And if a place is zoned residential, it's designated for long-term occupancy.
Short-term occupancy such as hotels and hostels are almost always commercial zones.
Thus, the AirBnB rentals are almost always an attempt to use residential property for commercial purposes. Especially if the owner does it regularly or frequently.
I've lived in apartments, and noise problems are difficult enough without adding people who don't care because they won't be around next week.
Silicon-based photovoltaics have only been around since the 1950s, but the first photovoltaic cells date back to the 1880s.
Granted, the early selenium cells were horribly inefficient compared to modern ones, but the same is true of all first-gen technology when compared to its successors.
If the forum is for experts, you discourage extreme rudeness but tacitly endorse a bit of elitism. It will push noobs away and maintain the high-end focus.
If the forum is an open community, you have rules that prohibit insults and flaming---and you apply those rules to elitist snobbery. Eventually, your moderation system will purge the offenders.
If posting frequency, forum flair, and prominence of posts are determined by reputation, the only way to be seen and heard is to be helpful.
Rewarding desirable behavior is always more effective than punishing poor behavior. Psychology doesn't have good guidance on every question related to human nature, but in this particular area the evidence is quite clear.
Keep in mind that the batteries are the largest cost in an electric car. (The electric motors are a fraction of the cost of batteries.)
They replace not only the engine, but also the exhaust and most of the transmission.
The battery price does not need to fall much more for electric to be competitive on sticker price---nevermind total cost of ownership.
Since we can anticipate battery technology improvements as well as stricter emissions controls, the economics will swing toward electric vehicles even faster.
Most AV software is bloated crap that offers little actual security.
Microsoft has been focusing on power efficiency and battery life, so I'm not surprised if they traded off a little detection capability in order to run smoother.
Antivirus isn't even on the top of the list for avoiding an infection. That would be (1) don't browse as admin, (2) keep software updated, and (3) use an adblocker or filtering proxy.
With the vast majority of malware being drive-by downloaders, a good adblocker or filter offers more security and better performance. Antivirus is for suckers these days.
Serious host protection includes active IPS and/or application whitelisting, often in lieu of antivirus.
I worked for one of them on the network side. Clear QAM was never the answer. If anything, it would have been CableCard.
Why?
1. Filters cost money to deploy and replace. (Both equipment and labor)
2. Impossible to charge per TV/device (Signal is 100% free past the filters)
3. Filters offer no fraud protection (very cheap and easy to bypass filters, or split out to neighbors)
Of those, probably #3 was the biggest issue at first. But they were sure excited to see what they could do with issue #2.
The CableCard standard would allow cable customers to plug it into any compatible device and decrypt the signal.
Unfortunately, there was a lack of regulation so the CableCard typically did not enable customers to used enhanced channel guides, video on demand, or other "premium" features.
Without the ability to offer feature parity, CableCard devices never took off---users faced a high upfront expense for limited features.
But yeah, its trivial to get rid of this vulnerability by simply having two computers, one for the door locking management system, NOT CONNECTED
That is likely impossible. The fact that you suggest air-gapping is a strong indication that you have no experience in IT security. While air gaps are ideal, they are almost never workable.
The door locks are managed by the same system that assigns rooms, which probably needs to communicate with the booking/reservation system. Even if it doesn't communicate for reservations, it probably deals with the billing system---and billing needs outbound connectivity. So the door locks most likely must be on a network that has some degree of intern
In this situation, appropriate switch ACLs and host firewalls are likely the best feasible security measures. The lock management systems should be on private networks with minimal routes to other company subnets.
But even with these measures in place, it is possible for an attacker to compromise another system on the network and find the lock management systems. I would say that 99% of the time, good security makes something exceedingly difficult rather than impossible.
While I doubt the hotel implemented reasonable security measures (most hotels are terrible), I am almost certain they could not completely isolate the lock management system from the internet.
Governments, utility providers, MILLITARIES! All of them have publicly accessible computers. WHY?
As we learned from the Clinton email scandal, there are non-internet government networks---and it is illegal to move certain bits of information off of those networks.
But you'd be surprised how much information needs to be routed somewhere else, and SSL/TLS tunnels are much cheaper and more flexible than dedicated backhaul.
Security costs money, and good security costs a lot of money. Not just infrastructure costs either. The people with the skills to build secure applications and run secure networks are paid a lot more than your average IT drone.
Governments usually understand the risks, and the recent high-profile US government breaches were the result of known inadequacies. In some cases, the responsible party resigned rather than waiting for the axe to fall. E.g., Archuleta after the OPM breach went public.
So you basically sold yourself into slavery just to skip taxi driver laws?
No, no, the guy is just a contractor. Uber is the party ignoring taxi regulations. They collect payment from the riders and disburse it to the drivers.
Drivers sell themselves for the illusion of freedom. Illusory freedom is the hottest commodity in America.
You can't do that. The vehicle lease/buy is a totally separate consideration.
The Uber lease is not mandatory, and even if it were you would have to offset it against typical vehicle ownership. Most full-time employees in other industries also own vehicles, so you can only count the excess expenses and depreciation due to commercial use of the vehicle.
While I agree that Uber is a very bad employment option, it is best to level valid complaints against them.
There is tremendous mindshare for Uber and Lyft. If you start on one of those services, you expect to get jobs very quickly---and confirmation of this expectation encourages future involvment.
For people doing this as their day job, the ability to find a high volume of customers is a requirement. Even casual drivers seek a service that provides fares when they want them. And riders prefer services that can deliver drivers quickly.
This creates the same kind of inertia that precludes people from migrating to new social platforms quickly.
If I were interested in allowing strangers into my car, I would probably test the waters with Uber or Lyft first. And that is true even with all of the bad press they get.
We spent decades tweaking the graphical user interface to make it easy and efficient. We have very little interface design experience with voice.
There is also a latency issue, at least with Google (no personal experience with Amazon, but I assume the same). That processing delay may be small on average, but it is extremely annoying---most especially when the internet is less than perfect, but also when it takes a very long time for no apparent reason.
Some feedback, like status indicators for internet and background noise may help.
The interface needs to mature. I don't think I can predict what that will look like. It is already extremely accurate, probably better than a human transciptionist, so this is more of an integration issue than a technical problem.
If you're putting out Open Source software for Linux and Mac, a Windows version shouldn't be that difficult.
If that's true and Apple still hasn't done it, then you can assume Apple doesn't care about the Windows platform. I doubt many people would argue with that assumption.
Especially since Apple has Windows development teams on hand to do the work.
I assume those development teams are doing things that are valuable to Apple's bottom line.
Since it is open source, you can do it if you want. Or Microsoft can do it.
Anyway, if you want it more than Apple and Microsoft then you can build it yourself. That's what open source gives you---the ability to take the code and run with it however you want.
You could even look for like-minded developers to help you. That's how open source communities get started.
But crying on Slashdot? That gets you nothing except ridicule.
GM can simply replace the defective ignition switch.
Most of the VM vehicles cannot be modified to comply with the emissions regulations---at least, not without seriously reducing their performance or fuel efficiency.
So a large chunk of the settlement is funding the vehicle trade-in program.
If you do road trips, commercial passengers, or commercial hauling, then fast-charging batteries can easily be a make-or-break feature for you.
I doubt most users will care about the battery chemistry, but its capacity, durability, and recharge rate are all primary features in the context of an electric vehicle.
A battery is a battery is a battery.
Different batteries prefer different volts/amps for recharging.
For cars, this becomes more of a factor since the new batteries have to play nicely with whatever charging module is built in. I seriously doubt any manufacturer is going to implement a charge/discharge standard internally. Right now, they can't even agree on a standard for the external charging connector.
So the market for replacement EV batteries will be needlessly complicated for the foreseeable future.
Personally, I don't care about the underlying chemistry as long as it works as advertised. But I doubt aftermarket batteries will deviate significantly from the OEM packs until there are standards in place.
If you get 300-400 miles per charge and expect that battery to last 500 cycles, you end up with 150k-200k miles.
By that point, a vehicle will have aged significantly---and even an ICE would see substantial maintenance costs.
And, typically, the 500-cycle lifetime is based on the battery being reduced to 80% of its maximum capacity due to wear. It would still be functional---the vehicle will only suffer a reduced range.
Electric vehicles don't have to deal with things like gearboxes, belts, spark plugs, catalytic converters, etc so the battery can be expensive while still offering a lower total maintenance bill. Unfortunately, we don't have real world numbers for long-term use yet.
If an employer gets hung up on whether a developer has used Atlassian product before, then they are crazy.
Not if they want new employees to hit the ground running.
The learning curve of these systems should be trivial.
What if it isn't? What if they don't want to pay you to figure it out?
I find it valuable to fish for technology a candidate is not familiar with and see how they react to the prospect of having to deal with it, even if that technology would not be part of the actual job.
Well, maybe you have a difference of opinion. And they just sold out for $425 million.
While your opinion may have value, we know they succeeded so their method is definitely workable.
The simplest counterargument to your entire line of reasoning is this: If they have access to a pool containing hundreds of competent candidates, they should choose a competent candidate with relevant experience in their language of choice so he can become productive as soon as possible.
They are advertising to worthless idiots; well, at least, I never use their services...
Aren't you the clever one? Or not.
To an advertiser, an idiot is worth whatever he has in his wallet, plus anything he can beg, borrow, or steal.
It doesn't matter if you or the average Facebook user happens to be a loudmouthed, judgmental ass. If you have money and a passing interest in their product, you are worth something to advertisers.
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That is what zoning laws are for.
And if a place is zoned residential, it's designated for long-term occupancy.
Short-term occupancy such as hotels and hostels are almost always commercial zones.
Thus, the AirBnB rentals are almost always an attempt to use residential property for commercial purposes. Especially if the owner does it regularly or frequently.
I've lived in apartments, and noise problems are difficult enough without adding people who don't care because they won't be around next week.
Silicon-based photovoltaics have only been around since the 1950s, but the first photovoltaic cells date back to the 1880s.
Granted, the early selenium cells were horribly inefficient compared to modern ones, but the same is true of all first-gen technology when compared to its successors.
If the forum is for experts, you discourage extreme rudeness but tacitly endorse a bit of elitism. It will push noobs away and maintain the high-end focus.
If the forum is an open community, you have rules that prohibit insults and flaming---and you apply those rules to elitist snobbery. Eventually, your moderation system will purge the offenders.
If posting frequency, forum flair, and prominence of posts are determined by reputation, the only way to be seen and heard is to be helpful.
Rewarding desirable behavior is always more effective than punishing poor behavior. Psychology doesn't have good guidance on every question related to human nature, but in this particular area the evidence is quite clear.
Not even that long.
Keep in mind that the batteries are the largest cost in an electric car. (The electric motors are a fraction of the cost of batteries.)
They replace not only the engine, but also the exhaust and most of the transmission.
The battery price does not need to fall much more for electric to be competitive on sticker price---nevermind total cost of ownership.
Since we can anticipate battery technology improvements as well as stricter emissions controls, the economics will swing toward electric vehicles even faster.
I love how Slashdot champions every feat of engineering and scientific discovery, until it relates to climate.
The cognitive dissonance is deafening.
Most AV software is bloated crap that offers little actual security.
Microsoft has been focusing on power efficiency and battery life, so I'm not surprised if they traded off a little detection capability in order to run smoother.
Antivirus isn't even on the top of the list for avoiding an infection. That would be (1) don't browse as admin, (2) keep software updated, and (3) use an adblocker or filtering proxy.
With the vast majority of malware being drive-by downloaders, a good adblocker or filter offers more security and better performance. Antivirus is for suckers these days.
Serious host protection includes active IPS and/or application whitelisting, often in lieu of antivirus.
I worked for one of them on the network side. Clear QAM was never the answer. If anything, it would have been CableCard.
Why?
1. Filters cost money to deploy and replace. (Both equipment and labor)
2. Impossible to charge per TV/device (Signal is 100% free past the filters)
3. Filters offer no fraud protection (very cheap and easy to bypass filters, or split out to neighbors)
Of those, probably #3 was the biggest issue at first. But they were sure excited to see what they could do with issue #2.
The CableCard standard would allow cable customers to plug it into any compatible device and decrypt the signal.
Unfortunately, there was a lack of regulation so the CableCard typically did not enable customers to used enhanced channel guides, video on demand, or other "premium" features.
Without the ability to offer feature parity, CableCard devices never took off---users faced a high upfront expense for limited features.
GamerGate holds a special place in my heart.
It is the only issue where I fervently hope that both sides lose.
But yeah, its trivial to get rid of this vulnerability by simply having two computers, one for the door locking management system, NOT CONNECTED
That is likely impossible. The fact that you suggest air-gapping is a strong indication that you have no experience in IT security. While air gaps are ideal, they are almost never workable.
The door locks are managed by the same system that assigns rooms, which probably needs to communicate with the booking/reservation system. Even if it doesn't communicate for reservations, it probably deals with the billing system---and billing needs outbound connectivity. So the door locks most likely must be on a network that has some degree of intern
In this situation, appropriate switch ACLs and host firewalls are likely the best feasible security measures. The lock management systems should be on private networks with minimal routes to other company subnets.
But even with these measures in place, it is possible for an attacker to compromise another system on the network and find the lock management systems. I would say that 99% of the time, good security makes something exceedingly difficult rather than impossible.
While I doubt the hotel implemented reasonable security measures (most hotels are terrible), I am almost certain they could not completely isolate the lock management system from the internet.
The drama is strong with this one.
Governments, utility providers, MILLITARIES! All of them have publicly accessible computers. WHY?
As we learned from the Clinton email scandal, there are non-internet government networks---and it is illegal to move certain bits of information off of those networks.
But you'd be surprised how much information needs to be routed somewhere else, and SSL/TLS tunnels are much cheaper and more flexible than dedicated backhaul.
Security costs money, and good security costs a lot of money. Not just infrastructure costs either. The people with the skills to build secure applications and run secure networks are paid a lot more than your average IT drone.
Governments usually understand the risks, and the recent high-profile US government breaches were the result of known inadequacies. In some cases, the responsible party resigned rather than waiting for the axe to fall. E.g., Archuleta after the OPM breach went public.
Developers own the bugs they write. However, management determines when they're allowed to fix them.
In commercial software, new features historically got priority over bug fixes---unless the bugs in question were really bad.
But this is a feature change. Bringing up bugs is a distraction.
It's almost impossible for an entire UI option to disappear from one place and move somewhere else due to a mere bug.
This was a deliberate change in the way the software works, and so the decision was ultimately made or approved by management.
The only thing more overpriced than this plan is their regular international rates.
ATT is garbage. Fortunately for them, their largest competitor is also garbage so they stay in business.
So you basically sold yourself into slavery just to skip taxi driver laws?
No, no, the guy is just a contractor. Uber is the party ignoring taxi regulations. They collect payment from the riders and disburse it to the drivers.
Drivers sell themselves for the illusion of freedom. Illusory freedom is the hottest commodity in America.
You can't do that. The vehicle lease/buy is a totally separate consideration.
The Uber lease is not mandatory, and even if it were you would have to offset it against typical vehicle ownership. Most full-time employees in other industries also own vehicles, so you can only count the excess expenses and depreciation due to commercial use of the vehicle.
While I agree that Uber is a very bad employment option, it is best to level valid complaints against them.
I can think of two major yet very simple reasons.
1. They know about Uber.
2. They go where the riders are.
There is tremendous mindshare for Uber and Lyft. If you start on one of those services, you expect to get jobs very quickly---and confirmation of this expectation encourages future involvment.
For people doing this as their day job, the ability to find a high volume of customers is a requirement. Even casual drivers seek a service that provides fares when they want them. And riders prefer services that can deliver drivers quickly.
This creates the same kind of inertia that precludes people from migrating to new social platforms quickly.
If I were interested in allowing strangers into my car, I would probably test the waters with Uber or Lyft first. And that is true even with all of the bad press they get.
We spent decades tweaking the graphical user interface to make it easy and efficient. We have very little interface design experience with voice.
There is also a latency issue, at least with Google (no personal experience with Amazon, but I assume the same). That processing delay may be small on average, but it is extremely annoying---most especially when the internet is less than perfect, but also when it takes a very long time for no apparent reason.
Some feedback, like status indicators for internet and background noise may help.
The interface needs to mature. I don't think I can predict what that will look like. It is already extremely accurate, probably better than a human transciptionist, so this is more of an integration issue than a technical problem.
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If you're putting out Open Source software for Linux and Mac, a Windows version shouldn't be that difficult.
If that's true and Apple still hasn't done it, then you can assume Apple doesn't care about the Windows platform. I doubt many people would argue with that assumption.
Especially since Apple has Windows development teams on hand to do the work.
I assume those development teams are doing things that are valuable to Apple's bottom line.
Since it is open source, you can do it if you want. Or Microsoft can do it.
Anyway, if you want it more than Apple and Microsoft then you can build it yourself. That's what open source gives you---the ability to take the code and run with it however you want.
You could even look for like-minded developers to help you. That's how open source communities get started.
But crying on Slashdot? That gets you nothing except ridicule.
There was no regulation.
Congress "deregulated" that piece of the banking industry when it repealed sections 20 and 32 of the Glass–Steagall Act in 1999.
It only took the corporations 9 years to create a national disaster.
It turns out some regulations are very, very good ideas.
GM can simply replace the defective ignition switch.
Most of the VM vehicles cannot be modified to comply with the emissions regulations---at least, not without seriously reducing their performance or fuel efficiency.
So a large chunk of the settlement is funding the vehicle trade-in program.
If you do road trips, commercial passengers, or commercial hauling, then fast-charging batteries can easily be a make-or-break feature for you.
I doubt most users will care about the battery chemistry, but its capacity, durability, and recharge rate are all primary features in the context of an electric vehicle.
A battery is a battery is a battery.
Different batteries prefer different volts/amps for recharging.
For cars, this becomes more of a factor since the new batteries have to play nicely with whatever charging module is built in. I seriously doubt any manufacturer is going to implement a charge/discharge standard internally. Right now, they can't even agree on a standard for the external charging connector.
So the market for replacement EV batteries will be needlessly complicated for the foreseeable future.
Personally, I don't care about the underlying chemistry as long as it works as advertised. But I doubt aftermarket batteries will deviate significantly from the OEM packs until there are standards in place.
If you get 300-400 miles per charge and expect that battery to last 500 cycles, you end up with 150k-200k miles.
By that point, a vehicle will have aged significantly---and even an ICE would see substantial maintenance costs.
And, typically, the 500-cycle lifetime is based on the battery being reduced to 80% of its maximum capacity due to wear. It would still be functional---the vehicle will only suffer a reduced range.
Electric vehicles don't have to deal with things like gearboxes, belts, spark plugs, catalytic converters, etc so the battery can be expensive while still offering a lower total maintenance bill. Unfortunately, we don't have real world numbers for long-term use yet.
If an employer gets hung up on whether a developer has used Atlassian product before, then they are crazy.
Not if they want new employees to hit the ground running.
The learning curve of these systems should be trivial.
What if it isn't? What if they don't want to pay you to figure it out?
I find it valuable to fish for technology a candidate is not familiar with and see how they react to the prospect of having to deal with it, even if that technology would not be part of the actual job.
Well, maybe you have a difference of opinion. And they just sold out for $425 million.
While your opinion may have value, we know they succeeded so their method is definitely workable.
The simplest counterargument to your entire line of reasoning is this: If they have access to a pool containing hundreds of competent candidates, they should choose a competent candidate with relevant experience in their language of choice so he can become productive as soon as possible.
They are advertising to worthless idiots; well, at least, I never use their services...
Aren't you the clever one? Or not.
To an advertiser, an idiot is worth whatever he has in his wallet, plus anything he can beg, borrow, or steal.
It doesn't matter if you or the average Facebook user happens to be a loudmouthed, judgmental ass. If you have money and a passing interest in their product, you are worth something to advertisers.
You can't go down to the piggly wiggly and spend marketing potential.
But you can ask advertisers to pay for access to your ad network, and then take their money down to the Piggly Wiggly.
It's called a market economy. Seems to work pretty well; I recommend reading up on it.