To add to my comment, I genuinely get pissed over bad landlords. Yes, I've had a few issues with tenants, but mercifully few. On the other hand, I've had plenty of friends who have been stuck renting disgusting over-priced rat-holes. They're more than happy to show up for rent, but not so much when stuff breaks down. You've got a right to kick out tenants who are breaking their rental agreement (i.e. by subletting, etc), or if they or their subletters are causing damage etc. Otherwise, you're quite possibly SOL. If you want to make the money off airbnb, then rent your own damn place out on airbnb. If you want to make the money without the work, rent it out through an agency.
Ditto, although I don't rent out my whole place (just rooms), which also saves from me being subject to certain laws which make it *really* hard to get rid of bad tenants. I've only had one of those thankfully (she was in for all of a month then tried to skip paying rent).
Most of my renters seem pretty happy with the situation, at least to the extent that the ones who have moved out still chat with me on Facebook or occasionally come over for dinner etc. I think the strongest accusation I've had from a renter was "you're not my dad" (in response to me telling him he was being a bit loud for the neighbours)... to which my response was "no, I'm the landlord, and happy neighbours is worth more to me than your money" (he stayed, and cut the noise down in the evenings).
Unless you have a rental agreement prohibiting subletting, I'm not sure they have much of a case. It's not your property, but it is your space for the term of the rental.
Essentially airbnb etc are a short form of sublet. A lot of (IMHO, smart) landlords do prohibit subletting though, so they should be able to a let prevent airbnb rentals if not profit from them.
Maybe, but - assuming somebody had enough morals to push such a bill, and the congress at the time to pass it - a law preventing them from happening would also work to prevent such an issue from re-emerging in the future (or at least, unless such a law itself was struck down).
One important law that is needed, perhaps above all others, is something to prevent jamming unrelated bills (or perhaps just multiple bills) into a single law. Sure, you'd end up with more bits and pieces, but overall they should be more easily parsed than huge bills. Of course then gov't would still actually have to read this sh**, but hey...
Well, if you've got a fully encrypted drive and a passworded bootloader, it can actually make things pretty difficult to access even if you can boot alternative media.
If you read the parents article, the service was *NOT DELIVERED*, so there's no free haircut here. Additionally, it wasn't the cost of the services he's objecting to (that is implied in any purchase of goods), it's the "termination fee" which they indicate was additionally implied.
Except that a lot of these scumbags not only require you to "waive your right to class-action" but also to "submit to binding arbitration" (usually an arbitrator assigned by the corp).
OH NOES, he has to wait for gifted items a whole three days. Add the f'ing authenticator to a device you own, or if he has an iPod etc you can use that too so long as the initial SMS (during setup) goes to a mobile device.
Your son not getting a few TF2 items is much less an issue than the account hacks, fraud, and scams that were going on before this (which is why they made the change in the first place).
Also for trading in-game items, such as DOTA2 "loot", which to some may have a monetary value if it's a rare, etc. There's been lots of scams trying to trick people out of their loot, etc. Often these may be done by somebody who hacks an account to sell somebody else's stuff, does a trade, and quick trades/sells off the valuable stuff again. This is why they put they delay in there in the first place for those that aren't using extra measures to protect their account(s).
One thing to keep in mind though as that purchasing isn't just about the CPU itself, so numbers are misleading. Does Intel dominant the top-end of fast CPU's, you bet. But when it comes to a casual desktop that still has decent media capabilities, I've seen a lot of systems going AMD (not to mention the consoles etc).
Why? For any given system there's a trifecta of CPU, motherboard, and graphics (we'll skip RAM,HDD,PSU for now). For Intel, not only did the chips cost more but often many of the motherboards did as well. On top of that you add a video card, which - while cheap options were available - still adds a bit to the price.
Then you have stuff like the AMD APU's. To run most current-gen games/software at a moderate level of performance with AMD, you get a motherboard (often cheaper than Intel), and an A8 or A10 APU. No separate video card needed. You may want to shell out for slightly faster RAM since the graphics part of APU uses system RAM, but overall you have a decent system for less cash. *Plenty* of vendors seem to be going this route, and I've seen plenty of pre-build brand-name boxes going the AMD APU route.
Actually, where I used to SysAdmin, several of the other senior admins were from former "adult" sites (and one dude that worked on a "body modding" site). It seems that these are fairly good places to "cut your teeth" as they often deal with a decent amount of traffic, interesting technology, and they tend to have decent turnover (not necessarily because they're a bad gig, but because many prefer to move to more "socially accepted" jobs).
That's not to say a 14-yr-old should be sysadmin for a hardcore adult site, but for a young person finished school and looking to embark in the world of technology it could be a good job to get some cash and experience if you're not queasy on the content.
If you have access to the conversation on the children's side, you have ALREADY pierced encryption. The endpoints aren't hidden by encryption in most cases, that's a function of NAT/VPN/tor/etc
damned as I see someone buying lousy cup of coffee for $1.25 with their credit card
I think this insinuates that people are using credit for small things because they lack funds, but there's plenty of other good reasons for this. I don't carry a lot of cash, particularly small change. I'm Canadian so mine might vary from yours a bit: a) In Canada, small change ($0.5, $0.10, $0.25, $1.00, $2.00) comes in the form of coins. These are heavy, bulky, and frankly most wallets don't even have a coin purse in them anymore (I've yet to find a decent wallet that does, sadly). They're even considering a $5 coin.
b) Credit is safer than debit in terms of fraud. As a relative of mine experienced, a stolen CC # means getting the card cancelled, tracking down some bad purchases, and waiting for a new card. Having your debit card compromised can involve you account being drained, then locked for an extended period while the bank (maybe) does something to recover your funds
c) Many credit cards come without fees so long as you pay them off in a timely manner. Debit accounts often do come with fees, limits on the number of "free" transactions, etc (not mine, because I do my banking somewhere sane, but most major banks are like this). Banks also like to change the terms on the debit accounts, so your free-if-you-keep-$1000-balance account may suddenly start getting fees when they raise the minimum to $2000.
d) Paypass (paywave, tap-to-pay, etc). I have mixed feelings about this. From a security perspective it's pretty awful. For small items like a coffee or a donut, it's damn convenient, and faster than any other method. I've come to accept that so long as its limited to small purchases it's not that bad (if somebody steals my RFID they can't buy much) so long as one watches one's account.
So personally, I don't have space for a lot of spare change. Plus that $1.25 coffee is pretty quick with my CC and not worth potentially compromising my main bank account. Bring on the plastic.
It's his money and he can. However, when it comes to things like tax dodges (something this type of setup is often used for, e.g. estate taxes) etc then it affects more than just him. Also, if somebody is going to do something like this and air the "philanthropic" goals for PR, then calling bullshit is fair game.
It may not have the applications that *YOU* would want on a desktop PC. To be fair, it doesn't catch all the ones I'd want either, but for many of my family members it could do all they need, specifically: * Email * Browser * Netflix * Skype * Media Player(s)
Personally what I'd like to see is something that works better for non-touch non-keyboard devices. Android TV boxes are awesome, but I've not seen any that do particularly well with the basic remotes (I don't necessarily blame Android for this, a lot of it is app design, i.e. Netflix is pretty horrible with just a standard up/down/left/right OK remote).
No , but in all honestly Google - while collecting more data - seems to be doing a better job of being upfront about said collection and policing how it's used than the ISP's I've seen that do so, especially when it comes to nasty stuff like mobile carrier supercookie insertion etc.
Using MySQL as your DB is like using your smartphone as your camera. It's not that it's the best - in fact sometimes it might suck - but it's fairly easy to setup and use, is common, and it's there when you need in (available in most distributions and in VPS solutions etc).
"My brain has room for approximately 500 years of unedited memories"
And my database has room for petabytes of data. However indexing and sorting it tends to not work so well after a certain amount. In many cases, I believe the problem with aging isn't so much that you "forget" things completely (especially since people often regress in memories), but rather a fairly to make the connections needed to find pertinent information, or because the associated paths are damaged somehow.
I'd especially expect that a bank might be well-versed in ways to track money, and have friends that would cooperate in making it difficult so as to reduce such blackmail overall. And given the bank in question, I'd also expect that things would go rather badly for the culprit once tracked down.
With my Pi B, I found that the majority of USB wifi adaptors behaved rather poorly for some reason (losing connection, generating load, etc). Maybe I just had a bad board, but the same adaptors worked OK on other machines.
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To add to my comment, I genuinely get pissed over bad landlords. Yes, I've had a few issues with tenants, but mercifully few. On the other hand, I've had plenty of friends who have been stuck renting disgusting over-priced rat-holes. They're more than happy to show up for rent, but not so much when stuff breaks down. You've got a right to kick out tenants who are breaking their rental agreement (i.e. by subletting, etc), or if they or their subletters are causing damage etc. Otherwise, you're quite possibly SOL. If you want to make the money off airbnb, then rent your own damn place out on airbnb. If you want to make the money without the work, rent it out through an agency.
Ditto, although I don't rent out my whole place (just rooms), which also saves from me being subject to certain laws which make it *really* hard to get rid of bad tenants. I've only had one of those thankfully (she was in for all of a month then tried to skip paying rent).
Most of my renters seem pretty happy with the situation, at least to the extent that the ones who have moved out still chat with me on Facebook or occasionally come over for dinner etc. I think the strongest accusation I've had from a renter was "you're not my dad" (in response to me telling him he was being a bit loud for the neighbours)... to which my response was "no, I'm the landlord, and happy neighbours is worth more to me than your money" (he stayed, and cut the noise down in the evenings).
Unless you have a rental agreement prohibiting subletting, I'm not sure they have much of a case. It's not your property, but it is your space for the term of the rental.
Essentially airbnb etc are a short form of sublet. A lot of (IMHO, smart) landlords do prohibit subletting though, so they should be able to a let prevent airbnb rentals if not profit from them.
Maybe, but - assuming somebody had enough morals to push such a bill, and the congress at the time to pass it - a law preventing them from happening would also work to prevent such an issue from re-emerging in the future (or at least, unless such a law itself was struck down).
One important law that is needed, perhaps above all others, is something to prevent jamming unrelated bills (or perhaps just multiple bills) into a single law. Sure, you'd end up with more bits and pieces, but overall they should be more easily parsed than huge bills. Of course then gov't would still actually have to read this sh**, but hey...
That makes sense to me.Another good reason to have a password, and it would also mean that this bug would be useless if encryption is used.
Well, if you've got a fully encrypted drive and a passworded bootloader, it can actually make things pretty difficult to access even if you can boot alternative media.
If you read the parents article, the service was *NOT DELIVERED*, so there's no free haircut here. Additionally, it wasn't the cost of the services he's objecting to (that is implied in any purchase of goods), it's the "termination fee" which they indicate was additionally implied.
Except that a lot of these scumbags not only require you to "waive your right to class-action" but also to "submit to binding arbitration" (usually an arbitrator assigned by the corp).
OH NOES, he has to wait for gifted items a whole three days. Add the f'ing authenticator to a device you own, or if he has an iPod etc you can use that too so long as the initial SMS (during setup) goes to a mobile device.
Your son not getting a few TF2 items is much less an issue than the account hacks, fraud, and scams that were going on before this (which is why they made the change in the first place).
Also for trading in-game items, such as DOTA2 "loot", which to some may have a monetary value if it's a rare, etc.
There's been lots of scams trying to trick people out of their loot, etc. Often these may be done by somebody who hacks an account to sell somebody else's stuff, does a trade, and quick trades/sells off the valuable stuff again. This is why they put they delay in there in the first place for those that aren't using extra measures to protect their account(s).
One thing to keep in mind though as that purchasing isn't just about the CPU itself, so numbers are misleading. Does Intel dominant the top-end of fast CPU's, you bet. But when it comes to a casual desktop that still has decent media capabilities, I've seen a lot of systems going AMD (not to mention the consoles etc).
Why? For any given system there's a trifecta of CPU, motherboard, and graphics (we'll skip RAM,HDD,PSU for now). For Intel, not only did the chips cost more but often many of the motherboards did as well. On top of that you add a video card, which - while cheap options were available - still adds a bit to the price.
Then you have stuff like the AMD APU's. To run most current-gen games/software at a moderate level of performance with AMD, you get a motherboard (often cheaper than Intel), and an A8 or A10 APU. No separate video card needed. You may want to shell out for slightly faster RAM since the graphics part of APU uses system RAM, but overall you have a decent system for less cash. *Plenty* of vendors seem to be going this route, and I've seen plenty of pre-build brand-name boxes going the AMD APU route.
Actually, where I used to SysAdmin, several of the other senior admins were from former "adult" sites (and one dude that worked on a "body modding" site). It seems that these are fairly good places to "cut your teeth" as they often deal with a decent amount of traffic, interesting technology, and they tend to have decent turnover (not necessarily because they're a bad gig, but because many prefer to move to more "socially accepted" jobs).
That's not to say a 14-yr-old should be sysadmin for a hardcore adult site, but for a young person finished school and looking to embark in the world of technology it could be a good job to get some cash and experience if you're not queasy on the content.
If you have access to the conversation on the children's side, you have ALREADY pierced encryption. The endpoints aren't hidden by encryption in most cases, that's a function of NAT/VPN/tor/etc
damned as I see someone buying lousy cup of coffee for $1.25 with their credit card
I think this insinuates that people are using credit for small things because they lack funds, but there's plenty of other good reasons for this. I don't carry a lot of cash, particularly small change. I'm Canadian so mine might vary from yours a bit:
a) In Canada, small change ($0.5, $0.10, $0.25, $1.00, $2.00) comes in the form of coins. These are heavy, bulky, and frankly most wallets don't even have a coin purse in them anymore (I've yet to find a decent wallet that does, sadly). They're even considering a $5 coin.
b) Credit is safer than debit in terms of fraud. As a relative of mine experienced, a stolen CC # means getting the card cancelled, tracking down some bad purchases, and waiting for a new card. Having your debit card compromised can involve you account being drained, then locked for an extended period while the bank (maybe) does something to recover your funds
c) Many credit cards come without fees so long as you pay them off in a timely manner. Debit accounts often do come with fees, limits on the number of "free" transactions, etc (not mine, because I do my banking somewhere sane, but most major banks are like this). Banks also like to change the terms on the debit accounts, so your free-if-you-keep-$1000-balance account may suddenly start getting fees when they raise the minimum to $2000.
d) Paypass (paywave, tap-to-pay, etc). I have mixed feelings about this. From a security perspective it's pretty awful. For small items like a coffee or a donut, it's damn convenient, and faster than any other method. I've come to accept that so long as its limited to small purchases it's not that bad (if somebody steals my RFID they can't buy much) so long as one watches one's account.
So personally, I don't have space for a lot of spare change. Plus that $1.25 coffee is pretty quick with my CC and not worth potentially compromising my main bank account. Bring on the plastic.
It's his money and he can. However, when it comes to things like tax dodges (something this type of setup is often used for, e.g. estate taxes) etc then it affects more than just him. Also, if somebody is going to do something like this and air the "philanthropic" goals for PR, then calling bullshit is fair game.
It may not have the applications that *YOU* would want on a desktop PC. To be fair, it doesn't catch all the ones I'd want either, but for many of my family members it could do all they need, specifically:
* Email
* Browser
* Netflix
* Skype
* Media Player(s)
Personally what I'd like to see is something that works better for non-touch non-keyboard devices. Android TV boxes are awesome, but I've not seen any that do particularly well with the basic remotes (I don't necessarily blame Android for this, a lot of it is app design, i.e. Netflix is pretty horrible with just a standard up/down/left/right OK remote).
I'd rather have my dog live alongside me as long as possible. Let the kids have a hampster instead.
No , but in all honestly Google - while collecting more data - seems to be doing a better job of being upfront about said collection and policing how it's used than the ISP's I've seen that do so, especially when it comes to nasty stuff like mobile carrier supercookie insertion etc.
Using MySQL as your DB is like using your smartphone as your camera. It's not that it's the best - in fact sometimes it might suck - but it's fairly easy to setup and use, is common, and it's there when you need in (available in most distributions and in VPS solutions etc).
"My brain has room for approximately 500 years of unedited memories"
And my database has room for petabytes of data. However indexing and sorting it tends to not work so well after a certain amount. In many cases, I believe the problem with aging isn't so much that you "forget" things completely (especially since people often regress in memories), but rather a fairly to make the connections needed to find pertinent information, or because the associated paths are damaged somehow.
I'd especially expect that a bank might be well-versed in ways to track money, and have friends that would cooperate in making it difficult so as to reduce such blackmail overall. And given the bank in question, I'd also expect that things would go rather badly for the culprit once tracked down.
Or often, MySQL is ...
"the database which likely isn't the best choice, but it is the one available on most VPS hosting providers"
I am certain TMobile drops data connections of my phone detects wifi signals nearby
Actually, this might be more a function of the same antenna being used for cellular, bluetooth, and wifi signals.
With my Pi B, I found that the majority of USB wifi adaptors behaved rather poorly for some reason (losing connection, generating load, etc). Maybe I just had a bad board, but the same adaptors worked OK on other machines.