Able to ace tests from memorized data and notes doesn't mean that you understand the problem or how to apply the knowledge you have on a new problem.
By throwing in a test with questions beyond the expected ability of a student you will see if they have actually understood and are able to "level up". If a test is on a level that it should give a 50% result for the average student and 80% for the top students then it's meaningful. If the test can be aced on a regular basis it's not a good test.
Life is never easy in reality, learn that life is hard at an early age and you won't get a bad surprise when real life hits you in the face.
The catch is that either someone think they are smart and act out of that or someone is really smart but nobody understands what the heck they are talking about because the really smart people are already two or more corners ahead of the rest.
That's why Einstein was underestimated in school - he was already so far ahead in his thought processes that few persons followed what he was up to and therefore weren't able to decide if he was smart or crazy.
Anyone letting a package into a library site need to verify it before it can be downloaded.
If you download stuff from an unofficial library then you are on your own. But most of the unofficial sites are friendly though, so don't be too scared.
The majority of the ads put in are useless. They are for stuff people already know about. I already know Toyota exists - I can see their cars everywhere. If a new car brand was introduced in your market, like Acura or Scion on Euro (which are basically domestic US re-branded stuff) then you'd need quite a campaign to make people dare buying that new brand.
If Toyota has a ground-breaking new tech that can be proven to change the life of people then it might be worth to throw in an ad for Toyota. Otherwise the bucks are better spent on the Toyota website.
Putting in ads for Viagra and dick enlargements is also a wasted effort. If there's a need for stuff like that then your doctor would provide it. "Ask your doctor" is just sick.
In the climate today you would be forced to have a smartphone with only government approved apps and entertainment. But you would have a forced entertainment quota to fulfill every day.
Minimizing the intake heavily processed food is a good step forward into a better health. A lot of processed food contains added sugar and too much salt to be healthy. This doesn't exclude the consumption of a nice beef and some potatoes with it, just keep the processing of the potatoes down so that they are still in chewable chunks, not mashed or french fries type.
Add to it that when heavily processed food adds salt then it lacks iodine, which is essential to burn the energy.
Then throw in a commute by bicycle to work if you can and shower at work in the morning to keep your workmates happy.
Ever considered that Torvalds has had a share of less favorable interactions with "security researchers" that has ended really sour?
If he really had problems with all security researchers then we wouldn't have had SE-Linux. So I have a hard time finding your opinion entirely serious.
Torvalds is not being stupid, his goal is to make something that works in a predictable manner supporting as many platforms as possible while maintaining the APIs that are generally known since a long time. This means that a lot of software written as far back as the 70's and 80's works on the Linux platform.
As for new software built outside the *NIX realm - that's a completely different issue and it's not easy to just change the OS to support them while still maintaining the historical compatibility. What you essentially look for is a different OS capable of offering the "tremendous amount" of software that's not *NIX compatible. At this stage then it's also the question of if that software is running under Windows, MVS, OS400 or VMS. It's possible to run some of those through emulators. But do that have a value? For Windows you may want to look at React OS as an alternative.
I think it's pretty insightful - systemd is counteracting a lot of the security, stability and determinism that the kernel offers even without SELinux.
With systemd it's next to impossible to figure out what the problem really is and how to get around it.
It's good, and may be good enough for many, but the world is changing - and not for the better - when it comes to nasty surprises. Today you need to build multiple shells to protect your information.
The trade-off between security and stability versus performance. The Linux kernel is a performance solution, but considering all the security risks out there these days ranging from script kiddies to obscure hardware with drivers it's probably time to raise the stakes and pay the performance penalty tax.
Can anyone attacking Linux come up with anything better?
One thing that I think could improve Linux is to utilize more processor privilege levels if the processor supports it to better protect the kernel from crashes due to a bad driver or other code that don't need full privileges.
There's no point in protecting the SSN, it's a good unique key that should be indexed so that you use it to bring up necessary biometric data to identify a person.
SSNs can be generated by a computer and then just tried out how well they work and if they work they are good enough for some illegals. Trying to get a SSN to not get into the wrong hands is futile.
The problem isn't the SSNs it's how everyone sees the SSNs - like some magic number that proves everything, but the reality is that it's not worth shit unless you use it as a key to look up the actual biometrics of the person carrying the SSN to verify their identity.
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And current ISPs will make sure that the competition is erased due to legal obstacles concerning patents and exclusive agreements with towns.
Able to ace tests from memorized data and notes doesn't mean that you understand the problem or how to apply the knowledge you have on a new problem.
By throwing in a test with questions beyond the expected ability of a student you will see if they have actually understood and are able to "level up". If a test is on a level that it should give a 50% result for the average student and 80% for the top students then it's meaningful. If the test can be aced on a regular basis it's not a good test.
Life is never easy in reality, learn that life is hard at an early age and you won't get a bad surprise when real life hits you in the face.
The catch is that either someone think they are smart and act out of that or someone is really smart but nobody understands what the heck they are talking about because the really smart people are already two or more corners ahead of the rest.
That's why Einstein was underestimated in school - he was already so far ahead in his thought processes that few persons followed what he was up to and therefore weren't able to decide if he was smart or crazy.
And how would cryptographically signed even help?
Anyone letting a package into a library site need to verify it before it can be downloaded.
If you download stuff from an unofficial library then you are on your own. But most of the unofficial sites are friendly though, so don't be too scared.
The majority of the ads put in are useless. They are for stuff people already know about. I already know Toyota exists - I can see their cars everywhere. If a new car brand was introduced in your market, like Acura or Scion on Euro (which are basically domestic US re-branded stuff) then you'd need quite a campaign to make people dare buying that new brand.
If Toyota has a ground-breaking new tech that can be proven to change the life of people then it might be worth to throw in an ad for Toyota. Otherwise the bucks are better spent on the Toyota website.
Putting in ads for Viagra and dick enlargements is also a wasted effort. If there's a need for stuff like that then your doctor would provide it. "Ask your doctor" is just sick.
Until there's no more bitcoins to mine.
Degrees in hell, but bitcoin mining won't give you epilepsy seizures at least.
The authorities will see this as a reason to ban bitcoin being changed to cash - except for some odd currencies that are useless.
In the climate today you would be forced to have a smartphone with only government approved apps and entertainment. But you would have a forced entertainment quota to fulfill every day.
That would keep a lot of people busy.
Minimizing the intake heavily processed food is a good step forward into a better health. A lot of processed food contains added sugar and too much salt to be healthy. This doesn't exclude the consumption of a nice beef and some potatoes with it, just keep the processing of the potatoes down so that they are still in chewable chunks, not mashed or french fries type.
Add to it that when heavily processed food adds salt then it lacks iodine, which is essential to burn the energy.
Then throw in a commute by bicycle to work if you can and shower at work in the morning to keep your workmates happy.
There will always be someone finding a way around that block. Consuming your bandwidth.
That's a pretty good decision, it might not be perfect and there may be sites out there that circumvents it.
But whenever I get an autoplay video on a web page I feel the urge to poke out the eardrums and eyes of anyone that decided it was a good idea.
Only on dedicated video pages like YouTube, Vimeo etc. it's OK since that's their primary purpose.
Doesn't matter, they should have made the fine 1.2 billion euros.
I can't open PDFs in Elm or Lynx.
Ever considered that Torvalds has had a share of less favorable interactions with "security researchers" that has ended really sour?
If he really had problems with all security researchers then we wouldn't have had SE-Linux. So I have a hard time finding your opinion entirely serious.
Torvalds is not being stupid, his goal is to make something that works in a predictable manner supporting as many platforms as possible while maintaining the APIs that are generally known since a long time. This means that a lot of software written as far back as the 70's and 80's works on the Linux platform.
As for new software built outside the *NIX realm - that's a completely different issue and it's not easy to just change the OS to support them while still maintaining the historical compatibility. What you essentially look for is a different OS capable of offering the "tremendous amount" of software that's not *NIX compatible. At this stage then it's also the question of if that software is running under Windows, MVS, OS400 or VMS. It's possible to run some of those through emulators. But do that have a value? For Windows you may want to look at React OS as an alternative.
I think it's pretty insightful - systemd is counteracting a lot of the security, stability and determinism that the kernel offers even without SELinux.
With systemd it's next to impossible to figure out what the problem really is and how to get around it.
It's good, and may be good enough for many, but the world is changing - and not for the better - when it comes to nasty surprises. Today you need to build multiple shells to protect your information.
The trade-off between security and stability versus performance. The Linux kernel is a performance solution, but considering all the security risks out there these days ranging from script kiddies to obscure hardware with drivers it's probably time to raise the stakes and pay the performance penalty tax.
Can anyone attacking Linux come up with anything better?
One thing that I think could improve Linux is to utilize more processor privilege levels if the processor supports it to better protect the kernel from crashes due to a bad driver or other code that don't need full privileges.
Soon we don't need humans in the world, everything can be done by robots.
We are already surpassing the world that's depicted in the TV series Max Headroom.
There's no point in protecting the SSN, it's a good unique key that should be indexed so that you use it to bring up necessary biometric data to identify a person.
SSNs can be generated by a computer and then just tried out how well they work and if they work they are good enough for some illegals. Trying to get a SSN to not get into the wrong hands is futile.
The problem isn't the SSNs it's how everyone sees the SSNs - like some magic number that proves everything, but the reality is that it's not worth shit unless you use it as a key to look up the actual biometrics of the person carrying the SSN to verify their identity.
Put the Turing test on the AI.
Considering the amount of reviews that you can see on Ebay on some stuff that seems too similar when you look at a lot of them.