Like when the government drove up the price on all those interstate highways that private individuals built before the big Eisenhower program nationalized them.
Seriously, capitalism doesn't solve all problems. It's usually a significant part of the good solutions, but to pretend it's the only answer is disingenuous at best.
If you are really really keen on this moving forward, add to the support to fund the wall already authorized by previous government bills, and move on.
Screw that. Pass a bill to restart the government, then debate the wall like adults. Holding the government hostage is not acceptable.
Plus... why wasn't this $5b funded when Republicans held both houses? Presumably, they could have worked with Trump earlier. They funded the DoD and a few other agencies through Oct 1 (start of the government's next fiscal year).
Since cellular security has been a joke for a long time, maybe this will finally lead to the replacement of SS7. The carriers haven't done it themselves, in spite of the known problems. So the question is: Will there finally be outside pressure?
Upgrades cost money, so we're still running a protocol designed in the 80s. A protocol which has been demonstrably broken for over a decade.
The fact that this happened isn't surprising in the least. The fact that we haven't taken steps to prevent it... well, that's just embarrassing.
A computer doesn't have to "defy the laws of supply and demand". It simply has to predict the outcomes better than humans do.
As automated flight and driving become commonplace, more people will believe that machines can perform these complex tasks.
It is almost inevitable that a major economic zone will try centralization again. Probably China or Europe. But I wouldn't expect it to work unless we have nearly 100% computer-run supply logistics in place; this would be necessary, and it is not the case anywhere as far as I know. Certainly not around here.
If Amazon, with its incredible logistics and economy of scale, cannot profitably sell these goods online for a reasonable price... why do you think anyone else can? They will face the exact same challenges, probably without some of the advantages that Amazon has.
They're competing with bulk delivery at supermarkets, which has a tremendous cost advantage.
Supermarkets will offer lower prices for the foreseeable future. If people aren't willing to pay a hefty premium for the delivery of (some) household goods, then the supermarkets will win.
What unnerves me about these sorts of abrupt SSD failures is how inscrutable they are and how I can't construct a story in my head of what went wrong.
Who the hell cares? Replace it and restore your data. Leave the story-telling to Stephen King.
When a HD died early, you could also imagine undetected manufacturing flaws that finally gave way. With SSDs, at least in theory that shouldn't happen, so early death feels especially alarming.
Painfully wrong. Every time a new semi process comes out, everyone frets about yields. Yields = silicon without detectable defects.
Anyone who works in manufacturing knows that EVERY process has potential defects. Usually, there are several potential defects, each with its own unique cause.
When I have no story, my thoughts turn to unnerving possibilities, like that the drive was lying to us about how healthy it was in SMART data
Then stop daydreaming about the personal lives of your SSDs and do your damn job. If a hard drive failure causes a serious problem anywhere in your environment, you are the root cause.
Even mechanical drives can die without warning. Sometimes they would give you a warning, but they could just as easily go silently.
The offers usually target the regimented, scripted jobs. Those people are easy to replace.
Since the buyout increases based on length of employment, it's more appealing to older workers. Especially those who qualify for retirement benefits. They'll flush a lot of older people voluntarily, with zero risk of age discrimination suits.
A lot of important jobs aren't union, and thus not likely eligible for this offer. Those people could be laid off easily without a buyout. As a general rule, salaried positions are never union jobs. E.g., network engineers and managers can be laid off or fired at will, so the company has no reason to offer them buyouts.
Under most union agreements, layoffs proceed in reverse order of seniority. If Verizon starts laying people off, they're mostly forced to dump their young blood.
I might not like everything about unions, but I definitely like it when the company offers buyouts instead of laying people off.
And remember: if Verizon can stay profitable while offering buyouts/severance, then others can do it too.
What happens if those customers under contract want to cancel? Will they get slapped with an early termination fee? I'm betting that's the norm.
My Christmas wish: I want the FTC and the FCC to slap around the TV and internet providers until they start acting right.
I'll even negotiate around political and economic ideals. I don't care if the government cancels existing benefits/protections or enacts new requirements, as long as these companies get the message.
That's not an indictment. Indictments are criminal proceedings. This is a civil suit---it says so on the very first page.
Note that the party is the DNC, not a state or federal agency. Criminal prosecutors file indictments for serious crimes with serious consequences. Civil actions are slap-fights over money, and that's what this is.
If you scroll down to the "Prayer for Relief" on p. 69, you'll see that, yes, all claims are relieved by money, money, and more money (plus a court order telling the defendants not to do it again).
I decided not to read the article when I saw the following:
Sometimes this will result in a crash, but in many cases you get whatever happens to be at that location in memory, even if that portion of memory has nothing to do with our list. This type of vulnerability is called a "buffer-overflow,"
That is not a buffer overflow. That is an out of bounds access, which a completely different type of vulnerability.
Sometimes, this specific access violation is called a buffer over-read, but anyone calling it a buffer overflow is simply sloppy or wrong---neither of which makes me interested in reading their material.
I think there's an inherent exception for people who contributed to the development of the very first computers. It's not like they could use the devices before they were invented.
Only if the os is stuppid enough to allow executables to be downloaded that way - AND - run it in administrator mode too.
Jesus Christ, get it right. Microsoft does a lot of things wrong, but this hasn't been the case for over a decade.
The user decides whether files and scripts have administrator privileges. If a browser isn't running as an elevated process, then the files and scripts its handling aren't elevated either.
Of course, there are privilege escalation attacks against Windows, but that's true of every OS.
It is a lot harder now. Malware has to escape the browser sandbox and escalate privileges, which is a step in the right direction.
I'd really like to see browser-based remote code and scripting die in a fire, but that impinges upon the "cloud apps" bullshit that everyone is selling these days.
When your consider the massive amount of money we are forking out to you people day after day, this is beyond pathetic. Suck it up and learn some methodology worthy of the twenty-first century.
He just explained in detail why EHRs suck, and your response is "suck it up". That is exactly how you prevent a situation from getting better.
News flash: People only willingly use tools that make their jobs better.
"Better" can be a variety of things---easier tasks, faster completion, higher quality outcomes---but apparently EHRs fail to provide any one of those.
If domain experts are telling you that the software isn't well-suited for domain-specific tasks, you need new specs to deliver new software. It doesn't matter who dropped the ball, but it needs to be fixed before you start insulting the users.
And I know full well it was probably idiot project managers writing garbage into the spec, so feel free to yell at them all you want.
The ACLU has filed civil lawsuits (including class-action cases) in situations where the criminal case wasn't a success. That's a fact, jack.
That's because it's important for them to step in when there is no prosecution or conviction. They make sure the bad things stop, or at least that there are consequences.
In your example, the killer was convicted of manslaughter, which is a felony. Based on the circumstances ("ninja in my Caddie" comment), he might have deserved a murder conviction, but there's nothing anyone can do about it now.
In addition, a criminal conviction reduces the need for a civil representation. The criminal conviction establishes the facts of the case and the fault of the perpetrator, so all that's left is a legal claim for damages. You still have to file suit, but you don't need a national organization for that. Your average local attorney should be able to handle it.
In the case where the cops were spraying mace on 200 people at once, I'm pretty sure video and audio evidence
If those recordings were so damning of the police actions, then you'd have a horde of non-ACLU attorneys taking the case on contingency. Most likely, their actions were reprehensible but not illegal.
My understanding is that ACLU wasn't setup for social justice, it was setup to combat attacks on liberty.
The ACLU has defended liberty throughout its history. They even represented the free speech rights of the NSPA (swastika-waving neo-Nazis) and the KKK. The ACLU won the TAK/KKK case in 2012, so we're dealing with recent history.
If you're trying to claim the ACLU is a bunch of SJWs, all I can do is laugh at your ignorance.
First and foremost, the ACLU isn't a law enforcement body. Homicide is crime, so they have nothing to do with jail time. That's on the judge, the jury, and the rest of the penal system.
"Punk" isn't a protected class, so there is no civil rights issue. Punk includes all races, or at least it used to, so this can't be related to racism.
Raiding the venues might have First Amendment implications if the intent was to suppress punk music or culture. But if those venues had violations of the law taking place (noise, capacity, alcohol, drugs, permits, etc.), then good luck convincing a jury that the cops weren't just doing their jobs.
Sure, they had a bit of a ride. They were bought by Microsoft, forced to build Windows Phones, and then spun back off into an independent company.
But you can buy Nokia phones today, and they are solid, reliable, no-fluff devices. I bought my girlfriend a Nokia 6 to replace an ancient iPhone, and she's been quite happy with it.
They're already making money with AI. This is just going to be extra on top---and believe me, the government is a latecomer here.
The government has finally realized that they can automate some of their most atrocious bureaucracy. The time and cost associated with background investigations and accreditation are insane.
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Could be a documentary title about anorexia or Apple's design.
Yeah!
Like when the government drove up the price on all those interstate highways that private individuals built before the big Eisenhower program nationalized them.
Seriously, capitalism doesn't solve all problems. It's usually a significant part of the good solutions, but to pretend it's the only answer is disingenuous at best.
I fully expect that anyone with the resources to pull off a 51% attack will have a plan to exploit it before they buy that much compute power.
You don't get that much money by being stupid. Unless daddy was rich... there are a few cases of that.
If you are really really keen on this moving forward, add to the support to fund the wall already authorized by previous government bills, and move on.
Screw that. Pass a bill to restart the government, then debate the wall like adults. Holding the government hostage is not acceptable.
Plus... why wasn't this $5b funded when Republicans held both houses? Presumably, they could have worked with Trump earlier. They funded the DoD and a few other agencies through Oct 1 (start of the government's next fiscal year).
Stupid manufactured crisis.
In the summary of that article, they indicate that the deep ocean is getting somewhat cooler while the surface is getting even hotter.
The ocean surface is the primary source of feedback into climate and weather, e.g., hurricane severity.
But if you can't even pay attention to the details in that two-paragraph summary, it's no surprise that you don't understand climate change.
Since cellular security has been a joke for a long time, maybe this will finally lead to the replacement of SS7. The carriers haven't done it themselves, in spite of the known problems. So the question is: Will there finally be outside pressure?
Upgrades cost money, so we're still running a protocol designed in the 80s. A protocol which has been demonstrably broken for over a decade.
The fact that this happened isn't surprising in the least. The fact that we haven't taken steps to prevent it... well, that's just embarrassing.
How long until this can be pushed down direct from a website?
Just wait for the next browser-based arbitrary code exploit. There are usually several disclosed and patched per year.
If we consider undisclosed ACEs, then it could be happening already.
A computer doesn't have to "defy the laws of supply and demand". It simply has to predict the outcomes better than humans do.
As automated flight and driving become commonplace, more people will believe that machines can perform these complex tasks.
It is almost inevitable that a major economic zone will try centralization again. Probably China or Europe. But I wouldn't expect it to work unless we have nearly 100% computer-run supply logistics in place; this would be necessary, and it is not the case anywhere as far as I know. Certainly not around here.
So what you're saying is... Google is following in Microsoft's evil footsteps?
If Amazon, with its incredible logistics and economy of scale, cannot profitably sell these goods online for a reasonable price... why do you think anyone else can? They will face the exact same challenges, probably without some of the advantages that Amazon has.
They're competing with bulk delivery at supermarkets, which has a tremendous cost advantage.
Supermarkets will offer lower prices for the foreseeable future. If people aren't willing to pay a hefty premium for the delivery of (some) household goods, then the supermarkets will win.
What unnerves me about these sorts of abrupt SSD failures is how inscrutable they are and how I can't construct a story in my head of what went wrong.
Who the hell cares? Replace it and restore your data. Leave the story-telling to Stephen King.
When a HD died early, you could also imagine undetected manufacturing flaws that finally gave way. With SSDs, at least in theory that shouldn't happen, so early death feels especially alarming.
Painfully wrong. Every time a new semi process comes out, everyone frets about yields. Yields = silicon without detectable defects.
Anyone who works in manufacturing knows that EVERY process has potential defects. Usually, there are several potential defects, each with its own unique cause.
When I have no story, my thoughts turn to unnerving possibilities, like that the drive was lying to us about how healthy it was in SMART data
Then stop daydreaming about the personal lives of your SSDs and do your damn job. If a hard drive failure causes a serious problem anywhere in your environment, you are the root cause.
Even mechanical drives can die without warning. Sometimes they would give you a warning, but they could just as easily go silently.
That's sort of true, but not entirely right.
The offers usually target the regimented, scripted jobs. Those people are easy to replace.
Since the buyout increases based on length of employment, it's more appealing to older workers. Especially those who qualify for retirement benefits. They'll flush a lot of older people voluntarily, with zero risk of age discrimination suits.
A lot of important jobs aren't union, and thus not likely eligible for this offer. Those people could be laid off easily without a buyout. As a general rule, salaried positions are never union jobs. E.g., network engineers and managers can be laid off or fired at will, so the company has no reason to offer them buyouts.
Under most union agreements, layoffs proceed in reverse order of seniority. If Verizon starts laying people off, they're mostly forced to dump their young blood.
I might not like everything about unions, but I definitely like it when the company offers buyouts instead of laying people off.
And remember: if Verizon can stay profitable while offering buyouts/severance, then others can do it too.
There is just nothing else out there for making discussion groups, pages, or creating events.
That is something idiots say and believe.
At my current employer, putting official events on third-party services is grounds for disciplinary action.
There are plenty of options for internal use depending on your needs for customization, support, and pricing.
What happens if those customers under contract want to cancel? Will they get slapped with an early termination fee? I'm betting that's the norm.
My Christmas wish: I want the FTC and the FCC to slap around the TV and internet providers until they start acting right.
I'll even negotiate around political and economic ideals. I don't care if the government cancels existing benefits/protections or enacts new requirements, as long as these companies get the message.
That's not an indictment. Indictments are criminal proceedings. This is a civil suit---it says so on the very first page.
Note that the party is the DNC, not a state or federal agency. Criminal prosecutors file indictments for serious crimes with serious consequences. Civil actions are slap-fights over money, and that's what this is.
If you scroll down to the "Prayer for Relief" on p. 69, you'll see that, yes, all claims are relieved by money, money, and more money (plus a court order telling the defendants not to do it again).
I decided not to read the article when I saw the following:
Sometimes this will result in a crash, but in many cases you get whatever happens to be at that location in memory, even if that portion of memory has nothing to do with our list. This type of vulnerability is called a "buffer-overflow,"
That is not a buffer overflow. That is an out of bounds access, which a completely different type of vulnerability.
Sometimes, this specific access violation is called a buffer over-read, but anyone calling it a buffer overflow is simply sloppy or wrong---neither of which makes me interested in reading their material.
I think there's an inherent exception for people who contributed to the development of the very first computers. It's not like they could use the devices before they were invented.
Only if the os is stuppid enough to allow executables to be downloaded that way - AND - run it in administrator mode too.
Jesus Christ, get it right. Microsoft does a lot of things wrong, but this hasn't been the case for over a decade.
The user decides whether files and scripts have administrator privileges. If a browser isn't running as an elevated process, then the files and scripts its handling aren't elevated either.
Of course, there are privilege escalation attacks against Windows, but that's true of every OS.
It is a lot harder now. Malware has to escape the browser sandbox and escalate privileges, which is a step in the right direction.
I'd really like to see browser-based remote code and scripting die in a fire, but that impinges upon the "cloud apps" bullshit that everyone is selling these days.
When your consider the massive amount of money we are forking out to you people day after day, this is beyond pathetic. Suck it up and learn some methodology worthy of the twenty-first century.
He just explained in detail why EHRs suck, and your response is "suck it up". That is exactly how you prevent a situation from getting better.
News flash: People only willingly use tools that make their jobs better.
"Better" can be a variety of things---easier tasks, faster completion, higher quality outcomes---but apparently EHRs fail to provide any one of those.
If domain experts are telling you that the software isn't well-suited for domain-specific tasks, you need new specs to deliver new software. It doesn't matter who dropped the ball, but it needs to be fixed before you start insulting the users.
And I know full well it was probably idiot project managers writing garbage into the spec, so feel free to yell at them all you want.
It's almost like they need to hire competent security staff and then follow expert recommendations instead of their "common sense" ideas.
The ACLU has filed civil lawsuits (including class-action cases) in situations where the criminal case wasn't a success. That's a fact, jack.
That's because it's important for them to step in when there is no prosecution or conviction. They make sure the bad things stop, or at least that there are consequences.
In your example, the killer was convicted of manslaughter, which is a felony. Based on the circumstances ("ninja in my Caddie" comment), he might have deserved a murder conviction, but there's nothing anyone can do about it now.
In addition, a criminal conviction reduces the need for a civil representation. The criminal conviction establishes the facts of the case and the fault of the perpetrator, so all that's left is a legal claim for damages. You still have to file suit, but you don't need a national organization for that. Your average local attorney should be able to handle it.
In the case where the cops were spraying mace on 200 people at once, I'm pretty sure video and audio evidence
If those recordings were so damning of the police actions, then you'd have a horde of non-ACLU attorneys taking the case on contingency. Most likely, their actions were reprehensible but not illegal.
My understanding is that ACLU wasn't setup for social justice, it was setup to combat attacks on liberty.
The ACLU has defended liberty throughout its history. They even represented the free speech rights of the NSPA (swastika-waving neo-Nazis) and the KKK. The ACLU won the TAK/KKK case in 2012, so we're dealing with recent history.
If you're trying to claim the ACLU is a bunch of SJWs, all I can do is laugh at your ignorance.
So much misunderstanding to unpack here:
First and foremost, the ACLU isn't a law enforcement body. Homicide is crime, so they have nothing to do with jail time. That's on the judge, the jury, and the rest of the penal system.
"Punk" isn't a protected class, so there is no civil rights issue. Punk includes all races, or at least it used to, so this can't be related to racism.
Raiding the venues might have First Amendment implications if the intent was to suppress punk music or culture. But if those venues had violations of the law taking place (noise, capacity, alcohol, drugs, permits, etc.), then good luck convincing a jury that the cops weren't just doing their jobs.
I'm not sure what you expected the ACLU to do.
Nokia is still around.
Sure, they had a bit of a ride. They were bought by Microsoft, forced to build Windows Phones, and then spun back off into an independent company.
But you can buy Nokia phones today, and they are solid, reliable, no-fluff devices. I bought my girlfriend a Nokia 6 to replace an ancient iPhone, and she's been quite happy with it.
They're probably closer to the truth than whatever you're thinking.
For the record: A storm surge is primarily caused by the relationship between the winds and the ocean’s surface.
There is another source that basically says the same thing. To wit: As winds swirl around a hurricane or tropical storm, seawater is pushed into a mound at the storm’s center. Faster wind is able to pile up more water.
Also, per UCAR, about 5% of the storm surge is due to low pressure within the hurricane; the majority of the effect is from wind.
Are you being dense on purpose?
They're already making money with AI. This is just going to be extra on top---and believe me, the government is a latecomer here.
The government has finally realized that they can automate some of their most atrocious bureaucracy. The time and cost associated with background investigations and accreditation are insane.