlightened society. I want to go to there. Until then, I'll be happy to have the FDA help my grandparents not waste money on pseudoscience garbage that purports to cure my grandpa's cancer, or my mom purchasing the latest bullshit thing Doctor Oz claims is a cure-all.
The supplement industry is ripe with need for regulation. The lack of evidence, the lack of quality control or even a requirement that you're actually getting the thing you're paying for, the preying on the uneducated -- this is a very vile industry.
So true. The way the program is currently working is an abuse of the people working for it as well as hurting local workers. We should be using it only to bring in experts when we truly can't find an American to do the job. There should be oversight to verify this.
Yea, this is a bit of the owner's fault, but it seems like Nest could be a doing better job helping their customers secure their systems. Something like this happening wasn't an if, but a when.
Considering how sensitive this kind of system is, I would expect Nest to have some really simple security features like basic access logs, notifying you of (and maybe blocking) unknown IPs, required 2FA, etc.
This is why I'd never opt for some 3rd party managed system in my own home.
1. Once you get to know a printer and dial it in, it can be fairly reliable, but yea, it's not 100% and not something I'd recommend to anyone who's afraid of taking things apart.
2. Most cheap printers can do 0.08mm layer height. At that height they feel rough but you can't see the layers unless you go looking for them.
3. You can't print solder but there are conductive PLAs and rubbery filaments. Check out the Mosaic Palette, which lets you print more or less flawlessly from 4 spools.
4. Cost gets you mainly two things: reliability and larger build surfaces. Quality stays about the same, though print speed can improve a little bit.
So I haven't installed the extension, but I'm considering it. There are a couple things that make me feel good about the concept.
First, this "why should you trust us" is actually a pretty good list of rules. If they abide by them, it'll be pretty sweet. The moment they break them, or appear to be bending them for a bias, they'll have lost all trust.
Second, based on their samples it looks like you get a lot more than a little red flag -- you get a bunch of data backing up their decision, and can make your own choices.
The unfortunate reality is that most people -- even smart people -- have trouble seeing past their own biases and get fooled all the time by the spin cycle. People have been trained to have a visceral reaction of denial/deflection to any criticism aimed at their tribe. Having a group specializing in detecting bullshit seems like not just a good idea but a necessity. It also seems like one that can very easily go bad, so it needs constant oversight and it needs people to call them on any of their own bullshit. I'd like to see them maintain high levels of transparency.
Because we are trained journalists who have spent our careers dedicated to the profession. We care deeply about reliable journalismâ(TM)s pivotal role in democracy. (In case youâ(TM)re wondering, our experienced journalists come from diverse backgrounds and have no political axes to grind.)
Because you can see the credentials and backgrounds of everyone responsible for every NewsGuard reliability rating and Nutrition Label that you read. For the names and biographies of our staff and contributors, click here.
Because we have an ethics and conflicts of interest policy to which all of our analysts and editors have to agree. You can read that policy here.
Because we are totally transparent about how we make all of our decisions. Our Nutrition Label write-ups explain what is behind our decisions. We disclose and explain in detail the nine criteria we use to rate each news site on its journalistic practices. Weâ(TM)re not a black box algorithm.
Because we make concerted attempts to get comment from every websiteâ(TM)s editor or manager before we write anything negative about the site, and always include the comment in our Nutrition Labels (or make changes after weighing the comment and realizing our initial conclusion was wrong). Algorithms donâ(TM)t call for comment.
Because we will post any complaints from website proprietors about anything we have written about them. And we will answer them publicly â" and when warranted will make corrections, publicly, after we consider the complaint. You can read our policy for correcting errors or mistakes here.
Because we accept no fees from the news websites we rate. (Our revenue comes from the platforms and search engines for licensing our ratings in order to include them in their feeds and search results.) We rate all news and information sites among the approximately 4,500 sites responsible for 98% of the online engagement in English in the United States.
Because we do not collect any personal information of any kind from those who download and use our browser plug-ins. None. You can read our privacy policy here.
Because bringing more information to people about the news sources they encounter online is our only business. Our success depends entirely on being trustworthy and reliable.
What users see: "Treble lets them get me updates 2x faster"
What LG's management sees: "Treble lets me fire half my update staff and still meet existing goals"
Slashdot Mirror
The question is not how much should I trust Cloudflare as a VPN... because that one is easy. The real question is do I trust Cloudflare more than AT&T. That's a little harder to answer.
All the finely-tuned network stacks out there are basically being thrown out the window... congestion management, buffering/resend, parsing, etc. are all being re-written into the QUIC protocol. The spec is so large that they had split it up into several smaller specs -- to start, things are going to be buggy, incompatible, and perform poorly. QUIC makes me nervous.
And Google's QUIC, which was very HTTP focused, is almost unrecognizable now that it's gone through IETF, where it was split into the two protocols HTTP/3, and the generic multi-stream transport QUIC.
keep doing what you're doing, with ... Apple genuine parts, reliable parts supply, and Apple process and training.
Having an option to get genuine parts would be great, but I fully expect an aftermarket to be created with much cheaper options.
Cheating happens, but that's a small negative that is easily burried in a big pile of positive.
Mods are the reason games like DOOM and Quake took off. Each had hundreds of custom maps that increased playability beyond what one company could ever hope to make. Quake had dozens of popular mods, many of them total conversions, that entirely changed the gameplay. Team Fortress and Capture the Flag both spawned communities that quickly rivaled and eventually exceeded the base game's popularity.
Several of Valve's most popular titles -- Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Dota -- started their lives as mods.
The battle royale games that are wildly popular right now have their roots in Day Z, which was a mod for ARMA.
It's not just good for maintaining communities, either. There's a reason Quake, Unreal, Half-Life, and Source engines were all licensed like crazy: people were making mods for them, knew how they worked in and out, and then when it came time to make money, the choice was easy. Modding made these companies a ton of money.
The screen has higher resolution, and is not pentile so it's actually even higher than the ~40% pixel increase. Interestingly it actually has less resolution than the Quest.
The screen is LCD rather than OLED, so one might think it will have poor black levels compared to the CV1. However, CV1 is often driven with compressed blacks and so doesn't get that brilliant OLED "completely off" black in practice anyway. Will need to play with it to see.
It also runs at 80hz rather than 90hz, though I suspect that may not be detectable.
Poor critical thinking from a named member, insightful response from an AC. What is going on here; this isn't my Slashdot! Where are my hot grits and Cowboy Neals?
Yea, that was my thought... this is actually a great thing in my book! The media and people who didn't grow up in that culture will try to hang him on it, though. It's going to be a bumpy ride for him in the primaries.
The only reason I haven't got lasik is that even the best procedures have a significant risk of reducing night vision. Mine is already bad, and I can't imagine having it worse.
TAOCP's exercises are great. They're crafted so that once you're through them, you will have a great conceptual knowledge of the algorithms. This is important as you will rarely be told to simply "write this algorithm" -- instead, you'll need to decipher real-world requirements and be able to recognize when one of the algorithms can be applied.
Multipliers is not a programming book, but it will make you a better programmer.
Multipliers looks through the lens of the tech industry to show examples of people who are a "multiplier" and people who are a "diminisher". The idea being that when working with a multiplier, people feel that they are working hyper-efficiently, while with a diminisher they are working at sub-optimal.
This book changed the way I think about teamwork: it's not just about being a rock star yourself, but about making your team the rock star. It helped me identify facets of my working style and past experiences that, if acted on differently, will enable people on my team to shine with minimal additional effort from myself.
Half the problem is the comments. The other half (also demonstrated in the video) is people copying & reposting these videos under throwaway accounts.
It seems like Youtube needs both a way for parents to prevent unsupervised postings from their children, as well as a way to better track these obvious abuse cases.
Have you seen the video in question? This isn't an overreaction or censorship issue.
There are hundreds of comments on these videos of people calling the kids sexy and posting timestamps where the kids are in suggestive positions. often with some short exclamation or suggestive emojis attached, and some even linking to real child porn.
He started a brand new Youtube account, searched something slightly risque but completely safe and normal, and within two clicks found one of these videos along with countless additional suggestions that were all having the same issue.
My AT&T phone already has 5G. Qualcomm needs to catch up.
Indeed. I find that within a few minutes of talking to a candidate, I usually have them nailed down pretty well.
A good developer simply talks differently than a bad one. They talk about what matters rather than whatever rote thing they learned in school, they are excited to talk about cool projects they did, enjoy getting into the mud answering deeper questions, have opinions about things they've been using for a long time, and don't bullshit claiming they know things they don't.
The ones I do give a longer coding exercise to are juniors -- these guys don't usually know how to chat just yet, and don't have any interesting projects under their belt. Enthusiasm can only go so far, so I like to send them home with something to spend an hour on, letting them send it back the next morning.
It's almost like they don't want to get people pumped for the "Marvel Streaming Universe" when it will drive users to hop on Disney+ for all the new shows.
In an enlightened society, businesses that need supervision would be licensed by a non-profit, consumer supported organization
Let me know when you find an enlightened society. I want to go to there. Until then, I'll be happy to have the FDA help my grandparents not waste money on pseudoscience garbage that purports to cure my grandpa's cancer, or my mom purchasing the latest bullshit thing Doctor Oz claims is a cure-all.
The supplement industry is ripe with need for regulation. The lack of evidence, the lack of quality control or even a requirement that you're actually getting the thing you're paying for, the preying on the uneducated -- this is a very vile industry.
So true. The way the program is currently working is an abuse of the people working for it as well as hurting local workers. We should be using it only to bring in experts when we truly can't find an American to do the job. There should be oversight to verify this.
Yea, this is a bit of the owner's fault, but it seems like Nest could be a doing better job helping their customers secure their systems. Something like this happening wasn't an if, but a when.
Considering how sensitive this kind of system is, I would expect Nest to have some really simple security features like basic access logs, notifying you of (and maybe blocking) unknown IPs, required 2FA, etc.
This is why I'd never opt for some 3rd party managed system in my own home.
Don't you mean like Xbox Game Pass, or EA's Origin Access Premier?
1. Once you get to know a printer and dial it in, it can be fairly reliable, but yea, it's not 100% and not something I'd recommend to anyone who's afraid of taking things apart.
2. Most cheap printers can do 0.08mm layer height. At that height they feel rough but you can't see the layers unless you go looking for them.
3. You can't print solder but there are conductive PLAs and rubbery filaments. Check out the Mosaic Palette, which lets you print more or less flawlessly from 4 spools.
4. Cost gets you mainly two things: reliability and larger build surfaces. Quality stays about the same, though print speed can improve a little bit.
So I haven't installed the extension, but I'm considering it. There are a couple things that make me feel good about the concept.
First, this "why should you trust us" is actually a pretty good list of rules. If they abide by them, it'll be pretty sweet. The moment they break them, or appear to be bending them for a bias, they'll have lost all trust.
Second, based on their samples it looks like you get a lot more than a little red flag -- you get a bunch of data backing up their decision, and can make your own choices.
The unfortunate reality is that most people -- even smart people -- have trouble seeing past their own biases and get fooled all the time by the spin cycle. People have been trained to have a visceral reaction of denial/deflection to any criticism aimed at their tribe. Having a group specializing in detecting bullshit seems like not just a good idea but a necessity. It also seems like one that can very easily go bad, so it needs constant oversight and it needs people to call them on any of their own bullshit. I'd like to see them maintain high levels of transparency.
Because we are trained journalists who have spent our careers dedicated to the profession. We care deeply about reliable journalismâ(TM)s pivotal role in democracy. (In case youâ(TM)re wondering, our experienced journalists come from diverse backgrounds and have no political axes to grind.)
Because you can see the credentials and backgrounds of everyone responsible for every NewsGuard reliability rating and Nutrition Label that you read. For the names and biographies of our staff and contributors, click here.
Because we have an ethics and conflicts of interest policy to which all of our analysts and editors have to agree. You can read that policy here.
Because we are totally transparent about how we make all of our decisions. Our Nutrition Label write-ups explain what is behind our decisions. We disclose and explain in detail the nine criteria we use to rate each news site on its journalistic practices. Weâ(TM)re not a black box algorithm.
Because we make concerted attempts to get comment from every websiteâ(TM)s editor or manager before we write anything negative about the site, and always include the comment in our Nutrition Labels (or make changes after weighing the comment and realizing our initial conclusion was wrong). Algorithms donâ(TM)t call for comment.
Because we will post any complaints from website proprietors about anything we have written about them. And we will answer them publicly â" and when warranted will make corrections, publicly, after we consider the complaint. You can read our policy for correcting errors or mistakes here.
Because we accept no fees from the news websites we rate. (Our revenue comes from the platforms and search engines for licensing our ratings in order to include them in their feeds and search results.) We rate all news and information sites among the approximately 4,500 sites responsible for 98% of the online engagement in English in the United States.
Because we do not collect any personal information of any kind from those who download and use our browser plug-ins. None. You can read our privacy policy here.
Because bringing more information to people about the news sources they encounter online is our only business. Our success depends entirely on being trustworthy and reliable.
I hated that the industry got rid of netbooks. Let the cheap, small laptops return!
What users see: "Treble lets them get me updates 2x faster" What LG's management sees: "Treble lets me fire half my update staff and still meet existing goals"
The coolest part about Chromecast Audio is that you can play lossless music and use optical-out into a nice DAC/amp for maximum quality.
I've got one, I'll probably order another from some store that has them in stock. Super bummed that this useful little gadget is gone.