Also, this fantasy that tech workers make so much more than average is bullshit.
Maybe that's true in Silicon Valley for the "chosen few", but there's a lot of tech jobs all over the country that aren't paying the "big bucks". I do what I do because I love it, I enjoy it, and I actually wake up every morning looking forward to going to work. But truth be told, I'm sure there are talented plumbers in my city who make a shitload more than I do.
Tech work is RAPIDLY becoming commoditized. Too many young punks who "think" they know some stuff and are willing to work for cheap are driving salaries down. In the meantime, guys like me who actually *do* know how to do that stuff get stuck training their dumb asses.
If you are anything outside of the "norm" in the field, the best advice I can give you comes in two parts:
1.) Be willing to work for a little less than the going rate.
2.) Focus on smaller companies who are less likely to have automated resume screening systems. Wouldn't hurt if the owner of the company had a little gray himself.
The truth is that although it's better than 3 years ago, the job market is still a bitch. Don't give up, and hard as it may be, don't take rejections personally and let them get you down on yourself.
Honestly, that's the absolute least concerning thing here.
If the Government wants into your house, they have people specifically trained to do that who will probably have your lock picked faster than you can open it yourself with the key.
There are non-destructive techniques which open almost any ordinary door in seconds without a matching key.
It took me one evening with a Dremel and some scrap metal to make my own set of lock picks AND learn how to use them. That includes the time I spent on Google.
Why all the comparisons to Skype? They're not even remotely in the same category of products!
Also, while it is true that Google comes up with great ideas from time to time, Google Voice wasn't one of them. It's a product that they purchased and stripped down, formerly known as GrandCentral.
Yeah, the Waze routing can be truly horrible sometimes.
On one trip I used to drive regularly I would skip a turn it wanted me to take and take a different route that I preferred. Even an hour down the road later, Waze re-routing was telling me to turn around, retrace my steps, and take the path it had originally selected.
I also don't like the idea of being told to take a certain path just because Waze wants to collect data about that road. I want the best route, not the one that will get them data that they lack.
as long as they get a warrant before peeking at US citizens.
The reality is that they do plenty of peeking with or without a warrant. They only bother with the warrant when they're going to need to be able to admit the evidence in court.
1. Many people are not really bothered by this or the NSA's monitoring/data collection. The attitude of "I am doing nothing wrong so I have nothing to hide" seems to be the root of this one.
To those people, all I have to say is this:
If Diane Fucking Feinstein thinks the government might be overstepping their bounds, then you can bet your sweet ass there's something to worry about.
Most definitely not an MVNO, and in my neck of the woods they blow all of the big 4 out of the water in every aspect (aside from being beaten on price a little by Sprint).
I recently switched and now have solid LTE at several locations where my sprint phone had no service.
It's not a lack of sense of humor, it's just that the whole flying spaghetti monster thing is WAY too old to be funny anymore, even if it had been in the first place. Which it wasn't, it's always been just plain stupid.
My biggest source of stress is lacking the time to do the things that I would love to do. I would love to hike the entire Appalachian Trail start to finish, but given that that is a 4 to 6 month undertaking, I can't. I would love to spend some time sailing the ocean. I'd like to spend more time fishing, camping. I don't get to spend nearly as much time with my family as I would like.
It baffles me that there are actually people who *fear* free time.
Hell, one of my biggest fantasies is to have a day, just one, where I actually get to remember what being "bored" feels like.
Next, ISPs in other nations should have their links to the rest of the internet totally cut if they do not take similar measures.
Most of the bad traffic I see is from address ranges in russia and china.
Same here. Unfortunately, I only have admin rights on our own systems. The ISPs in Russia and China don't much give a crap what I would like them to do.
Yep. About 12 years ago I was working for a small-ish company that really only relied on connectivity during business hours, and even then, if it went down, the lack of email was the only "big" concern, and was easily dealt with by picking up the phone.
Noticed one day at about 15 minutes before quitting time that someone was trying to break into our email server. I took great pleasure in simply unplugging the T1 from the router and going home for the night. Came in a little early the next day to get things online before business hours, and never saw the guy back again.
(There is no greater security than not being connected.:)
As an admin for a quite large ISP, we do exactly that every single day. As soon as we know someone's computer is sending spam, step 1 is to change their email password, step 2 is to disable all internet connectivity.
Yes, our TS department does work with them to clean up the infection. But until we're satisfied that they are malware free, they're offline.
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Also, this fantasy that tech workers make so much more than average is bullshit.
Maybe that's true in Silicon Valley for the "chosen few", but there's a lot of tech jobs all over the country that aren't paying the "big bucks". I do what I do because I love it, I enjoy it, and I actually wake up every morning looking forward to going to work. But truth be told, I'm sure there are talented plumbers in my city who make a shitload more than I do.
Tech work is RAPIDLY becoming commoditized. Too many young punks who "think" they know some stuff and are willing to work for cheap are driving salaries down. In the meantime, guys like me who actually *do* know how to do that stuff get stuck training their dumb asses.
That's a matter of genetics, I guess. I spotted my first gray hairs while I was still in college. (Yes, at the "traditional" age to be in college.)
What the fuck are you talking about?
Hate to break it to you junior, but the gray hair comes creeping in LONG before retirement age is getting anywhere near.
If you are anything outside of the "norm" in the field, the best advice I can give you comes in two parts:
1.) Be willing to work for a little less than the going rate.
2.) Focus on smaller companies who are less likely to have automated resume screening systems. Wouldn't hurt if the owner of the company had a little gray himself.
The truth is that although it's better than 3 years ago, the job market is still a bitch. Don't give up, and hard as it may be, don't take rejections personally and let them get you down on yourself.
Honestly, that's the absolute least concerning thing here.
If the Government wants into your house, they have people specifically trained to do that who will probably have your lock picked faster than you can open it yourself with the key.
There are non-destructive techniques which open almost any ordinary door in seconds without a matching key.
It took me one evening with a Dremel and some scrap metal to make my own set of lock picks AND learn how to use them. That includes the time I spent on Google.
I have gotten copies of "Do Not Duplicate" keys made many times at places ranging from Walmart, to hardware stores, to a professional locksmith shop.
NEVER ONCE did anybody even ask about it.
You're assuming the machine encrypts its data
He might be assuming.
Or he might have, you know, read the article.
Why all the comparisons to Skype? They're not even remotely in the same category of products!
Also, while it is true that Google comes up with great ideas from time to time, Google Voice wasn't one of them. It's a product that they purchased and stripped down, formerly known as GrandCentral.
Yeah, the Waze routing can be truly horrible sometimes.
On one trip I used to drive regularly I would skip a turn it wanted me to take and take a different route that I preferred. Even an hour down the road later, Waze re-routing was telling me to turn around, retrace my steps, and take the path it had originally selected.
I also don't like the idea of being told to take a certain path just because Waze wants to collect data about that road. I want the best route, not the one that will get them data that they lack.
Heh... There was a time when 361 comments on a /. article meant it was a topic nobody was interested in.
That actually makes a lot of sense, too.
Wasn't familiar with her husband's line of work.
If I know an alcoholic who drives drunk every day, does that make it ok for him to do it again tomorrow?
After all, "he's already doing it"!
as long as they get a warrant before peeking at US citizens.
The reality is that they do plenty of peeking with or without a warrant. They only bother with the warrant when they're going to need to be able to admit the evidence in court.
1. Many people are not really bothered by this or the NSA's monitoring/data collection. The attitude of "I am doing nothing wrong so I have nothing to hide" seems to be the root of this one.
To those people, all I have to say is this:
If Diane Fucking Feinstein thinks the government might be overstepping their bounds, then you can bet your sweet ass there's something to worry about.
Not nearly enough young people have read 1984.
We are now just an Xbox One and a subpoena (or FISA order) away from living in that wold.
It changes things if her consent was conditional on the use of protection.
It's only misleading to people who are stupid enough to think that the way things are today are going to matter in 6 months.
For the rest of us people with a little common sense, it's an interesting bit of anecdotal info.
You're leaving out US Cellular.
Most definitely not an MVNO, and in my neck of the woods they blow all of the big 4 out of the water in every aspect (aside from being beaten on price a little by Sprint).
I recently switched and now have solid LTE at several locations where my sprint phone had no service.
It's not a lack of sense of humor, it's just that the whole flying spaghetti monster thing is WAY too old to be funny anymore, even if it had been in the first place. Which it wasn't, it's always been just plain stupid.
The result wasn't that bad, but the real question is "Why the fuck was this ever even an issue in the first place"?
Patents should be for creations, not discoveries.
The ONLY people who should be entitled to a patent on my genome is my parents, and even that is questionable.
Or, I could see a patent on genes being issued to either "God" or "The Universe", depending upon religous beliefs (or lack thereof).
But this case should have never even been allowed to waste the court's time.
Agreed.
My biggest source of stress is lacking the time to do the things that I would love to do. I would love to hike the entire Appalachian Trail start to finish, but given that that is a 4 to 6 month undertaking, I can't. I would love to spend some time sailing the ocean. I'd like to spend more time fishing, camping. I don't get to spend nearly as much time with my family as I would like.
It baffles me that there are actually people who *fear* free time.
Hell, one of my biggest fantasies is to have a day, just one, where I actually get to remember what being "bored" feels like.
This is a good first step.
Next, ISPs in other nations should have their links to the rest of the internet totally cut if they do not take similar measures.
Most of the bad traffic I see is from address ranges in russia and china.
Same here. Unfortunately, I only have admin rights on our own systems. The ISPs in Russia and China don't much give a crap what I would like them to do.
Yep. About 12 years ago I was working for a small-ish company that really only relied on connectivity during business hours, and even then, if it went down, the lack of email was the only "big" concern, and was easily dealt with by picking up the phone.
Noticed one day at about 15 minutes before quitting time that someone was trying to break into our email server. I took great pleasure in simply unplugging the T1 from the router and going home for the night. Came in a little early the next day to get things online before business hours, and never saw the guy back again.
(There is no greater security than not being connected. :)
As an admin for a quite large ISP, we do exactly that every single day. As soon as we know someone's computer is sending spam, step 1 is to change their email password, step 2 is to disable all internet connectivity.
Yes, our TS department does work with them to clean up the infection. But until we're satisfied that they are malware free, they're offline.