You aren't going to run a business out of a wallet any more than you're going to run one with a pile of money under the mattress in the back room
Why? Especially since exchanges are really just a bunch of wallets? The original value of a bank was that money was safer there then at home. (Yes there was lending as well, but it was mainly safety.) With bitcoin, it is the opposite.
Now they're learning the hard way how important all that regulation is to having a functioning economy.
It functions quite well for a lot of people. Not so much for the "investors" trusting random con artists. And this is how the world has been for a long time...
I run Ubuntu or FreeBSD on everything. Ubuntu because it is the only one where you can install it for free and add support later if you want it. This gives clients a level of comfort if I get hit by a bus.:) And FreeBSD because it is rock solid and secure.
The article does say cloud and container images will still be offered. Not sure if that is prepackaged, however. (Here is your VM. Password is "Putz".)
Everything a Pi will do, including power and connectors, for less money. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyse-T... I have these running Dokuwiki, Icinga, Cacti, Pihole, Syslog... I drop them off with clients all the time. And while 16.04 will be ok for another 3 years, I have systems I have not even looked at for 5 or more!
Support is the key. Many people want support, or at least the option. Name some specialized distributions that support 32bit for embedded devices or small low powered specific needs. I'll wait...
You get it! Higher price for a worse experience won't cut it.
1. Customer service. Hire people who know more than I do, or hire normal folks and train them on your product lines. Talking to a human is preferable to trying to coax a machine into giving me the answers.
Or at least people who know where the thing you want to buy is! Half of them can't even do that!:)
Many people run Ubuntu Server on embedded devices. And Old Wyse terminal server makes a wonderful Cacti and Icinga box. (No good having monitoring inside a VM when the VM server fails...) Perfect for Pi-Hole. A nice syslog server you can drop at a client when needed. And Ubuntu Server is the only distribution you can install totally for free and then add support a-la-carte later. And yes, I have added an expensive support contract to a $10 used Wyse box for a client.
"and lodged them in escrow at a company running a cryptocurrency exchange called Moolah"
So they stuck them in a unregulated bank from some guy no one has heard of and the bank was robbed. Blame the currency! If they would have kept them in their own wallet, not some guys basement, they would have been fine.
You do know what the letters in CEO stand for? Fire the top guy and whoever is next is now the chief executive.
And the entire point of long term stock options was to get companies thinking long term instead of per quarter profits only. If your stock only vest after 5 years, you have to think 5 years. Of course it was rapidly abused... The creative opportunity thinking people that make the best company leaders are good at finding compensation loopholes.
Or they do not stock the niche items. Home Depot is really bad about this. They do not stock ANY long hammer drill bits. But they can order one... Well so can I.
But hiring the cheapest and most clueless idiot to staff your stores is a big part as well. If brick and mortar wants to compete, they have to add value over amazon. A person that can actually answer questions is a big step in that direction.
I do like the premise of companies storing data locally.
I think all the "cloud backup" advocates have it backwards. The cloud's the best place for live data; but companies (and people) should have local backups of their clouds.
Living in Houston, I am a big fan of geographically separate backups. When half of the city is under water, local backups may be as well.
How the fuck does "flat design" effect productivity? Does it hurt your delicate eyeballs and then make you too sad to get shit done, or something like that?
Because controls are not readily apparent, and content is not logically separated, it takes longer to find information and controls. This means tasks overall take longer. Hence the lost productivity. Let me know if any of those words were too big for you.
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If they would have kept them in their own wallet, not some guys basement, they would have been fine.
Are you sure about that?
Despite the swift action by Trezor on the attack, the incident still created some doubt among users on the security of hardware wallets.
Yep. I am. Compare that ONE article with the many on exchanges. Also, there are other wallets. A paper wallet in a safe deposit box is possible too.
You aren't going to run a business out of a wallet any more than you're going to run one with a pile of money under the mattress in the back room
Why? Especially since exchanges are really just a bunch of wallets? The original value of a bank was that money was safer there then at home. (Yes there was lending as well, but it was mainly safety.) With bitcoin, it is the opposite.
Now they're learning the hard way how important all that regulation is to having a functioning economy.
It functions quite well for a lot of people. Not so much for the "investors" trusting random con artists. And this is how the world has been for a long time...
Or perhaps the client is looking at the work product from them, but not the system?
Have a firewall project already. I am good.
I run Ubuntu or FreeBSD on everything. Ubuntu because it is the only one where you can install it for free and add support later if you want it. This gives clients a level of comfort if I get hit by a bus. :) And FreeBSD because it is rock solid and secure.
As for as what to get, the best resource I have found is here. http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/t... And David Parkinson is a nice guy!
Because they are still doing the job. (And they are monitored.)
The article does say cloud and container images will still be offered. Not sure if that is prepackaged, however. (Here is your VM. Password is "Putz".)
If you're willing to pay, sure. Oh wait, you want both the OS and the support to be free? No can do.
Who offers paid support contracts for a 32 bit distribution? Not RedHat, Suse, or Ubuntu (now...) anyway.
Everything a Pi will do, including power and connectors, for less money. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyse-T... I have these running Dokuwiki, Icinga, Cacti, Pihole, Syslog... I drop them off with clients all the time. And while 16.04 will be ok for another 3 years, I have systems I have not even looked at for 5 or more!
Support is the key. Many people want support, or at least the option. Name some specialized distributions that support 32bit for embedded devices or small low powered specific needs. I'll wait...
1. Customer service. Hire people who know more than I do, or hire normal folks and train them on your product lines. Talking to a human is preferable to trying to coax a machine into giving me the answers.
Or at least people who know where the thing you want to buy is! Half of them can't even do that! :)
Many people run Ubuntu Server on embedded devices. And Old Wyse terminal server makes a wonderful Cacti and Icinga box. (No good having monitoring inside a VM when the VM server fails...) Perfect for Pi-Hole. A nice syslog server you can drop at a client when needed. And Ubuntu Server is the only distribution you can install totally for free and then add support a-la-carte later. And yes, I have added an expensive support contract to a $10 used Wyse box for a client.
"and lodged them in escrow at a company running a cryptocurrency exchange called Moolah"
So they stuck them in a unregulated bank from some guy no one has heard of and the bank was robbed. Blame the currency! If they would have kept them in their own wallet, not some guys basement, they would have been fine.
You do know what the letters in CEO stand for? Fire the top guy and whoever is next is now the chief executive.
And the entire point of long term stock options was to get companies thinking long term instead of per quarter profits only. If your stock only vest after 5 years, you have to think 5 years. Of course it was rapidly abused... The creative opportunity thinking people that make the best company leaders are good at finding compensation loopholes.
Or they do not stock the niche items. Home Depot is really bad about this. They do not stock ANY long hammer drill bits. But they can order one... Well so can I.
Oh sorry, I read that as "Investors in Europe are worried that it is now spreading a broad."
Prime same day delivery will kill backpage!
But hiring the cheapest and most clueless idiot to staff your stores is a big part as well. If brick and mortar wants to compete, they have to add value over amazon. A person that can actually answer questions is a big step in that direction.
What kind of data really needs to set powered off for 40 years, though?
I guess we know where you work... https://sputniknews.com/milita... ;)
I do like the premise of companies storing data locally.
I think all the "cloud backup" advocates have it backwards. The cloud's the best place for live data; but companies (and people) should have local backups of their clouds.
Living in Houston, I am a big fan of geographically separate backups. When half of the city is under water, local backups may be as well.
You've never seen a kid handle a tape, have you?
If your kid is roaming free in the middle of your company's big data center, you have an entirely different level of problems...
Tape monkey is their night job after making shoes and iPhones all day. ;)
what doors. Have you seen doors in a generic apartment unit? Fucking piece of shit, just like the walls. And it is getting worse.
Not in several years... Get a job and cut your hair^h^h^h^hbeard ya damn hippy^h^hster! ;)
So in other words, the kinds that we don't buy.
But a lot of businesses love them. With WiFi for network and a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, there is only one wire for the entire PC. Much cleaner.
How the fuck does "flat design" effect productivity? Does it hurt your delicate eyeballs and then make you too sad to get shit done, or something like that?
Because controls are not readily apparent, and content is not logically separated, it takes longer to find information and controls. This means tasks overall take longer. Hence the lost productivity. Let me know if any of those words were too big for you.
So quite how does "It's terrible, when will it die" and "there's more than just the panel wrong" get to become something a programmer can use?
Are you implying there's a dearth of window managers in the Unix world?
Good ones? Yes! Unfinished tech demos, and tiling CLI dsiplays? Lots! ;)
Guess you have not looked at tape lately. https://www.engadget.com/2017/...