Which makes it a more desirable target than credit cards or checks. That's why it's more dangerous to carry than the alternatives.
Even assuming you're right, how does cash being more desirable make carrying cash more dangerous? As long as you're not flashing it around, nobody should be any the wiser about whether you're cashing cash, credit cards, or both.
For what it's worth, Siri reads back the text before asking if you'd like to send it. If you don't respond, the text is abandoned. Great feature, that way you can ignore Siri entirely if you spot a road hazard, or something.
There's a sub sandwich chain called Which Wich that implemented a really great compromise between giving your order to a human vs. putting in your order on a kiosk.
Upon entering, you grab a little bag with the name of the type of sandwich you want on the top. Then you grab a pen, write your name at the top, and fill in little circles with the extras you want (e.g., pickles, tomatoes, onions, mayo, etc.).
After you finish filling it out (it takes less than a minute), you hand it to the cashier. They end up giving you your sandwich in your bag. It's great. Way, way better than slowly shambling your way down, for example, a Subway line, asking for this and that, where there might be confusion or misunderstanding, or where they act obviously annoyed that you're there bothering them in the first place.
It's an amazing application. One of its best features is it looks and works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, and *BSD. Once you learn it (which isn't hard at all -- it's pretty darn self evident), you've boosted your productivity in all of the aforementioned operating systems.
Bonus feature: No Microsoft OneDrive advertisements built into the application!
Is hands-free and eyes-free texting okay? Sometimes, in the car, I say, "Siri, read my text messages," and she does. And then I might say, "Siri, text Jane Doe, I'm on my way home now, be there in ten minutes, send," and she sends it.
My hands are on the wheel and my eyes are on the road 100% of the time. Is that considered "texting and driving"?
And if that's a problem, how is it different from talking on the phone via car Bluetooth? Or talking to a passenger? Or listening to the radio?
Jesus fuckin' christ, will shit ever end? Is there one god damn business that can secure their shit to keep their customer's information safe?
We're currently deep in the Dark Ages of computer security, and I'm not 100% sure it's the fault of your typical companies that get hacked.
If 999,999 out of 1,000,000 of your customers somehow use your tool wrong, and cut off their hands, the real problem might be the tool...
Humans can't seem to secure anything (e.g., Windows, credit card machines, servers, etc.) because the whole process in incredibly error prone and ridiculously complex.
That's what I do. I do my best to use only cash at restaurants, including fast food and sit down restaurants. For multiple reasons.
One, computer security is truly deep in the dark ages these days. Both of the Chipotle restaurants I frequent were included in the hack, so I just saved myself a bunch of trouble getting a new card, changing some of my automatic payments for things like Netflix, etc.
Two, I don't have to wait for the server to pick up my credit card, process it, and return it.
Three, I'm pretty sure last year a server skimmed my card on purpose.
Four, it helps keep my spending down. I visit the bank once a month for that month's "fun money". If I spend it all, it's gone. Helps keep me on budget.
First off is the major pre-order backlash that's growing, which was further fueled this year by disappointing releases like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided...
What didn't you like about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided? I played it and enjoyed it, and thought it was worthwhile even at $60. Steam tells me I played it for 49 hours; I consider a mere $1.22 per hour a good deal.
I think I'd rather pay them a $2/month subscription for security updates, so that they have a revenue stream for keeping the old version supported, rather than requiring them to push new stuff out to keep their income.
Personally, I would rather pay a reasonable fee every year than get hit with a enormous upgrade cost every 4 years.
Windows 10 (retail version) costs about $130. Over 4 years, that works out to $2.71 per month. Maybe you can just drop $3 in your piggy bank the 1st of each month, to help soften the terrible economic blow.
I'd leave Windows if it went to a rental-only model. (For what it's worth, I'm only on Windows because...games. Otherwise, I'd be just as happy on macOS or desktop Linux.)
Some of this is the fault of HDMI - the HDMI consortium demands that all HDMI cables should have male ends and that's it.
You can buy HDMI cables that are male on one end and female on the other.
And I believe they demand that you can't convert HDMI into anything else.
I use an HDMI to DVI-D cable all the time.
It makes it a huge pain in the ass. HDMI should just be quarantined to home video, and computing should move ahead with DisplayPort. It's better in just about every way, as well as being an open standard.
How is DisplayPort better than HDMI? Cables seem to cost the same. The picture is still 100% digital (should be identical). Can you elaborate on what you're talking about?
I get the feeling you must be confusing HDMI with something else.
Apple customers want whatever Apple execs tell them to want.
That might be true of some Apple customers, but I can tell you that I'm an Apple customer, and I assure you that I chose iPhone over Android because, based on my research, I think iPhone has a better security, reliability, and longevity story. When I'm ready to upgrade, I'll reevaluate the smartphone landscape again.
Apple tells them "thin is in!" and Apple customers believe that thinness is the most important thing ever.
Actually, one of the reasons I bought an OtterBox for my iPhone was to fatten it up and make it easier to hold. The other reason being, of course, protection, since the phone was pretty expensive.
You seem kind of unthinking and religious in your hatred of people who choose to buy and use Apple products.
We're just being bossed around by someone else now.
I agree with that. The problem seems to be that we are either getting bossed around by one group of people or another.
This is why I'm thinking more and more that we should leave more up to the individuals states and less to the federal government.
It's an imperfect solution, but it does give like minded people the opportunity to live together and govern themselves. Maybe then we would have less animosity.
That is democracy isn't it? Better than two wolves and three sheep deciding the wolves should get to decide.
I think that's called "the tyranny of the majority".
This is why I'm increasingly in favor of states' rights. Urban areas shouldn't necessarily get to decide how rural folk should live, and rural folk shouldn't necessarily get to decide how urbanites should live.
It's admittedly an imperfect solution, but I think like minded people should have the right to live together and govern themselves.
Yes, only in America can you win by 3 million votes and still somehow lose. Thanks, Electoral College!
I think that's actually the Electoral College working as designed and intended.
Would it really be fair if the population of New York City alone got to boss around the 10 lowest population states? Without the Electoral College, would politicians even bother courting anyone except cities with Population Density Disorder?
I'm starting to become a believer in states' rights and a more limited federal government so that like minded people can live together and govern themselves, rather than urbanites getting to dictate how everyone should be forced to live.
Trump is... an embarrassment, at best, but the overheated histrionics of the Left wore very very thin a long time ago.
The histrionics have been happening for a while now. In 2000 and 2004, when George W. Bush was elected, the left insisted the world was practically coming to an end.
In 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama was elected, the right insisted the world was practically coming to an end.
And now that Donald Trump has been elected in 2016, the left is insisting the world is practically coming to an end.
The real problem, in my opinion, is that people are seemingly no longer capable of critical thinking. They've chosen their religion -- oops, excuse me, political party -- and have turned off their brains.
I consider myself 1/3 liberal, 1/3 conservative, and 1/3 other, because that's just how I see the issues. It's kind of lonely.
Meanwhile, both major political parties are busy bending us over and fucking us good and hard. Sigh.
Someone should *REALLY* call child protection service over this one. If the (grand-)parents are *THAT* stupid, chances are high that the kid is exposed to other risks due to the irresponsibility and stupidity of close family.
A lot of people don't watch or read the news -- and I don't blame them, as it's 99% hyped up garbage.
I can easily imagine a lot of affected Note 7 owners -- approximately 2.5 million of them -- weren't exposed to the recall message for some reason.
Sitting in such harsh judgment is pretty immature.
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Seems to me that privacy issues are a subset of security issues.
Which makes it a more desirable target than credit cards or checks. That's why it's more dangerous to carry than the alternatives.
Even assuming you're right, how does cash being more desirable make carrying cash more dangerous? As long as you're not flashing it around, nobody should be any the wiser about whether you're cashing cash, credit cards, or both.
Great comments, thanks.
For what it's worth, Siri reads back the text before asking if you'd like to send it. If you don't respond, the text is abandoned. Great feature, that way you can ignore Siri entirely if you spot a road hazard, or something.
There's a sub sandwich chain called Which Wich that implemented a really great compromise between giving your order to a human vs. putting in your order on a kiosk.
Upon entering, you grab a little bag with the name of the type of sandwich you want on the top. Then you grab a pen, write your name at the top, and fill in little circles with the extras you want (e.g., pickles, tomatoes, onions, mayo, etc.).
After you finish filling it out (it takes less than a minute), you hand it to the cashier. They end up giving you your sandwich in your bag. It's great. Way, way better than slowly shambling your way down, for example, a Subway line, asking for this and that, where there might be confusion or misunderstanding, or where they act obviously annoyed that you're there bothering them in the first place.
I second Midnight Commander.
It's an amazing application. One of its best features is it looks and works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, and *BSD. Once you learn it (which isn't hard at all -- it's pretty darn self evident), you've boosted your productivity in all of the aforementioned operating systems.
Bonus feature: No Microsoft OneDrive advertisements built into the application!
Is hands-free and eyes-free texting okay? Sometimes, in the car, I say, "Siri, read my text messages," and she does. And then I might say, "Siri, text Jane Doe, I'm on my way home now, be there in ten minutes, send," and she sends it.
My hands are on the wheel and my eyes are on the road 100% of the time. Is that considered "texting and driving"?
And if that's a problem, how is it different from talking on the phone via car Bluetooth? Or talking to a passenger? Or listening to the radio?
We are in the early days of VR and MR.
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict VR is going to be the new 3D TV.
Jesus fuckin' christ, will shit ever end? Is there one god damn business that can secure their shit to keep their customer's information safe?
We're currently deep in the Dark Ages of computer security, and I'm not 100% sure it's the fault of your typical companies that get hacked.
If 999,999 out of 1,000,000 of your customers somehow use your tool wrong, and cut off their hands, the real problem might be the tool...
Humans can't seem to secure anything (e.g., Windows, credit card machines, servers, etc.) because the whole process in incredibly error prone and ridiculously complex.
Cash?
That's what I do. I do my best to use only cash at restaurants, including fast food and sit down restaurants. For multiple reasons.
One, computer security is truly deep in the dark ages these days. Both of the Chipotle restaurants I frequent were included in the hack, so I just saved myself a bunch of trouble getting a new card, changing some of my automatic payments for things like Netflix, etc.
Two, I don't have to wait for the server to pick up my credit card, process it, and return it.
Three, I'm pretty sure last year a server skimmed my card on purpose.
Four, it helps keep my spending down. I visit the bank once a month for that month's "fun money". If I spend it all, it's gone. Helps keep me on budget.
First off is the major pre-order backlash that's growing, which was further fueled this year by disappointing releases like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ...
What didn't you like about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided? I played it and enjoyed it, and thought it was worthwhile even at $60. Steam tells me I played it for 49 hours; I consider a mere $1.22 per hour a good deal.
I think I'd rather pay them a $2/month subscription for security updates, so that they have a revenue stream for keeping the old version supported, rather than requiring them to push new stuff out to keep their income.
How come?
Personally, I would rather pay a reasonable fee every year than get hit with a enormous upgrade cost every 4 years.
Windows 10 (retail version) costs about $130. Over 4 years, that works out to $2.71 per month. Maybe you can just drop $3 in your piggy bank the 1st of each month, to help soften the terrible economic blow.
I'd leave Windows if it went to a rental-only model. (For what it's worth, I'm only on Windows because...games. Otherwise, I'd be just as happy on macOS or desktop Linux.)
The 21.5-inch iMac is configurable to 16 GB.
The 27-inch iMac is configurable to 32 GB.
You have to explicitly click on "27-inch iMac".
Some of this is the fault of HDMI - the HDMI consortium demands that all HDMI cables should have male ends and that's it.
You can buy HDMI cables that are male on one end and female on the other.
And I believe they demand that you can't convert HDMI into anything else.
I use an HDMI to DVI-D cable all the time.
It makes it a huge pain in the ass. HDMI should just be quarantined to home video, and computing should move ahead with DisplayPort. It's better in just about every way, as well as being an open standard.
How is DisplayPort better than HDMI? Cables seem to cost the same. The picture is still 100% digital (should be identical). Can you elaborate on what you're talking about?
I get the feeling you must be confusing HDMI with something else.
Apple customers want whatever Apple execs tell them to want.
That might be true of some Apple customers, but I can tell you that I'm an Apple customer, and I assure you that I chose iPhone over Android because, based on my research, I think iPhone has a better security, reliability, and longevity story. When I'm ready to upgrade, I'll reevaluate the smartphone landscape again.
Apple tells them "thin is in!" and Apple customers believe that thinness is the most important thing ever.
Actually, one of the reasons I bought an OtterBox for my iPhone was to fatten it up and make it easier to hold. The other reason being, of course, protection, since the phone was pretty expensive.
You seem kind of unthinking and religious in your hatred of people who choose to buy and use Apple products.
I'm not sure "the tyranny of the minority" is an improvement.
I'm definitely not advocating that. I guess I'm pondering that perhaps power should be more equitably spread out in the form of more states' rights.
We're just being bossed around by someone else now.
I agree with that. The problem seems to be that we are either getting bossed around by one group of people or another.
This is why I'm thinking more and more that we should leave more up to the individuals states and less to the federal government.
It's an imperfect solution, but it does give like minded people the opportunity to live together and govern themselves. Maybe then we would have less animosity.
That is democracy isn't it? Better than two wolves and three sheep deciding the wolves should get to decide.
I think that's called "the tyranny of the majority".
This is why I'm increasingly in favor of states' rights. Urban areas shouldn't necessarily get to decide how rural folk should live, and rural folk shouldn't necessarily get to decide how urbanites should live.
It's admittedly an imperfect solution, but I think like minded people should have the right to live together and govern themselves.
So, instead, a minority of the population should be able to tell everyone else how to live?
No, that seems like a bad outcome, too. More and more, I'm thinking the best compromise is more states' rights, and a more limited federal government.
Why wouldn't it be fair if 10 million people had their votes counted equally as 10 million other people?
Are you saying that democracy should be two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner?
White males hate a powerful women. Hillary just happens to fit that description. Obama was their "this far and no further."
Ah, yes. The new liberal mantra: If you didn't vote for Hillary, you're racist, misogynist, sexist, xenophobic...
Yes, only in America can you win by 3 million votes and still somehow lose. Thanks, Electoral College!
I think that's actually the Electoral College working as designed and intended.
Would it really be fair if the population of New York City alone got to boss around the 10 lowest population states? Without the Electoral College, would politicians even bother courting anyone except cities with Population Density Disorder?
I'm starting to become a believer in states' rights and a more limited federal government so that like minded people can live together and govern themselves, rather than urbanites getting to dictate how everyone should be forced to live.
Trump is ... an embarrassment, at best, but the overheated histrionics of the Left wore very very thin a long time ago.
The histrionics have been happening for a while now. In 2000 and 2004, when George W. Bush was elected, the left insisted the world was practically coming to an end.
In 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama was elected, the right insisted the world was practically coming to an end.
And now that Donald Trump has been elected in 2016, the left is insisting the world is practically coming to an end.
The real problem, in my opinion, is that people are seemingly no longer capable of critical thinking. They've chosen their religion -- oops, excuse me, political party -- and have turned off their brains.
I consider myself 1/3 liberal, 1/3 conservative, and 1/3 other, because that's just how I see the issues. It's kind of lonely.
Meanwhile, both major political parties are busy bending us over and fucking us good and hard. Sigh.
Someone should *REALLY* call child protection service over this one. If the (grand-)parents are *THAT* stupid, chances are high that the kid is exposed to other risks due to the irresponsibility and stupidity of close family.
A lot of people don't watch or read the news -- and I don't blame them, as it's 99% hyped up garbage.
I can easily imagine a lot of affected Note 7 owners -- approximately 2.5 million of them -- weren't exposed to the recall message for some reason.
Sitting in such harsh judgment is pretty immature.
Sorry but once a company takes every reasonable effort to make a situation safe (which they have done) there should be no more liability.
I think this may be the single most stupid thing I've ever seen someone say on Slashdot, and I've been here a pretty long time.